Johnny Groth
John Thomas Groth
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL
High School: Latin (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1946
Final Game: July 28, 1960
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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 Awards
1946 19 DET AL 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /O
1947 20 DET AL 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .500 .250 .750 110 1 2 0 0 /O
1948 21 DET AL 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 244 14 0 0 0 /O
1949 22 DET AL 103 418 348 60 102 19 5 11 73 3 7 65 27 .293 .407 .471 .878 132 164 15 2 3 O RoY-4
1950 23 DET AL 157 670 566 95 173 30 8 12 85 1 5 95 27 .306 .407 .451 .858 117 255 21 2 7 *O
1951 24 DET AL 118 465 428 41 128 29 1 3 49 1 1 31 32 .299 .349 .393 .742 100 168 16 2 4 *O
1952 25 DET AL 141 580 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 2 10 51 39 .284 .348 .357 .705 96 187 11 0 5 *O
1953 26 SLB AL 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9 *O
1954 27 CHW AL 125 477 422 41 116 20 0 7 60 3 9 42 37 .275 .341 .372 .713 94 157 19 2 8 3 *8/79
1955 28 TOT AL 95 293 260 35 66 11 5 4 28 3 0 24 31 .254 .313 .381 .693 87 99 7 0 5 4 1 87/9
1955 28 CHW AL 32 88 77 13 26 7 0 2 11 1 0 6 13 .338 .376 .506 .883 134 39 2 0 3 2 1 8
1955 28 WSH AL 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 67 60 5 0 2 2 0 87/9
1956 29 KCA AL 95 280 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 1 2 30 31 .258 .335 .398 .732 93 97 9 0 2 4 2 897
1957 30 TOT AL 93 180 162 21 45 10 0 0 18 0 0 13 13 .278 .333 .340 .673 83 55 3 1 3 1 0 987
1957 30 KCA AL 55 68 59 10 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 .254 .333 .254 .588 63 15 2 0 2 0 0 9/78
1957 30 DET AL 38 112 103 11 30 10 0 0 16 0 0 6 7 .291 .333 .388 .722 95 40 1 1 1 1 0 87
1958 31 DET AL 88 161 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 0 1 13 19 .281 .340 .384 .723 94 56 4 0 2 0 0 789
1959 32 DET AL 55 112 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 0 0 7 14 .235 .284 .353 .637 70 36 0 0 3 0 0 897
1960 33 DET AL 25 23 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .368 .455 .421 .876 136 8 0 0 1 0 0 /89
15 Seasons 1248 4302 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 19 42 419 329 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 1503 121 11 52 12 3
162 Game Avg. 162 558 494 62 138 26 4 8 63 2 5 54 43 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 195 16 1 7
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
DET (11 yrs) 737 2574 2266 307 663 126 19 34 302 7 25 274 171 .293 .370 .410 .780 107 929 70 7 26 1 0
KCA (2 yrs) 150 348 303 32 78 13 3 5 39 1 2 37 37 .257 .334 .370 .704 87 112 11 0 4 4 2
CHW (2 yrs) 157 565 499 54 142 27 0 9 71 4 9 48 50 .285 .347 .393 .739 100 196 21 2 11 5 1
WSH (1 yr) 63 205 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 2 0 18 18 .219 .286 .328 .614 67 60 5 0 2 2 0
SLB (1 yr) 141 610 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 5 6 42 53 .253 .308 .370 .678 81 206 14 2 9

Advanced Batting

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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
1946 19 DET AL 9 9 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .271 .000 .346 .000 .389 .000 .735 -100 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1947 20 DET AL 6 5 1 5.3 99 .333 .250 .266 .500 .346 .250 .382 .750 .729 110 .610 0.3 0.0 .600 .500 .000
1948 21 DET AL 18 9 7 20.7 108 .467 .471 .277 .500 .362 .824 .400 1.324 .762 244 .940 3.5 0.3 1.667 .412 .353 .0
