What years did Mudcat Grant play?

Mudcat Grant played in Major League Baseball from 1958 to 1971.

Was Mudcat Grant a pitcher?

Yes. Mudcat Grant pitched in the major leagues, recording 145 wins and 1267 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mudcat Grant hit?

Mudcat Grant hit 6 career home runs with 135 hits.

What was Mudcat Grant's career batting average?

Mudcat Grant batted .178 over his career, with 135 hits in 759 at bats.

How many RBI did Mudcat Grant have?

Mudcat Grant drove in 65 runs in his career.

What was Mudcat Grant's career ERA?

Mudcat Grant finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 145-119 with 1,267 strikeouts.

Mudcat Grant

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1958-1971)

Mudcat Grant was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1958 to 1971 for 7 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 14 seasons. Across 571 career appearances, he went 145-119 with a 3.63 ERA, 1,267 strikeouts, and 53 saves. He also batted .178 with 6 home runs. Mudcat Grant was a 2-time All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

W–L 145–119

ERA 3.63

WHIP 1.29

SO 1,267

Pitcher PIV -28881.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 186 lb
Born: 8/13/1935 in Lacoochee, FL, USA
Died: 6/11/2021 in Los Angeles, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1958-04-17
Last Game: 1971-09-29
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: James Timothy Grant

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mudcat Grant — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
145	119	571	293	89	18	53	2441.7	2,292	985	292	849	1,267	3.63	-28881.9

Career ERA 3.63 vs. league average 3.62 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Mudcat Grant Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1958	CLE	AL	10	11	44	28	11	1	4	204.0	173	87	104	111	3.84	3.86 (+1%)	-1760.8
1959	CLE	AL	10	7	38	19	6	1	3	165.3	140	76	81	85	4.14	3.90 (-6%)	-3824.6
1960	CLE	AL	9	8	33	19	5	0	0	159.7	147	78	78	75	4.40	3.82 (-15%)	-5550.1
1961	CLE	AL	15	9	35	35	11	3	0	244.7	207	105	109	146	3.86	4.03 (+4%)	-2616.2
1962	CLE	AL	7	10	26	23	6	1	0	149.7	128	71	81	90	4.27	3.96 (-8%)	-4368.4
1963	CLE	AL	13	14	38	32	10	2	1	229.3	213	94	87	157	3.69	3.46 (-7%)	-3106.8
1964	CLE	AL	3	4	13	9	1	0	0	62.0	82	41	25	43	5.95	3.58 (-66%)	-1862.8
1964	MIN	AL	11	9	26	23	10	1	1	166.0	162	52	36	75	2.82	3.58 (+21%)	-1726.3
1965	MIN	AL	21	7	41	39	14	6	0	270.3	252	99	61	142	3.30	3.50 (+6%)	-1890.9
1966	MIN	AL	13	13	35	35	10	3	0	249.0	248	90	49	110	3.25	3.52 (+8%)	-86.8
1967	MIN	AL	5	6	27	14	2	0	0	95.3	121	50	17	50	4.72	3.30 (-43%)	-278.1
1968	LAN	NL	6	4	37	4	1	0	3	94.7	77	22	19	35	2.09	2.98 (+30%)	981.5
1969	MON	NL	1	6	11	10	1	0	0	50.7	64	27	14	20	4.80	3.61 (-33%)	-1001.3
1969	SLN	NL	7	5	30	3	1	0	7	63.3	62	29	22	35	4.12	3.61 (-14%)	-1226.6
1970	OAK	AL	6	2	72	0	0	0	24	123.3	104	25	30	54	1.82	3.89 (+53%)	1508.7
1970	PIT	NL	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	3	2	4	2.25	3.89 (+42%)	-225.8
1971	PIT	NL	5	3	42	0	0	0	7	75.0	79	30	28	22	3.60	3.47 (-4%)	-1767.0
1971	OAK	AL	1	0	15	0	0	0	3	27.3	25	6	6	13	1.98	3.47 (+43%)	-79.7
Career · 18 seasons			145	119	571	293	89	18	53	2,441.2	2,292	985	849	1,267	3.63	—	-28,882

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mudcat Grant — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
667	759	80	135	25	2	6	65	2	37	214	.178	.216	.240	.456	-3,735

Career AVG .178 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 28.9% below league average.

Career OBP .216 vs. league average .317 across their career seasons — 31.7% below league average.

Career SLG .240 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 36.3% below league average.

