Oscar Grimes
1938–1946 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics
602G
.256AVG
.363OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
469H
18HR
200RBI
30SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 303 | 308 |
| Batting · RBI | 200 | 199 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 30 | 31 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | 2,193 | 1,832 | 235 | 469 | 73 | 24 | 18 | 200 | 297 | 303 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 644 | .256 | .363 | .352 | .715 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1939-09-05 to 1939-09-16
24longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1939-09-17 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1944-09-22 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1941-06-21 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 305 | 1116 | 234 | 8 | 98 | 150 | 148 | .253 | .344 | .350 |
| Away | 297 | 1077 | 235 | 10 | 101 | 147 | 160 | .259 | .355 | .353 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | .147 | .217 | .227 |
| May | 67 | 218 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 33 | 38 | .233 | .344 | .300 |
| June | 89 | 324 | 66 | 1 | 27 | 46 | 50 | .244 | .346 | .317 |
| July | 120 | 452 | 106 | 2 | 33 | 60 | 64 | .280 | .367 | .351 |
| August | 148 | 544 | 114 | 6 | 52 | 77 | 63 | .253 | .351 | .368 |
| September | 144 | 546 | 126 | 7 | 58 | 70 | 82 | .278 | .359 | .401 |
| October | 8 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .182 | .308 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 93 | 352 | 63 | 4 | 40 | 47 | 49 | .214 | .312 | .316 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 92 | 346 | 72 | 3 | 31 | 49 | 49 | .251 | .350 | .348 |
| detroit-tigers | 90 | 300 | 67 | 2 | 27 | 42 | 49 | .268 | .363 | .336 |
| chicago-white-sox | 84 | 301 | 74 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 35 | .287 | .346 | .372 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 81 | 296 | 68 | 1 | 30 | 42 | 42 | .273 | .372 | .369 |
| st-louis-browns | 73 | 274 | 58 | 4 | 24 | 42 | 34 | .257 | .365 | .363 |
| cleveland-guardians | 47 | 186 | 39 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 26 | .260 | .366 | .393 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 138 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 24 | .237 | .319 | .322 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Cleveland Guardians | 4 | 10 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1939 | Cleveland Guardians | 119 | 364 | 98 | 4 | 55 | 8 | .269 | – | – |
| 1940 | Cleveland Guardians | 11 | 13 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1941 | Cleveland Guardians | 77 | 244 | 58 | 4 | 24 | 4 | .238 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 51 | 84 | 15 | – | 2 | 3 | .179 | – | – |
| 1943 |  New York Yankees | 9 | 20 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .150 | – | – |
| 1944 | New York Yankees | 116 | 387 | 108 | 5 | 46 | 6 | .279 | – | – |
| 1945 | New York Yankees | 142 | 480 | 127 | 4 | 45 | 7 | .265 | – | – |
| 1946 | New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics | 73 | 230 | 58 | 1 | 24 | 3 | .252 | – | – |