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Bobby Grich 2B

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
17	8220	.266	.371	.424	124	53.1

Birth Date	1-15-1949
Height	6' 2"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	76 years, 1 months, 13 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1970	BAL	21	30	104	20	1	3	0	9	21	0	1	1	.211	.279	.284	67	-3.3	-0.2	2.3	0.3
1971	BAL	22	7	35	9	0	0	1	5	8	0	1	0	.300	.400	.400	112	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.3
1972	BAL	23	133	528	128	21	3	12	53	96	7	13	6	.278	.358	.415	126	16.9	1.3	0.8	4.0
1973	BAL	24	162	700	146	29	7	12	107	91	7	17	9	.251	.373	.387	116	16.5	0.6	13.5	5.2
1974	BAL	25	160	707	153	29	6	19	90	117	20	17	11	.263	.376	.431	134	30.7	4.2	-0.8	5.6
1975	BAL	26	150	655	136	26	4	13	107	88	8	14	10	.260	.389	.399	135	29.6	2.9	-2.3	5.0
1976	BAL	27	144	615	138	31	4	13	86	99	3	14	6	.266	.373	.417	133	24.7	2.9	-7.1	3.9
1977	CAL	28	52	225	44	6	0	7	37	40	1	6	6	.243	.369	.392	115	4.8	-0.3	-0.5	1.4
1978	CAL	29	144	591	122	16	2	6	75	83	7	4	3	.251	.357	.329	98	0.7	-1.1	5.8	2.2
1979	CAL	30	153	609	157	30	5	30	59	84	2	1	0	.294	.365	.537	139	30.8	1.0	-2.8	4.7
1980	CAL	31	150	596	135	22	2	14	84	108	4	3	7	.271	.377	.408	121	16.0	-3.6	4.1	3.4
1981	CAL	32	100	404	107	14	2	22	40	71	4	2	4	.304	.378	.543	154	21.9	0.0	7.3	4.4
1982	CAL	33	145	605	132	28	5	19	82	109	8	3	3	.261	.371	.449	121	15.7	-3.0	-7.3	2.2
1983	CAL	34	120	477	113	17	0	16	76	62	7	2	4	.292	.414	.460	141	22.4	2.6	5.1	4.5
1984	CAL	35	116	432	93	15	1	18	57	70	2	2	5	.256	.357	.452	127	14.5	2.4	-8.8	2.0
1985	CAL	36	144	571	116	17	3	13	81	77	3	3	5	.242	.355	.372	108	7.0	0.6	5.6	2.9
1986	CAL	37	98	366	84	18	0	9	39	54	3	1	3	.268	.354	.412	106	3.3	-0.7	-0.7	1.1
Career			2008	8220	1833	320	47	224	1087	1278	86	104	83	.266	.371	.424	124	252.9	10.2	14.3	53.1

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1970	BAL	MLB	AL	30	104	.247	.321	.369	.270	99	-5.9	2.8	0.8	67	12	2.3	-0.2	-3.3	0.3
1971	BAL	MLB	AL	7	35	.257	.321	.382	.381	101	2.3	0.9	0.3	112	21	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.3
1972	BAL	MLB	AL	133	528	.239	.303	.344	.325	94	21	12.4	2.4	126	11	0.8	1.3	16.9	4.0
1973	BAL	MLB	AL	162	700	.262	.328	.385	.279	96	21.6	18.5	-0.9	116	8	13.5	0.6	16.5	5.2
1974	BAL	MLB	AL	160	707	.258	.319	.371	.295	95	31.8	18.3	-0.8	134	11	-0.8	4.2	30.7	5.6
1975	BAL	MLB	AL	150	655	.257	.323	.381	.286	94	29.5	17.2	-0.8	135	11	-2.3	2.9	29.6	5.0
1976	BAL	MLB	AL	144	615	.254	.313	.358	.307	91	25.8	15.5	-0.8	133	9	-7.1	2.9	24.7	3.9
1977	CAL	MLB	AL	52	225	.269	.331	.411	.270	93	7.3	6.3	2.9	115	12	-0.5	-0.3	4.8	1.4
1978	CAL	MLB	AL	144	591	.260	.324	.382	.289	97	2.1	15.4	-0.7	98	8	5.8	-1.1	0.7	2.2
1979	CAL	MLB	AL	153	609	.271	.331	.412	.301	96	36.2	17.1	-0.8	139	12	-2.8	1.0	30.8	4.7
1980	CAL	MLB	AL	150	596	.266	.324	.392	.318	99	12	16.0	-0.9	121	10	4.1	-3.6	16.0	3.4
1981	CAL	MLB	AL	100	404	.254	.317	.368	.324	98	33.3	10.2	-0.5	154	10	7.3	0.0	21.9	4.4
1982	CAL	MLB	AL	145	605	.263	.325	.403	.297	99	16.1	16.3	-0.8	121	10	-7.3	-3.0	15.7	2.2
1983	CAL	MLB	AL	120	477	.265	.326	.401	.311	100	25.4	13.0	-0.6	141	10	5.1	2.6	22.4	4.5
1984	CAL	MLB	AL	116	432	.262	.326	.393	.269	94	15.9	11.6	-1.1	127	12	-8.8	2.4	14.5	2.0
1985	CAL	MLB	AL	144	571	.261	.326	.406	.265	95	2	15.6	-1.6	108	10	5.6	0.6	7.0	2.9
1986	CAL	MLB	AL	98	366	.266	.331	.411	.299	96	8.6	10.1	-1	106	9	-0.7	-0.7	3.3	1.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1970	BAL	MLB	AL	104	95	11	20	1	3	0	27	8	9	21	1	1	.211	.279	.284	.074	0	0
1971	BAL	MLB	AL	35	30	7	9	0	0	1	12	6	5	8	1	0	.300	.400	.400	.100	0	0
1972	BAL	MLB	AL	528	460	66	128	21	3	12	191	50	53	96	13	6	.278	.358	.415	.137	5	3
1973	BAL	MLB	AL	700	581	82	146	29	7	12	225	50	107	91	17	9	.251	.373	.387	.136	2	3
1974	BAL	MLB	AL	707	582	92	153	29	6	19	251	82	90	117	17	11	.263	.376	.431	.168	8	7
1975	BAL	MLB	AL	655	524	81	136	26	4	13	209	57	107	88	14	10	.260	.389	.399	.139	7	9
1976	BAL	MLB	AL	615	518	93	138	31	4	13	216	54	86	99	14	6	.266	.373	.417	.151	1	7
1977	CAL	MLB	AL	225	181	24	44	6	0	7	71	23	37	40	6	6	.243	.369	.392	.149	3	3
1978	CAL	MLB	AL	591	487	68	122	16	2	6	160	42	75	83	4	3	.251	.357	.329	.078	3	19
1979	CAL	MLB	AL	609	534	78	157	30	5	30	287	101	59	84	1	0	.294	.365	.537	.243	2	12
1980	CAL	MLB	AL	596	498	60	135	22	2	14	203	62	84	108	3	7	.271	.377	.408	.137	5	5
1981	CAL	MLB	AL	404	352	56	107	14	2	22	191	61	40	71	2	4	.304	.378	.543	.239	3	5
1982	CAL	MLB	AL	605	506	74	132	28	5	19	227	65	82	109	3	3	.261	.371	.449	.188	3	6
1983	CAL	MLB	AL	477	387	65	113	17	0	16	178	62	76	62	2	4	.292	.414	.460	.168	3	4
