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
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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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:57AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
1987	21	PHI-min	A	113	435	381	56	96	22	2	15	70	4	6	47	114	.252	.338	.438	.776		167		4	0	3	10	SPB · SALL
1988	22	PHI-min	A	125	487	442	35	97	23	2	6	39	2	1	42	103	.219	.288	.321	.609		142	16	1	1	1	9	CLW · FLOR
1989	23	PHI-min	A,AA	116	428	381	41	100	19	2	6	66	8	2	40	57	.262	.329	.370	.700		141	12	1	0	6	4	CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1990	24	PHI-min	AA	127	481	412	56	111	33	1	15	72	2	2	62	83	.269	.363	.464	.827		191		1	2	4	5	REA · EL
1991	25	PHI-min	AAA	87	304	276	33	71	13	5	5	38	0	2	25	61	.257	.321	.395	.716		109	6	1	2	0	1	SWB · IL
1992	26	PHI-min	AAA	17	60	51	8	15	1	1	1	8	0	0	7	10	.294	.400	.412	.812		21	1	2	0	0	1	SWB · IL
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-min	AAA	105	441	350	70	103	19	0	17	60	0	2	82	88	.294	.434	.494	.928		173	14	5	3	1	5	OMA · AA
1995	29	KCR	AL	15	45	36	4	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	7	.278	.422	.389	.811	113	14	2	0	0	0	0	D/3
1996	30	KCR-min	AAA	98	407	338	63	94	20	0	10	51	1	3	58	84	.278	.394	.426	.820		144	11	8	1	2	3	OMA · AA
2 Seasons				87	120	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	223	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	45	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1992	26	PHI	NL	75	0	0	-1	-1	-1	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/273

1995	29	KCR	AL	46	1	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$109,000	D/3
2 Seasons				121	1	0	-1	-1	-2	-1	4	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$109,000

KCR (1 yr)				46	1	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$109,000
PHI (1 yr)				75	0	0	-1	-1	-1	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	PO
1992	PHI	NL	26	C	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-300	6.75	1.50	.990	6.75	6.65	0	2	0	0	0
1992	PHI	NL	26	LF	2	1	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	1.12	0.50	.980	2.14	2.15
1992	PHI	NL	26	OF	2	1	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	1.12	0.50	.980	2.36	2.35
1992	PHI	NL	26	1B	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.995	9.90	9.80
1995	KCR	AL	29	DH	11	11
1995	KCR	AL	29	1B	1	0	0	4.0	4	3	0	1	1	.750	-0	-120	6.75	3.00	.992	9.67	9.50
	2 Seasons			1B	2	0	0	6.0	6	5	0	1	1	.833	-0	-80	7.50	2.50	.993	9.75	9.65
	1 Season			C	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-300	6.75	1.50	.990	6.75	6.65	0	2	0	0	0
	1 Season			LF	2	1	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	1.12	0.50	.980	2.14	2.15
	1 Season			OF	2	1	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	1.12	0.50	.980	2.36	2.35
	2 Seasons			TOT	6	1	0	18.0	10	9	0	1	1	.900	-2	-113	4.50	1.50	.991	5.80	6.22	0	2	0	0	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

December 17, 1986: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
March 25, 1993: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Minnesota Twins for Mica Lewis (minors).
October 15, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
January 12, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 31, 1994: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 15, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1995	29	Kansas City Royals	$109,000	7/7/95 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$109,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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