Earl Grace

Infobox MLB retired
name=Earl Grace
position=Catcher


bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1907|2|24|mf=y
city-state|Barlow|Kentucky
deathdate=death date and age|1980|12|22|1907|2|24
city-state|Phoenix|Arizona
debutdate=April 23
debutyear=by|1929
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=October 3
finalyear=by|1937
finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.263
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=31
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=251
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (1929, 1931)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1931-35)
*Philadelphia Phillies (1936-37)

Robert Earl Grace was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors between by|1929 and by|1937.

Grace made his debut for the Chicago Cubs in 1929, playing in 27 games and batting .250. After a season back in the minor leagues, he returned to the Cubs for 7 games in by|1931 before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for fellow catcher Rollie Hemsley.

After batting .280 in 47 games for the Pirates after the trade, Grace was made the Pirates' regular catcher in by|1932. Over the next three seasons, Grace's playing time decreased in favor of Tom Padden, and after the by|1935 season, he was traded along with pitcher Claude Passeau for another fellow catcher, Al Todd.

Grace played two seasons for the Phillies, splitting time with Jimmie Wilson and Bill Atwood, Grace was traded a third time. Like each of the previous two trades, he was traded for another catcher, this time to the St. Louis Browns for Cap Clark. However, Grace never played for the Browns, nor anywhere else in the majors, after the trade.

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