1984	CAL	MLB	AL	432	363	60	93	15	1	18	164	58	57	70	2	5	.256	.357	.452	.196	4	6
1985	CAL	MLB	AL	571	479	74	116	17	3	13	178	53	81	77	3	5	.242	.355	.372	.129	0	8
1986	CAL	MLB	AL	366	313	42	84	18	0	9	129	30	39	54	1	3	.268	.354	.412	.144	1	10

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1983-08-29	1983-10-03		35	32	Left	Hand	Fracture		-	-
1981-06-07	1981-08-10	15-DL	64	5	-	Hand	Fracture		-	-
1977-06-09	1977-10-03		116	110	-	Low Back	Surgery	Herniated Disk	1977-07-04	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2013-11-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How in the hell is Bobby Grich not in the HOF? (John from LA)	Voters thought walks were for sissies. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-05-24 14:00:00 (link to chat)	How in the world is Bobby Grich not in the HOF? (Bob from LA)	Combination of voters not doing a good job adjusting for ballpark/era, and his skill set being exactly the type of skill set that gets overlooked: Excellent defense at second base with loads of walks and ballpark-suppressing power. It's not just that he didn't get into the Hall of Fame; when I was at the OCR, the writers there thought I was absolutely out of my mind for suggesting he should. Seriously, they looked at it as though I were making a case for Jose Vidro. Really. (Sam Miller)
2013-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How in the world is Bobby Grich not in the HOF? (John from LA)	John, I'm not much of a HOF guy so I don't feel qualified to answer this one. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	To me, the most overlooked thing regarding the results of the voting is Kenny Lofton's not receiving the requisite 5% of the vote to remain on the ballot. 1. Do you think in a regular year without a polarizing issue like steroids, would he have received the vote? 2. Now that he can only be inducted by the veterans committee, what do you think his chances are? 3. Do you think his bouncing around from team to team later in his career hurts the voter's perception of him? I think it's very unfortunate that he won't stay on the ballot. I'm one who, after reading your analysis and through my own observation of him when he was active, certainly would get my vote if I had one. (Mike Shumka from Milton, Ontario)	I think Lofton suffers less because of the steroid protest than the size of the crowd on the ballot and the fact that a certain segment of the electorate dramatically undervalues walks and defense. Nearly all of the Hall's recent injustices fit into that pattern - think of Ron Santo, Bobby Grich and Tim Raines, for example. Lofton will have a long wait ahead of him if his cause is taken up by the Veterans Committee. Among center field contemporaries, Jim Edmonds, Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran will all have their cases taken up by the BBWAA, and they've got reasonable merits and similar JAWS scores too. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	When the dust clears, do you see Lou Whitaker getting in to the Hall? (Yefrem from Canada)	Eventually, I think there's a good chance Trammell, Whitaker and Morris are all enshrined via the Veterans Committee process. I have Whitaker a bit below the JAWS standard and below Bobby Grich (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_2B.shtml), but he's above on career and we're talking numbers to the right of the decimal overall - a false precision, basically. It's probably too late given the current crowd of candidates, but I'd like to have seen Whitaker get back onto the BBWAA ballot via a similar amnesty to what put Ron Santo on the ballot in 1985 after he went 1-and-done in 1980. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2012-02-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	How does Bobby Grich not get more notice regarding the HOF? Is he a candidate for reconsideration down the line, like by a Veterans Committee or something? And finally, is there a GM who would take Bill Mazeroski over Grich, given that hypothetical choice? (Jape from Portland)	I'm not sure why he hasn't even gotten on the Veterans Committee ballot - his career ended more than 21 years ago, so he shouldn't have any logistical obstacles. As much as I love Grich, I'm sure there exist GMs who would have chosen Maz over Grich. For as good as the latter was, the former was a better defender according to both reputation and sabermetric consensus, and somebody wouldn't have bothered to consider that the offensive gap was greater. