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Charlie Grimm
Charles John Grimm (Jolly Cholly)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 173 lb.

Debut July 30, 1916
Final Game September 23, 1936
Born August 28, 1898 in St. Louis, MO
Died November 15, 1983 in Scottsdale, AZ

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1916 17 PHA AL  12   22    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   4  .091  .167  .091  -21    2   0           0    
 1918 19 STL NL  50  141   11   31   7  0   0   12   2      6  15  .220  .262  .270   64   38   6           2    
 1919 20 PIT NL  14   44    6   14   1  3   0    6   1      2   4  .318  .348  .477  143   21   1           0    
 1920 21 PIT NL 148  533   38  121  13  7   2   54   7  8  30  40  .227  .273  .289   59  154  14           4    
 1921 22 PIT NL 151  562   62  154  21 17   7   71   6  8  31  38  .274  .314  .409   88  230  16           2    
 1922 23 PIT NL 154  593   64  173  28 13   0   76   6 10  43  15  .292  .343  .383   86  227  10           3    
 1923 24 PIT NL 152  563   78  194  29 13   7   99   6  9  41  43  .345  .389  .480  126  270  10           0    
 1924 25 PIT NL 151  542   53  156  25 12   2   63   3  6  37  22  .288  .336  .389   92  211  18           2    
 1925 26 CHC NL 141  519   73  159  29  5  10   76   4  3  38  25  .306  .354  .439  100  228  10           0     MVP-13
 1926 27 CHC NL 147  524   58  145  30  6   8   82   3     49  25  .277  .342  .403   99  211  26           3    
 1927 28 CHC NL 147  543   68  169  29  6   2   74   3     45  21  .311  .367  .398  105  216  26           3    
 1928 29 CHC NL 147  547   67  161  25  5   5   62   7     39  20  .294  .342  .386   91  211  28           1    
 1929 30 CHC NL 120  463   66  138  28  3  10   91   3     42  25  .298  .358  .436   96  202  10           1     MVP-14
 1930 31 CHC NL 114  429   58  124  27  2   6   66   1     41  26  .289  .359  .403   83  173  14           6    
 1931 32 CHC NL 146  531   65  176  33 11   4   66   1     53  29  .331  .393  .458  126  243  11           1     MVP-8
 1932 33 CHC NL 149  570   66  175  42  2   7   80   2     35  22  .307  .349  .425  108  242   9           2    
 1933 34 CHC NL 107  384   38   95  15  2   3   37   1     23  15  .247  .290  .320   74  123   6           0  16
 1934 35 CHC NL  75  267   24   79   8  1   5   47   1     16  12  .296  .338  .390   96  104   2           1   9
 1935 36 CHC NL   2    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1936 37 CHC NL  39  132   13   33   4  0   1   16   0      5   8  .250  .277  .303   55   40   2           0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 20 Seasons         7917      2299    108     1078     44     410  .290  .341  .397   95      219   0   0  31  30
               2166       908      394     79       57    578                            3146
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   68  172  29  8   6   81   4  3  43  31  .290  .341  .397   95  235  16   0   0   2   2
 Career High    154  593   78  194  42 17  10   99   7 10  53  43  .345  .393  .480  126  270  28   0   0   6  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1916 17 PHA AL   24   20    0   0.0    79| .091  .251| .167  .324| .091  .328| .258  .652| -21  .000  -3.2  -0.4     
 1918 19 STL NL  155  116   10   2.3    77| .220  .258| .262  .315| .270  .333| .532  .648|  64  .329  -5.8  -0.7     
