Mudcat Grant

Full Name: James Timothy Grant	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/186	First Game: April 17, 1958
Birthdate: August 13, 1935	Final Game: September 29, 1971
Birthplace: Lacoochee, Florida	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 13, 1935 in Lacoochee, Florida, Mudcat Grant (James Timothy Grant) played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 14 year career. Grant broke into the bigs on April 17, 1958 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.84 ERA in 204 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Mudcat Grant's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1965, when he posted a 3.30 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 142 batters. However, others believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 1.86 ERA, notched 24 saves and struck out 58 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1958	CLE	A	44	28	10	11	3.84	111	93	87	11	1	4	204	173	20	104	5	4	1
1959	CLE	A	38	19	10	7	4.14	85	80	76	6	1	3	165.1	140	23	81	4	4	2
1960	CLE	A	33	19	9	8	4.40	75	88	78	5	0	0	159.2	147	26	78	4	7	2
1961	CLE	A	35	35	15	9	3.86	146	118	105	11	3	0	244.2	207	32	109	3	8	3
1962	CLE	A	26	23	7	10	4.27	90	75	71	6	1	0	149.2	128	24	81	4	2	0
1963	CLE	A	38	32	13	14	3.69	157	107	94	10	2	1	229.1	213	30	87	3	6	4
1964	MIN	A	26	23	11	9	2.82	75	73	52	10	1	1	166	162	21	36	2	2	0
1964	CLE	A	13	9	3	4	5.95	43	41	41	1	0	0	62	82	11	25	2	5	1
1964	TOT	A	39	32	14	13	3.67	118	114	93	11	1	1	228	244	32	61	4	7	1
1965	MIN	A	41	39	21	7	3.30	142	107	99	14	6	0	270.1	252	34	61	2	8	0
1966	MIN	A	35	35	13	13	3.25	110	104	90	10	3	0	249	248	23	49	2	5	6
1967	MIN	A	27	14	5	6	4.72	50	56	50	2	0	0	95.1	121	10	17	0	1	1
1968	LA	N	37	4	6	4	2.09	35	29	22	1	0	3	94.2	77	1	19	3	3	6
1969	STL	N	30	3	7	5	4.12	35	31	29	1	0	7	63.1	62	9	22	8	2	2
1969	MON	N	11	10	1	6	4.80	20	33	27	1	0	0	50.2	64	7	14	1	1	1
1969	TOT	N	41	13	8	11	4.42	55	64	56	2	0	7	114	126	16	36	9	3	3
1970	PIT	N	8	0	2	1	2.25	4	3	3	0	0	0	12	8	2	2	0	0	0
1970	OAK	A	72	0	6	2	1.82	54	26	25	0	0	24	123.1	104	8	30	8	1	3
1970	Total		80	0	8	3	1.86	58	29	28	0	0	24	135.1	112	10	32	8	1	3
1971	PIT	N	42	0	5	3	3.60	22	32	30	0	0	7	75	79	8	28	8	1	1
1971	OAK	A	15	0	1	0	1.98	13	9	6	0	0	3	27.1	25	3	6	0	0	0
1971	Total		57	0	6	3	3.17	35	41	36	0	0	10	102.1	104	11	34	8	1	1
Total	NL		128	17	21	19	3.38	116	128	111	3	0	17	295.2	290	27	85	20	7	10
Total	AL		443	276	124	100	3.67	1151	977	874	86	18	36	2146	2002	265	764	39	53	23
Total			571	293	145	119	3.63	1267	1105	985	89	18	53	2441.2	2292	292	849	59	60	33

