Jerry Grote
Gerald Wayne Grote
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX
High School: McArthur (San Antonio, TX)
School: Trinity University
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Final Game: October 3, 1981
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1963 HOU NL 20 C 3 2 19.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -63.2 -1 4.74 3.33 .990 7.06 6.03 0 1 1 0 0%
1964 HOU NL 21 C 98 88 793.1 583 522 52 9 5 .985 -2.0 -3.0 -2 6.51 5.86 .988 6.81 5.91 11 22 51 27 35%
1966 NYM NL 23 C 115 101 857.0 582 516 55 11 7 .981 -3.0 -4.2 -3 6.00 4.97 .987 6.84 5.81 8 44 38 25 40%
1966 NYM NL 23 3B 2 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 3.00 1.50 .967 3.00 2.65
1967 NYM NL 24 C 119 111 900.2 678 609 62 7 8 .990 3.0 4.0 3 6.71 5.64 .990 6.89 5.85 12 32 38 37 49%
1968 NYM NL 25 C 115 109 1005.2 819 754 60 5 8 .994 0.0 0.0 0 7.28 7.08 .990 6.87 6.12 1 42 39 30 43% AS
1969 NYM NL 26 C 112 100 918.2 788 718 63 7 11 .991 11.0 14.4 11 7.65 6.97 .989 7.06 6.25 4 36 31 40 56%
1970 NYM NL 27 C 125 121 1064.0 909 855 46 8 12 .991 5.0 5.6 5 7.62 7.21 .987 6.85 5.94 6 38 40 26 39%
1971 NYM NL 28 C 122 118 1042.2 942 892 41 9 4 .990 -1.0 -1.2 -1 8.05 7.65 .988 6.34 5.63 10 27 51 18 26%
1972 NYM NL 29 C 59 58 530.0 448 405 42 1 5 .998 7.0 15.8 7 7.59 7.58 .987 6.61 5.87 2 13 18 20 53%
1972 NYM NL 29 3B 3 1 15.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -56.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 1.20 0.67 .950 2.88 2.53
1972 NYM NL 29 OF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 2.00
1972 NYM NL 29 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.70
1973 NYM NL 30 C 81 76 684.0 582 545 34 3 0 .995 1.0 1.8 1 7.62 7.15 .987 6.34 5.58 3 14 31 17 35%
1973 NYM NL 30 3B 2 0 5.1 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.2 45.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 .960 2.87 2.50
1974 NYM NL 31 C 94 92 792.0 592 549 36 7 1 .988 2.0 3.0 2 6.65 6.22 .985 6.12 5.37 3 21 51 28 35% AS
1975 NYM NL 32 C 111 108 945.0 765 706 55 4 8 .995 6.0 7.6 6 7.25 6.86 .985 6.03 5.24 6 28 67 35 34%
1976 NYM NL 33 C 95 88 786.1 671 617 49 5 6 .993 -2.0 -3.1 -2 7.62 7.01 .986 5.96 5.16 3 34 61 30 33%
1976 NYM NL 33 OF 2 1 15.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 32.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 2.50 .980 2.34 2.05
1976 NYM NL 33 LF 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 34.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.06 1.60
1976 NYM NL 33 RF 1 1 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 3.38 3.00 .967 2.14 1.80
1977 TOT NL 34 C 44 27 257.2 193 171 22 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -4.7 -1 6.74 4.39 .985 6.49 5.54 2 10 29 11 28%
1977 TOT NL 34 3B 13 8 81.0 29 9 18 2 3 .931 -0.9 -13.3 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 0 3.00 2.08 .955 2.98 2.54
1977 NYM NL 34 C 28 23 193.1 139 124 15 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.47 4.96 .985 6.49 5.54 1 6 20 8 29%
1977 NYM NL 34 3B 11 8 74.0 23 7 14 2 2 .913 -1.7 -27.6 -1.7 -0.6 -1.2 0 2.55 1.91 .957 2.98 2.54
1977 LAD NL 34 C 16 4 64.1 54 47 7 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -18.7 -1 7.55 3.38 .985 6.49 5.54 1 4 9 3 25%
1977 LAD NL 34 3B 2 0 7.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.8 137.1 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 7.71 3.00 .950 2.96 2.55
1978 LAD NL 35 C 32 15 172.0 137 123 12 2 0 .985 -3.0 -20.9 -3 7.06 4.22 .985 6.17 5.11 4 4 19 2 10%
1978 LAD NL 35 3B 7 0 25.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 -1.3 -62.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 3.96 1.57 .950 2.99 2.53
1981 TOT MLB 38 C 23 20 173.0 95 89 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -6.9 -1 4.94 4.13 .987 5.51 4.77 0 3 14 4 22%