 1919 20 PIT NL   47   31    7   6.1    85| .318  .269| .348  .324| .477  .353| .825  .677| 143  .729   1.8   0.2     
 1920 21 PIT NL  581  434   40   2.5    93| .227  .280| .273  .334| .289  .372| .562  .706|  59  .312 -29.1  -3.2  46%
 1921 22 PIT NL  611  432   70   4.4   109| .274  .302| .314  .352| .409  .416| .723  .768|  88  .472 -12.7  -1.3  42%
 1922 23 PIT NL  649  440   75   4.6   113| .292  .302| .343  .361| .383  .421| .726  .781|  86  .464 -12.8  -1.2  37%
 1923 24 PIT NL  614  388  102   7.1   109| .345  .296| .389  .355| .480  .412| .869  .767| 126  .675  20.5   2.0  40%
 1924 25 PIT NL  599  410   69   4.5   106| .288  .292| .336  .348| .389  .407| .725  .755|  92  .496  -6.9  -0.7  33%
 1925 26 CHC NL  567  373   80   5.7   116| .306  .303| .354  .361| .439  .432| .793  .793| 100  .552  -0.8  -0.1  57%
 1926 27 CHC NL  602  405   71   4.7   104| .277  .288| .342  .348| .403  .399| .745  .748|  99  .515  -0.6  -0.1     
 1927 28 CHC NL  617  400   79   5.3   104| .311  .290| .367  .349| .398  .400| .765  .749| 105  .565   4.8   0.5     
 1928 29 CHC NL  615  414   72   4.7   108| .294  .289| .342  .354| .386  .411| .728  .764|  91  .486  -7.7  -0.7     
 1929 30 CHC NL  516  335   72   5.7   121| .298  .304| .358  .368| .436  .443| .794  .812|  96  .520  -3.3  -0.3     
 1930 31 CHC NL  490  319   61   5.1   127| .289  .313| .359  .372| .403  .466| .762  .837|  83  .434 -10.7  -0.9     
 1931 32 CHC NL  596  366   95   6.9   105| .331  .288| .393  .347| .458  .406| .851  .753| 126  .677  20.7   2.0     
 1932 33 CHC NL  616  404   84   5.6   103| .307  .283| .349  .336| .425  .410| .774  .745| 108  .579   7.2   0.7     
 1933 34 CHC NL  413  311   36   3.1    91| .247  .274| .290  .327| .320  .375| .610  .702|  74  .378 -13.2  -1.4     
 1934 35 CHC NL  286  199   35   4.7   103| .296  .285| .338  .340| .390  .405| .728  .744|  96  .495  -1.8  -0.2     
 1935 36 CHC NL    8    8    0   0.0   104| .000  .287| .000  .342| .000  .409| .000  .751|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2     
 1936 37 CHC NL  139  106   11   2.8   105| .250  .288| .277  .348| .303  .404| .580  .751|  55  .279  -8.8  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 20 Seasons     8745 5911 1069   4.8   107| .290  .292| .341  .350| .397  .410| .738  .759|  95  .513 -64.8  -6.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1916 17 PHA AL OF 7 7 0 1 0 .875 .959 1.00 2.03 3 1 3 1918 19 STL NL 1B 42 385 14 12 24 .971 .987 9.50 10.76 OF 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.15 0 0 2 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.30 1919 20 PIT NL 1B 13 118 2 4 1 .968 .988 9.23 10.84 1920 21 PIT NL 1B 148 1496 95 8 95 .995 .990 10.75 6.76 1921 22 PIT NL 1B 150 1517 67 9 93 .994 .990 10.56 6.67 1922 23 PIT NL 1B 154 1478 68 10 104 .994 .990 10.04 6.49 1923 24 PIT NL 1B 152 1453 81 8 130 .995 .990 10.09 6.58 1924 25 PIT NL 1B 151 1596 72 8 139 .995 .989 11.05 6.62 1925 26 CHC NL 1B 139 1317 73 15 125 .989 .989 10.00 7.19 1926 27 CHC NL 1B 147 1416 68 18 139 .988 .989 10.10 6.80 1927 28 CHC NL 1B 147 1437 99 15 117 .990 .989 10.45 6.80 1928 29 CHC NL 1B 147 1458 70 10 147 .993 .989 10.39 6.80 1929 30 CHC NL 1B 120 1228 74 10 114 .992 .989 10.85 8.33 1930 31 CHC NL 1B 113 1040 68 6 103 .995 .990 9.81 8.85 1931 32 CHC NL 1B 144 1357 79 10 107 .993 .990 9.97 6.94 1932 33 CHC NL 1B 149 1429 123 11 127 .993 .990 10.42 6.71 1933 34 CHC NL 1B 104 979 84 4 94 .996 .990 10.22 9.61 1934 35 CHC NL 1B 74 683 43 4 39 .995 .991 9.81 9.73 1935 36 CHC NL 1B 2 27 1 0 4 1.000 .989 14.00 9.60 1936 37 CHC NL 1B 35 297 33 0 31 1.000 .990 9.43 9.91