1949 22 DET AL 418 271 64 6.3 107 .294 .293 .271 .407 .363 .471 .393 .878 .756 132 .641 17.7 1.7 .847 .353 .178 4.7
1950 23 DET AL 670 426 102 6.4 116 .306 .306 .282 .407 .370 .451 .423 .858 .793 117 .611 17.0 1.6 .831 .306 .145 1.8
1951 24 DET AL 465 321 58 4.9 102 .318 .299 .267 .349 .349 .393 .392 .742 .741 100 .534 0.2 0.0 .634 .166 .093 1.5
1952 25 DET AL 580 401 62 4.2 97 .301 .284 .261 .348 .341 .357 .381 .705 .723 96 .502 -2.7 -0.3 .581 .155 .073 2.7
1953 26 SLB AL 610 445 62 3.7 104 .265 .253 .272 .308 .348 .370 .400 .678 .749 81 .420 -16.8 -1.7 .571 .190 .117 6.7
1954 27 CHW AL 477 345 51 4.0 101 .286 .275 .269 .341 .345 .372 .393 .713 .738 94 .467 -3.5 -0.4 .584 .182 .097 4.2
1955 28 TOT AL 293 210 33 4.2 101 .271 .254 .265 .313 .344 .381 .395 .693 .739 87 .462 -5.3 -0.5 .627 .231 .127 3.4
1955 28 CHW AL 88 58 15 6.9 105 .375 .338 .270 .376 .350 .506 .402 .883 .752 134 .680 3.8 0.4 .868 .260 .169 1.3
1955 28 WSH AL 205 152 18 3.2 100 .230 .219 .263 .286 .342 .328 .391 .614 .733 67 .338 -9.2 -0.9 .541 .219 .109 2.0
1956 29 KCA AL 280 198 32 4.3 106 .274 .258 .267 .335 .349 .398 .408 .732 .757 93 .452 -2.2 -0.2 .656 .258 .139 1.7
1957 30 TOT AL 180 124 19 4.2 101 .300 .278 .266 .333 .338 .340 .401 .673 .739 83 .473 -3.4 -0.4 .575 .142 .062
1957 30 KCA AL 68 48 5 2.8 100 .283 .254 .264 .333 .336 .254 .399 .588 .735 63 .307 -2.9 -0.3 .478 .119 .000
1957 30 DET AL 112 76 14 5.0 102 .309 .291 .267 .333 .339 .388 .402 .722 .741 95 .557 -0.4 -0.1 .635 .155 .097
1958 31 DET AL 161 112 18 4.3 104 .312 .281 .270 .340 .339 .384 .410 .723 .749 94 .500 -1.6 -0.2 .618 .185 .103 .0
1959 32 DET AL 112 81 11 3.6 103 .264 .235 .267 .284 .339 .353 .408 .637 .748 70 .415 -4.5 -0.5 .551 .186 .118 .0
1960 33 DET AL 23 14 4 7.7 104 .389 .368 .267 .455 .341 .421 .408 .876 .749 136 .728 1.2 0.1 .769 .158 .053
15 Seasons 4302 2971 524 4.7 104 .293 .279 .270 .352 .351 .395 .399 .746 .750 99 .521 -2.8 -0.5 .657 .219 .115 28.9
162 Game Avg. 558 386 68 4.7 104 .293 .279 .270 .352 .351 .395 .399 .746 .750 99 .521 -2.8 -0.5 .657 .219 .115 4
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
DET (11 yrs) 2574 1725 341 5.3 105 .305 .293 .270 .370 .353 .410 .400 .780 .753 107 .570 28.0 2.6 .702 .230 .117 11.6
KCA (2 yrs) 348 246 37 4.0 105 .275 .257 .267 .334 .347 .370 .406 .704 .753 87 .428 -5.2 -0.5 .622 .231 .112 1.7
CHW (2 yrs) 565 403 66 4.4 102 .299 .285 .269 .347 .346 .393 .394 .739 .740 100 .509 0.4 0.0 .623 .194 .108 5.5
WSH (1 yr) 205 152 18 3.2 100 .230 .219 .263 .286 .342 .328 .391 .614 .733 67 .338 -9.2 -0.9 .541 .219 .109 2.0
SLB (1 yr) 610 445 62 3.7 104 .265 .253 .272 .308 .348 .370 .400 .678 .749 81 .420 -16.8 -1.7 .571 .190 .117 6.7

Ratio Batting*

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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
1946 19 DET AL 9 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1947 20 DET AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.50 4.0 50%
1948 21 DET AL 18 5.6% 5.6% 5.6% 22.2% 50% 1.00 17.0 17.0 3.4 83%
1949 22 DET AL 418 2.6% 6.5% 15.6% 8.4% 34% 0.42 12.9 31.6 4.8 74%
1950 23 DET AL 670 1.8% 4.0% 14.2% 7.5% 29% 0.28 21.0 47.2 6.7 79%
1951 24 DET AL 465 0.7% 6.9% 6.7% 7.1% 26% 1.03 13.4 142.7 8.7 85%
1952 25 DET AL 580 0.7% 6.7% 8.8% 4.8% 19% 0.76 13.4 131.0 10.3 83%
1953 26 SLB AL 610 1.6% 8.7% 6.9% 6.7% 29% 1.26 10.5 55.7 9.8 81%
1954 27 CHW AL 477 1.5% 7.8% 8.8% 5.7% 23% 0.88 11.4 60.3 7.0 1.14 80%
1955 28 TOT AL 293 1.4% 10.6% 8.2% 6.8% 30% 1.29 8.4 65.0 9.3 1.11 78%
1955 28 CHW AL 88 2.3% 14.8% 6.8% 10.2% 35% 2.17 5.9 38.5 7.0 1.00 73%
1955 28 WSH AL 205 1.0% 8.8% 8.8% 5.4% 28% 1.00 10.2 91.5 10.8 1.15 80%
