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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
4	10 (6)	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	GF	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (1)	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	GF	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	14 (1)	May 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	15	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	8	0	1	9	1
8	16	May 8	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
9	17	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
10	18	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
11	19	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	3
12	20	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
13	21	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	22	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
15	23	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	1	6	0	7	0
16	24	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
17	25	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	2	5	0
18	26	May 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	27	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
20	28	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	29	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
22	30	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
23	31	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
24	32	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
25	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
26	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	15	0	1	16	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	35	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	36	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17	CG	58	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
29	37	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
30	38	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
31	39	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
32	40	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
33	41	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	GF	9	3.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	43 (1)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	GF	15	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	4	5	1	10	1
36	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
37	46	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
38	47	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
39	48	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	49	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
41	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
42	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	52	Jun 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
44	53	Jun 18 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
47	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
49	58	Jun 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-10	GS	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	59	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
51	60	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	61	Jun 26	CLE		DET	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
53	62	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	63	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
55	64	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	65	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	66	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
58	67	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
59	68	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	69	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	7	3	0	10	3
61	70	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	71	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
63	72	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
64	73	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	GS	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
65	74	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	75	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	76	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	77	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
69	78	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
70	79	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
71	80	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	81	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	87 (5)	Jul 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
74	89 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	90	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	91	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	92	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
78	93	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	14	2	0	16	1
79	94	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-17	CG	51	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
80	98 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
81	105 (6)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-10	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-12	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	109 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
84	112 (2)	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
85	115 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,17-2	GF	9	3.0	5	0	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	125 (9)	Sep 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
87	126	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
88	127	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
89	128	Sep 6	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	3
90	129	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	130	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	GS	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	131	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8	GS	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	132	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-5	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	3
94	133	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	6	0	9	2
96	135	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	136	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
98	137	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	4
99	138	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
100	139	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	140	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,18-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
102	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
103	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-10	CG	50	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
104	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	144	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
106	145	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
107	146	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	3
108	147	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
109	148	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	32	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	149	Sep 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
111	150	Sep 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
112	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
113	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
114	153	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	154	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	20	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
							131gm		924.0	504	193	22	719	75