Bob Grim Trades and Transactions

The Bob Grim trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bob Grim has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"He (Bob Grim) has a sneaky fast ball and he throws it low. He has a good curve, and he's not afraid to throw the change-up on any delivery. What did I teach him? I don't know. Maybe nothing." - New York Yankees Pitching Coach Jim Turner in The Saturday Evening Post (April 23, 1955)

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Bob Grim

Bob Grim Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#252)

Bob Grim Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#252)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Anton Grim
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   03-08-1930  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   New York, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-23-1996
Place of Death Data Died In:   Shawnee, Kansas
Cemetery:   Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas
High School:   Lane High School (Brooklyn, NY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-18-1954 (Age 24)
Last Game:   05-24-1962
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Grim

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1948: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees.
06-15-1958: Traded by New York Yankees (with Harry Simpson) to Kansas City Athletics for Duke Maas and Virgil Trucks.
04-05-1960: Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Cleveland Indians for Leo Kiely.
05-18-1960: Sold by Cleveland Indians to Cincinnati Reds.
07-29-1960: Sold by Cincinnati Reds to St. Louis Cardinals.
00-00-1962: Released by St. Louis Cardinals.
04-09-1962: Signed by Kansas City Athletics.
05-31-1962: Released by Kansas City Athletics.


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Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bob Grim trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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