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-08-26 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Good point about Braun vs. LHP. Bobby Grich had one year (1980 or thereabouts) where he hit .162 against lefties. Every other year of his career he had a normal platoon split for a righthanded regular. (Rex Little from Big Bear CA)	Exactly! These things happen, and given he's still crushing righties, it's tough to get too upset about his future based on just over 100 PA against pitchers he normally destroys. (Marc Normandin)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	As an older Mets fan who fondly remembers Ventura for his grand slam single, and a young baseball fan who fondly remembers Ventura for charging Nolan Ryan. He deserved better than being one and done, right? (J.P. from Hartford)	Absolutely. I'm not convinced yet that he belongs, but as with Will Clark, Lou Whitaker, Dwight Evans, Bobby Grich and several others, I certainly feel the debate should have gone on a whole lot longer before anyone made up their minds. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Off the top of your head, who are two or three very credible options for the Hall that few casual fans or even BP readers would see as such? Will Clark? Trammell? In other words, in your extensive research on the topic, who's really surprised you with good candidancies? (Grant from Chicago)	Bobby Grich is one. Will Clark another. Bill Dahlen and Rick Reuschel are two guys whose JAWS scores are near the line that nobody ever thinks of. Dahlen I can see, Reuschel I'm not even convinced of. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-10-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	I know it's early, but how do Utley's HoF chances look so far? (dtwhite from Toronto)	On the one hand, he's got five years towards a very solid peak score, he's got a ring and some All-Star appearances, and he's just finishing his Age 30 season. On the other hand, the bar for second basemen in the Hall is unusually high - Bobby Grich and Lou Whitaker can't even get in - and there's a Nate Silver study that showed that second basemen tend to peak earlier and have shorter careers than other position players. Utley's had injury concerns over the past few years, and I worry if that will take its toll down the road. Which would be a damn shame, because he's one of my favorite players to watch. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-09-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, Do you think of the players on the new Veteran's Committee ballot belong in the HOF? Thanks for chatting. (collins from greenville nc)	I think Bill Dahlen does, and I'd be willing to consider Joe Gordon given the impact of World War II service on his career, but I'm far more interested in seeing cases like Bobby Grich, Lou Whitaker and Dwight Evans come up for a vote than some of these oldtimers. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-07-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Does the recent hot streak make you think differently about Dustin Pedroia going forward? Theres not much time in the majors to look at so I wonder if he's taking a step forward or if this is just one of those blips that happens over the course of 162. Thanks, Ms. Kahrl. (mattymatty from Philly)	It would be somewhat ironic if we had the new Bobby Grich on our hands, yet we in the analysis community shrank from identifying him until he already made it imminent. (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-16 13:00:00	NLCS Game Two/ALCS Game One	Popup city for the Dodgers. adambennett (MD Backgammon Tourney): Abreu for the HoF? A couple more good seasons should do it, right? Assuming we're talking about Bobby Abreu and not Tony or Winston, he's further away from the Hall of Fame. I looked at this back in August (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9416). By those numbers, which don't account for 2009, he was about 17 WARP short on career and a couple WARP shy on peak, but the real problem is that he's just past 2,100 hits at age 35, isn't close to 300 homers (256), has just two All-Star appearances and has never finished higher than 14th in the MVP voting. Plus there's the fact that guys who walk 80 or 100 times a year are exactly the ones who get kicked in the head by the voters, who prefer hackers like Jim Rice and Ryne Sandberg to plate disciples like Ron Santo, Tim Raines and Bobby Grich. (Jay Jaffe)