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Lee Theo Grissom (October 23, 1907 – October 4, 1998) was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Grissom played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. ==Career== Grissom originally played baseball in the local Farm Bureau League when a local scout spotted him and signed him to a professional contract.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baseball in Wartime - Lee Grissom )〕 He pitched for the Mission Reds in the Pacific Coast League in 1933, where he was then discovered by Charles E. Chapman, a college scouter for the Reds, and was signed before the 1934 season to a contract by Cincinnati general manager Larry MacPhail to play for the Reds. Born in Sherman, Texas, Grissom made his debut with the Reds on September 2, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Events of Sunday, September 2, 1934 )〕 He pitched four games in 1934, and in 1935 he started three games, winning and losing one each.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lee Grissom Statistics )〕 During the 1935 season, he was recognized by ''The Sporting News'' as a "Minor Worth Watching".〔 He continued to move between the majors and minors during these two seasons and in 1936. He played six games, starting four and pitching nearly 25 innings.〔 In 1937 Grissom had his best season, and became a regular on the pitching staff. Before the season started, however, he became well known as a result of a flood. In late January, Cincinnati had the worst flood in its history, with Crosley Field being covered by as much as 21 feet of water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Ballplayers - Lee Grissom )〕 Grissom and Gene Schott rowed a boat out from the center field wall, and the resulting photo appeared across the country.〔 During the season, he was selected to the All-Star Game in his only appearance, pitching an inning for the National League.〔 He pitched in the bottom of the fifth inning, striking out Lou Gehrig and Earl Averill, yet surrendered doubles to Joe Cronin and Bill Dickey, with Cronin scoring a run on Dickey's hit, before ending the inning by making Sam West fly out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=July 7, 1937, All-Star Game Play by Play and Box Score )〕 He finished the 1937 Cincinnati Reds season with a record of 12–17, an earned run average of 3.26 and 149 strikeouts, and finished tied for 19th in the NL's MVP voting.〔 During the 1938 season, Grissom pitched 51 innings in 14 games. A blurb in the "Odds 'n Ends" section on the inside back cover of Action Comics #1, from 1938, mentions that Grissom is anxious to pitch both games of a doubleheader one day. However, his season ended abruptly when he broke his ankle trying to steal a base.〔 In 1939, his final season as a Red, Grissom finished the season for the pennant-winning Reds with a 9–7 record, a 4.10 ERA, and over 150 innings pitched. He also pitched 1⅓ innings during the 1939 World Series loss to the New York Yankees.〔 After the 1939 season, he was traded to the Yankees for Joe Beggs, but went on to play only five games for New York. On May 15, , Grissom was selected off waivers by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He started 10 games for them and finished the season with an ERA of 2.81.〔 In 1941, Grissom played four games before he was traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Vito Tamulis. He played in 29 games for Philadelphia, and while he had an ERA of 2.97, he only earned a 2–13 record.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Grissom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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