Oscar Grimes

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 178lb (180cm, 80kg)

Born: April 13, 1915 in Minerva, OH us

Died: May 19, 1993 in Westlake, OH

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, OH

School: University of Mount Union (Alliance, OH)

Debut: September 28, 1938 (Age 23-168d, 8,543rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 25, 1946 (Age 31-165d)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Oscar Ray Grimes

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Relatives: Nephew of Roy Grimes; Son of Ray Grimes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

1832

469

.256

235

RBI

200

OBP

.363

SLG

.352

OPS

.715

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	4	1	8	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
5	5	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
6	6	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
7	7	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	1	6	2	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	39 (31)	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
9	40	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	31	5.0	1	2	2	5	0
12	43	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
13	47 (3)	Jun 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
14	48	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	49	Jun 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	50	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	51	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
19	53	Jun 18 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,6-8	CG	49	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
20	54	Jun 20	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	55	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
22	56	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
23	57	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
24	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
25	59	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
26	60	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	61	Jun 28	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	62	Jun 29	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
29	63	Jun 30	NYY		SLB	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	64	Jul 1	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
31	65	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	10.0	2	4	3	9	0
32	66	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	69	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	70	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	71	Jul 7	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
38	72	Jul 8	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
39	73	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
40	74	Jul 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	75	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	76	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	77	Jul 14	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	78	Jul 15	NYY		BOS	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	83 (4)	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	84	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
47	85	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
49	87	Jul 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	88	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
51	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	91	Jul 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	92	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	93	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	45	9.2	0	3	0	3	1
56	94	Jul 30 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	95	Jul 30 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	46	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	96	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
59	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	98	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	100 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GF	16	4.0	0	1	1	2	0
62	101	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	102	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
64	103	Aug 10	NYY		SLB	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	104	Aug 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	105	Aug 12	NYY		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	106	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	107	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
69	108	Aug 14	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	46	13.0	4	2	0	6	1
70	109	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	110	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
72	111	Aug 17	NYY		CLE	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	112	Aug 18	NYY		CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
74	113	Aug 19	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
75	114	Aug 20 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	115	Aug 20 (2)	NYY		DET	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
77	116	Aug 21	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	117	Aug 22	NYY		DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	118	Aug 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	50	11.0	1	1	1	3	0
80	119	Aug 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
81	120	Aug 27 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	121	Aug 27 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	3	2	1	6	0
83	122	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	123	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
85	124	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	125	Aug 30	NYY		BOS	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	126	Aug 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
88	127	Aug 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	128	Sep 1	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
90	129	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	130	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
92	131	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	132	Sep 4 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	133	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,14-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
95	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	2	3	1	6	0
96	135	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	136	Sep 10 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	137	Sep 10 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	138	Sep 16	NYY		PHA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
100	139	Sep 17 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
101	140	Sep 17 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	141	Sep 19	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	142	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	143	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	144	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	145	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
107	146	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	147	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	148	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
110	149	Sep 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	150	Sep 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
112	151	Sep 29 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
113	152	Sep 29 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
114	153	Sep 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
115	154	Oct 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
							117gm		1005.0	140	246	24	410	24