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Grover
Fairley		  
Nickname: Southern
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: July 11, 1913 in Spartanburg, SC
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1932 18 A   129 497 66 117 16 4 17 65 9 8 54 52 .235 .310 .386 .697 61.1  
1933 19 AA   28 113 13 21 2 2 3 10 2 2 10 10 .186 .252 .319 .571 9.1  
    A   103 374 55 106 18 1 15 63 11 7 48 25 .283 .365 .457 .822 61.9  
1934 20 AA   4 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .154 .313 .154 .466 1.0  
    A   126 473 79 131 27 4 12 64 8 13 61 56 .277 .360 .427 .787 70.1  
1935 21 PHA AL 103 219 19 46 5 0 6 31 1 4 15 35 .210 .263 .315 .578 16.1 0.0
1936 22 PHA AL 154 573 80 155 33 8 12 90 11 14 49 44 .271 .338 .419 .756 74.5 8.2
1937 23 PHA AL 149 545 67 139 19 4 3 72 11 17 41 54 .255 .307 .321 .628 50.9 2.3
1938 24 PHA AL 143 529 82 167 26 5 15 67 13 8 45 62 .316 .376 .469 .845 87.6 14.7
1939 25 PHA AL 143 500 74 148 22 4 11 65 1 1 39 44 .296 .346 .422 .768 66.9 11.2
1940 26 PHA AL 145 487 64 149 23 4 12 83 3 4 35 40 .306 .355 .444 .799 73.5 11.6
1941 27 PHA AL 134 425 59 129 22 6 10 75 2 1 45 50 .304 .372 .454 .827 70.8 13.2
1942 28 PHA AL 148 496 66 152 20 10 8 70 1 3 47 61 .306 .367 .435 .803 76.3 13.2
1943 29 PHA AL 139 431 53 127 17 3 8 61 2 2 31 49 .295 .351 .404 .755 58.2 10.8
1944 30 PHA AL 104 299 43 79 11 2 3 35 3 0 28 49 .264 .324 .344 .669 35.4 5.4
1945 31 PHA AL 97 236 26 58 9 3 4 27 1 0 17 34 .246 .296 .360 .656 23.3 2.1
1946 32 PHA AL 86 184 21 45 3 5 3 23 0 0 24 37 .245 .332 .364 .696 22.6 3.8
1947 33 PHA AL 69 102 14 25 8 3 1 16 0 0 12 19 .245 .322 .412 .734 11.7 1.4
1948 34 PHA AL 130 466 76 147 19 4 6 63 2 1 48 84 .315 .380 .412 .792 71.1 17.8
1949 35 PHA AL 21 42 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .214 .239 .214 .453 2.1 0.0
    AAA   54 148 25 45 10 0 1 26 5 2 30 27 .304 .421 .392 .813 26.2  
15 Years Sim 1765 5534 746 1575 237 61 102 784 51 55 478 670 .285 .344 .405 .749 740.9 115.7
1 Years AAA 54 148 25 45 10 0 1 26 5 2 30 27 .304 .422 .392 .814 26.2  
2 Years AA 32 126 13 23 2 2 3 11 2 2 13 11 .183 .262 .302 .564 10.1  
3 Years A 358 1344 200 354 61 9 44 192 28 28 163 133 .263 .345 .420 .765 193.1  
6 Years Minors 444 1618 238 422 73 11 48 229 35 32 206 171 .261 .346 .409 .755 229.4  
162 Game Average 507 68 144 21 5 9 71 4 5 43 61 .285 .344 .405 .749 68.0  
Career Highs 154 573 82 167 33 10 15 90 13 17 49 84 .316 .380 .469 .845 87.6  
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   3117 385 874 127 30 30 393 25 35 272 305 .280 .342 .369 .712 379.8
vs LH   2417 361 701 110 31 72 391 26 20 206 365 .290 .346 .451 .797 362.7
Home 885 2737 384 783 127 33 48 390 22 25 209 323 .286 .340 .409 .749 361.8
Away 880 2797 362 792 110 28 54 394 29 30 269 347 .283 .348 .400 .748 380.7
RISP   1571 0 452 77 20 33 656 0 0 176 200 .288 .354 .425 .780 237.2
Pinch Hitting   173 21 43 7 1 1 30 0 0 22 38 .249 .328 .318 .646 19.5
Close/Late   605 70 174 27 5 2 59 0 0 71 80 .288 .366 .359 .725 80.3
Mar/Apr 169 505 76 161 23 2 13 78 9 10 55 49 .319 .387 .450 .837 83.0
May 354 1133 143 322 49 15 19 173 9 21 97 122 .284 .345 .404 .749 147.8
June 319 1034 125 263 38 9 25 133 9 4 83 131 .254 .314 .381 .695 122.8
July 313 1010 137 279 45 5 15 135 11 9 75 131 .276 .330 .375 .705 120.6
