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Marquis Grissom
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Birthdate: 4/17/1967    
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 190 lbs. Place of Birth: Atlanta, GA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Center fielder - Montreal, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco One of only seven players to ring up 2000 career hits, 200 homers and 400 stolen bases, Marquis Grissom rates as one of the fastest players ever to wear a major league uniform. Posting a career .988 fielding average, Marquis Grissom won four glove awards, and was chosen to two All Star games in a stellar career spanning 17 seasons. He stole a career best 78 bases for the Montreal Expos in 1992, and chalked up 429 career bases. Well regarded for his warmth and optimism, Marquis Grissom was quoted as saying upon his retirement in spring training in 2006, 'It has been a fun ride along the way. I came to spring training to really see if I could go out and play baseball again for another year. I got that opportunity, but it did not work out.' Manager Dusty Baker then said, He is such a great human being that you want him to go out on his terms. And he did.' A noted clutch hitter Marquis Grissom appeared in 52 post-season at bats and posted a .317 batting average along with 20 RBIs in such games. He was chosen the Most Valuable Player, MVP, of the 1997 AL Championship Series while with Cleveland.

Marquis Grissom retired prior to the start of 2006 season after joining six other major leaguers with 2000 hits, 200 home runs and 400 stolen bases, Rickey Henderson, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Barry Bonds, Roberto Alomar, and Craig Biggio


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
17 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1989 MON (NL) 26 74 16 19 2 0 1 2 12 21 1 0 0 0 1 0 .257 .360 SLG
1990 MON (NL) 98 288 42 74 14 2 3 29 27 40 22 2 2 0 4 1 .257 .320 SLG
1991 MON (NL) 148 558 73 149 23 9 6 39 34 89 76 17 0 1 4 0 .267 .310 SLG
1992 MON (NL) 159 653 99 180 39 6 14 66 42 81 78 13 6 5 3 4 .276 .322 SLG
1993 MON (NL) 157 630 104 188 27 2 19 95 52 76 53 10 6 3 0 8 .298 .351 SLG
1994 MON (NL) 110 475 96 137 25 4 11 45 41 66 36 6 4 1 0 4 .288 .344 SLG
1995 ATL (NL) 139 551 80 142 23 3 12 42 47 61 29 9 4 3 1 4 .258 .317 SLG
1996 ATL (NL) 158 671 106 207 32 10 23 74 41 73 28 11 6 3 4 4 .308 .349 SLG
1997 CLE (AL) 144 558 74 146 27 6 12 66 43 89 22 13 1 6 6 9 .262 .317 SLG
1998 MIL (NL) 142 542 57 147 28 1 10 60 24 78 13 8 2 2 2 2 .271 .304 SLG
1999 MIL (NL) 154 603 92 161 27 1 20 83 49 109 24 6 4 0 4 5 .267 .320 SLG
2000 MIL (NL) 146 595 67 145 18 2 14 62 39 99 20 10 2 0 2 4 .244 .288 SLG
2001 LAD (NL) 135 448 56 99 17 1 21 60 16 107 7 5 0 2 0 2 .221 .250 SLG
2002 LAD (NL) 111 343 57 95 21 4 17 60 22 68 5 1 2 2 0 4 .277 .321 SLG
2003 SFG (NL) 149 587 82 176 33 3 20 79 20 82 11 3 0 2 3 6 .300 .322 SLG
2004 SFG (NL) 145 562 78 157 26 2 22 90 37 83 3 1 5 1 2 4 .279 .323 SLG
2005 SFG (NL) 44 137 8 29 4 0 2 15 7 18 1 1 0 0 2 1 .212 .248 SLG
17 years   2165 8275 1187 2251 386 56 227 967 553 1240 429 116 44 31 38 62 .272 .318 .SLG



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