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 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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1946 DET AL 19 OF 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .983 2.25 0-4-0
1947 DET AL 20 OF 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 2.40 1-0-0
1948 DET AL 21 OF 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 .980 2.35 0-4-0
1949 DET AL 22 OF 99 264 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 .980 2.27 0-99-0 RoY-4
1950 DET AL 23 OF 157 389 374 9 6 0 .985 2.44 .979 2.34 0-157-0
1951 DET AL 24 OF 112 280 266 12 2 3 .993 2.48 .977 2.23 0-112-0
1952 DET AL 25 OF 139 348 329 14 5 3 .986 2.47 .980 2.18 2-137-0
1953 SLB AL 26 OF 141 447 425 18 4 5 .991 3.14 .981 2.18 0-141-0
1954 CHW AL 27 OF 125 121 1060.0 325 314 7 4 3 .988 6.0 6.8 5.0 6.9 -1.9 1 2.73 2.57 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 CHW AL 27 CF 116 113 982.0 308 297 7 4 3 .987 4.6 5.6 3.6 4.9 -1.3 1 2.79 2.62 .983 2.85 2.64
1954 CHW AL 27 LF 9 6 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 16.8 0.8 1.4 -0.6 0 2.37 1.67 .973 2.26 1.93
1954 CHW AL 27 RF 2 2 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 34.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 1.71 2.00 .975 2.06 1.80
1955 TOT AL 28 OF 74 67 590.2 188 183 3 2 1 .989 -4.1 -8.3 -2.1 0.6 -2.7 -2 2.83 2.51 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 TOT AL 28 CF 66 59 518.2 168 164 2 2 1 .988 -4.9 -11.3 -1.9 0.6 -2.5 -3 2.88 2.52 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 26 21 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.94 2.35 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 26 21 187.0 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.6 1.5 2.0 -0.5 0 2.98 2.38 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 WSH AL 28 OF 48 46 403.2 126 122 2 2 1 .984 -5.6 -16.6 -3.6 -1.4 -2.2 -2 2.76 2.58 .982 2.40 2.08
1955 WSH AL 28 CF 40 38 331.2 107 104 1 2 1 .981 -6.4 -23.2 -3.4 -1.4 -2.0 -3 2.85 2.63 .985 2.87 2.55
1955 WSH AL 28 LF 11 8 69.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 17.4 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1 2.22 1.55 .982 2.26 1.78
1955 WSH AL 28 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1956 KCA AL 29 OF 84 61 598.1 148 140 8 0 3 1.000 -7.2 -14.4 -7.2 -4.8 -2.3 0 2.23 1.76 .978 2.34 2.04
1956 KCA AL 29 CF 56 44 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -5.6 -16.2 -5.6 -3.8 -1.8 0 2.31 1.91 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 KCA AL 29 RF 18 15 140.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -16.2 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1 -1 1.73 1.50 .974 2.09 1.80
1956 KCA AL 29 LF 14 2 41.2 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 8.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 1 1.51 0.50 .971 2.10 1.69
1957 TOT AL 30 OF 86 40 430.2 111 110 0 1 0 .991 -2.7 -7.5 -1.7 -4.4 2.6 -1 2.30 1.28 .979 2.24 1.97
1957 TOT AL 30 CF 27 23 204.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 1.2 -0.8 -1.6 0.8 1 2.87 2.41 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 TOT AL 30 LF 21 7 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -33.6 -1.2 -2.4 1.2 -1 1.83 0.76 .981 2.11 1.70
1957 KCA AL 30 OF 50 16 193.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -3.4 -21.1 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 -2 1.73 0.74 .979 2.24 1.97
1957 KCA AL 30 RF 39 10 148.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -0.7 -5.7 0.3 -0.4 0.6 -1 1.76 0.74 .977 1.93 1.68
1957 KCA AL 30 LF 9 6 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -61.5 -1.1 -1.3 0.3 -1 1.54 0.78 .986 2.11 1.70
1957 KCA AL 30 CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -180.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1957 DET AL 30 OF 36 24 237.2 73 73 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 3.5 -0.3 -2.5 2.1 1 2.76 2.03 .979 2.24 1.97
1957 DET AL 30 CF 25 23 200.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 4.8 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 1 2.92 2.60 .983 2.72 2.40
1957 DET AL 30 LF 12 1 37.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.2 -0.1 -1.1 0.9 0 2.15 0.75 .978 2.10 1.70
1958 DET AL 31 OF 80 31 347.1 98 95 2 1 1 .990 4.5 15.5 3.5 1.9 1.7 1 2.51 1.21 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 DET AL 31 LF 52 11 163.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 1.6 11.7 1.6 1.4 0.3 0 2.42 0.85 .980 2.09 1.62
1958 DET AL 31 CF 19 14 127.2 40 39 1 0 1 1.000 2.5 23.5 2.5 1.0 1.5 0 2.82 2.11 .985 2.68 2.29
1958 DET AL 31 RF 10 6 56.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 8.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 1 1.61 1.00 .980 1.99 1.69
1959 DET AL 32 OF 41 21 223.1 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -0.4 -2.1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -1 2.34 1.41 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 DET AL 32 CF 18 11 107.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1.0 11.2 2.0 1.2 0.8 -1 3.19 2.11 .982 2.72 2.44
1959 DET AL 32 RF 13 5 59.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -46.8 -2.3 -0.7 -1.6 0 0.92 0.46 .983 1.89 1.64
1959 DET AL 32 LF 11 5 57.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 18.9 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 2.21 1.27 .979 2.05 1.68
1960 DET AL 33 OF 8 2 32.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -40.4 -1.1 -0.8 -0.3 0 1.65 0.75 .983 2.26 1.95
1960 DET AL 33 CF 7 2 30.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -39.1 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 1.76 0.86 .983 2.67 2.30
1960 DET AL 33 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
15 Seasons OF 1155 343 3283.0 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5.0 -1.8 -3.0 0.1 -3.0 -2 7.26 2.29 .980 2.34 2.16 121-963-84
7 Seasons (incomplete) CF 309 266 2386.1 733 712 14 7 7 .990 -3.2 -1.6 -1.2 1.5 -2.7 -2 2.74 2.35 .984 2.82 2.53
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 118 39 467.0 114 110 3 1 1 .991 2.4 6.2 1.4 0.5 1.0 1 2.18 0.96 .979 2.13 1.69
7 Seasons RF 84 38 429.2 78 75 2 1 0 .987 -4.2 -11.7 -3.2 -1.9 -1.3 -1 1.61 0.92 .977 1.99 1.70
15 Seasons TOT 1155 343 3283.0 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5.0 -1.8 -3.0 0.1 -3.0 -2 7.26 2.29 .966 2.34 2.16 121-963-84
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1946 DET AL 19 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1947 DET AL 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1948 DET AL 21 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1949 DET AL 22 103 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99
1950 DET AL 23 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157
1951 DET AL 24 118 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 112
1952 DET AL 25 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 137 0 139
1953 SLB AL 26 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141
1954 CHW AL 27 125 121 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 116 2 125 1 0
1955 WSH AL 28 63 46 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 40 1 48 15 0
1955 CHW AL 28 32 21 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 26 1 6
1956 KCA AL 29 95 61 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 56 18 84 14 2
1957 KCA AL 30 55 16 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 39 50 5 8
1957 DET AL 30 38 24 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 25 0 36 2 1
1958 DET AL 31 88 31 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 19 10 80 17 15
1959 DET AL 32 55 21 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 13 41 17 3
1960 DET AL 33 25 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 8 10 10
15 Seasons 1248 343 1248 1248 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 963 84 1155 82 45
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 -- CF*

