Marv Grissom
1946–1959 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, NLS, New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals
356G
.122AVG
.162OBP
.159SLG
More career statistics
23H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
47–45W–L
810.0IP
459K
3.41ERA
52GS
58SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 189 | 188 |
| Batting · Hits | 23 | 22 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 67 | 68 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 213 | 211 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 7 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,484 | 3,480 |
| Pitching · p hr | 65 | 64 |
| Pitching · p k | 459 | 460 |
| Pitching · p r | 358 | 357 |
| Pitching · p w | 343 | 341 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 356 | 213 | 189 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | .122 | .162 | .159 | .321 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 810.0 | 356 | 52 | 12 | 47 | 45 | 58 | 771 | 358 | 307 | 65 | 343 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 | 1.375 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1952-06-12 to 1952-06-17
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1946-09-26 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1952-08-09 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 45 | 13 strikeouts | 1952-09-13 | 1 in 861 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 179 | 109 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 35 | .133 | .165 | .173 |
| Away | 177 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | .100 | .108 | .133 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 62 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .029 | .027 | .029 |
| June | 78 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .179 | .167 | .256 |
| July | 73 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .118 | .154 | .147 |
| August | 68 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .091 | .175 | .152 |
| September | 47 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .194 | .195 | .222 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .143 | .167 |
| chicago-cubs | 44 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .211 | .238 | .263 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 43 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .059 | .190 | .118 |
| milwaukee-braves | 42 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .214 | .214 | .214 |
| cincinnati-reds | 40 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .062 | .111 | .062 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 36 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .095 | .095 | .095 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 31 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .071 | .154 |
| boston-red-sox | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .077 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  New York Giants | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 18 | 9 |
| 1949 |  Detroit Tigers | 27 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 39 | 17 |
| 1952 |  Chicago White Sox | 28 | 53 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .151 | 166 | 97 |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox, New York Giants | 34 | 45 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .044 | 143 | 76 |
| 1954 | New York Giants | 56 | 32 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .156 | 122 | 65 |
| 1955 | New York Giants | 55 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | .154 | 89 | 49 |
| 1956 | New York Giants | 43 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 80 | 50 |
| 1957 | New York Giants | 55 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | .167 | 82 | 51 |
| 1958 |  San Francisco Giants | 51 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 65 | 46 |
| 1959 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |