Bob Grim
Bob Grim
Full name: Robert Anton Grim
Born: March 8, 1930, New York, New York
Died October 23, 1996, Shawnee, Kansas
Buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas
First Game: April 18, 1954; Final Game: May 24, 1962
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 175
AL Rookie of the Year (1954)
TSN AL Rookie of the Year (1954)
Bob Grim
Top Performances
Batter Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1954 NY A 37 70 3 10 0 0 1 9 2 26 0 7 0 1 0 0 .143 .167 .186 0.0 1954 NY A
1955 NY A 26 25 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 .120 .185 .120 0.0 1955 NY A
1956 NY A 26 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .063 .250 .063 0.0 1956 NY A
1957 NY A 46 9 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .444 0.0 1957 NY A
1958 NY A 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1958 NY A
1958 KC A 26 32 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 .188 .212 .188 0.0 1958 KC A
1958 TOT A 37 33 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 .182 .206 .182 0.0 1958 TOT A
1959 KC A 40 32 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 0 17 0 6 1 0 0 0 .094 .143 .188 0.0 1959 KC A
1960 CLE A 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1960 CLE A
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1960 CIN N
1960 STL N Daily Splits 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1960 STL N
1960 TOT N 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1960 TOT N
1960 Total 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1960 Total
1962 KC A Daily Splits 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1962 KC A
Total NL 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Total NL
Total AL 227 187 12 24 0 0 3 21 11 0i 74 1 25 1 0i 0i 1 0 0 .128 .180 .176 0.0 Total AL
Total Splits 268 189 12 24 0 0 3 21 11 0i 75 1 25 1 0i 0i 1 0 0 .127 .178 .175 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1955 NY A Daily Splits 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1955 NY A
1957 NY A 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1957 NY A
Total Splits 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1957 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1957 AL
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
1954 NY A 37 20 8 1 8 0 199 175 825 9 78 72 85 108 8 12 4 3 0 20 6 3.26 0.5 1954 NY A
1955 NY A 26 11 1 1 6 4 92.1 81 396 9 49 43 42 2 63 4 6 2 3 0 7 5 4.19 -0.7 1955 NY A
1956 NY A 26 6 1 0 11 5 74.2 64 309 3 27 23 31 0 48 3 1 1 2 0 6 1 2.77 0.8 1956 NY A
1957 NY A 46 0 0 0 36 19 72 60 299 5 22 21 36 5 52 8 4 1 0 0 12 8 2.62 2.0 1957 NY A
1958 NY A 11 0 0 0 6 0 16.1 12 70 3 10 10 10 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5.51 -0.2 1958 NY A
1958 KC A 26 14 5 1 5 0 113.2 118 490 7 54 45 41 4 54 5 3 1 3 0 7 6 3.56 0.1 1958 KC A
1958 TOT A 37 14 5 1 11 0 130 130 560 10 64 55 51 4 65 7 3 1 4 0 7 7 3.81 -0.1 1958 TOT A
1959 KC A 40 9 3 1 16 4 125.1 124 548 10 69 57 57 6 65 9 2 4 3 0 6 10 4.09 -0.5 1959 KC A
1960 CLE A Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 6 14 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.57 -0.4 1960 CLE A
1960 CIN N Daily Splits 26 0 0 0 14 2 30.1 32 133 3 18 15 10 2 22 2 4 0 0 0 3 1 3 4 2 2 4.45 -0.4 1960 CIN N
1960 STL N Daily Splits 15 0 0 0 10 0 20.2 22 92 1 7 7 9 1 15 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 3.05 0.1 1960 STL N
1960 TOT N 41 0 0 0 24 2 51 54 225 4 25 22 19 3 37 2 6 0 0 0 8 2 4 4 3 2 3.88 -0.3 1960 TOT N
1960 Total 44 0 0 0 25 2 53.1 60 239 4 28 25 20 3 39 3 6 0 0 0 10 2 4 4 3 3 4.22 -0.7 1960 Total
1962 KC A Daily Splits 12 0 0 0 7 3 13 14 58 0 9 9 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 6.23 -0.3 1962 KC A
Total NL 41 0 0 0 24 2 51 54 225 4 25 22 19 3 37 2 6 0 0 0 8 2 4 4 3 2 3.88 -0.3 Total NL
Total AL 227 60 18 4 96 35 708.2 654 3009 46 321 283 311 19i 406 42 28 13 15 0 5i 0i 2i 0i 58 39 3.59 1.3 Total AL
Total Splits 268 60 18 4 120 37 759.2 708 3234 50 346 305 330 22i 443 44 34 13 15 0 13i 2i 6i 4i 61 41 3.61 1.0 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Pitching Record World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1955 NY A Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 1 1 8.2 8 36 3 4 4 5 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4.15 1955 NY A
1957 NY A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.1 3 10 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.71 1957 NY A
Total Splits 5 1 0 0 3 1 11 11 46 4 6 6 5 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 4.91 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HPB BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA Year Team
1957 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1957 AL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1954 NY A P 37 11 26 1 4 .974
1955 NY A P 26 5 14 1 1 .950
1956 NY A P 26 4 8 1 2 .923
1957 NY A P 46 7 10 0 1 1.000
1958 NY A P 11 0 2 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A P 26 3 17 2 0 .909
1958 TOT A P 37 3 19 2 0 .917
1959 KC A P 40 7 13 1 1 .952
1960 CLE A Daily P 3 0 0 2.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 CIN N Daily P 26 0 0 30.1 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .800
1960 STL N Daily P 15 0 0 20.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 TOT N P 41 0 0 51 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .900
1960 Total P 44 0 0 53.1 1 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .909
1962 KC A Daily P 12 0 0 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 268 0i 0i 66.1i 39 104 7 10 0i 1i 1i 0i 0i .953
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1955 NY A Daily P 3 1 0 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1957 NY A Daily P 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total P 5 1 0 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB CS SB PkO AVG
1957 AL Daily P 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1948).
Traded by New York Yankees with Harry Simpson to Kansas City Athletics in exchange
for Duke Maas and Virgil Trucks (June 15, 1958 ).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Leo Kiely
(April 5, 1960 ).
Sold by Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds (May 18, 1960 ).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals (July 29, 1960 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (1962).
Signed by Kansas City Athletics (April 9, 1962 ).
Released by Kansas City Athletics (May 31, 1962 ).
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