Tim
Grosz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 3, 1927 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Glove Award 1955   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 SEA CL $ 300,000  
1953 26 SEA CL $ 350,000  
1954 27 SEA CL $ 782,857  
1955 28 SEA CL $ 782,857  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 782,857  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 SEA CL 122 395 43 97 20 3 10 57 4 6 41 82 .246 .316 .387 .703 47.3 5.3
1953 26 SEA CL 99 272 40 74 12 1 10 54 11 9 25 47 .272 .326 .434 .759 39.9 5.0
1954 27 SEA CL 102 312 50 84 14 2 9 44 10 4 39 52 .269 .349 .413 .763 46.8 7.3
1955 28 SEA CL 122 444 56 105 20 3 11 58 12 2 48 81 .236 .311 .369 .680 56.2 5.7
4 Years Sim 445 1423 189 360 66 9 40 213 37 21 153 262 .253 .324 .396 .720 190.1 23.4
162 Game Average 518 68 131 24 3 14 77 13 7 55 95 .253 .324 .396 .720 69.2  
Career Highs 122 444 56 105 20 3 11 58 12 9 48 82 .272 .349 .434 .763 56.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1106 141 280 47 7 33 161 25 14 116 227 .253 .323 .398 .720 145.3
vs LH   317 48 80 19 2 7 52 12 7 37 35 .252 .327 .391 .718 41.6
Home 217 715 97 176 26 7 21 106 25 9 75 137 .246 .315 .390 .705 92.6
Away 228 708 92 184 40 2 19 107 12 12 78 125 .260 .332 .403 .735 94.3
RISP   416 0 109 19 1 11 165 0 0 48 71 .262 .329 .392 .720 56.4
Pinch Hitting   22 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .182 .280 .409 .689 2.7
Close/Late   139 28 37 7 2 2 14 0 0 23 24 .266 .370 .388 .759 21.0
Mar/Apr 41 132 15 31 13 1 3 21 0 0 12 34 .235 .304 .417 .721 16.1
May 97 327 34 71 18 2 6 33 6 3 32 58 .217 .285 .339 .624 32.6
June 88 299 38 68 6 4 9 49 8 6 28 60 .227 .289 .365 .654 32.8
July 88 295 43 72 12 1 11 40 13 3 30 55 .244 .311 .403 .714 39.7
August 79 202 23 67 8 1 3 35 5 5 29 30 .332 .415 .426 .841 34.8
Sep/Oct 52 168 36 51 9 0 8 35 5 4 22 25 .304 .380 .500 .880 30.9
Fielding Stats     Help
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Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 SEA CL LF 102 100 819.7 189 9 6 4 .971 2.17   2.4
    CF 23 22 162.0 56 0 0 0 1.000 3.11    
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
1953 26 SEA CL 1B 67 59 525.7 545 44 5 58 .992 10.08   1.3
    LF 11 10 88.7 21 2 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.3
    CF 4 4 33.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.18    
1954 27 SEA CL LF 53 53 456.7 104 6 4 1 .965 2.17   1.6
    CF 21 13 125.0 30 1 1 1 .969 2.23    
    1B 14 6 67.7 77 5 0 7 1.000 10.91   0.2
    RF 7 7 58.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.40    
1955 28 SEA CL LF 120 120 1033.0 244 9 4 1 .984 2.20   1.9
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  LF 286 283 2398.0 558 26 14 6 .977 2.19   6.2
  1B 81 65 593.3 622 49 5 65 .993 10.18   1.4
  CF 50 39 324.0 96 1 1 1 .990 2.69    
  RF 7 7 58.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.40    
  3B 2 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
Career Totals   426 394 3377.0 1284 78 20 72 .986 3.63   7.6
Career Highs   127 122 1037.0 574 46 6 58 .992 8.62    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 25 SEA CL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 27 SEA CL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 23rd round, 455th overall pick, by Seattle in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/16/1952, off Clyde Pearson (POR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1952, off Gary Wadsworth (SF)
2/13/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/7/1953
2/13/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $782,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1954, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/13/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $782,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/10/1955 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Platinum Glove Award at Leftfield in 1955