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Norman
Grindstaff		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 26, 1951 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978    1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 21 CHA JL   3 4 4 3 4 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
1974 22 CHA JL   4 5 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
1975 23 CHA JL $ 300,000 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2
1976 24 CHA JL $ 300,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3
1977 25 CHA JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4
1978 26 CHA JL $ 2,531,071 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
1979 27 CHA JL $ 3,664,286 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
1980 28 CHA JL $ 3,664,286 6 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 4 4 3 4 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,664,286 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 29 GRE JL $ 5,810,000   15 15 14 13 14 14 11 12 11 9 9 9 11 10 10
1982 30 GRE JL $ 5,810,000   15 15 15 14 14 14 11 12 11 9 9 9 11 10 10
1983 31 BRK FL $ 5,810,000   15 15 14 14 14 14 10 11 11 9 9 9 11 10 10
1984 32 BRK FL $ 2,890,000   14 14 14 14 14 14 10 11 11 7 7 7 11 9 10
1985 33 BRK FL $ 2,890,000   15 15 14 14 14 14 9 10 10 6 6 6 11 9 10
1986 34 BRK FL $ 2,890,000   15 15 15 14 14 14 9 9 9 5 6 6 11 9 10
1987 35 GRE JL $ 2,250,000   14 14 13 13 13 13 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 8 8
1988 36 GRE JL $ 2,250,000   12 12 12 12 12 12 8 9 8 5 6 6 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,250,000   12 12 12 12 12 12 8 9 8 5 6 6 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,810,000   15 15 15 14 14 14 11 12 11 9 9 9 11 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 21 AAA   151 640 81 167 26 10 8 37 36 19 33 174 .261 .297 .370 .667 68.4  
1974 22 AAA   123 551 69 173 24 3 10 68 30 13 35 123 .314 .355 .423 .778 79.7  
1975 23 CHA JL 88 306 42 76 9 7 6 23 28 18 21 78 .248 .301 .382 .683 34.8 4.6
    AAA   63 246 27 70 7 1 6 28 16 8 14 62 .285 .323 .394 .717 30.9  
1976 24 CHA JL 146 553 64 141 21 7 17 54 28 13 27 161 .255 .293 .410 .704 67.5 10.7
1977 25 CHA JL 155 571 87 136 19 10 14 53 38 21 46 126 .238 .300 .380 .680 66.9 9.7
1978 26 CHA JL 153 612 97 196 22 12 19 66 52 20 42 101 .320 .368 .489 .857 103.6 22.5
1979 27 CHA JL 152 626 93 165 28 14 18 61 52 16 26 141 .264 .299 .439 .739 84.8 15.9
1980 28 CHA JL 153 633 94 176 18 14 17 68 52 22 32 150 .278 .317 .431 .748 85.0 12.5
1981 29 GRE JL 155 549 70 149 25 7 15 61 53 27 37 141 .271 .324 .424 .749 73.7 10.4
1982 30 GRE JL 151 584 108 144 22 4 19 51 62 14 41 167 .247 .298 .396 .694 77.2 11.3
1983 31 BRK FL 130 455 55 119 23 6 13 53 26 11 35 116 .262 .314 .424 .738 59.7 10.1
    AAA   14 19 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 .211 .211 .263 .474 0.5  
1984 32 BRK FL 128 453 56 129 19 7 13 66 28 15 35 113 .285 .343 .444 .786 67.5 12.1
1985 33 BRK FL 142 487 63 119 23 5 16 51 17 10 24 108 .244 .284 .411 .695 54.2 4.7
1986 34 BRK FL 104 271 40 82 12 2 16 55 8 3 15 71 .303 .344 .539 .882 47.5 7.4
1987 35 GRE JL 103 258 39 70 11 6 6 32 12 6 13 81 .271 .314 .430 .744 34.4 4.1
1988 36 GRE JL 59 103 20 28 1 0 4 13 4 1 4 22 .272 .294 .398 .692 12.5 1.5
14 Years Sim 1819 6461 928 1730 253 101 193 707 460 197 398 1576 .268 .315 .428 .742 869.3 137.5
4 Years AAA 351 1456 179 414 58 14 24 134 82 41 82 363 .284 .325 .393 .718 179.4  
162 Game Average 575 82 154 22 8 17 62 40 17 35 140 .268 .315 .428 .742 77.4  
Career Highs 155 633 108 196 28 14 19 68 62 27 46 167 .320 .368 .539 .882 103.6  
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   4473 681 1250 178 79 141 512 351 150 289 1119 .279 .327 .449 .777 643.4
vs LH   1988 247 480 75 22 52 195 109 47 109 457 .241 .286 .380 .665 214.1
Home 909 3175 471 833 111 45 112 339 219 97 207 824 .262 .311 .431 .743 424.4
Away 910 3286 457 897 142 56 81 368 241 100 191 752 .273 .318 .424 .742 433.1
RISP   1326 0 362 47 18 40 476 0 0 98 346 .273 .323 .426 .749 179.4
Pinch Hitting   145 15 41 1 3 2 13 7 7 13 36 .283 .350 .372 .722 17.7
Close/Late   760 126 210 19 8 31 98 0 1 60 203 .276 .335 .445 .779 109.9
Mar/Apr 278 1009 153 261 37 18 30 104 76 39 67 260 .259 .307 .420 .728 128.7
May 306 1110 140 286 48 13 31 113 70 26 76 286 .258 .309 .408 .717 140.7
June 306 1090 145 297 44 18 27 101 79 28 65 253 .272 .318 .420 .738 144.5
July 319 1137 187 328 49 24 38 145 80 29 76 259 .288 .337 .474 .811 176.8
August 324 1133 154 291 39 11 35 113 74 44 62 287 .257 .303 .403 .707 132.4