August 320 976 144 302 51 15 16 163 9 4 92 138 .309 .366 .442 .808 152.3
Sep/Oct 290 876 121 248 31 15 14 102 4 7 76 99 .283 .344 .401 .744 116.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1935 21 PHA AL CF 46 38 334.3 108 7 5 1 .958 3.10   2.0
    LF 26 9 112.3 35 0 1 0 .972 2.80    
    RF 8 3 37.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.92    
1936 22 PHA AL CF 154 154 1411.3 484 10 10 4 .980 3.15   6.8
1937 23 PHA AL CF 147 142 1249.7 447 7 6 2 .987 3.27   6.3
    RF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1938 24 PHA AL CF 143 139 1208.3 391 7 13 2 .968 2.96   4.6
1939 25 PHA AL CF 137 131 1112.0 376 5 4 2 .990 3.08   4.5
    RF 3 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1940 26 PHA AL CF 141 137 1149.3 368 5 5 3 .987 2.92   5.2
1941 27 PHA AL CF 132 127 1070.3 373 7 11 4 .972 3.20   4.2
1942 28 PHA AL CF 148 144 1212.3 399 9 6 2 .986 3.03   2.8
1943 29 PHA AL CF 117 108 952.0 318 4 12 3 .964 3.04   3.0
    LF 6 5 38.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.61    
    RF 6 3 29.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1944 30 PHA AL CF 46 40 354.3 98 2 6 1 .943 2.54   1.0
    1B 46 40 334.3 405 33 1 29 .998 11.79   0.7
    RF 4 2 28.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    LF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1945 31 PHA AL CF 76 49 491.3 178 5 8 1 .958 3.35   1.3
    RF 6 1 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    1B 4 2 24.0 22 3 0 2 1.000 9.38   0.0
    LF 5 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1946 32 PHA AL CF 41 36 311.0 89 2 5 1 .948 2.63   1.1
    RF 14 6 65.3 17 0 1 0 .944 2.34    
    LF 3 1 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1947 33 PHA AL CF 9 8 74.0 19 2 0 2 1.000 2.55   0.6
    RF 7 4 41.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 3.07    
    LF 6 2 24.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1948 34 PHA AL CF 122 121 1025.3 308 7 8 3 .975 2.76   2.6
    RF 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 35 PHA AL CF 10 8 67.0 17 1 2 0 .900 2.42   0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  CF 1469 1382 12022.6 3973 80 101 31 .976 3.03   46.2
  1B 50 42 358.3 427 36 1 31 .998 11.63   0.8
  RF 53 21 255.0 75 1 2 1 .974 2.68    
  LF 53 20 230.3 67 1 1 1 .986 2.66    
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1626 1465 12867.3 4542 118 105 64 .978 3.26   46.9
Career Highs   154 154 1411.3 511 35 13 30 1.000 6.81    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1940 26 PHA AL 7 30 6 8 1 1 2 9 0 0 2 8 .267 .303 .567 .870
Career Post-Season Batting 7 30 6 8 1 1 2 9 0 0 2 8 .267 .303 .567 .870
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.
Games
1936-1-154
1937-3-149
 Strikeouts
1938-10-62
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  6. Louis Jones (913)
  7. Ned Ritchey (911)
  8. Barry Chipchase (910)
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  10. Carling O'Keefe (906)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1932
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia (A) on 5/16/1932 (Going to PHA: CF Grover Fairley, P Clyde Donovan, P Steve Painter. Going to NYA: RF Bob Wallop)
 
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