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Johnny Groth

John Thomas Groth

Position: Centerfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox/Athletics/Browns/Senators 1946-1960

Final Game: July 28, 1960
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1465. Kevin Young… #1466. Hobe Ferris… #1467. Rick Ankiel… #1468. JOHNNY GROTH… #1469. Lenny Randle… #1470. Reed Johnson… #1471. Bobby Knoop… 

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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 .750 109 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 .878 131 164 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 *
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 .883 133 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
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
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
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 /
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

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 Awards
1946 19 DET AL 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /O
1947 20 DET AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O
1948 21 DET AL 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ /O
1949 22 DET AL 418 18 -2 0 0 -4 -1 11 22 2.2 26 2.6 -0.4 $ O RoY-4
1950 23 DET AL 670 18 -1 0 0 -5 -1 18 29 2.8 34 3.3 -0.5 $ *O
1951 24 DET AL 465 -1 -2 0 0 -2 -1 13 7 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $ *O
1952 25 DET AL 580 -7 -4 0 0 -7 -1 16 -3 -0.4 4 0.5 -0.9 $ *O
1953 26 SLB AL 610 -20 -1 0 0 0 -1 16 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ *O
1954 27 CHW AL 477 -2 -4 -2 -3 6 -1 13 8 0.7 1 0.1 0.6 $ *
1955 28 CHW AL 88 4 0 -1 0 2 0 2 6 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ 8
1955 28 WSH AL 205 -8 0 0 -1 -6 -1 6 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $ 87/9
1956 29 KCA AL 281 -4 -1 2 -1 -7 -1 8 -5 -0.5 3 0.3 -0.8 $
1957 30 KCA AL 68 -3 1 -1 0 -3 -1 2 -6 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ 9/78
1957 30 DET AL 112 -1 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ 87
1958 31 DET AL 161 -1 1 -1 0 4 -1 5 8 0.8 3 0.3 0.5 $
1959 32 DET AL 112 -5 -1 0 0 -0 -1 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $
1960 33 DET AL 23 1 -2 0 0 -1 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /
15 Seasons 4303 -10 -15 -3 -4 -23 -11 117 54 5.1 74 7.4 -2.3 $
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
DET (11 yrs) 2574 23 -10 -1 1 -14 -6 70 64 6.3 77 7.7 -1.4 $
KCA (2 yrs) 349 -7 0 1 -1 -11 -2 10 -11 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $
CHW (2 yrs) 565 2 -4 -3 -3 8 -1 15 14 1.4 6 0.6 0.8 $
WSH (1 yr) 205 -8 0 0 -1 -6 -1 6 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $
SLB (1 yr) 610 -20 -1 0 0 0 -1 16 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 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 Awards
1946 DET AL 19 OF 4 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .977 2.35
1946 DET AL 19 CF 4 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .983 2.75
1947 DET AL 20 OF 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .980 2.50
1947 DET AL 20 LF 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .976 2.40
1948 DET AL 21 OF 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 2.25 .975 2.50
1948 DET AL 21 CF 5 4 4 10 8 1 1 1 .900 1.80 .978 3.04
1949 DET AL 22 OF 99 264 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 .980 2.44 RoY-4
1949 DET AL 22 CF 99 94 92 264 247 8 9 3 .966 2.58 .981 2.86 RoY-4
1950 DET AL 23 OF 157 389 374 9 6 0 .985 2.44 .979 2.47
1950 DET AL 23 CF 157 157 154 1398.1 380 365 9 6 0 .984 2.41 2.38 .981 2.95 2.90
1951 DET AL 24 OF 112 280 266 12 2 3 .993 2.48 .977 2.44
1951 DET AL 24 CF 113 110 105 981.0 276 265 9 2 3 .993 2.51 2.42 .981 2.84 2.83
1952 DET AL 25 OF 139 348 329 14 5 3 .986 2.47 .980 2.40
1952 DET AL 25 CF 136 132 130 1179.2 341 322 14 5 3 .985 2.56 2.47 .983 2.93 2.93
1952 DET AL 25 LF 3 0 0 8.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32 1.33 .980 2.27 2.30
1953 SLB AL 26 OF 141 447 425 18 4 5 .991 3.14 .981 2.41
1953 SLB AL 26 CF 141 139 129 1231.1 447 426 17 4 5 .991 3.24 3.14 .984 2.96 2.95
1954 CHW AL 27 OF 125 325 314 7 4 3 .988 6 2.57 .979 2.37
1954 CHW AL 27 CF 116 113 98 982.0 308 297 7 4 3 .987 5 6 2.79 2.62 .983 2.85 2.83
1954 CHW AL 27 LF 9 6 5 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.37 1.67 .977 2.26 2.24
1954 CHW AL 27 RF 2 2 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 34 1.71 2.00 .975 2.06 2.05
1955 TOT AL 28 OF 74 67 57 590.2 188 183 3 2 1 .989 -4 -8 2.83 2.51 .982 11.21 2.38
1955 TOT AL 28 CF 66 59 52 518.2 168 164 2 2 1 .988 -5 -11 2.88 2.52 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 CHW AL 28 CF 26 21 19 187.0 61 60 1 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.94 2.35 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 CHW AL 28 OF 26 21 19 187.0 62 61 1 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.98 2.38 .982 11.21 2.38