Sep/Oct 286 982 149 267 36 17 32 131 81 31 52 231 .272 .312 .441 .753 134.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 23 CHA JL RF 62 58 499.3 108 4 0 1 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 22 18 161.0 33 1 1 0 .971 1.90 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1976 24 CHA JL RF 142 141 1244.7 294 6 11 0 .965 2.17 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1977 25 CHA JL CF 98 98 824.7 272 1 2 1 .993 2.98 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 56 51 461.3 102 1 5 0 .954 2.01 0 0 .000 0  
1978 26 CHA JL CF 149 145 1285.3 386 4 7 1 .982 2.73 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 27 CHA JL CF 151 142 1294.3 429 6 7 0 .984 3.02 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1980 28 CHA JL CF 140 134 1218.7 366 5 6 2 .984 2.74 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    RF 12 9 97.3 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0  
1981 29 GRE JL CF 146 142 1183.0 311 3 7 2 .978 2.39 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 4 2 21.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 GRE JL CF 141 140 1137.3 324 6 10 4 .971 2.61 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 31 BRK FL RF 115 113 969.3 218 6 7 2 .970 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 11 2 29.7 9 0 1 0 .900 2.73 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1984 32 BRK FL CF 81 75 692.7 194 5 6 1 .971 2.59 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 39 37 327.3 70 2 1 0 .986 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
1985 33 BRK FL CF 124 116 1035.7 316 4 14 1 .958 2.78 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 8 5 55.7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
1986 34 BRK FL CF 61 51 444.0 133 2 5 0 .964 2.74 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    LF 8 8 71.7 18 0 2 0 .900 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 13 6 58.3 14 0 1 0 .933 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 2 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 35 GRE JL CF 48 44 374.0 116 2 4 1 .967 2.84 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 14 12 106.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 36 GRE JL CF 18 15 127.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 9 8 65.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1192 1122 9812.3 2920 39 70 13 .977 2.71 0 0 .000 0 26.4
  RF 477 442 3913.0 880 19 26 3 .972 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.9
  LF 10 9 83.7 21 0 2 0 .913 2.26 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 0 13.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1685 1574 13834.2 3831 60 98 16 .975 2.53 0 0 .000 0 31.3
Career Highs   154 149 1316.0 429 7 15 4 1.000 3.02 0 0 .000 0  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1978-5-.320
 OPS
1978-8-.857
 XR
1978-8-103.6
 Games
1977-9-155
CAR-49-1819
 At-Bats
1978-2-612
1979-2-626
1980-1-633
CAR-44-6461
 Runs
1978-9-97
1979-10-93
1982-4-108
Hits
1978-4-196
 Total Bases
1978-3-299
1979-9-275
 Singles
1978-5-143
 Triples
1977-4-10
1978-3-12
1979-1-14
1980-1-14
CAR-25-101
 Stolen Bases
1977-8-38
1978-5-52
1979-5-52
1980-6-52
1981-5-53
1982-4-62
CAR-29-460
 Caught Stealing
1975-5-18
1976-10-13
1977-3-21
1978-5-20
1979-7-16
1980-2-22
1981-3-27
CAR-24-197
Strikeouts
1976-1-161
1977-9-126
1979-5-141
1980-3-150
1981-10-141
1982-3-167
CAR-20-1576
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Scott Bucher (913)
  2. Joey Beggiani (887)
  3. Davey Mellor (874)
  4. Damian Renius (872)
  5. Joe Hardy (870)
  6. Pepe Mangual (869)
  7. Leroy Jeffcoat (866)
  8. Sam Hell (860)
  9. Lem Galarraga (860)
  10. Carlos Liston (856)
History
Injured on 4/22/1973 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Injured on 9/17/1973 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1974 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/13/1975, off Lank Bechard (VAN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/15/1975, off Terry Ilsley (VAN)
Injured on 8/2/1976 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Valencia on 6/5/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1978, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1978, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/2/1978, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 1 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 4/14/1979 with a Strained Back, out for one week
 
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