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Jeff Grotewold

Jeffrey Scott Grotewold

Position: Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 8, 1965 in Madera, CA
School: University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1992
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Royals 1992-1995

Final Game: July 4, 1995
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Standard Batting

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
1992 26 PHI NL 72 75 65 7 13 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 16 .200 .307 .369 .676 91 24 4 1 0 0 0 /273
1995 29 KCR AL 15 46 36 4 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 7 .278 .422 .389 .811 113 14 2 0 0 0 0 D/3
2 Yrs 87 121 101 11 23 3 0 4 11 0 0 18 23 .228 .350 .376 .726 100 38 6 1 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 225 188 20 43 6 0 7 20 0 0 34 43 .228 .350 .376 .726 100 71 11 2 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 15 46 36 4 10 1 0 1 6 0 0 9 7 .278 .422 .389 .811 113 14 2 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 72 75 65 7 13 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 16 .200 .307 .369 .676 91 24 4 1 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1992 26 PHI NL 72 75 -1 0 -1 -1 0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .496 .498 0.0 -0.1 1 $ /273
1995 29 KCR AL 15 46 1 0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $109,000 D/3
2 Seasons 87 121 0 0 -1 -2 -1 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .496 .499 0.1 -0.2 2 $109,000
KCR (1 yr) 15 46 1 0 -0 -0 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $109,000
PHI (1 yr) 72 75 -1 0 -1 -1 0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .496 .498 0.0 -0.1 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1992 26 PHI NL 75 56 7 3.4 92 .217 .200 .259 .307 .325 .369 .381 .676 .706 91 .409 -0.8 -0.1 .607 .308 .169 .0
1995 29 KCR AL 46 28 6 5.7 110 .321 .278 .272 .422 .346 .389 .429 .811 .774 113 .542 1.2 0.1 .821 .361 .111 .0
2 Yrs 121 84 13 4.2 99 .257 .228 .264 .350 .332 .376 .398 .726 .731 100 .460 0.4 0.0 .679 .327 .149 .0
162 Game Avg. 225 156 24 4.2 99 .257 .228 .264 .350 .332 .376 .398 .726 .731 100 .460 1 0 .679 .327 .149
KCR (1 yr) 46 28 6 5.7 110 .321 .278 .272 .422 .346 .389 .429 .811 .774 113 .542 1.2 0.1 .821 .361 .111 .0
PHI (1 yr) 75 56 7 3.4 92 .217 .200 .259 .307 .325 .369 .381 .676 .706 91 .409 -0.8 -0.1 .607 .308 .169 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 26 PHI NL 75 4.0% 21.3% 12.0% 6.7% 39% 1.78 4.1 21.7 13.0 1.13 2.42 61% 16% 13.6% 4%
1995 29 KCR AL 46 2.2% 15.2% 19.6% 4.4% 20% 0.78 5.1 36.0 6.0 1.64 3.40 61% 21% 9.1% 0%
2 Yrs 121 3.3% 19.0% 14.9% 5.8% 30% 1.28 4.4 25.3 9.2 1.29 2.71 61% 18% 12.1% 3%
MLB Averages 2.4% 15.4% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.75 5.8 37.8 7.9 0.82 1.08 72% 21% 6.9% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1992 26 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 75 -0.7 1.1 -1.8 1.23 -0.2 -0.4 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -0.4 1.30 61
1995 29 KCR AL 1.2 0.1 46 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .87 -0.0 -0.2 0.7 0.1 0.95 0.1 0.86 2
2 Yrs 0.4 0.0 121 -0.9 1.7 -2.6 1.09 -0.2 -0.6 -1.4 -0.2 0.95 -0.3 1.28 63

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 26 PHI NL 0 0 20% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 43% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1995 29 KCR AL 0 1 17% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 0 1 18% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 40% 7 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1992 26 PHI NL 75 84% 13 3 0 61 13 3 4 1.30 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 17 4 24% 5 0 0% 43 2 5% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 29 KCR AL 46 100% 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.86 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 2 20% 6 1 17% 34 6 18% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
2 Yrs 121 90% 23 3 0 63 13 3 4 1.28 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 27 6 22% 11 1 9% 77 8 10% 7 1 14% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 26 PHI NL 75 327 4.36 197 60% 25% 22% 27% 25% 75% 0% 45% 70% 15% 4% 3 0 17% 13 9 12% 9 5 19% 0 0 0
1995 29 KCR AL 46 195 4.24 114 58% 25% 18% 31% 26% 75% 0% 44% 76% 28% 9% 4 0 20% 9 4 13% 6 1 29% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 121 522 4.31 311 60% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 0% 44% 72% 20% 6% 7 0 18% 22 13 12% 15 6 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 26 72 75 65 7 13 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 16 .200 .307 .369 .676 91 24 4 1 0 0 0
1993 27 72 75 65 7 13 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 16 .200 .307 .369 .676 91 24 4 1 0 0 0
1994 28 72 75 65 7 13 2 0 3 5 0 0 9 16 .200 .307 .369 .676 91 24 4 1 0 0 0
1995 29 87 121 101 11 23 3 0 4 11 0 0 18 23 .228 .350 .376 .726 100 38 6 1 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 26 72 77 66 8 14 2 0 3 6 0 10 16 .212 .325 .379 .703 8 72
1995 29 17 48 39 4 10 1 0 1 6 0 9 8 .256 .396 .359 .755 6 15
2 Yrs 89 125 105 12 24 3 0 4 12 0 19 24 .229 .352 .371 .723 14 87
162 Game Avg. 162 228 191 22 44 5 0 7 22 0 35 44 .229 .352 .371 .723 25 87

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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