1981 KCR AL 38 C 22 20 171.0 93 87 6 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -7.0 -1 4.89 4.23 .987 5.51 4.76 0 3 14 4 22%
1981 LAD NL 38 C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.85 5.10 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons C 1348 1234 10941.0 8794 8081 635 78 76 .991 21.0 2.3 21 7.17 6.47 .987 6.55 5.70 75 369 579 350 38%
5 Seasons 3B 27 10 135.1 51 16 31 4 5 .922 -2.9 -25.7 -1.9 -1.1 -0.9 -1 3.13 1.74 .955 2.97 2.54
2 Seasons OF 3 2 24.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 15.0 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 2.25 2.00 .983 2.29 2.03
2 Seasons RF 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 2.12 2.00 .975 2.06 1.75
1 Season LF 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 34.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 1.000 2.06 1.60
16 Seasons TOT 1378 1246 11100.1 8851 8103 666 82 81 .991 18.4 2.0 -1.6 -0.7 -1.0 0 -1 21 7.11 6.36 .978 6.50 5.63 75 369 579 350 38%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 HOU NL 20 3 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 21 100 88 100 100 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1966 NYM NL 23 120 102 120 120 0 115 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 NYM NL 24 120 111 120 120 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1968 NYM NL 25 124 109 124 124 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1969 NYM NL 26 113 100 113 113 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1970 NYM NL 27 126 121 126 126 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 NYM NL 28 125 118 125 125 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 NYM NL 29 64 60 64 64 0 59 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1973 NYM NL 30 84 76 84 84 0 81 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 NYM NL 31 97 92 97 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1975 NYM NL 32 119 108 119 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1976 NYM NL 33 101 89 101 96 0 95 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 0
1977 NYM NL 34 42 31 42 34 0 28 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1977 LAD NL 34 18 4 18 17 0 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 LAD NL 35 41 15 41 39 0 32 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1981 KCR AL 38 22 20 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 LAD NL 38 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Seasons 1421 1246 1421 1393 0 1348 0 0 27 0 1 0 2 3 0 80 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1963 HOU NL 20 89 4.26 6.16 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 21 3435 3.23 3.72 62 97% 2 0 519 38 2 9 468 57 22 0 0 5 8 0 3 5 1 6 0 1 1 12 92%
1966 NYM NL 23 3879 4.45 5.10 51 92% 2 1 514 30 7 17 460 55 12 2 0 5 11 0 5 6 2 7 0 1 2 4 75%
1967 NYM NL 24 3933 3.72 4.27 61 97% 0 1 605 39 1 8 557 60 18 1 0 1 7 0 0 7 0 8 0 0 1 13 92%
1968 NYM NL 25 4204 2.61 2.90 73 99% 0 1 754 45 3 17 689 58 18 2 1 0 5 0 1 4 1 7 1 1 2 11 100%
1969 NYM NL 26 3884 2.86 3.15 66 98% 1 1 721 41 4 22 654 64 15 3 1 0 7 1 3 3 0 11 1 1 3 10 100%
1970 NYM NL 27 4590 3.50 3.98 75 97% 0 0 860 53 4 11 792 46 18 2 0 0 8 0 2 6 0 12 0 2 3 8 75%
1971 NYM NL 28 4450 3.00 3.45 63 94% 0 0 889 45 2 13 829 42 12 1 0 6 9 3 3 3 2 4 0 0 1 9 89%
1972 NYM NL 29 2254 3.18 3.48 48 100% 0 0 405 28 0 6 371 40 18 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 11 100%
1973 NYM NL 30 2896 2.79 2.97 50 98% 1 0 557 33 4 9 511 32 12 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1974 NYM NL 31 3452 3.26 3.70 43 93% 2 0 543 25 1 7 510 38 12 2 1 2 7 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 10 90%
