Marv Grissom | Major Leaguer 1946-1959

Full Name: Marvin Edward Grissom
Born: March 31,1918 in Los Molinos, California
Death: September 18,2005
Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

Brother of Lee Grissom

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1941] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Jan 20,1951] - Traded by Tigers with George Vico to Seattle (PCL) for Wayne McLeland. [Oct 10,1951] - Traded by Seattle (PCL) with Hal Brown to White Sox for Bill Fischer, Jim Baumer, Dick Duffy, Jerry Dahlke and Marv Rotblatt. [Feb 9,1953] - Traded by White Sox with Bill Kennedy and Hal Brown to Red Sox for Vern Stephens. [Jul 1,1953] - Claimed on waivers by Giants from Red Sox. [Oct 8,1958] - Traded by Giants with Ernie Broglio to Cardinals for Benny Valenzuela, Hobie Landrith and Billy Muffett. [Dec 29,1960] - Released by Cardinals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1946	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	0	2	4.34	4	3	0	0	1	0	18.2	17	11	9	1	13	9	3	0	8.20	0.48	6.27	4.34	1.61	--
1949	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	2	4	6.41	27	2	0	0	3	0	39.1	56	32	28	6	34	17	2	0	12.81	1.37	7.78	3.89	2.29	--
1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	12	10	3.74	28	24	7	1	1	0	166.0	156	79	69	6	79	97	5	0	8.46	0.33	4.28	5.26	1.42	--
1953	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	2	6	4.70	13	11	1	1	1	0	59.1	61	34	31	5	30	31	2	0	9.25	0.76	4.55	4.70	1.53	--
	NY Giants	NL	35	Nyg	MLB	4	2	3.95	21	7	3	0	7	0	84.1	83	40	37	6	31	46	3	0	8.86	0.64	3.31	4.91	1.35	--
1954	NY Giants	NL	36	Nyg	MLB	10	7	2.35	56	3	1	1	36	19	122.1	100	37	32	13	50	64	1	1	7.36	0.96	3.68	4.71	1.23	--
1955	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	5	4	2.92	55	0	0	0	32	8	89.1	76	35	29	6	41	49	1	0	7.66	0.60	4.13	4.94	1.31	--
1956	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	1	1	1.56	43	2	0	0	20	7	80.2	71	15	14	3	16	49	2	0	7.92	0.33	1.79	5.47	1.08	--
1957	NY Giants	NL	39	Nyg	MLB	4	4	2.61	55	0	0	0	38	14	82.2	74	36	24	6	23	51	1	0	8.06	0.65	2.50	5.55	1.17	57%
1958	SF Giants	NL	40	Sf	MLB	7	5	4.00	51	0	0	0	35	10	65.1	71	34	29	11	26	46	3	0	9.78	1.52	3.58	6.34	1.48	65%
1959	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	0	0	22.50	3	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	27.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	100%

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)						47	45	3.41	356	52	12	3	176	58	810.0	771	358	307	65	343	459	23	1	8.57	0.72	3.81	5.10	1.38	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1946	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	p		4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0		0	.200	*.208	.200	*408	--
1949	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p		27	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		0		0	.222	*.305	.222	*527	--
1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	p		28	53	1	8	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	19	0		8		1	.151	*.175	.226	*401	--
1953	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	p		13	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		2		0	.000	*.012	.000	*12	--
	NY Giants	NL	35	Nyg	MLB	p		21	27	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0		1		1	.074	*.146	.111	*257	--
1954	NY Giants	NL	36	Nyg	MLB	p		56	32	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	0		2	0	0	.156	.206	.156	362	--
1955	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	p		55	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	.154	.154	.154	308	--
1956	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	p		43	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	273	--
1957	NY Giants	NL	39	Nyg	MLB	p	9	55	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	481	67%
1958	SF Giants	NL	40	Sf	MLB	p	9	51	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.100	.000	100	60%
1959	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	p	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 10 Season(s)								356	189	9	23	7	0	0	6	0		8	67	1		15		4	.122		.159	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1954	NY Giants	NL	36		Ws	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.2	1		0		3	2			3.38	---	10.15	6.77	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	0	0.00	1		0			0	2.2	1		0		3	2			3.37	---	10.12	6.75	1.50	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1954	NY Giants	NL	36	Nyg	Ws	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1946	NY Giants	NL	28	Nyg	MLB	P	4		18.2	1	6	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.37

1949	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	27		39.1	1	8	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	2.06

1952	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	34	Chw	MLB	P	28		166	4	23	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	1.46

1953	Boston	AL	35	Bos	MLB	P	13		59.1	3	5	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.21
1953	NY Giants	NL	35	Nyg	MLB	P	21		84.1	6	18	1	25	2	-	-	-	.960	2.56

1954	NY Giants	NL	36	Nyg	MLB	P	56		122.1	7	18	2	27	3	-	-	-	.926	1.84

1955	NY Giants	NL	37	Nyg	MLB	P	55		89.1	3	16	0	19	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.91

1956	NY Giants	NL	38	Nyg	MLB	P	43		80.2	1	12	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

1957	NY Giants	NL	39	Nyg	MLB	P	55		82.2	1	20	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.29

1958	SF Giants	NL	40	Sf	MLB	P	51		65.1	1	12	0	13	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.79

1959	St. Louis	NL	41	Stl	MLB	P	3		2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.50

Awards

[1954] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #24), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1966] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.66%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Brother of Lee Grissom....Member of the World Series Champion New York Giants in 1954....Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1954)

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