Eli Grba

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL us

Died: January 14, 2019 in Florence, AL

Buried: New Salem Cemetery, Salem, AL

High School: James H. Bowen HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: July 10, 1959 (Age 24-335d, 11,652nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 4, 1963 (Age 28-360d)
vs. CHW 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Eli Grba

Pronunciation: \GERB-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

ERA

4.48

135

536.1

255

WHIP

1.486

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-20 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 5

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	44	1	Apr 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	0	1.00	2.80	37	13	15	2	6	0	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.45	0.146	1.01	0.20%	2.40	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
2	45	4	Apr 20(1)	LAA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	8	6.0	5	5	5	3	2	2	0	3.60	4.77	26	7	9	0	1	5	41			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.303	1.66	-0.37%	-2.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
3	46	9	Apr 27	LAA		MIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	6	6.1	6	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.22	4.78	28	7	8	0	1	6	46			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	-0.182	1.60	-0.14%	-0.65	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	47	14	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,6-7	GS-4		4	3.1	6	5	5	5	2	2	0	5.47	5.98	21	5	4	0	1	5	25			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.297	1.30	-0.21%	-3.40	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
5	48	18	May 6	LAA		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.81	5.63	36	14	9	0	2	6	62			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	0.308	1.27	0.19%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	49	21	May 9	LAA		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	BW(3-2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.67	5.66	6	0	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.23	-0.040	5.43	-0.03%	-0.09	9t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end tie
7	50	23	May 12	LAA	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-6	L(3-3)	2	5.1	6	5	5	6	6	1	0	5.18	5.72	27	6	3	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.389	1.64	-0.28%	-2.74	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
8	51	27	May 16	LAA	@	KCA	L,4-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.2	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.52	5.46	28	16	0	0	0	10	27			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.148	.58	-0.06%	-2.27	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d5
9	52	30	May 19(2)	LAA		CHW	W,5-3	6-8	H(1)	2	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.55	5.62	6	3	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.060	.75	-0.02%	-0.30	6t 1-3 2 out a2	8t 1-- 0 out a1
10	53	33	May 22	LAA		WSA	W,6-4	GS-7	W(4-4)	2	6.2	5	1	1	5	1	1	0	5.03	5.72	25	10	4	0	3	5	56			0	0	0	20	0	1	1	3	0	0	.93	0.304	.39	0.08%	2.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	54	42	Jun 1	LAA	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS-9		9	8.0	5	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.52	5.49	30	11	7	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.22	0.420	.53	0.11%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
12	55	48	Jun 6(1)	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-3	GS-9	W(5-4)	4	8.1	5	3	1	3	3	0	0	4.11	5.19	32	13	8	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	2	.28	0.098	.04	0.01%	1.23	1b start a 3	9b 1-3 1 out a5
13	56	54	Jun 9(2)	LAA	@	BOS	W,5-1	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98	5.08	8	6	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.079	.04	0.00%	1.47	7b 12- 2 out a4	9b end a 4
14	57	57	Jun 11(2)	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-3	L(5-5)	1	3.0	3	4	1	2	1	2	0	3.94	5.37	16	6	7	1	2	0	42			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	.61	-0.253	.06	-0.01%	-2.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
15	58	63	Jun 15	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(5-6)	3	8.0	5	3	0	3	7	0	2	3.56	5.12	34	11	6	0	2	5	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.60	-0.237	.02	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	59	67	Jun 20	LAA		BOS	L,8-11	GS-2	L(5-7)	4	1.1	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.04	5.15	11	2	2	0	1	5	22			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.267	.03	0.00%	-3.35	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d3
17	60	72	Jun 25	LAA		BAL	L,8-9	GS-5		4	4.1	5	3	3	4	1	0	0	4.15	5.14	19	5	4	1	0	5	38			0	0	1	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.16	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a5
18	61	74	Jun 27	LAA		NYY	W,7-6	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.01	5.04	11	1	6	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.403	.00	0.00%	1.68	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	62	77	Jul 1	LAA		CHW	L,4-6	CG	L(5-8)	3	9.0	10	6	5	4	4	1	0	4.10	4.99	41	12	11	1	3	10	45			0	0	0	36	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.48	-0.351	.01	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
