Bob Grim (baseball)

Bob Grim

Pitcher

Born: March 8, 1930
New York, New York

Died: October 23, 1996 (aged 66)
Shawnee, Kansas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 18, 1954, for the New York Yankees

Last MLB appearance

May 24, 1962, for the Kansas City Athletics

MLB statistics

Win–loss record

61–41

Earned run average

3.61

Strikeouts

443

Teams

Career highlights and awards

Robert Anton Grim (March 8, 1930 – October 23, 1996) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Born in New York City, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees in 1948. His Major League debut was on April 18, 1954 for the Yankees. He wore uniform number 55 for the Yankees during his entire period on the team. He won 20 games (the first Yankee rookie to win 20 since 1910) and lost only 6 that year, with a 3.26 earned run average, and was voted American League Rookie of the Year, with 15 votes out of 24. He played in two World Series for the Yankees, in 1955 (against the Brooklyn Dodgers) and in 1957 (against the Milwaukee Braves). By 1957, because of arm troubles, he became an exclusive relief pitcher. He has been retroactively listed as leading the American League in saves in 1957 with 19. (At the time, saves were not a regularly calculated statistic.)

Grim got the final out of the 1957 All-Star Game, being brought in from the bullpen with the American League leading 6–5 and getting pinch-hitter Gil Hodges on a game-ending fly out to left field.

On June 15, 1958, Grim was traded, along with Harry Simpson, by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Duke Maas and Virgil Trucks. He had records of 7–6 and 6–10 for the Athletics the next two seasons.

He played with three teams in 1960. On April 5, 1960, he was traded by Kansas City to the Cleveland Indians for Leo Kiely. On May 18, the Cincinnati Reds purchased his contract from Cleveland, and on July 29, the St. Louis Cardinals purchased his contract from Cincinnati.

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