1956 29 KCA AL 280 1.8% 11.1% 10.7% 7.5% 33% 1.03 7.9 48.8 6.6 0.95 76%
1957 30 TOT AL 180 0.0% 7.2% 7.2% 5.6% 22% 1.00 12.5 9.0 1.68 83%
1957 30 KCA AL 68 0.0% 8.8% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 0.86 9.8 29.5 3.86 78%
1957 30 DET AL 112 0.0% 6.3% 5.4% 8.9% 33% 1.17 14.7 6.4 1.19 87%
1958 31 DET AL 161 1.2% 11.8% 8.1% 5.6% 22% 1.46 7.7 73.0 13.3 1.22 78%
1959 32 DET AL 112 0.9% 12.5% 6.3% 8.0% 38% 2.00 7.3 102.0 10.2 1.29 78%
1960 33 DET AL 23 0.0% 4.4% 13.0% 4.4% 14% 0.33 19.0 9.5 1.00 78%
15 Seasons 4302 1.4% 7.7% 9.7% 6.7% 27% 0.79 11.6 63.5 7.8 1.16 80%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 27 CHW AL 3 0 22% 187 3 9 25% 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 50% 18 14 4 4 3 0 16 1 15
1955 28 TOT AL 3 0 36% 105 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 44% 19 12 7 6 5 1 7 1 6
1955 28 CHW AL 0 0 37% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 6 4 2 2 1 1 4 1 3
1955 28 WSH AL 3 0 36% 67 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40% 13 8 5 4 4 0 3 0 3
1956 29 KCA AL 7 0 19% 110 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 3 33% 17 14 3 2 1 1 5 0 4
1957 30 TOT AL 1 0 36% 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 41% 13 10 3 2 1 1 7 2 5
1957 30 KCA AL 0 0 46% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1957 30 DET AL 1 0 30% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 2
1958 31 DET AL 0 0 42% 93 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 60% 9 5 4 6 4 2 10 1 9
1959 32 DET AL 2 0 37% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 38% 9 8 1 0 0 0 7 2 5
1960 33 DET AL 0 0 30% 28 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
15 Seasons 16 0 29% 672 19 42 31% 7 11 0 2 0 0 5 0 26 21 44% 89 66 23 21 14 5 53 7 44
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 27 CHW AL 477 37% 116 1 0 0 0 2.56 7 0 16 3 4 2 5 0 9 8 89% 96 19 20% 49 18 37% 349 55 16% 28 14 50% 23 11 48% 0
1955 28 TOT AL 292 38% 66 13 4 0 2 1.22 4 0 5 4 0 2 2 0 5 5 100% 57 7 12% 19 6 32% 164 25 15% 14 7 50% 14 4 29% 1
1955 28 CHW AL 88 47% 26 1 0 0 0 0.46 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 100% 17 2 12% 5 3 60% 53 9 17% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 0
1955 28 WSH AL 204 35% 40 12 4 0 2 1.28 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 40 5 13% 14 3 21% 111 16 14% 10 4 40% 10 2 20% 1
1956 29 KCA AL 281 42% 63 12 3 0 1 1.69 5 0 9 3 2 1 4 0 2 2 100% 59 9 15% 26 9 35% 186 34 18% 23 13 57% 15 2 13% 0
1957 30 TOT AL 170 21% 45 5 0 0 0 1.21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 30 3 10% 16 6 38% 99 20 20% 9 6 67% 16 10 63% 10
1957 30 KCA AL 58 26% 15 4 0 0 0 1.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 11 2 18% 6 4 67% 28 2 7% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 10
1957 30 DET AL 112 19% 30 1 0 0 0 1.58 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 19 1 5% 10 2 20% 71 18 25% 7 5 71% 12 7 58% 0
1958 31 DET AL 161 51% 41 16 6 0 2 1.52 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 22 4 18% 12 4 33% 86 10 12% 7 3 43% 5 1 20% 0
1959 32 DET AL 112 37% 24 13 4 1 3 1.49 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 100% 18 0 0% 11 2 18% 78 10 13% 4 1 25% 10 5 50% 0
1960 33 DET AL 23 74% 7 8 4 0 1 2.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
15 Seasons 1516 38% 1064 68 21 1 9 1.54 60 0 37 12 7 6 13 0 27 52 193% 287 121 42% 134 46 34% 974 156 16% 85 44 52% 84 33 39% 11
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1946 19 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1947 20 6 15 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 -22 1 2 0 0