20	63	82	Jul 5	LAA	@	MIN	W,6-2	GS-6		3	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.04	4.97	24	9	7	2	2	5	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.21	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
21	64	86	Jul 9(1)	LAA	@	DET	L,0-1	GS-7	L(5-9)	3	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.87	4.81	29	8	7	0	0	6	64			2	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	0.229	.02	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
22	65	89	Jul 15	LAA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-3		5	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.00	4.75	15	4	4	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-1.52	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
23	66	91	Jul 16(2)	LAA	@	WSA	L,3-4	6-8	H(2)	0	1.1	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.11	4.79	7	1	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	-0.105	.01	0.00%	-0.75	6b 123 2 out a3	8b 12- 0 out a2
24	67	93	Jul 19(1)	LAA		MIN	L,0-6	GS-5	L(5-10)	2	5.0	9	5	5	1	5	2	1	4.31	4.88	26	6	4	0	2	9	33			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-2.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
25	68	96	Jul 22	LAA		WSA	W,7-6	2-7		2	4.2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	4.29	5.03	19	7	5	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.48	2t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 1-- 1 out tie
26	69	101	Jul 28	LAA		CLE	W,8-5	6-6		5	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.35	5.11	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.74	6t --- 0 out d2	6t --- 1 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	70	108	Aug 4(2)	LAA	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-11)	6	7.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	1	4.19	5.01	32	9	10	0	1	7	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	0.206	.00	0.00%	2.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	71	111	Aug 8	LAA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8		3	8.0	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.21	5.00	34	14	9	0	3	4	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.17	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
29	72	116	Aug 13	LAA	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	4	5	2	4	0	0	0	4.20	5.01	23	6	9	0	2	4	38			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.364	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
30	73	121	Aug 18	LAA		MIN	W,5-2	CG	W(6-11)	4	9.0	4	2	0	4	10	0	0	3.96	4.82	35	11	6	1	1	4	81			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.255	.00	0.00%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	74	125	Aug 23	LAA		NYY	L,6-8	6-8	BS(2)	4	2.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.95	4.80	14	6	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.81	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.42	6t --- 1 out a1	8t 3 out tie
32	75	129	Aug 27	LAA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.90	4.86	36	14	7	1	2	9	57			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.51	0.258	.00	0.00%	2.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
33	76	132	Aug 29(2)	LAA		BAL	W,6-5	9-GF(11)	W(8-11)	1	3.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.88	4.81	14	2	4	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.68	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	77	136	Sep 1	LAA		KCA	W,6-4	GS-5		2	4.1	7	4	4	5	4	1	0	3.99	4.87	25	2	8	0	2	6	32			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out a1
35	78	141	Sep 5(2)	LAA	@	KCA	L,12-13	GS-3		3	2.1	6	9	9	3	0	0	1	4.39	4.91	17	7	0	0	0	6	6			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.500	.00	0.00%	-6.39	1b start a 1	3b 12- 1 out d5
36	79	143	Sep 9	LAA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(9-11)	3	9.0	4	2	1	4	3	0	0	4.23	4.83	34	11	12	1	1	4	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.91	0.351	.00	0.00%	3.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	80	148	Sep 15	LAA	@	CHW	W,9-5	GS-8	W(10-11)	5	7.0	4	5	4	4	2	0	1	4.26	4.80	30	15	4	0	0	4	49			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.239	.00	0.00%	-0.35	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a7
38	81	151	Sep 17(2)	LAA	@	CHW	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(10-12)	1	1.1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.28	4.81	10	2	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	3.48	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-0.91	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
39	82	154	Sep 22	LAA		DET	L,4-6	GS-7	L(10-13)	4	7.0	6	5	3	4	5	3	0	4.26	4.93	35	11	9	1	3	6	50			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	4	1.16	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
40	83	159	Sep 28	LAA		WSA	W,13-4	CG	W(11-13)	5	9.0	8	4	4	4	5	1	0	4.25	4.90	35	8	10	1	1	8	56			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.010	.00	0.00%	1.04	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
							20-20		W-L:11-13,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:2	3.4	211.2	197	119	100	114	104	26	7	4.25	4.90	938	1.33		3%	9%	186	48	10	30%	6	0	1	809	28	3	10	23	5	22	1.12	-1.127	.35	-0.54%	-4.95

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