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Bobby Grich played 17 major-league seasons (1970-1986) as a 2B (1,765), SS (159), 1B (71), 3B (49). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 21 | BAL | 30 | 95 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .211 | .563 | 62 |
| 1971 | 22 | BAL | 7 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .300 | .800 | 136 |
| 1972 | 23 | BAL | 133 | 460 | 66 | 128 | 12 | 50 | 13 | 53 | 96 | .278 | .773 | 138 |
| 1973 | 24 | BAL | 162 | 581 | 82 | 146 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 107 | 91 | .251 | .760 | 115 |
| 1974 | 25 | BAL | 160 | 582 | 92 | 153 | 19 | 82 | 17 | 90 | 117 | .263 | .807 | 132 |
| 1975 | 26 | BAL | 150 | 524 | 81 | 136 | 13 | 57 | 14 | 107 | 88 | .260 | .787 | 124 |
| 1976 | 27 | BAL | 144 | 518 | 93 | 138 | 13 | 54 | 14 | 86 | 99 | .266 | .790 | 132 |
| 1977 | 28 | CAL | 52 | 181 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 37 | 40 | .243 | .762 | 109 |
| 1978 | 29 | CAL | 144 | 487 | 68 | 122 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 75 | 83 | .251 | .685 | 95 |
| 1979 | 30 | CAL | 153 | 534 | 78 | 157 | 30 | 101 | 1 | 59 | 84 | .294 | .903 | 141 |
| 1980 | 31 | CAL | 150 | 498 | 60 | 135 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 84 | 108 | .271 | .785 | 116 |
| 1981 | 32 | CAL | 100 | 352 | 56 | 107 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 40 | 71 | .304 | .921 | 164 |
| 1982 | 33 | CAL | 145 | 506 | 74 | 132 | 19 | 65 | 3 | 82 | 109 | .261 | .819 | 125 |
| 1983 | 34 | CAL | 120 | 387 | 65 | 113 | 16 | 62 | 2 | 76 | 62 | .292 | .874 | 141 |
| 1984 | 35 | CAL | 116 | 363 | 60 | 93 | 18 | 58 | 2 | 57 | 70 | .256 | .809 | 123 |
| 1985 | 36 | CAL | 144 | 479 | 74 | 116 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 81 | 77 | .242 | .727 | 100 |
| 1986 | 37 | CAL | 98 | 313 | 42 | 84 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 39 | 54 | .268 | .766 | 108 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | SS | 20 | 16 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 4 |
| 1970 | 2B | 9 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 0 | 5 |
| 1970 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | SS | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972 | SS | 81 | 68 | 106 | 215 | 17 | 46 |
| 1972 | 2B | 45 | 43 | 95 | 113 | 3 | 27 |
| 1972 | 1B | 16 | 10 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 1972 | 3B | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 2B | 162 | 162 | 431 | 509 | 5 | 130 |
| 1974 | 2B | 160 | 160 | 484 | 453 | 20 | 132 |
| 1975 | 2B | 150 | 147 | 423 | 484 | 21 | 122 |
| 1976 | 2B | 140 | 139 | 389 | 400 | 12 | 91 |
| 1976 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SS | 52 | 52 | 88 | 141 | 4 | 23 |
| 1978 | 2B | 144 | 141 | 325 | 419 | 13 | 77 |
| 1979 | 2B | 153 | 151 | 340 | 438 | 13 | 111 |
| 1980 | 2B | 146 | 141 | 326 | 463 | 9 | 101 |
| 1980 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1981 | 2B | 100 | 100 | 230 | 349 | 10 | 85 |
| 1982 | 2B | 142 | 142 | 338 | 450 | 11 | 112 |
| 1983 | 2B | 118 | 116 | 270 | 415 | 22 | 94 |
| 1983 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2B | 91 | 85 | 182 | 249 | 8 | 65 |
| 1984 | 1B | 25 | 10 | 120 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 1984 | 3B | 21 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2B | 116 | 109 | 224 | 380 | 2 | 99 |
| 1985 | 1B | 16 | 11 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 1985 | 3B | 15 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | 2B | 87 | 72 | 127 | 221 | 7 | 49 |
| 1986 | 1B | 11 | 9 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 1986 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bobby Grich won: Gold Glove 1973 (AL), Gold Glove 1974 (AL), Gold Glove 1975 (AL), Gold Glove 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), Silver Slugger 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1981 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1981, 1979, 1974, 1973, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 49 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 58 / 392 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 19 / 392 | 0 |
Bobby Grich ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #44 | second basemen | 1981 | 164 OPS+ |
| #119 | shortstops | 1972 | 138 OPS+ |
| #132 | second basemen | 1979 | 141 OPS+ |
| #155 | second basemen | 1974 | 132 OPS+ |
| #157 | second basemen | 1976 | 132 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.