Earl Grace
[edit] Biography
Earl Grace (Robert Earl Grace) was born on February 24, 1907 in Barlow, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on April 23, 1929 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .270 with 1 home run and 21 RBI. Grace played for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career.
Most people believe that Earl Grace's best season was 1932, when he knocked in 55 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1929
| CHI
| N
| 27
| 80
| 7
| 20
| 2
| 17
| .250
| .333
| .338
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| 47
| 150
| 8
| 42
| 1
| 20
| .280
| .337
| .353
| 6
| 1
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CHI
| N
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .385
| .111
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| TOT
| N
| 54
| 159
| 10
| 43
| 1
| 21
| .270
| .341
| .340
| 6
| 1
| 17
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| PIT
| N
| 115
| 390
| 41
| 107
| 8
| 55
| .274
| .305
| .405
| 17
| 5
| 14
| 23
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| 93
| 291
| 22
| 84
| 3
| 44
| .289
| .349
| .371
| 13
| 1
| 26
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| 95
| 289
| 27
| 78
| 4
| 24
| .270
| .317
| .377
| 17
| 1
| 20
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| 77
| 224
| 19
| 59
| 3
| 29
| .263
| .355
| .348
| 8
| 1
| 32
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 12
|
| 1936
| PHI
| N
| 86
| 221
| 24
| 55
| 4
| 32
| .249
| .352
| .353
| 11
| 0
| 34
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1937
| PHI
| N
| 80
| 223
| 19
| 47
| 6
| 29
| .211
| .313
| .345
| 10
| 1
| 33
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 627
| 1877
| 169
| 493
| 31
| 251
| .263
| .331
| .367
| 83
| 10
| 185
| 130
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1929
| CHI
| N
| C
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| C
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 23
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1931
| CHI
| N
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| TOT
| N
| C
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 137
| 24
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1932
| PIT
| N
| C
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 364
| 48
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .998
|
| 1933
| PIT
| N
| C
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 305
| 37
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| C
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 304
| 26
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1934
| PIT
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| PIT
| N
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 269
| 35
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1936
| PHI
| N
| C
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 217
| 29
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1937
| PHI
| N
| C
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 275
| 30
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 557
| 0
| 0
| 1977
| 247
| 30
| 49
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Rollie Hemsley (June 13, 1931).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Claude Passeau to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Al Todd (November 21, 1935).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Cap Clark (December 8, 1937).
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