1975 NYM NL 32 4139 3.32 3.78 52 100% 0 0 712 37 2 20 653 53 15 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 1 8 0 1 2 8 100%
1976 NYM NL 33 3295 2.71 3.02 50 96% 0 0 619 30 0 10 578 44 16 1 0 1 5 0 2 3 1 7 0 0 2 8 100%
1977 NYM NL 34 863 3.77 4.52 9 100% 0 0 125 4 0 3 118 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 LAD NL 34 278 3.22 3.36 3 100% 0 0 47 2 1 4 40 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1978 LAD NL 35 778 3.98 4.40 12 100% 0 0 125 5 1 6 113 10 4 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1981 KCR AL 38 751 4.32 4.74 7 100% 0 0 87 4 0 2 81 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1981 LAD NL 38 8 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 47178 3.26 3.69 725 97% 8 4 8094 459 32 164 7436 626 201 17 4 29 77 8 27 42 10 77 3 9 21 117 94%
MLB Averages 3.61 4.09 95% 90%
PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1963 HOU NL 20 1 1 36 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.54
1964 HOU NL 21 11 22 1208 51 27 24 35% 46 23 4 2 1 2 1 0 109 31 1.31 1.33
1966 NYM NL 23 8 44 1436 38 25 25 40% 35 20 2 2 1 3 5 2 114 31 1.11 1.34
1967 NYM NL 24 13 32 1400 38 37 35 49% 35 35 3 1 0 1 3 1 106 41 1.04 1.19
1968 NYM NL 25 1 42 1444 39 30 28 43% 36 28 3 1 0 1 2 0 96 35 1.51 1.28
1969 NYM NL 26 5 36 1318 31 40 36 56% 27 37 3 1 1 2 6 1 94 46 1.15 1.31
1970 NYM NL 27 6 38 1609 40 26 22 39% 36 23 3 2 1 1 3 1 109 30 1.27 1.21
1971 NYM NL 28 10 27 1601 51 18 17 26% 39 17 10 1 2 0 4 0 110 25 1.58 1.38
1972 NYM NL 29 2 13 792 18 20 18 53% 15 18 3 0 0 2 2 0 38 23 0.89 0.96
1973 NYM NL 30 5 14 1019 31 17 14 35% 27 16 4 0 0 1 0 0 61 19 1.41 1.45
1974 NYM NL 31 3 21 1259 51 28 18 35% 45 25 5 3 1 0 1 1 92 30 1.36 1.30
1975 NYM NL 32 6 28 1537 67 35 26 34% 61 25 6 5 0 5 6 2 126 40 1.22 1.18
1976 NYM NL 33 3 34 1081 61 30 22 33% 56 29 4 1 1 0 0 0 111 37 1.32 1.12
1977 NYM NL 34 1 6 298 20 8 6 29% 17 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 30 13 1.12 0.96
1977 LAD NL 34 1 4 90 9 3 2 25% 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 3 1.11 2.15
1978 LAD NL 35 4 4 280 19 2 2 10% 18 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 30 3 1.48 1.65
1981 KCR AL 38 0 3 267 14 4 3 22% 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 1.38 1.58
1981 LAD NL 38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 80 369 16677 579 350 298 38% 515 311 56 20 8 19 35 8 1264 412 1.29 1.26
MLB Averages 36% 1.28 1.25
PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 NYM NL 23 35 40% 86% 34% 2 100% 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1972 NYM NL 29 69 59% 80% 28% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 NYM NL 30 25 68% 64% 32% 4 75% 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 NYM NL 34 310 68% 76% 21% 23 83% 0 7 6 1 0 14 11 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0%
1977 LAD NL 34 27 59% 93% 33% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1978 LAD NL 35 120 61% 77% 26% 14 79% 0 3 2 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 586 63% 77% 25% 49 84% 1 17 10 4 3 33 25 6 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 67%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 NYM NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 79% 67% 24% 2 50%
1976 NYM NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 33% 70% 26% 5 60%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 53% 68% 25% 7 57%
MLB Averages 42.5% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 NYM NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 20% 77% 37% 4 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 20% 77% 37% 4 50%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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