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Amos Otis League
6-6-2136
Mel Grissom Second Base
Retired (1968, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .257 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .713 Status Deceased (1994) Option Years 0  
H 526 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 10-23-1933
HR 47 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1957)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(42 games)
RBI 289
SB 74
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt C  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS C- (35.0%) Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (99.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1960 PHI
93
305
35
69
16
2
7
39
29
 51 2 4
10
 2 13
.655
.294
.361
.134
.226
1961 PHI
104
300
40
83
11
2
11
53
26
 53 1 5
10
 2 13
.768
.331
.437
.160
.277
1962 PHI
118
401
47
104
14
5
5
38
38
 55 3 3
17
 4 14
.682
.326
.357
.097
.259
1963 PHI
114
260
40
70
18
6
5
35
24
 46 0 2
6
 5 6
.771
.329
.442
.173
.269
1964 PHI
117
232
27
64
8
3
6
42
24
 31 3 1
14
 1 5
.764
.350
.414
.138
.276
1965 PHI
88
217
23
59
8
1
4
32
13
 39 2 0
7
 6 5
.692
.319
.373
.101
.272
1966 PHI
57
169
23
40
10
0
4
24
18
 35 2 2
5
 3 2
.681
.314
.367
.130
.237
1967 PHI
31
65
10
18
2
3
0
6
5
 8 1 0
4
 2 2
.738
.338
.400
.123
.277
1968 WAS
27
95
9
19
5
0
5
20
6
 14 0 0
1
 4 4
.658
.248
.411
.211
.200
Total
749
2044
254
526
92
22
47
289
183
 332 14 17
74
 29 64
.713
.320
.393
.136
.257
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Mel Grissom has retired from the Washington Cubs
1968-05-06The Washington Cubs have promoted Mel Grissom to the major league team.
1968-04-16The Washington Cubs have acquired Mel Grissom from the waiver wire. The Washington Cubs have waived Buck Lombard.
1968-04-08The Kansas City Royals have waived Mel Grissom.
1968-04-05The Kansas City Royals have acquired Mel Grissom from the waiver wire.
1968-04-01The Philadelphia BeerGoggles have waived Mel Grissom.
1967-06-25The Philadelphia BeerGoggles have designated Mel Grissom for assignment.
1960-04-01The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Mel Grissom to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted Jake Beamon to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have promoted D.J. Walker to the major league team. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Ron Bloomfield to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Homer McNulty to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have sent Ken Lambert to the minors. The Philadelphia Wildbunch have designated Dave Bottomley for assignment.