STATISTICS & HISTORY
Don Grate was a two-sport star at Ohio State University, lettering in both baseball and basketball in 1944 and 1945. He earned All-American honors for basketball in 1945. Grate briefly played professional basketball and had a long successful minor league baseball career, playing for 13 seasons (1945–1957). Grate also appeared in ten games over two seasons as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and posted a 1-1 record.
| DON GRATE | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Ohio State’45 | |||||
| Donald Jeffrey Grate | Born: | Aug 27, 1924 | Died: Nov 22, 2104 | Hometown: | Greenfield, Oh. | ||||||
| Played Major League Baseball | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1942-43 | Ohio State (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Ohio State | College | |||||||||
| 1944-45 | Ohio State | College | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Ohio State | College | Did Not Play | ||||||||
| 1945-46 | Columbus DNO | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Columbus All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-46 | Coshocton AC | Indep | |||||||||
| 1947-48 | Indianapolis | NBL | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 31 | 2.8 | ||
| 1949-50 | Sheboygan | NBA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 3 | 4 | 2.0 | |
| Major League Totals | 13 | 15 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 35 | 2.7 | ||||