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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%
1954 CHW AL 27 4 0 4 0 2 7 0 3 0 2 70 49 1 38 1 1 8 2 0 9 0 1 31 29 1 156 81 51.9% 71 4 2.6% 3 4164 64% 79% 29% 596 51%
1955 WSH AL 28 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 12 0 19 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 1 8 4 0 56 19 33.9% 36 1 1.8% 0 1544 67% 79% 27% 219 47%
1955 CHW AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 8 0 8 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 25 11 44.0% 13 1 4.0% 0 803 62% 80% 31% 118 52%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 23 16 0 22 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 3 1 57 20 35.1% 35 2 3.5% 2 1915 63% 77% 25% 209 50%
1957 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 7 0 0 2 2 0 6 3 0 4 3 0 29 16 55.2% 13 0 0.0% 0 869 63% 82% 31% 126 52%
1957 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 22 45% 82% 18% 3 0%
1958 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 519 55% 78% 31% 51 76%
1959 DET AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 471 64% 75% 26% 44 86%
1960 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 141 67% 70% 23% 15 40%
7 Seasons 7 0 7 0 3 14 0 5 0 5 139 96 1 97 3 2 17 6 1 38 6 2 55 46 2 346 157 45.4% 181 8 2.3% 6 10448 63% 79% 28% 1381 52%
MLB Averages 43.3% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 57%

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%
1954 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 243 74% 75% 28% 34 44%
1955 WSH AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 304 66% 82% 31% 37 46%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 1 1 16.7% 0 180 67% 81% 24% 19 32%
1957 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 172 60% 77% 30% 20 45%
1957 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 189 60% 80% 30% 18 39%
1958 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 16 9 56.3% 7 0 0.0% 1 708 54% 80% 27% 87 51%
1959 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 252 60% 71% 27% 23 61%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 23 21 0 13 2 0 6 2 0 7 1 1 8 8 0 57 34 59.6% 22 1 1.8% 2 2048 61% 79% 28% 238 47%
MLB Averages 56.4% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

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%
1954 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 87 59% 84% 36% 7 57%
1955 WSH AL 28 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 15 73% 87% 33% 1 100%
1956 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 5 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 28.6% 9 1 7.1% 1 630 54% 80% 26% 60 45%
1957 KCA AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 25.0% 12 0 0.0% 0 529 58% 80% 32% 50 50%
1958 DET AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 253 67% 76% 32% 22 45%
1959 DET AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 256 64% 80% 33% 14 43%
1960 DET AL 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 9 44% 67% 11% 1 0%
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 18 11 0 9 1 0 7 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 38 15 39.5% 22 1 2.6% 1 1779 59% 80% 30% 155 47%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

* 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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