1948 21 12 33 30 5 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .300 .364 .500 .864 129 15 2 0 0
1949 22 115 451 378 65 111 22 5 12 78 3 7 68 32 .294 .404 .474 .878 132 179 17 2 3
1950 23 272 1121 944 160 284 52 13 24 163 4 12 163 59 .301 .406 .460 .866 123 434 38 4 10
1951 24 390 1586 1372 201 412 81 14 27 212 5 13 194 91 .300 .389 .439 .828 116 602 54 6 14
1952 25 531 2166 1896 257 561 103 16 31 263 7 23 245 130 .296 .378 .416 .794 111 789 65 6 19
1953 26 672 2776 2453 322 702 130 20 41 320 12 29 287 183 .286 .363 .406 .768 104 995 79 8 28
1954 27 797 3253 2875 363 818 150 20 48 380 15 38 329 220 .285 .360 .401 .760 103 1152 98 10 36 3
1955 28 892 3546 3135 398 884 161 25 52 408 18 38 353 251 .282 .356 .399 .755 101 1251 105 10 41 7 1
1956 29 987 3826 3379 420 947 174 28 57 445 19 40 383 282 .280 .354 .399 .753 101 1348 114 10 43 11 3
1957 30 1080 4006 3541 441 992 184 28 57 463 19 40 396 295 .280 .353 .396 .749 100 1403 117 11 46 12 3
1958 31 1168 4167 3687 465 1033 189 30 59 474 19 41 409 314 .280 .353 .396 .748 100 1459 121 11 48 12 3
1959 32 1223 4279 3789 477 1057 196 31 60 484 19 41 416 328 .279 .351 .395 .746 99 1495 121 11 51 12 3
1960 33 1248 4302 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 19 42 419 329 .279 .352 .395 .746 99 1503 121 11 52 12 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 19 4 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1947 20 2 9 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .400 .667 .400 1.067 1 2
1948 21 6 18 17 3 8 3 0 1 4 0 1 1 .471 .500 .824 1.324 6 6
1949 22 108 424 358 60 101 19 5 11 73 3 64 28 .282 .394 .455 .849 64 103
1950 23 164 664 573 85 162 28 7 11 76 1 89 28 .283 .381 .414 .795 91 157
1951 24 124 479 446 41 130 29 1 3 49 1 31 34 .291 .340 .381 .721 58 118
1952 25 147 601 548 61 156 23 2 4 56 2 53 41 .285 .348 .356 .704 68 141
1953 26 147 623 578 66 143 27 4 10 58 5 43 55 .247 .302 .360 .662 63 141
1954 27 131 487 439 44 119 21 0 7 64 3 43 39 .271 .337 .367 .703 54 125
1955 28 99 304 274 37 71 12 5 4 30 3 26 32 .259 .319 .383 .702 34 95
1956 29 99 285 251 22 62 13 3 5 37 1 30 32 .247 .323 .382 .705 31 95
1957 30 98 188 172 22 49 11 0 0 19 0 14 14 .285 .340 .349 .689 20 93
1958 31 92 164 151 25 41 5 2 2 11 0 13 20 .272 .329 .371 .700 19 88
1959 32 57 114 107 12 25 7 1 1 10 0 7 15 .234 .281 .346 .626 10 55
1960 33 26 24 21 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .381 .458 .429 .887 4 25
15 Seasons 1304 4393 3949 484 1077 199 30 59 489 19 421 344 .273 .344 .383 .727 523 1248
162 Game Avg. 162 546 491 60 134 25 4 7 61 2 52 43 .273 .344 .383 .727 65 1248

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1950 AL  157 (1st)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1950 AL  670 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL  173 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL  30 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1950 AL  8 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL  95 (7th)

Singles s c a p y
1950 AL  123 (9th)
1952 AL  121 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL  270 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1950 AL  21 (6th)
1951 AL  16 (6th)
1954 AL  19 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1949 AL  7 (6th)
1952 AL  10 (3rd)
1954 AL  9 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1950 AL  21.0 (7th)
1954 AL  11.4 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1953 AL  445 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL  born 1926-07-23 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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