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Johnny Groth
John Thomas Groth

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 182 lb.

Debut September 5, 1946
Final Game July 28, 1960
Born July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 19 DET AL   4    9    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1947 20 DET AL   2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   1  .250  .500  .250  110    1   0           0   2
 1948 21 DET AL   6   17    3    8   3  0   1    5   0  0   1   1  .471  .500  .824  244   14   0           0   0
 1949 22 DET AL 103  348   60  102  19  5  11   73   3  7  65  27  .293  .407  .471  132  164   3           2  15 RoY-4
 1950 23 DET AL 157  566   95  173  30  8  12   85   1  5  95  27  .306  .407  .451  117  255   7           2  21
 1951 24 DET AL 118  428   41  128  29  1   3   49   1  1  31  32  .299  .349  .393  100  168   4           2  16
 1952 25 DET AL 141  524   56  149  22  2   4   51   2 10  51  39  .284  .348  .357   96  187   5           0  11
 1953 26 SLB AL 141  557   65  141  27  4  10   57   5  6  42  53  .253  .308  .370   81  206   9           2  14
 1954 27 CHW AL 125  422   41  116  20  0   7   60   3  9  42  37  .275  .341  .372   94  157   8   3       2  19
 1955 28 TOT AL  95  260   35   66  11  5   4   28   3  0  24  31  .254  .313  .381   87   99   5   4   1   0   7
         CHW AL  32   77   13   26   7  0   2   11   1  0   6  13  .338  .376  .506  134   39   3   2   1   0   2
         WSH AL  63  183   22   40   4  5   2   17   2  0  18  18  .219  .286  .328   67   60   2   2   0   0   5
 1956 29 KCA AL  95  244   22   63  13  3   5   37   1  2  30  31  .258  .335  .398   93   97   2   4   2   0   9
 1957 30 TOT AL  93  162   21   45  10  0   0   18   0  0  13  13  .278  .333  .340   83   55   3   1   0   1   3
         KCA AL  55   59   10   15   0  0   0    2   0  0   7   6  .254  .333  .254   63   15   2   0   0   0   2
         DET AL  38  103   11   30  10  0   0   16   0  0   6   7  .291  .333  .388   95   40   1   1   0   1   1
 1958 31 DET AL  88  146   24   41   5  2   2   11   0  1  13  19  .281  .340  .384   94   56   2   0   0   0   4
 1959 32 DET AL  55  102   12   24   7  1   1   10   0  0   7  14  .235  .284  .353   70   36   3   0   0   0   0
 1960 33 DET AL  25   19    3    7   1  0   0    2   0  1   3   1  .368  .455  .421  136    8   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons    1248 3808  480 1064 197 31  60  486  19 42 419 329  .279  .352  .395   99 1503  52  12   3  11 121
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        494   62  138  26  4   8   63   2  5  54  43  .279  .352  .395   99  195   7   2   0   1  16
 Career High    157  566   95  173  30  8  12   85   5 10  95  53  .306  .407  .471  132  255   9   4   2   2  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 19 DET AL    9    9    0   0.0   101| .000  .271| .000  .346| .000  .389| .000  .735|-100  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1947 20 DET AL    6    5    1   5.3    99| .250  .266| .500  .347| .250  .382| .750  .729| 110  .610   0.3   0.0   0%
 1948 21 DET AL   18    9    7  20.7   108| .471  .277| .500  .362| .824  .400|1.324  .762| 244  .940   3.5   0.3   0%
 1949 22 DET AL  418  271   64   6.3   107| .293  .271| .407  .363| .471  .393| .878  .756| 132  .641  17.7   1.7  30%
 1950 23 DET AL  670  426  102   6.4   116| .306  .282| .407  .370| .451  .423| .858  .793| 117  .611  17.0   1.6  16%
 1951 24 DET AL  465  321   58   4.9   102| .299  .267| .349  .349| .393  .392| .742  .741| 100  .534   0.2   0.0  50%
 1952 25 DET AL  580  401   62   4.2    97| .284  .261| .348  .341| .357  .381| .705  .723|  96  .502  -2.7  -0.3  16%
 1953 26 SLB AL  610  445   62   3.7   104| .253  .272| .308  .348| .370  .400| .678  .749|  81  .420 -16.8  -1.7  45%
 1954 27 CHW AL  477  345   51   4.0   101| .275  .269| .341  .345| .372  .393| .713  .738|  94  .467  -3.5  -0.4  25%
 1955 28 TOT AL  293  210   33   4.2   101| .254  .265| .313  .344| .381  .395| .694  .739|  87  .462  -5.3  -0.5 100%
