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Jim Greengrass
James Raymond Greengrass

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 9, 1952
Final Game September 30, 1956
Born October 24, 1927 in Addison, NY

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 24 CIN NL  18   68   10   21   2  1   5   24   0  0   7  12  .309  .373  .588  163   40   0           0   1
 1953 25 CIN NL 154  606   86  173  22  7  20  100   6  4  47  83  .285  .340  .444  102  269   0           3  18 RoY-6
 1954 26 CIN NL 139  542   79  152  27  4  27   95   0  3  41  81  .280  .329  .494  110  268   3   4       0  18
 1955 27 TOT NL 107  362   44   92  22  2  12   38   0  2  42  52  .254  .331  .425  101  154   1   3   2   1  11
         CIN NL  13   39    1    4   2  0   0    1   0  0   9   9  .103  .271  .154   15    6   0   0   0   0   1
         PHI NL  94  323   43   88  20  2  12   37   0  2  33  43  .272  .339  .458  112  148   1   3   2   1  10
 1956 28 PHI NL  86  215   24   44   9  2   5   25   0  0  28  43  .205  .294  .335   71   72   1   2   3   0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      504 1793  243  482  82 16  69  282   6  9 165 271  .269  .330  .448  103  803   5   9   5   4  59
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        576   78  155  26  5  22   91   2  3  53  87  .269  .330  .448  103  258   2   3   2   1  19
 Career High    154  606   86  173  27  7  27  100   6  4  47  83  .285  .340  .494  110  269   3   4   3   3  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 24 CIN NL   75   48   15   8.4    97| .309  .262| .373  .335| .588  .389| .961  .724| 163  .783   5.4   0.5   0%
 1953 25 CIN NL  656  455   90   5.2   110| .285  .274| .340  .345| .444  .427| .784  .773| 102  .536   0.6   0.1  60%
 1954 26 CIN NL  590  418   87   5.6   111| .280  .276| .329  .348| .494  .427| .823  .775| 110  .568   5.4   0.5   0%
 1955 27 TOT NL  409  287   50   4.7   104| .254  .264| .331  .335| .425  .418| .756  .752| 101  .498   0.9   0.0   0%
         CIN NL   48   36    2   1.5   109| .103  .270| .271  .342| .154  .428| .425  .769|  15  .110  -4.7  -0.5   0%
         PHI NL  361  251   48   5.1   104| .272  .263| .339  .334| .458  .417| .797  .750| 112  .540   5.6   0.5   0%
 1956 28 PHI NL  246  185   20   2.9   101| .205  .262| .294  .328| .335  .413| .629  .741|  71  .310  -8.6  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1976 1393  262   5.0   107| .269  .271| .330  .341| .448  .422| .778  .764| 103  .528   3.6   0.2  40%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 24 CIN NL OF 17 55 0 2 0 .965 .980 3.24 2.10 4 13 0 1953 25 CIN NL OF 153 341 11 6 0 .983 .980 2.30 2.11 153 0 0 1954 26 CIN NL OF 137 298 9 10 0 .968 .975 2.24 2.18 137 0 0 1955 27 TOT NL OF 94 189 11 2 0 .990 .977 2.13 2.10 16 0 79 CIN NL OF 11 30 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.82 2.10 11 0 0 PHI NL OF 83 159 10 2 0 .988 .977 2.04 2.10 5 0 79 3B 2 2 1 3 0 .500 .938 1.50 2.80 1956 28 PHI NL OF 62 104 3 1 1 .991 .977 1.73 2.05 2.03 2.28 48 473.3 RF 60 105 4 1 1 .991 .974 1.82 1.80 2.15 2.00 47 457.3 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.69 2.08 1 16.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 27 PHI NL 3B 2 2 1 3 0 .500 .938 1.50 2.80 1956 28 PHI NL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1.69 2.08 1 16.0 1952 24 CIN NL OF 17 55 0 2 0 .965 .980 3.24 2.10 4 13 0 1953 25 CIN NL OF 153 341 11 6 0 .983 .980 2.30 2.11 153 0 0 1954 26 CIN NL OF 137 298 9 10 0 .968 .975 2.24 2.18 137 0 0 1955 27 TOT NL OF 94 189 11 2 0 .990 .977 2.13 2.10 16 0 79 CIN NL OF 11 30 1 0 0 1.000 .978 2.82 2.10 11 0 0 PHI NL OF 83 159 10 2 0 .988 .977 2.04 2.10 5 0 79 1956 28 PHI NL OF 62 104 3 1 1 .991 .977 1.73 2.05 2.03 2.28 48 473.3 1956 28 PHI NL RF 60 105 4 1 1 .991 .974 1.82 1.80 2.15 2.00 47 457.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF* 463 987 34 21 1 .980 .978 2.21 2.12 48 473.3 312 13 139# RF* 60 105 4 1 1 .991 .974 1.82 1.80 47 457.3 LF* 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.70 1 16.0 3B 2 2 1 3 0 .500 .938 1.50 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 465 989 35 24 1 .977 .977 2.20 2.12
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Slugging %
1954 NL-.494-10

Games
1953 NL-154-9

At Bats
1953 NL-606-10

Home Runs
1954 NL-27-8

Strikeouts
1953 NL-83-8
1954 NL-81-6

Singles
1953 NL-124-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1953 NL-18-6
1954 NL-18-6

Power/Speed Number
1953 NL-9.2-10

At Bats per Home Run
1954 NL-20.1-9

Outs
1953 NL-455-9

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1629) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

August 28, 1952: Traded by the New York Yankees with Bob Marquis, Ernie Nevel, Johnny Schmitz, and $35,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Ewell Blackwell.

April 30, 1955: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs with Glen Gorbous and Andy Seminick to the Philadelphia Phillies for Smoky Burgess, Steve Ridzik, and Stan Palys.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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