Grammas attended Mississippi State University and signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1949. During his third season in the ChiSox\' farm system, he was acquired by Cincinnati in 1951 and continued his minor league apprenticeship in the Reds\' organization. Loaned to the New York Yankees\' Kansas City Blues affiliate in 1953 (Cincinnati at the time lacked a Triple-A farm team), Grammas collected a career-high 179 hits and batted .307. He was named the American Association\'s All-Star shortstop.\n', '

With Roy McMillan blocking his path in Cincinnati, the Redlegs traded Grammas in December 1953 to the St. Louis Cardinals; the trade marked an unusual "ping-pong" trend in Grammas\' playing career, as he would bounce between Cincinnati (prior to 1954: 1956–58) and St. Louis (1954–56; 1959–62) during the 1950s. The Cardinals finally broke the pattern in June 1962 by trading Grammas to the Cubs, where he finished his career (1962–63).\n', '

Grammas was the Cardinals\' starting shortstop in 1954, 1955 and 1959 and ranked no lower than third in fielding percentage among National League shortstops each season; he finished his career with a .969 overall fielding mark. He was a reserve infielder with the Redlegs and Cubs. All told, he appeared in 913 games played over ten MLB seasons, collecting 512 hits, with 90 doubles, ten triples, 12 home runs and 163 runs batted in. He batted .247 lifetime.\n', '

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