Craig Grebeck

In 1989, Grebeck led the Southern League with 153 base hits.

Grebeck was mainly used as a backup in his career. Known for not wearing batting gloves, he hit .261, 19 home runs, 187 RBIs, and 518 hits in 752 major league games.

Grebeck hit his first major league home run off of Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who then proceeded to plunk Grebeck in his ribs the following week,^[1] breaking a rib.^{[citation needed]}

As a member of the White Sox, the 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 148 lb Grebeck had his locker right in between two of the biggest men in MLB history, Frank Thomas and Bo Jackson.^{[citation needed]}

He started the 2001 season with the Red Sox while Nomar Garciaparra was out with a wrist injury.

Grebeck was nicknamed 'The Little Hurt to our offense' by White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson.^[2]

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet  · Baseball Almanac