Career OPS .456 vs. league average .693 across their career seasons — 34.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mudcat Grant Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1958	CLE	AL	54	66	4	5	3	0	0	5	0	2	17	.076	.257 (-71%)	.324 (-68%)	.394 (-69%)	.719 (-69%)	-728.8
1959	CLE	AL	42	55	5	11	0	0	1	6	0	2	16	.200	.256 (-22%)	.323 (-30%)	.392 (-35%)	.715 (-33%)	-282.2
1960	CLE	AL	47	57	8	16	2	0	0	6	0	1	9	.281	.255 (+10%)	.323 (-13%)	.387 (-19%)	.711 (-16%)	-162.8
1961	CLE	AL	48	88	8	15	2	0	1	6	0	4	29	.170	.258 (-34%)	.328 (-38%)	.399 (-43%)	.727 (-41%)	-588.6
1962	CLE	AL	30	53	4	8	3	0	0	3	0	2	18	.151	.257 (-41%)	.326 (-44%)	.393 (-47%)	.719 (-46%)	-393.2
1963	CLE	AL	53	69	11	13	3	0	1	3	1	5	24	.188	.246 (-23%)	.308 (-21%)	.371 (-26%)	.680 (-24%)	-249.1
1964	CLE	AL	20	22	3	6	1	0	2	5	1	1	3	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	MIN	AL	39	60	8	10	2	0	0	3	0	2	18	.167	.250 (-33%)	.312 (-39%)	.377 (-47%)	.690 (-43%)	0.0
1965	MIN	AL	50	97	13	15	3	2	0	8	0	7	27	.155	.245 (-37%)	.310 (-32%)	.371 (-39%)	.682 (-36%)	-538.9
1966	MIN	AL	35	78	5	15	5	0	0	10	0	3	23	.192	.248 (-23%)	.309 (-29%)	.376 (-32%)	.685 (-31%)	-381.2
1967	MIN	AL	27	28	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	.179	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	LAN	NL	43	31	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	9	.129	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	MON	NL	11	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	SLN	NL	31	17	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	7	.294	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	OAK	AL	72	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	PIT	NL	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	PIT	NL	42	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	OAK	AL	15	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			667	759	80	135	25	2	6	65	2	37	214	.178	—	—	—	—	-3,325

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mudcat Grant — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	8	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	.250

Playoff Batting by Year

Mudcat Grant — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1971	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	WS	MIN	3	8	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	1	.250

Playoff Career Pitching

Mudcat Grant — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	4	3	0	25.0	25	7	2	14	2.52

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mudcat Grant — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1971	ALCS	OAK	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	2	0.00
1965	WS	MIN	2	1	3	3	0	23.0	22	7	2	12	2.74

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mudcat Grant — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	334	340	29	55	3	27	.162
Away	333	419	51	80	3	38	.191

Pitching — Home / Away

Mudcat Grant — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	278	1203.1	1135	494	406	633	3.69
Away	293	1239.0	1157	491	444	635	3.57

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mudcat Grant — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1971-09-29	OAK	KCR	W	0	0
1971-09-26	OAK	MIL	W	0	0
1971-09-24	OAK	MIL	L	0	0
1971-09-22	OAK	CHW	L	0	0
1971-09-21	OAK	CHW	L	0	0
1971-09-18	OAK	MIL	W	1	1
1971-09-15	OAK	CHW	W	0	0
1971-09-12	OAK	MIN	L	0	0
1971-09-10	OAK	MIN	W	0	0
1971-09-07	OAK	LAA	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mudcat Grant — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1971-09-29	OAK	KCR	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
1971-09-26	OAK	MIL	SV	2.0	0	0	0	1	2
1971-09-24	OAK	MIL	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	1
1971-09-22	OAK	CHW	—	1.0	3	2	2	0	0
1971-09-21	OAK	CHW	—	2.0	2	0	0	0	1
1971-09-18	OAK	MIL	—	2.0	1	1	0	3	1
1971-09-15	OAK	CHW	W	3.0	2	0	0	1	1
1971-09-12	OAK	MIN	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
1971-09-10	OAK	MIN	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
1971-09-07	OAK	LAA	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mudcat Grant — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	571	293	162	376	19	40

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mudcat Grant — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1958	CLE	P	44	28	7	28	3	2
1959	CLE	P	38	19	14	25	2	3
1960	CLE	P	33	19	25	15	2	1
1961	CLE	P	35	35	25	36	2	4
1962	CLE	P	26	23	5	23	0	3
1963	CLE	P	38	32	11	21	3	1
1964	CLE	P	13	9	3	10	0	3
1964	MIN	P	26	23	16	25	0	3
1965	MIN	P	41	39	16	50	2	6
1966	MIN	P	35	35	9	55	3	6
1967	MIN	P	27	14	3	7	1	3
1968	LAN	P	37	4	4	21	0	0
1969	MON	P	11	10	2	12	1	0
1969	SLN	P	30	3	7	4	0	0
1970	OAK	P	72	0	6	22	0	3
1970	PIT	P	8	0	4	2	0	0
1971	PIT	P	42	0	3	16	0	2
1971	OAK	P	15	0	2	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Mudcat Grant Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	571

Awards & Honors

Mudcat Grant — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1965	TSN All-Star	P
1965	TSN Pitcher of the Year

Award Voting History

Mudcat Grant — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1965	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	74.0	280	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Mudcat Grant

What years did Mudcat Grant play?: Mudcat Grant played in Major League Baseball from 1958 to 1971.
Was Mudcat Grant a pitcher?: Yes. Mudcat Grant pitched in the major leagues, recording 145 wins and 1267 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mudcat Grant hit?: Mudcat Grant hit 6 career home runs with 135 hits.
What was Mudcat Grant's career batting average?: Mudcat Grant batted .178 over his career, with 135 hits in 759 at bats.
How many RBI did Mudcat Grant have?: Mudcat Grant drove in 65 runs in his career.
What was Mudcat Grant's career ERA?: Mudcat Grant finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 145-119 with 1,267 strikeouts.