Jerry Grote

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: April 7, 2024 in Austin, TX

High School: Douglas MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-350d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 38-362d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Gerald Wayne Grote

Pronunciation: \GROW-tee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

4339

1092

.252

352

RBI

404

OBP

.316

SLG

.326

OPS

.642

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
NYM	35
HOU	3
KCR	1

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	12

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	18

Outs
1	16
0	13
2	10

12 Opps
PHI	10
CHC	6
STL	5
LAD	4
SFG	3
PIT	2
ATL	2
SDP	2
MON	2
NYM	1
CIN	1
SEA	1

37 Pitchers
Don Sutton	2
Bob Buhl	2
Rob Dressler	1
Ray Washburn	1
Pete Falcone	1
Bob Gibson	1
Jerry Johnson	1
Larry Jaster	1
Don Drysdale	1
Chris Short	1
Dan McGinn	1
Lew Burdette	1
Steve Arlin	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Dick Selma	1
Burt Hooton	1
Ron Bryant	1
John Boozer	1
Ron Herbel	1
Bob Veale	1
Barry Lersch	1
Jack Fisher	1
Steve Blass	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Al Downing	1
Wayne Granger	1
Chuck Hartenstein	1
Tug McGraw	1
John Curtis	1
Claude Raymond	1
Fred Norman	1
Phil Niekro	1
Rich Nye	1
Ken Clay	1
Ron Diorio	1
Jim Lonborg	1

11 Parks
Shea Stad (NYC)	17
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
Busch Stad (STL)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Colt Stad (HOU)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Forbes Fld (PIT)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	21
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	37
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	7
-2-	4
12-	3
123	2
--3	1
1-3	1

65 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	21
1 on	12
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
1	1
2	3
3	4
4	5
5	5
6	4
7	6
8	3
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	8
4-6	14
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	12
-1	5
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	15
Tied	12
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	38
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	19
7th	10
6th	7
1st	1
5th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1964-06-26	HOU	@	CHC	Lew Burdette	tied 5-5	t 10	2	---	1	8	2	0.418	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1964-07-09	HOU		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 0-4	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.127	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Kasko Scores
3	3	3	1	1964-07-31 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	Jack Fisher	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.118	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1966-06-29	NYM		PHI	Bob Buhl	behind 1-3	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.127	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1966-07-07	NYM	@	PHI	Bob Buhl	tied 1-1	t 2	1	1--	2	7	2	0.193	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hunt Scores
6	6	3	1	1966-07-21	NYM	@	SFG	Ron Herbel	ahead 8-2	t 5	1	12-	3	6	2	0.022	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Swoboda Scores; L. Elliot Scores
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1967-04-11	NYM		PIT	Bob Veale	tied 1-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.212	80%		Home Run; R. Swoboda Scores
8	8	2	1	1967-06-11 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	Chuck Hartenstein	behind 6-18	t 9	0	-2-	2	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Reynolds Scores
9	9	3	1	1967-06-30	NYM		STL	Larry Jaster	behind 0-3	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.091	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	4	1	1967-07-22	NYM		LAD	Don Sutton	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.137	55%		Home Run
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1968-05-12 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	Rich Nye	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1	6	2	0.227	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1968-07-12	NYM		CHC	Ken Holtzman	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	1--	2	5	2	0.160	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Charles Scores
13	13	3	1	1968-09-06	NYM	@	PIT	Steve Blass	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.139	50%		Home Run
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1969-06-30	NYM	@	STL	Ray Washburn	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	7	2	0.104	93%		Home Run; E. Kranepool Scores; R. Gaspar Scores
15	15	2	1	1969-07-18	NYM	@	MON	Dan McGinn	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	1--	2	7	2	0.192	93%		Home Run; R. Gaspar Scores
16	16	3	1	1969-08-01	NYM		ATL	Phil Niekro	ahead 4-3	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.105	80%		Home Run
17	17	4	1	1969-08-03	NYM		ATL	Claude Raymond	tied 5-5	b 11	0	---	1	8	2	0.370	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
18	18	5	1	1969-09-05 (1)	NYM		PHI	John Boozer	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	1--	2	6	2	0.050	99%		Home Run; T. Agee Scores
19	19	6	1	1969-09-06	NYM		PHI	Jerry Johnson	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.122	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1970-05-18	NYM	@	MON	Bill Stoneman	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.075	92%		Home Run
21	21	2	1	1970-05-23	NYM		CHC	Fergie Jenkins	behind 3-12	b 6	1	--3	2	8	2	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Swoboda Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1971-04-11	NYM		CIN	Wayne Granger	tied 0-0	b 11	0	---	1	8	2	0.378	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
23	23	2	1	1971-06-29	NYM	@	PHI	Barry Lersch	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.147	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1972-04-27	NYM	@	SDP	Fred Norman	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.133	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1972-05-19	NYM	@	PHI	Dick Selma	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.177	68%		Home Run
26	26	3	2	1972-05-19	NYM	@	PHI	Chris Short	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	12-	3	8	2	0.061	99%		Home Run; J. Fregosi Scores; E. Kranepool Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1973-08-15	NYM	@	SDP	Steve Arlin	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	123	4	8	2	0.094	97%		Home Run; C. Jones Scores; K. Boswell Scores/unER; D. Hahn Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1974-04-07	NYM	@	PHI	Ron Diorio	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	12-	3	7	2	0.004	100%		Home Run; J. Milner Scores; D. Hahn Scores
29	29	2	1	1974-04-10	NYM		STL	John Curtis	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	6	2	0.115	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1974-05-07 (1)	NYM		SFG	Ron Bryant	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.117	64%		Home Run
31	31	4	1	1974-05-13	NYM	@	STL	Bob Gibson	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.170	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Schneck Scores
32	32	5	1	1974-08-13	NYM		LAD	Al Downing	tied 0-0	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.214	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hahn Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1975-04-20 (2)	NYM		CHC	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.127	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1975-07-04	NYM	@	PHI	Tug McGraw	behind 2-3	t 9	2	-2-	2	1	PH	0.706	82%		Home Run; G. Clines Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1976-05-25	NYM	@	PHI	Jim Lonborg	behind 3-7	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.043	9%		Home Run
36	36	2	1	1976-06-13 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	Rob Dressler	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.140	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	3	1	1976-06-23	NYM	@	STL	Pete Falcone	tied 4-4	t 9	0	---	1	6	2	0.350	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	4	1	1976-08-27	NYM		LAD	Don Sutton	behind 0-2	b 7	1	1--	2	6	2	0.354	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Kranepool Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1981-06-03	KCR		SEA	Ken Clay	ahead 6-5	b 5	1	123	4	9	2	0.160	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. May Scores; F. White Scores; C. Hurdle Scores

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