1930
Born March 8, 1930
New York, NY, USA
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b. March 8, 1930 · New York Yankees 1954–1958, Kansas City Athletics 1958–1959, 1962, Cleveland Indians 1960, Cincinnati Reds 1960, St. Louis Cardinals 1960
Bob Grim won twenty games as a rookie for the 1954 New York Yankees and took the American League Rookie of the Year award. No pitcher since has won twenty in his first season while making as few as twenty starts.
Arm trouble arrived almost immediately after. He was moved to the bullpen, and in 1957 he led the league with nineteen saves and made his only All-Star team, but he was never again a dependable starter. The Yankees traded him to Kansas City in 1958.
Born in New York City in 1930, Grim pitched eight seasons for five clubs, finishing 61-41 with 37 saves. He died at sixty-six, on October 23, 1996.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1957 |
| Rookie of the Year | 1 | 1954 |
| The Sporting News Rookie of the Year | 1 | 1954 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NYY | 37 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | .143 |
| 1955 | NYY | 26 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .120 |
| 1956 | NYY | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .063 |
| 1957 | NYY | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .111 |
| 1958 | KCA/NYY | 37 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .182 |
| 1959 | KCA | 40 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .094 |
| 1960 | CIN/CLE/STL | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1962 | KCA | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 268 | 189 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 75 | 0 | .127 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NYY | 20 | 6 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 199.0 | 175 | 72 | 85 | 108 | 3.26 |
| 1955 | NYY | 7 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 92.1 | 81 | 43 | 42 | 63 | 4.19 |
| 1956 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 74.2 | 64 | 23 | 31 | 48 | 2.77 |
| 1957 | NYY | 12 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 72.0 | 60 | 21 | 36 | 52 | 2.63 |
| 1958 | KCA/NYY | 7 | 7 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 130.0 | 130 | 55 | 51 | 65 | 3.81 |
| 1959 | KCA | 6 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 125.1 | 124 | 57 | 57 | 65 | 4.09 |
| 1960 | CIN/CLE/STL | 3 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 53.1 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 39 | 4.22 |
| 1962 | KCA | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6.23 |
| Career | — | 61 | 41 | 268 | 60 | 37 | 759.2 | 708 | 305 | 330 | 443 | 3.61 |
On this day & linked events
1996
Died October 23, 1996
1954
Major-league debut: Bob Grim
Bob Grim made a major-league debut on April 18, 1954.
1962
Final major-league game: Bob Grim
Bob Grim played a final major-league game on May 24, 1962.
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