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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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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1963 20 HOU NL 3 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .286 .200 .486 47 1 0 0 0 1 0 /2
1964 21 HOU NL 100 325 298 26 54 9 3 3 24 0 2 20 75 .181 .240 .262 .502 45 78 6 4 0 3 5 2
1966 23 NYM NL 120 364 317 26 75 12 2 3 31 4 3 40 81 .237 .327 .315 .642 83 100 9 3 3 1 8 *2/5
1967 24 NYM NL 120 367 344 25 67 8 0 4 23 2 2 14 65 .195 .226 .253 .479 38 87 5 1 4 4 8 *2
1968 25 NYM NL 124 454 404 29 114 18 0 3 31 1 5 44 81 .282 .357 .349 .706 113 141 6 3 3 0 11 *2 AS
1969 26 NYM NL 113 406 365 38 92 12 3 6 40 2 1 32 59 .252 .313 .351 .663 84 128 10 1 6 2 5 *2
1970 27 NYM NL 126 463 415 38 106 14 1 2 34 2 1 36 39 .255 .313 .308 .621 68 128 14 1 6 5 8 *2
1971 28 NYM NL 125 450 403 35 109 25 0 2 35 1 4 40 47 .270 .339 .347 .686 97 140 19 2 4 1 4 *2
1972 29 NYM NL 64 241 205 15 43 5 1 3 21 1 0 26 27 .210 .304 .288 .592 72 59 5 3 4 3 8 2/59
1973 30 NYM NL 84 305 285 17 73 10 2 1 32 0 0 13 23 .256 .290 .316 .606 70 90 11 1 5 1 1 2/5
1974 31 NYM NL 97 363 319 25 82 8 1 5 36 0 1 33 33 .257 .326 .335 .661 87 107 11 2 4 5 4 2 AS
1975 32 NYM NL 119 428 386 28 114 14 5 2 39 0 1 38 23 .295 .357 .373 .731 107 144 11 1 0 3 8 *2
1976 33 NYM NL 101 366 323 30 88 14 2 4 28 1 2 38 19 .272 .350 .365 .715 109 118 15 1 3 1 4 2/79
1977 34 TOT NL 60 158 142 11 38 3 1 0 11 0 1 11 17 .268 .329 .303 .632 74 43 7 2 3 0 2 25
1977 34 NYM NL 42 128 115 8 31 3 1 0 7 0 0 9 12 .270 .333 .313 .646 79 36 5 2 2 0 1 25
1977 34 LAD NL 18 30 27 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 5 .259 .310 .259 .570 55 7 2 0 1 0 1 2/5
1978 35 LAD NL 41 83 70 5 19 5 0 0 9 0 0 10 5 .271 .354 .343 .697 96 24 0 0 1 2 1 2/5
1981 38 TOT MLB 24 64 58 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 3 .293 .333 .431 .764 121 25 2 1 1 1 0 2
1981 38 KCR AL 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 128 25 1 1 1 1 0 2
1981 38 LAD NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /2
16 Seasons 1421 4844 4339 352 1092 160 22 39 404 15 23 399 600 .252 .316 .326 .642 83 1413 131 26 47 33 77
162 Game Avg. 162 552 495 40 124 18 3 4 46 2 3 45 68 .252 .316 .326 .642 83 161 15 3 5 4 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYM (12 yrs) 1235 4335 3881 314 994 143 18 35 357 14 20 363 509 .256 .321 .329 .650 85 1278 121 21 44 26 70
LAD (3 yrs) 61 115 99 8 26 5 0 0 13 0 1 12 11 .263 .336 .313 .649 81 31 3 0 2 2 2
HOU (2 yrs) 103 332 303 26 55 9 3 3 25 0 2 21 78 .182 .241 .261 .502 45 79 6 4 0 4 5
KCR (1 yr) 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 128 25 1 1 1 1 0
NL (16 yrs) 1399 4782 4283 348 1075 157 21 38 395 14 23 396 598 .251 .316 .324 .640 82 1388 130 25 46 32 77
AL (1 yr) 22 62 56 4 17 3 1 1 9 1 0 3 2 .304 .344 .446 .791 128 25 1 1 1 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 26 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 3 13 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .167 .231 .250 .481 3 0 0 0 0 0
1969 26 NYM NL WS BAL W 5 20 19 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .316 .566 6 0 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 5 20 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 1 0 0 0 0
1973 30 NYM NL WS OAK L 7 32 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .290 .267 .557 8 1 1 1 0 0
1977 34 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 34 LAD NL WS NYY L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 35 LAD NL NLCS PHI W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 35 LAD NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 26 87 81 8 18 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 11 .222 .267 .259 .527 21 2 1 1 0 0
4 NLCS 11 34 31 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .194 .265 .226 .491 7 1 0 0 0 0
4 WS 15 53 50 3 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .240 .269 .280 .549 14 1 1 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1987 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1968 (C)
1974 *

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career  77 (180th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1971 NL  19 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1981 NL  born 1942-10-06 (9th)
1981 AL  born 1942-10-06 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 27 (639), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (659), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 13, 1962: Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent.

October 19, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Mets for a player to be named later and cash. The New York Mets sent Tom Parsons (November 24, 1965) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

August 31, 1977: Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for players to be named later. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Dan Smith (minors) (October 24, 1977) and Randy Rogers (minors) (October 24, 1977) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

April 7, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

September 1, 1981: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

September 8, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 14, 1981: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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