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b. April 17, 1967 · Montreal Expos 1989–1994, Atlanta Braves 1995–1996, Cleveland Indians 1997, Milwaukee Brewers 1998–2000, Los Angeles Dodgers 2001–2002, San Francisco Giants 2003–2005

He led the National League with 76 stolen bases in 1991 and 78 in 1992 for Montreal, and won four straight Gold Gloves in center field from 1993. Seventeen seasons gave him 2,251 hits, 429 stolen bases, 227 home runs, 386 doubles and a .272 average.

Atlanta traded for him after the 1994 strike and he caught the fly ball that ended the 1995 World Series, the only one that club has won in Atlanta. Two years later he was the most valuable player of the Championship Series for Cleveland, which then lost the World Series in seven.

He was one of fifteen children from a family in Atlanta, played college ball at Florida A&M as a pitcher, and was drafted as an outfielder in the third round. Six clubs used him and he played until he was thirty-eight. The 2011 ballot gave him four votes of 581.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1993, 1994
Gold Glove	4	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
ALCS MVP	1	1997

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1989	MON	26	74	16	19	2	0	1	2	12	21	1	.257
1990	MON	98	288	42	74	14	2	3	29	27	40	22	.257
1991	MON	148	558	73	149	23	9	6	39	34	89	76	.267
1992	MON	159	653	99	180	39	6	14	66	42	81	78	.276
1993	MON	157	630	104	188	27	2	19	95	52	76	53	.298
1994	MON	110	475	96	137	25	4	11	45	41	66	36	.288
1995	ATL	139	551	80	142	23	3	12	42	47	61	29	.258
1996	ATL	158	671	106	207	32	10	23	74	41	73	28	.308
1997	CLE	144	558	74	146	27	6	12	66	43	89	22	.262
1998	MIL	142	542	57	147	28	1	10	60	24	78	13	.271
1999	MIL	154	603	92	161	27	1	20	83	49	109	24	.267
2000	MIL	146	595	67	145	18	2	14	62	39	99	20	.244
2001	LAD	135	448	56	99	17	1	21	60	16	107	7	.221
2002	LAD	111	343	57	95	21	4	17	60	22	68	5	.277
2003	SFG	149	587	82	176	33	3	20	79	20	82	11	.300
2004	SFG	145	562	78	157	26	2	22	90	37	83	3	.279
2005	SFG	44	137	8	29	4	0	2	15	7	18	1	.212
Career	—	2165	8275	1187	2251	386	56	227	967	553	1240	429	.272

On this day & linked events

1967

Born April 17, 1967

Atlanta, GA, USA

1989

Major-league debut: Marquis Grissom

Marquis Grissom made a major-league debut on August 22, 1989.

2005

Final major-league game: Marquis Grissom

Marquis Grissom played a final major-league game on July 31, 2005.

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