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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
7	7	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
8	8	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	21 (12)	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
10	22	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
11	23	May 10	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	35 (11)	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from New York Yankees to Philadelphia Athletics
13	78	Jul 14 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	79	Jul 14 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
15	80	Jul 15	PHA		CHW	W,12-0	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	81	Jul 16	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
17	82	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
18	83	Jul 18	PHA		CLE	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	2
19	84	Jul 19	PHA		CLE	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	85	Jul 20	PHA		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	86	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	2	9	1
22	87	Jul 21 (2)	PHA		DET	L,7-11	CG	0	7.0	1	0	2	3	0
23	93 (5)	Jul 28 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	12	3.1	2	1	0	3	1
24	94	Jul 28 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	2	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	102 (7)	Aug 4 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-7	GF	0		1	2	0	3	0
26	103	Aug 6	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	104	Aug 8 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
28	108 (3)	Aug 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
29	109	Aug 11 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
30	110	Aug 11 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	111	Aug 13	PHA		BOS	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
32	112	Aug 14	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	113	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
34	114	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
35	115	Aug 17 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	116	Aug 18 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	117	Aug 18 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	118	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
39	119	Aug 21	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
40	120	Aug 22	PHA		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	121	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	122	Aug 24	PHA		CLE	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
43	123	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	124	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	125	Aug 26	PHA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
46	126	Aug 27	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	127	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
48	128	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
49	129	Aug 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
50	130	Aug 31	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	131	Sep 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	9.2	1	2	0	3	1
52	132	Sep 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	5	3	1	9	1
53	133	Sep 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	134	Sep 4	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	135	Sep 5	PHA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	136	Sep 6	PHA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
57	137	Sep 7	PHA		BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
58	138	Sep 8	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
59	142 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
60	145 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	148 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
62	149	Sep 22 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	31	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	150	Sep 23	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
64	151	Sep 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
65	152	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
							65gm		544.0	142	155	20	317	36