         CHW AL   88   58   15   6.9   105| .338  .270| .376  .350| .506  .402| .882  .752| 134  .680   3.8   0.4 100%
         WSH AL  205  152   18   3.2   100| .219  .263| .286  .342| .328  .391| .614  .733|  67  .338  -9.2  -0.9 100%
 1956 29 KCA AL  280  198   32   4.3   106| .258  .267| .335  .349| .398  .408| .733  .757|  93  .452  -2.2  -0.2  33%
 1957 30 TOT AL  180  124   19   4.2   101| .278  .266| .333  .338| .340  .401| .673  .739|  83  .473  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         KCA AL   68   48    5   2.8   100| .254  .264| .333  .336| .254  .399| .587  .735|  63  .307  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         DET AL  112   76   14   5.0   102| .291  .267| .333  .339| .388  .402| .721  .741|  95  .557  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1958 31 DET AL  161  112   18   4.3   104| .281  .270| .340  .339| .384  .410| .724  .749|  94  .500  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1959 32 DET AL  112   81   11   3.6   103| .235  .267| .284  .339| .353  .408| .637  .748|  70  .415  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1960 33 DET AL   23   14    4   7.7   104| .368  .267| .455  .341| .421  .408| .876  .749| 136  .729   1.2   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     4302 2971  524   4.7   104| .279  .270| .352  .351| .395  .399| .747  .750|  99  .521  -2.8  -0.7  31%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 19 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.25 0 4 0 1947 20 DET AL OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 2.40 1 0 0 1948 21 DET AL OF 4 8 1 1 1 .900 .978 2.25 2.35 0 4 0 1949 22 DET AL OF 99 247 8 9 3 .966 .980 2.58 2.27 0 99 0 1950 23 DET AL OF 157 374 9 6 0 .985 .979 2.44 2.34 0 157 0 1951 24 DET AL OF 112 266 12 2 3 .993 .977 2.48 2.23 0 112 0 1952 25 DET AL OF 139 329 14 5 3 .986 .980 2.47 2.18 2 137 0 1953 26 SLB AL OF 141 425 18 4 5 .991 .981 3.14 2.18 0 141 0 1954 27 CHW AL OF 125 314 7 4 3 .988 .979 2.57 2.17 9 116 2 1955 28 TOT AL OF 74 183 3 2 1 .989 .982 2.51 2.08 12 66 1 CHW AL OF 26 61 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.38 2.08 0 26 0 WSH AL OF 48 122 2 2 1 .984 .982 2.58 2.08 12 40 1 1956 29 KCA AL OF 84 140 8 0 3 1.000 .979 1.76 2.04 2.23 2.34 61 598.3 CF 56 103 4 0 2 1.000 .984 1.91 2.50 2.31 2.79 44 416.0 RF 18 25 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.50 1.80 1.73 2.09 15 140.7 LF 14 6 1 0 1 1.000 .972 0.50 1.69 1.51 2.09 2 41.7 1957 30 TOT AL OF 86 110 0 1 0 .991 .980 1.28 1.97 2.30 2.24 40 430.7 TOT AL CF 27 65 0 0 0 1.000 .983 2.41 2.40 2.87 2.72 23 204.0 TOT AL LF 21 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.76 1.70 1.83 2.10 7 78.7 KCA AL OF 50 37 0 1 0 .974 .979 0.74 1.97 1.73 2.24 16 193.0 RF 39 29 0 1 0 .967 .976 0.74 1.68 1.76 1.93 10 148.0 LF 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.70 1.54 2.11 6 41.0 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 DET AL OF 36 73 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.03 1.97 2.76 2.24 24 237.7 CF 25 65 0 0 0 1.000 .983 2.60 2.40 2.92 2.72 23 200.0 LF 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.75 1.70 2.15 2.10 1 37.7 1958 31 DET AL OF 80 95 2 1 1 .990 .982 1.21 1.94 2.51 2.27 31 347.3 LF 52 43 1 1 0 .978 .980 0.85 1.62 2.42 2.09 11 163.7 CF 19 39 1 0 1 1.000 .985 2.11 2.29 2.82 2.68 14 127.7 RF 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.69 1.61 1.99 6 56.0 1959 32 DET AL OF 41 58 0 1 0 .983 .980 1.41 1.96 2.34 2.22 21 223.3 CF 18 38 0 1 0 .974 .982 2.11 2.44 3.19 2.72 11 107.3 RF 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.46 1.64 0.92 1.89 5 59.0 LF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 1.68 2.21 2.05 5 57.0 1960 33 DET AL OF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.95 1.65 2.26 2 32.7 CF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 2.30 1.76 2.67 2 30.7 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 29 KCA AL CF 56 103 4 0 2 1.000 .984 1.91 2.50 2.31 2.79 44 416.0 1957 30 TOT AL CF 27 65 0 0 0 1.000 .983 2.41 2.40 2.87 2.72 23 204.0 KCA AL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 