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	CLE	A	P	44	28	204	7	28	3	2	0	6	4	0	.921
1959	CLE	A	P	38	19	165.1	14	25	2	3	2	9	6	0	.951
1960	CLE	A	P	33	19	159.2	25	15	2	1	1	5	5	0	.952
1961	CLE	A	P	35	35	244.2	25	36	2	4	2	6	5	2	.968
1962	CLE	A	P	26	23	149.2	5	23	0	3	3	2	7	1	1.000
1963	CLE	A	P	38	32	229.1	11	21	3	1	0	7	8	0	.914
1964	MIN	A	P	26	23	166	16	25	0	3	2	1	2	0	1.000
1964	CLE	A	P	13	9	62	3	10	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000
1964	TOT	A	P	39	32	228	19	35	0	6	2	1	5	0	1.000
1965	MIN	A	P	41	39	270.1	16	50	2	6	3	6	7	0	.971
1966	MIN	A	P	35	35	249	9	55	3	6	1	9	3	2	.955
1967	MIN	A	P	27	14	95.1	3	7	1	3	2	1	5	0	.909
1968	LA	N	P	37	4	95	4	21	0	0	0	5	4	1	1.000
1969	STL	N	P	30	3	63.1	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1969	MON	N	P	11	10	50.2	2	12	1	0	0	2	1	0	.933
1969	TOT	N	P	41	13	114	9	16	1	0	0	2	3	0	.962
1970	PIT	N	P	8	0	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	OAK	A	P	72	0	123.2	6	22	0	3	1	2	3	0	1.000
1970	Total		P	80	0	135.2	10	24	0	3	1	2	3	0	1.000
1971	PIT	N	P	42	0	75	3	16	0	2	2	3	0	0	1.000
1971	OAK	A	P	15	0	27.1	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000
1971	Total		P	57	0	102.1	5	20	0	2	3	3	0	1	1.000
Total			P	571	293	2442.1	162	376	19	40	20	64	65	7	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1958	CLE	A	54	66	4	5	0	5	.076	.103	.121	3	0	2	17	0	4	0	2
1959	CLE	A	42	55	5	11	1	6	.200	.228	.255	0	0	2	16	0	1	0	0
1960	CLE	A	47	57	8	16	0	6	.281	.283	.316	2	0	1	9	0	1	0	1
1961	CLE	A	48	88	8	15	1	6	.170	.204	.227	2	0	4	29	0	5	0	2
1962	CLE	A	30	53	4	8	0	3	.151	.182	.208	3	0	2	18	0	1	0	0
1963	CLE	A	53	69	11	13	1	3	.188	.243	.275	3	0	5	24	0	7	1	0
1964	MIN	A	39	60	8	10	0	3	.167	.190	.200	2	0	2	18	0	2	0	2
1964	CLE	A	20	22	3	6	2	5	.273	.320	.591	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	1
1964	TOT	A	59	82	11	16	2	8	.195	.227	.305	3	0	3	21	1	3	1	3
1965	MIN	A	50	97	13	15	0	8	.155	.212	.227	3	2	7	27	0	5	0	1
1966	MIN	A	35	78	5	15	0	10	.192	.220	.256	5	0	3	23	0	10	0	3
1967	MIN	A	27	28	6	5	0	2	.179	.200	.179	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1
1968	LA	N	43	31	1	4	1	2	.129	.129	.226	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
1969	STL	N	31	17	1	5	0	3	.294	.368	.294	0	0	1	7	1	2	0	0
1969	MON	N	11	16	1	2	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
1969	TOT	N	42	33	2	7	0	4	.212	.257	.212	0	0	1	14	1	2	0	0
1970	PIT	N	8	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	OAK	A	72	9	0	2	0	1	.222	.500	.222	0	0	5	1	0	5	0	0
1970	Total		80	11	0	2	0	1	.182	.438	.182	0	0	5	1	0	5	0	1
1971	PIT	N	42	8	1	2	0	1	.250	.333	.375	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
1971	OAK	A	15	3	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
1971	Total		57	11	2	3	0	1	.273	.333	.364	1	0	1	4	0	2	0	0
Total	NL		135	74	4	13	1	7	.176	.208	.230	1	0	2	26	1	2	0	1
Total	AL		532	685	76	122	5	58	.178	.217	.241	24	2	35	188	1	46	2	13
Total			667	759	80	135	6	65	.178	.216	.240	25	2	37	214	2	48	2	14

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1954).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Lee Stange and George Banks (June 15, 1964).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Zoilo Versalles to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for John Roseboro, Ron Perranoski and Bob Miller (November 28, 1967).
Selected by Montreal Expos from Los Angeles Dodgers (36th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
Traded by Montreal Expos to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gary Waslewski (June 3, 1969).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Oakland Athletics (December 5, 1969).
Traded by Oakland Athletics to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later (September 14, 1970); Oakland Athletics received Angel Mangual (October 20, 1970).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Oakland Athletics (August 10, 1971).
Released by Oakland Athletics (November 30, 1971).

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