| Marv Grissom | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 31, 1918 Los Molinos, California, U.S. | |
| Died: September 19, 2005 (aged 87) Red Bluff, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 10, 1946, for the New York Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 11, 1959, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 47–45 |
| Earned run average | 3.41 |
| Strikeouts | 459 |
| Saves | 57 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Marvin Edward Grissom (March 31, 1918 – September 19, 2005) was an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. During his active career he appeared in 356 games in Major League Baseball for the New York / San Francisco Giants (1946; 1953–58), Detroit Tigers (1949), Chicago White Sox (1952), Boston Red Sox (1953) and St. Louis Cardinals (1959).[1] Born in Los Molinos, California, he threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).[2] An elder brother, Lee, was a left-handed pitcher for four MLB teams between 1934 and 1941;[3] in addition, a nephew, Jim Davis, also a southpaw, pitched for three National League clubs in the mid-1950s and was Marv Grissom's teammate with the 1957 New York Giants.[4]
- ^ Regular Season Pitching Statistics at baseball-reference.com
- ^ Biographical Data at baseball-almanac.com
- ^ Lee Grissom Pitching Statistics at baseball-reference.com
- ^ Baseball Reference player profile