Oscar Grimes

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Full Name: Oscar Ray Grimes, Jr.	Primary Position: 3B,2B,1B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/178	First Game: September 28, 1938
Birthdate: April 13, 1915	Final Game: September 25, 1946
Birthplace: Minerva, Ohio	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 19, 1993
Deathplace: Westlake, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Oscar Grimes (Oscar Ray Grimes, Jr.) was born on April 13, 1915 in Minerva, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 28, 1938 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1939, his rookie year, he hit .269 with 4 home runs and 56 RBI. Grimes played for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics over the course of his 9 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	CLE	A	4	10	2	2	0	2	.200	.333	.400	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1939	CLE	A	119	364	51	98	4	56	.269	.368	.385	20	5	56	61	1	11	8	0	7
1940	CLE	A	11	13	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1941	CLE	A	77	244	28	58	4	24	.238	.345	.348	9	3	39	47	1	7	4	0	1
1942	CLE	A	51	84	10	15	0	2	.179	.289	.202	2	0	13	17	0	3	3	0	1
1943	NY	A	9	20	4	3	0	1	.150	.261	.150	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0
1944	NY	A	116	387	44	108	5	46	.279	.377	.403	17	8	59	57	2	8	6	0	2
1945	NY	A	142	480	64	127	4	45	.265	.395	.358	19	7	97	73	6	12	7	0	10
1946	PHI	A	59	191	28	50	1	20	.262	.356	.304	5	0	27	29	1	11	2	0	7
1946	NY	A	14	39	1	8	0	4	.205	.225	.231	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0
1946	TOT	A	73	230	29	58	1	24	.252	.336	.291	6	0	28	36	1	12	2	0	7
Total			602	1832	235	469	18	200	.256	.363	.352	73	24	297	303	11	53	30	0	28

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1938	CLE	A	2B	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CLE	A	SS	37	0	0	58	66	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	.919
1939	CLE	A	2B	48	0	0	102	109	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1939	CLE	A	3B	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	CLE	A	1B	43	0	0	341	17	4	36	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1940	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	CLE	A	1B	4	0	0	21	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1941	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1941	CLE	A	1B	62	0	0	544	31	3	53	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1941	CLE	A	2B	13	0	0	28	31	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1942	CLE	A	3B	8	0	0	5	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1942	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	CLE	A	2B	24	0	0	46	39	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1942	CLE	A	SS	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1943	NY	A	SS	3	0	0	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1943	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	8	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	NY	A	SS	20	0	0	35	57	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1944	NY	A	3B	97	0	0	105	189	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1945	NY	A	3B	141	0	0	162	296	31	35	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1945	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	PHI	A	3B	6	0	0	6	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1946	PHI	A	SS	4	0	0	7	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.765
1946	PHI	A	2B	43	0	0	98	105	9	30	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1946	NY	A	SS	7	0	0	20	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.895
1946	NY	A	2B	5	0	0	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1946	TOT	A	2B	48	0	0	109	116	10	32	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1946	TOT	A	SS	11	0	0	27	20	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.855
Total			2B	135	0	0	288	297	24	71	0	0	0	0	0	.961
Total			3B	257	0	0	281	521	51	50	0	0	0	0	0	.940
Total			1B	113	0	0	929	52	8	95	0	0	0	0	0	.992
Total			SS	72	0	0	122	151	28	35	0	0	0	0	0	.907

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Cleveland Indians with Roy Weatherly to New York Yankees in exchange for Roy Cullenbine and Buddy Rosar (December 17, 1942).
Sold by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Athletics (July 11, 1946).

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