4.0 DET AL CF 25 65 0 0 0 1.000 .983 2.60 2.40 2.92 2.72 23 200.0 1958 31 DET AL CF 19 39 1 0 1 1.000 .985 2.11 2.29 2.82 2.68 14 127.7 1959 32 DET AL CF 18 38 0 1 0 .974 .982 2.11 2.44 3.19 2.72 11 107.3 1960 33 DET AL CF 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.86 2.30 1.76 2.67 2 30.7 1956 29 KCA AL LF 14 6 1 0 1 1.000 .972 0.50 1.69 1.51 2.09 2 41.7 1957 30 TOT AL LF 21 16 0 0 0 1.000 .982 0.76 1.70 1.83 2.10 7 78.7 KCA AL LF 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.70 1.54 2.11 6 41.0 DET AL LF 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 0.75 1.70 2.15 2.10 1 37.7 1958 31 DET AL LF 52 43 1 1 0 .978 .980 0.85 1.62 2.42 2.09 11 163.7 1959 32 DET AL LF 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.27 1.68 2.21 2.05 5 57.0 1946 19 DET AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.25 0 4 0 1947 20 DET AL OF 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 2.40 1 0 0 1948 21 DET AL OF 4 8 1 1 1 .900 .978 2.25 2.35 0 4 0 1949 22 DET AL OF 99 247 8 9 3 .966 .980 2.58 2.27 0 99 0 1950 23 DET AL OF 157 374 9 6 0 .985 .979 2.44 2.34 0 157 0 1951 24 DET AL OF 112 266 12 2 3 .993 .977 2.48 2.23 0 112 0 1952 25 DET AL OF 139 329 14 5 3 .986 .980 2.47 2.18 2 137 0 1953 26 SLB AL OF 141 425 18 4 5 .991 .981 3.14 2.18 0 141 0 1954 27 CHW AL OF 125 314 7 4 3 .988 .979 2.57 2.17 9 116 2 1955 28 TOT AL OF 74 183 3 2 1 .989 .982 2.51 2.08 12 66 1 CHW AL OF 26 61 1 0 0 1.000 .983 2.38 2.08 0 26 0 WSH AL OF 48 122 2 2 1 .984 .982 2.58 2.08 12 40 1 1956 29 KCA AL OF 84 140 8 0 3 1.000 .979 1.76 2.04 2.23 2.34 61 598.3 1957 30 TOT AL OF 86 110 0 1 0 .991 .980 1.28 1.97 2.30 2.24 40 430.7 KCA AL OF 50 37 0 1 0 .974 .979 0.74 1.97 1.73 2.24 16 193.0 DET AL OF 36 73 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.03 1.97 2.76 2.24 24 237.7 1958 31 DET AL OF 80 95 2 1 1 .990 .982 1.21 1.94 2.51 2.27 31 347.3 1959 32 DET AL OF 41 58 0 1 0 .983 .980 1.41 1.96 2.34 2.22 21 223.3 1960 33 DET AL OF 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.95 1.65 2.26 2 32.7 1956 29 KCA AL RF 18 25 2 0 0 1.000 .975 1.50 1.80 1.73 2.09 15 140.7 1957 30 KCA AL RF 39 29 0 1 0 .967 .976 0.74 1.68 1.76 1.93 10 148.0 1958 31 DET AL RF 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.00 1.69 1.61 1.99 6 56.0 1959 32 DET AL RF 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.46 1.64 0.92 1.89 5 59.0 1960 33 DET AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total OF*1155 2566 82 36 23 .987 .980 2.29 2.16 155 1632.3 122 963 84# CF* 127 251 5 1 3 .996 .984 2.02 2.43 94 885.7 LF* 98 79 2 1 1 .988 .979 0.83 1.65 25 341.0 RF* 81 70 2 1 0 .986 .977 0.89 1.70 36 405.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1155 2566 82 36 23 .987 .980 2.29 2.16
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1950 AL-157-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1950 AL-670-9

Hits
1950 AL-173-8

Doubles
1950 AL-30-8

Triples
1950 AL-8-9

Bases on Balls
1950 AL-95-7

Singles
1950 AL-123-9
1952 AL-121-7

Times on Base
1950 AL-270-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1950 AL-21-6
1951 AL-16-6
1954 AL-19-4

Caught Stealing
1949 AL-7-6
1952 AL-10-3
1954 AL-9-3

At Bats per Strikeout
1950 AL-21.0-7
1954 AL-11.4-10

Outs
1953 AL-445-10

Youngest Player
1946 AL-19-3

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1328) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 6, 1946: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1952: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Virgil Trucks and Hal White to the St. Louis Browns for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman, and Jay Porter.

February 5, 1954: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Lipon to the Chicago White Sox for Neil Berry and Sam Mele.

June 7, 1955: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Chakales and Clint Courtney to the Washington Senators for Jim Busby.

April 16, 1956: Purchased by the Kansas City Athletics from the Washington Senators.

August 1, 1957: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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