Mudcat Grant Stats

Mudcat Grant was born on Tuesday, August 13, 1935, in Lacoochee, Florida. Grant was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 17, 1958, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mudcat Grant baseball stats page.

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"I was a member of the NAACP before it became a camp." - Jim 'Mudcat' Grant (1965)

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Jim 'Mudcat' Grant Autograph on a 1993 Ted Williams Baseball Card (#34)

Jim 'Mudcat' Grant Autograph on a 1993 Ted Williams Baseball Card (#34)

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Birth Name:   James Timothy Grant
Nickname:   Jim or Mudcat
Born On:   08-13-1935  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Lacoochee, Florida
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-11-2021 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Los Angeles, California
Cemetery:   Not Yet Determined
High School:   Moore Academy (Dade City, FL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   186
First Game:   04-17-1958 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-29-1971
Draft:   Not Applicable

Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant Pitching Stats

1958 23 Indians 44 28 9 10 11 .476 3.84 11 1 4 204.0 883 173 87 93 20 104 5 111 4 1 0 -
1959 24 Indians 38 19 7 10 7 .588 4.14 6 1 3 165.1 699 140 76 80 23 81 4 85 4 2 0 -
1960 25 Indians 33 19 7 9 8 .529 4.40 5 0 0 159.2 697 147 78 88 26 78 4 75 7 2 1 -
1961 26 Indians 35 35 0 15 9 .625 3.86 11 3 0 244.2 1,037 207 105 118 32 109 3 146 8 3 0 0
1962 27 Indians 26 23 0 7 10 .412 4.27 6 1 0 149.2 638 128 71 75 24 81 4 90 2 0 0 -
1963 28 Indians 38 32 2 13 14 .481 3.69 10 2 1 229.1 983 213 94 107 30 87 3 157 6 4 0 -
1964 29 Indians 13 9 1 3 4 .429 5.95 1 0 0 62.0 284 82 41 41 11 25 2 43 5 1 0 -
1964 29 Twins 26 23 2 11 9 .550 2.82 10 1 1 166.0 692 162 52 73 21 36 2 75 2 0 0 -
1965 30 Twins 41 39 0 21 7 .750 3.30 14 6 0 270.1 1,095 252 99 107 34 61 2 142 8 0 0 -
1966 31 Twins 35 35 0 13 13 .500 3.25 10 3 0 249.0 1,031 248 90 104 23 49 2 110 5 6 0 0
1967 32 Twins 27 14 4 5 6 .455 4.72 2 0 0 95.1 409 121 50 56 10 17 0 50 1 1 0 -
1968 33 Dodgers 37 4 19 6 4 .600 2.09 1 0 3 94.2 378 77 22 29 1 19 3 35 3 6 0 -
1969 34 Expos 11 10 1 1 6 .143 4.80 1 0 0 50.2 231 64 27 33 7 14 1 20 1 1 1 -
1969 34 Cardinals 30 3 18 7 5 .583 4.12 1 0 7 63.1 273 62 29 31 9 22 8 35 2 2 0 -
1970 35 Athletics 72 0 49 6 2 .750 1.82 0 0 24 123.1 485 104 25 26 8 30 8 54 1 3 1 -
1970 35 Pirates 8 0 5 2 1 .667 2.25 0 0 0 12.0 44 8 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 -
1971 36 Pirates 42 0 27 5 3 .625 3.60 0 0 7 75.0 323 79 30 32 8 28 8 22 1 1 0 -
1971 36 Athletics 15 0 9 1 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 3 27.1 111 25 6 9 3 6 0 13 0 0 0 -
14 Years 571 293 160 145 119 .549 3.63 89 18 53 2,441.2 10,293 2,292 985 1,105 292 849 59 1,267 60 33 3 0

Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant Hitting Stats

1958 23 Indians 54 66 4 5 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 17 4 0 0 2 .076 .103 .121
1959 24 Indians 42 55 5 11 0 0 1 0 6 2 0 16 1 0 0 0 .200 .228 .255
1960 25 Indians 47 57 8 16 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 9 1 2 0 1 .281 .283 .316
1961 26 Indians 48 88 8 15 2 0 1 0 6 4 0 29 5 1 0 2 .170 .204 .227
1962 27 Indians 30 53 4 8 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 18 1 0 0 0 .151 .182 .208
1963 28 Indians 53 69 11 13 3 0 1 0 3 5 0 24 7 0 0 0 .188 .243 .275
1964 29 Indians 20 22 3 6 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 .273 .320 .591
1964 29 Twins 39 60 8 10 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 18 2 1 0 2 .167 .190 .200
1965 30 Twins 50 97 13 15 3 2 0 0 8 7 0 27 5 0 0 1 .155 .212 .227
1966 31 Twins 35 78 5 15 5 0 0 0 10 3 0 23 10 1 0 3 .192 .220 .256
1967 32 Twins 27 28 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 .179 .200 .179
1968 33 Dodgers 43 31 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .129 .129 .226
1969 34 Expos 11 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1969 34 Cardinals 31 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 2 0 1 0 .294 .368 .294
1970 35 Athletics 72 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 .222 .500 .222
1970 35 Pirates 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
1971 36 Pirates 42 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .333 .375
1971 36 Athletics 15 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333
14 Years 667 759 80 135 25 2 6 0 65 37 0 214 48 7 2 14 .178 .216 .240

Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant Fielding Stats

1958 Indians P 44 28 612 38 0.9 35 7 28 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .921 1.54
1959 Indians P 38 19 496 41 1.1 39 14 25 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.12
1960 Indians P 33 19 479 42 1.3 40 25 15 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.25
1961 Indians P 35 35 734 63 1.8 61 25 36 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.24
1962 Indians P 26 23 449 28 1.1 28 5 23 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.68
1963 Indians P 38 32 688 35 0.9 32 11 21 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .914 1.26
1964 Indians P 13 9 186 13 1.0 13 3 10 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.89
1964 Twins P 26 23 498 41 1.6 41 16 25 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.22
1965 Twins P 41 39 811 68 1.7 66 16 50 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.20
1966 Twins P 35 35 747 67 1.9 64 9 55 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.31
1967 Twins P 27 14 286 11 0.4 10 3 7 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.94
1968 Dodgers P 37 4 284 25 0.7 25 4 21 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.38
1969 Expos P 11 10 152 15 1.4 14 2 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.49
1969 Cardinals P 30 3 190 11 0.4 11 7 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.56
1970 Athletics P 72 0 370 28 0.4 28 6 22 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.04
1970 Pirates P 8 0 36 6 0.8 6 4 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1971 Pirates P 42 0 225 19 0.5 19 3 16 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.28
1971 Athletics P 15 0 82 6 0.4 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.98
P Totals 571 293 7,325 557 1.0 538 162 376 19 40 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.98
14 Years 571 293 7,325 557 1.0 538 162 376 19 40 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.98

Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant Miscellaneous Stats

1958 Indians 0 0 .000 0 10 n/a 0.0 3.9 13.2 1.07 4.90 4.59
1959 Indians 0 0 .000 0 4 n/a 55.0 3.4 9.2 1.05 4.63 4.41
1960 Indians 0 1 .000 0 14 n/a 0.0 6.3 9.5 0.96 4.23 4.40
1961 Indians 0 0 .000 0 13 n/a 88.0 3.0 14.7 1.34 5.37 4.01
1962 Indians 0 0 .000 0 4 n/a 0.0 2.9 17.7 1.11 5.41 4.87
1963 Indians 1 0 1.000 0 15 n/a 69.0 2.9 23.0 1.80 6.16 3.41
1964 Indians 1 0 1.000 0 7 n/a 11.0 7.3 4.4 1.72 6.24 3.63
1964 Twins 0 0 .000 0 13 n/a 0.0 3.3 20.0 2.08 4.07 1.95
1965 Twins 0 0 .000 1 8 n/a 0.0 3.6 12.1 2.33 4.73 2.03
1966 Twins 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 7.8 2.24 3.98 1.77
1967 Twins 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 14.0 14.0 2.94 4.72 1.60
1968 Dodgers 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 31.0 3.4 15.5 1.84 3.33 1.81
1969 Expos 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 16.0 1.43 3.55 2.49
1969 Cardinals 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.4 5.7 1.59 4.97 3.13
1970 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.80 3.94 2.19
1970 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 3.00 1.50
1971 Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.7 8.0 0.79 2.64 3.36
1971 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 2.17 4.28 1.98
14 Years 2 1 .667 8 89 n/a 126.5 3.5 11.7 1.49 4.67 3.13

Mudcat Grant

Mudcat Grant Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1958 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined - -
1959 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined - -
1960 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined - -
1961 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined - -
1962 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined - -
1963 Cleveland Indians 33 Undetermined Stats -
1964 Cleveland Indians 33 $18,000.00 - -
1964 Minnesota Twins 33 "     "     - -
1965 Minnesota Twins 33 $21,500.00 Stats Stats
1966 Minnesota Twins 33 $35,500.00 - -
1967 Minnesota Twins 33 $35,000.00 - -
1968 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 $38,000.00 - -
1969 Montreal Expos 22 $37,000.00 - -
1969 St. Louis Cardinals 22 "     "     - -
1970 Oakland Athletics 28 $37,000.00 - -
1970 Pittsburgh Pirates 47, 22 "     "     - -
1971 Pittsburgh Pirates 22, 19 $52,500.00 - -
1971 Oakland Athletics 16 "     "     - -

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James Timothy Grant was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians (1958–1964), Minnesota Twins (1964–1967), Los Angeles Dodgers (1968), Montreal Expos (1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1969), Oakland Athletics (1970), Pittsburgh Pirates (1970–1971), and Oakland Athletics (1971). When Mudcat, his nickname, made his big league debut on April 17, 1958, he became the first Moore Academy graduate to play in the majors!

Mudcat Grant Rookie Baseball Card

Mudcat Grant Rookie Card | 1958 Topps Baseball Card (#394 | Checklist)
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Did you know that Jim Grant was named one of the 100 Greatest Cleveland Indians Players ever? As part of the club’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, a panel of veteran baseball writers, historians and executives selected a roster of the Top 100 Greatest Indians and Grant was named one of the thirty-six pitchers.

Did you know that when Mudcat Grant won his twentieth game of the season, on September 20, 1965, he became the first black pitcher in American League history with a 20-win season? Do you remember who preceded Jim in the senior circuit? [Answer]

Did you know that the Montreal Expos played their first regular season game in franchise history on April 8, 1969? Why did we share this here? Their starting pitcher in that historic game was Mudcat Grant!

In 2006, Grant co-authored The Black Aces: Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners, a must-own baseball book where Mudcat breaks down his 20-win season then researches other black 20-game winners! Shortly after publishing the book, Mudcat sent us a signed copy of The Black Aces, and gave us permission to preserve the term and list of Black Aces here on Baseball Almanac!