MLB / Players

Bobby Grich

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 180 lb

BornJanuary 15, 1949 · Muskegon, MI, USA

MLB debutJune 29, 1970

Final gameOctober 2, 1986

Seasons17 (1970–1986)

Baltimore Orioles 1970–1976; California Angels 1977–1986

Percentile snapshot

1985 season — qualified batters

144

33.1

571

32.4

479

15.4

55.1

116

9.6

38.2

41.9

RBI

86.8

48.5

26.5

41.9

.242

OBP

.355

69.9

SLG

.372

22.8

OPS

.727

38.2

wRC+

106.9

47.8

OPS+

101.3

36.8

wOBA

.336

45.6

sWAR

2.4

50.7

of 137 qualified 1985 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

129.9

90.2

OPS+

125.8

86.5

sWAR

61.1

99.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	30	104	95	11	20	1	3	0	8	9	21	1	1	.211	.279	.284	.563	57.1	57.0	.269	-0.1
1971	7	35	30	7	9	0	0	1	6	5	8	1	0	.300	.400	.400	.800	142.5	131.7	.382	0.3
1972	133	528	460	66	128	21	3	12	50	53	96	13	6	.278	.358	.415	.773	135.8	129.5	.363	4.5
1973	162	700	581	82	146	29	7	12	50	107	91	17	9	.251	.373	.387	.760	124.4	117.5	.360	4.8
1974	160	707	582	92	153	29	6	19	82	90	117	17	11	.263	.376	.431	.807	141.0	137.6	.375	6.2
1975	150	655	524	81	136	26	4	13	57	107	88	14	10	.260	.389	.399	.787	136.8	131.1	.373	5.4
1976	144	615	518	93	138	31	4	13	54	86	99	14	6	.266	.373	.417	.790	145.5	139.7	.376	5.7
1977	52	225	181	24	44	6	0	7	23	37	40	6	6	.243	.369	.392	.762	114.3	112.5	.346	1.4
1978	144	591	487	68	122	16	2	6	42	75	83	4	3	.251	.357	.329	.685	105.6	98.2	.329	2.7
1979	153	609	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	59	84	1	0	.294	.365	.537	.903	141.3	144.3	.393	5.3
1980	150	596	498	60	135	22	2	14	62	84	108	3	7	.271	.377	.408	.785	124.5	118.8	.364	4.0
1981	100	404	352	56	107	14	2	22	61	40	71	2	4	.304	.378	.543	.921	165.5	164.3	.412	4.7
1982	145	605	506	74	132	28	5	19	65	82	109	3	3	.261	.371	.449	.819	129.3	125.2	.370	4.4
1983	120	477	387	65	113	17	0	16	62	76	62	2	4	.292	.414	.460	.874	149.3	142.6	.399	4.7
1984	116	432	363	60	93	15	1	18	58	57	70	2	5	.256	.357	.452	.809	126.0	123.8	.363	2.8
1985	144	571	479	74	116	17	3	13	53	81	77	3	5	.242	.355	.372	.727	106.9	101.3	.336	2.4
1986	98	366	313	42	84	18	0	9	30	39	54	1	3	.268	.354	.412	.766	113.1	109.9	.347	1.9

Career totals

2,008

248th-most career G

8,220

254th-most career PA

6,890

331st-most career AB

1,033

325th-most career R

1,833

387th-most career H

320

414th-most career 2B

224

316th-most career HR

RBI

864

446th-most career RBI

1,087

90th-most career BB

1,278

181st-most career SO

104

.2660

OBP

.3705

277th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4237

OPS

.7942

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1974-06-18	MIN @ BAL Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	6	12
1979-05-31	LAA @ SEA Gameday	4	3	4	1	2	5	11
1981-08-15	LAA @ ATH Gameday	7	2	4	0	2	2	10
1980-07-13	ATH @ LAA Gameday	7	2	5	1	1	2	9
1979-04-14	LAA @ ATH Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	4	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

4× Gold Glove1× Silver Slugger6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.