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Grant Gillis
	Grant Gillis


	Born: January 24, 1901 in Grove Hill, AL
	Died: February 4, 1981 - 80 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'10"	Wt: 165

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- College/Univ: University of Alabama (1925-1926)

Comparison

Shortstops				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Joe Cronin	1926 - 1945	SS	66.4	Pl		63.7	14.3	0.0	11.5
2	Joe Sewell	1920 - 1933	SS	53.8	Pl	WW1	53.9	9.1	0.0	9.2
3	Dave Bancroft	1915 - 1930	SS	48.5	Pl		38.9	23.5	0.0	13.9
4	Travis Jackson	1922 - 1936	SS	44.1	Pl		30.7	22.9	0.0	9.5
5	Rabbit Maranville	1912 - 1935	SS	42.6	Pl	WW1	29.4	30.7	0.0	17.5
6	Dick Bartell	1927 - 1946	SS	40.2		WW2	36.3	15.7	0.0	11.7
7	Glenn Wright	1924 - 1935	SS	25.3		WW2	18.8	13.5	0.0	7.0
8	Woody English	1927 - 1938	SS	24.7			20.5	10.7	0.0	6.5
9	Billy Rogell	1925 - 1940	SS	23.8			18.3	13.9	0.0	8.4
10	Red Kress	1927 - 1946	SS	16.0			21.1	0.0	-0.7	4.4
11	Hod Ford	1919 - 1933	SS	10.5			5.7	12.1	0.0	7.3
12	Mark Koenig	1925 - 1936	SS	7.5			10.5	2.7	-0.3	5.5
13	Specs Toporczer	1921 - 1928	SS	5.8			6.0	2.0	0.0	2.3
14	Leo Durocher	1925 - 1945	SS	5.1	Ma		3.2	11.4	0.0	9.6
15	Jackie Tavener	1921 - 1929	SS	3.9			4.5	3.2	0.0	3.8
16	Jimmy Cooney	1917 - 1928	SS	3.9		WW1	0.7	6.0	0.0	2.8
17	Wally Gerber	1914 - 1929	SS	3.8			6.9	6.5	0.0	9.5
18	Johnny Burnett	1927 - 1935	SS	3.5			5.1	0.7	0.0	2.3
19	Joe Boley	1927 - 1932	SS	3.4			3.7	2.7	0.0	3.0
20	Hal Rhyne	1926 - 1933	SS	3.3			3.2	3.3	0.0	3.2
21	Lena Blackburne	1910 - 1929	SS	2.9			2.0	3.2	0.0	2.3
22	Bill Hunnefield	1926 - 1931	SS	1.7			3.5	0.5	0.0	2.3
23	Johnny Butler	1926 - 1929	SS	0.3			1.2	1.0	0.0	1.9
24	Heinie Sand	1923 - 1928	SS	0.3			6.8	-1.1	0.0	5.4
25	Charley O'Leary	1904 - 1934	SS	0.2			4.7	1.2	0.0	5.7
26	Freddie Moncewicz	1928 - 1928	SS	-0.0			-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Grant Gillis	1927 - 1929	SS	-0.1			-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2
28	Charlie Engle	1925 - 1930	SS	-0.3			-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.3
29	Cobe Jones	1928 - 1929	SS	-0.3			-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
30	Heinie Schuble	1927 - 1936	SS	-0.4			0.5	0.3	0.0	1.2
31	Joe Hassler	1928 - 1930	SS	-0.5			-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Ed Montague	1928 - 1932	SS	-0.5			1.3	-0.7	0.0	1.1
33	Jonah Goldman	1928 - 1931	SS	-1.4			-0.8	0.1	0.0	0.7
34	Pinky Pittenger	1921 - 1929	SS	-1.6			-1.4	1.1	0.0	1.2
35	Buck Redfern	1928 - 1929	SS	-1.7		WW2	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.4
36	Doc Farrell	1925 - 1935	SS	-1.9			0.6	0.6	0.0	3.0
37	Chick Galloway	1919 - 1928	SS	-2.9		WW1	4.1	-0.5	0.0	6.4
38	Tommy Thevenow	1924 - 1938	SS	-5.3			-8.1	9.0	0.0	6.3

	Grant Gillis	1927 - 1929	SS	-0.1			-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James