Marvin Edward Grissom was an American

United States

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 pitcher

Pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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 for the New York & San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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 (1946 and 1953-58), Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 (1949), Chicago White Sox

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 (1952), Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 (1953) and St. Louis Cardinals

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 (1959). He was born in Los Molinos, California

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He helped the Giants win the 1954 World Series

1954 World Series

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. In that season he was named to the National League

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 All-Star

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 team and finished 24th in voting for NL MVP Award

MLB Most Valuable Player Award

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 after having a 10-7 win

Win (baseball)

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-loss record in 56 games (3 started including 1 complete game, a shutout), 19 saves, 122 ⅓ innings pitched

Innings pitched

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, 64 strikeout

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s and a 2.35 earned run average

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In 10 seasons he had a 47-45 record, 356 games (52 started), 12 complete games, 3 shutouts, 58 saves, 810 innings pitched, 343 walks

Base on balls

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, 459 strikeouts and a 3.41 ERA. After his active playing career, Grissom had a 15-year-long tenure as a pitching coach

Coach (baseball)

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 for the Los Angeles/California Angels

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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 (1961-66; 1969; 1977-78), White Sox (1967-68), Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 (1970-71) and Chicago Cubs

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 (1975-76).

He died in Red Bluff, California

Red Bluff, California

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, at the age of 87. Grissom's elder brother, Lee

Lee Grissom

Lee Theo Grissom was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1934-1941 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. His brother Marv was also a professional baseball player...

, was a left-handed pitcher for four MLB teams between 1934-41.

External links

Marv Grissom Twins Autograph Timeline