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1918 19 STL NL 1B 42 385 14 12 24 .971 .987 9.50 10.76 1919 20 PIT NL 1B 13 118 2 4 1 .968 .988 9.23 10.84 1920 21 PIT NL 1B 148 1496 95 8 95 .995 .990 10.75 6.76 1921 22 PIT NL 1B 150 1517 67 9 93 .994 .990 10.56 6.67 1922 23 PIT NL 1B 154 1478 68 10 104 .994 .990 10.04 6.49 1923 24 PIT NL 1B 152 1453 81 8 130 .995 .990 10.09 6.58 1924 25 PIT NL 1B 151 1596 72 8 139 .995 .989 11.05 6.62 1925 26 CHC NL 1B 139 1317 73 15 125 .989 .989 10.00 7.19 1926 27 CHC NL 1B 147 1416 68 18 139 .988 .989 10.10 6.80 1927 28 CHC NL 1B 147 1437 99 15 117 .990 .989 10.45 6.80 1928 29 CHC NL 1B 147 1458 70 10 147 .993 .989 10.39 6.80 1929 30 CHC NL 1B 120 1228 74 10 114 .992 .989 10.85 8.33 1930 31 CHC NL 1B 113 1040 68 6 103 .995 .990 9.81 8.85 1931 32 CHC NL 1B 144 1357 79 10 107 .993 .990 9.97 6.94 1932 33 CHC NL 1B 149 1429 123 11 127 .993 .990 10.42 6.71 1933 34 CHC NL 1B 104 979 84 4 94 .996 .990 10.22 9.61 1934 35 CHC NL 1B 74 683 43 4 39 .995 .991 9.81 9.73 1935 36 CHC NL 1B 2 27 1 0 4 1.000 .989 14.00 9.60 1936 37 CHC NL 1B 35 297 33 0 31 1.000 .990 9.43 9.91 1918 19 STL NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.30 1916 17 PHA AL OF 7 7 0 1 0 .875 .959 1.00 2.03 3 1 3 1918 19 STL NL OF 2 4 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.15 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 2131 20711 1214 162 1733 .993 .990 10.29 7.36 OF 9 11 2 1 0 .929 .963 1.44 2.06 3 1 5 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 3.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 2141 20722 1217 163 1733 .993 .990 10.25 7.33
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1929   WS    CHC PHA     L   5  18   2   7  0  0  1   4   1   2  .389  .421  .556   0  1   1   0   0 
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   4  15   2   5  2  0  0   1   2   2  .333  .412  .467   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   9  33   4  12  2  0  1   5   3   4  .364  .417  .515   0  1   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1925-NL-13-0.06
1929-NL-14-0.16
1931-NL-8-0.26
Car-445-0.48 shares

Batting Average
1923 NL-.345-6
1931 NL-.331-6

On-base %
1931 NL-.393-10

OPS
1923 NL-.869-10

Games
1921 NL-151-10
1922 NL-154-7
1923 NL-152-7
1924 NL-151-4

Hits
1923 NL-194-7

Doubles
1932 NL-42-5

Triples
1921 NL-17-3
1922 NL-13-7
1923 NL-13-7
1931 NL-11-9

RBI
1923 NL-99-7
1926 NL-82-10

Singles
1923 NL-145-7

Times on Base
1923 NL-235-10

Offensive Win%
1923 NL-.675-10

Hit By Pitch
1930 NL-6-5

Sac. Hits
1924 NL-18-6
1926 NL-26-7
1927 NL-26-5
1928 NL-28-4
Car-219-63

At Bats per Strikeout
1922 NL-39.5-4
1932 NL-25.9-7
1933 NL-25.6-9

Oldest Player
1936 NL-37-4

Youngest Player
1916 AL-17-1
1918 NL-19-5

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (785) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.0 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.5 (857) (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 

October 27, 1924: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Wilbur Cooper and Rabbit Maranville to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Aldridge, George Grantham, and Al Niehaus.


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