1955 WSH AL 28 OF 48 46 38 403.2 126 122 2 2 1 .984 -6 -17 2.76 2.58 .982 11.21 2.38
1955 WSH AL 28 CF 40 38 33 331.2 107 104 1 2 1 .981 -6 -23 2.85 2.63 .985 2.87 2.85
1955 WSH AL 28 LF 11 8 5 69.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1 17 2.22 1.55 .980 2.26 2.25
1955 WSH AL 28 RF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -80 3.00 1.00 .980 2.10 2.00
1956 KCA AL 29 OF 84 148 140 8 0 3 1.000 -7 1.76 .979 2.32
1956 KCA AL 29 CF 56 44 39 416.0 107 103 4 0 2 1.000 -6 -16 2.31 1.91 .984 2.79 2.77
1956 KCA AL 29 RF 18 15 13 140.2 27 25 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -16 1.73 1.50 .973 2.09 2.07
1956 KCA AL 29 LF 14 2 2 41.2 7 6 1 0 1 1.000 0 9 1.51 0.50 .977 2.10 2.09
1957 TOT AL 30 OF 86 40 27 430.2 111 110 0 1 0 .991 -3 -8 2.30 1.28 .980 16.17 2.25
1957 TOT AL 30 CF 27 23 19 204.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.87 2.41 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 TOT AL 30 LF 21 7 3 78.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -34 1.83 0.76 .980 2.11 2.11
1957 KCA AL 30 OF 50 16 7 193.0 38 37 0 1 0 .974 -3 -21 1.73 0.74 .980 16.17 2.25
1957 KCA AL 30 RF 39 10 5 148.0 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -1 -6 1.58 0.67 .976 1.92 1.93
1957 KCA AL 30 LF 9 6 2 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -61 1.54 0.78 .980 2.11 2.11
1957 KCA AL 30 CF 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -180 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1957 DET AL 30 OF 36 24 20 237.2 73 73 0 0 0 1.000 1 4 2.76 2.03 .980 16.17 2.25
1957 DET AL 30 CF 25 23 19 200.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 1 5 2.92 2.60 .983 2.71 2.72
1957 DET AL 30 LF 12 1 1 37.2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 2.15 0.75 .980 2.10 2.11
1958 DET AL 31 OF 80 98 95 2 1 1 .990 4 1.21 .982 2.25
1958 DET AL 31 LF 52 11 7 163.2 45 43 1 1 0 .978 2 12 2.42 0.85 .979 2.09 2.07
1958 DET AL 31 CF 19 14 12 127.2 40 39 1 0 1 1.000 2 23 2.82 2.11 .985 2.68 2.65
1958 DET AL 31 RF 10 6 4 56.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 1.61 1.00 .980 1.99 1.97
1959 DET AL 32 OF 41 59 58 0 1 0 .983 -0 1.41 .980 2.21
1959 DET AL 32 CF 18 11 9 107.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 1 11 3.19 2.11 .983 2.72 2.70
1959 DET AL 32 RF 13 5 4 59.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -47 0.92 0.46 .977 1.89 1.88
1959 DET AL 32 LF 11 5 4 57.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 19 2.21 1.27 .980 2.05 2.05
1960 DET AL 33 OF 8 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0.75 .982 2.25
1960 DET AL 33 CF 7 2 1 30.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -39 1.76 0.86 .987 2.67 2.66
1960 DET AL 33 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
15 Seasons OF 1155 107 84 1021.1 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5 -6 2.61 2.29 .980 13.30 2.38
14 Seasons CF 964 904 846 7176.2 2457 2351 72 34 22 .986 -3 -1 2.70 2.51 .983 2.89 2.86
8 Seasons LF 122 40 27 475.1 123 119 3 1 1 .992 2 6 2.22 1.00 .979 2.14 2.11
7 Seasons RF 84 38 27 429.2 75 72 2 1 0 .987 -4 -12 1.55 0.88 .975 1.99 1.96
15 Seasons TOT 1155 107 84 1021.1 2684 2566 82 36 23 .987 -5 -6 2.61 2.29 .980 13.30 2.38
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • 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.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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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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)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  964 (88th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  2,351 (90th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Career  72 (66th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  157 (1st)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1950 AL  374 (3rd)
1953 AL  425 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1952 AL  14 (4th)
1953 AL  18 (1st)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1949 AL  9 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.24 (3rd)
1954 AL  2.79 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1949 AL  2.58 (5th)
1953 AL  3.14 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1950 AL  .984 (3rd)
1951 AL  .993 (1st)
1952 AL  .985 (4th)
1953 AL  .991 (2nd)
1954 AL  .987 (4th)
Career  .986 (85th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1953 AL  3.24 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1953 AL  3.14 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1951 AL  .993 (1st)
1956 AL  1.000 (1st)
1958 AL  .990 (5th)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1457), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. Al Cowens (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Augie Galan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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