finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1923 right 30 november 1985 des moines , iowa coalville , iowa 1923 april 30 2 4 6 pitcher philadelphia phillies games played innings pitched earned runs april 21 4 august 1894 jim grant -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 philadelphia phillies jim grant left
jim grant -lrb- baseball -rrb-

`` this article is about the 1920s baseball pitcher .
for jim `` mudcat '' grant , see mudcat grant . ''
james ronald grant -lrb- august 4 , 1894 -- november 30 , 1985 -rrb- was a pitcher in major league baseball who played briefly for the philadelphia phillies during the season .
listed at , 180 lb. , grant batted right-handed and threw left-handed .
he was born in coalville , iowa .
grant , who played most of his career in the minor leagues , pitched from 1916 to 1923 for the des moines boosters and sioux city packers of the defunct western league before joining the phillies .
in two relief appearances for philadelphia , grant posted a 13.50 earned run average in 4.0 innings of work , giving up eight runs -lrb- two unearned -rrb- on 10 hits and four walks .
he did not get a decision and was not credited with a save or an strikeout .
following his majors stint , grant pitched for the waterloo hawks -lrb- 1926 -- 1928 -rrb- and shreveport sports -lrb- 1930 -rrb- , before returning to des moines -lrb- now the demons -rrb- for three and a half seasons -lrb- 1930 -- 1933 -rrb- .
he collected a 106 -- 61 record in ten minor league seasons .
grant died in des moines , iowa , at the age of 91 .
