Marv Grissom
Marv Grissom was born in Los Molinos, California, United States on March 31st, 1918 and is the American Baseball Player And Coach. At the age of 87, Marv Grissom biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Grissom's pro career began in 1941. He signed with the Hollywood Stars of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and spent 1941 with a Stars' Class C California League farm club. He missed the next four seasons (1942–45) while he served in the United States Navy during World War II. Grissom never appeared in a Hollywood uniform; they released him in 1946 and he resumed his career in the Giants' organization. After he appeared in 34 games for Triple-A Jersey City in 1946, the Giants called him up in September. As a rookie, Grissom made three starts in four games, dropped each of his two decisions, then spent all of 1947–48 back in the minor leagues. The Tigers selected him in the 1948 Rule 5 draft, and he spent all of 1949 on the Detroit roster, working in 27 games (all but two as a relief pitcher), and posting a poor 2–4 record and 6.41 earned run average. Two more years at Triple-A followed; during the second, 1951, Grissom won 20 games for the Seattle Rainiers. Then, during the 1951–52 offseason, he was acquired by the White Sox.
In 1952, at age 34, Grissom finally established himself as a Major League pitcher, going 12–10 (3.74) in 28 games (24 as a starter) and 166 innings pitched, with seven complete games and one shutout. The following February, he was one of three ChiSox hurlers swapped to the pitching-poor Red Sox for veteran shortstop Vern Stephens. But after a promising start to his 1953 campaign, Grissom's Red Sox career unraveled when he allowed 12 hits and 12 earned runs in only 2+1⁄3 innings over two outings against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on June 24–25. His ERA ballooned from 3.05 to 4.78, and after only one more appearance, Grissom was placed on waivers. He was claimed by the Giants on July 1. He got into 21 games for them, with seven starts and three complete games. He also began to pitch out of the bullpen for manager Leo Durocher, although he recorded no saves that year.