Jerry Grote

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: April 7, 2024 in Austin, TX

High School: Douglas MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-350d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 38-362d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Gerald Wayne Grote

Pronunciation: \GROW-tee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

4339

1092

.252

352

RBI

404

OBP

.316

SLG

.326

OPS

.642

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	10	0	0	10	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 11 (1)	NYM		STL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	9 (4)	Apr 17	NYM	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 20	NYM		PIT	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	12	Apr 21	NYM		PIT	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	13	Apr 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	14	Apr 24	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	15	Apr 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
11	16	Apr 26	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	17	Apr 27	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	18	Apr 28 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	21 (2)	Apr 30	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	22	May 1	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	50	13.1	17	0	0	17	0	C
16	23	May 4	NYM		SDP	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
17	24	May 5 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
18	25	May 5 (2)	NYM		SDP	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	26	May 7 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
20	28 (1)	May 8	NYM		SFG	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
21	29	May 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	30	May 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	31	May 12	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	32	May 13	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
25	33	May 15	NYM	@	STL	L,1-10	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	34	May 16	NYM	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	35	May 17	NYM		MON	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
28	38 (2)	May 19 (2)	NYM		MON	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	39	May 20	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
30	40	May 21	NYM		CHC	W,10-5	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	43 (2)	May 25	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	45 (1)	May 27	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	47 (1)	May 29	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	48	May 31	NYM		HOU	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	49	Jun 1	NYM		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
36	50	Jun 3	NYM		CIN	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	51	Jun 4	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	CG	47	10.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
38	52	Jun 6	NYM		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
39	53	Jun 7	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	54	Jun 8	NYM	@	HOU	W,6-5	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
41	55	Jun 9	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	56	Jun 11	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
43	57	Jun 12	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	58	Jun 14	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	59	Jun 15	NYM		LAD	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	60	Jun 16	NYM		LAD	L,1-7	GS	15	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	63 (2)	Jun 19	NYM		ATL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	64	Jun 20	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	65	Jun 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
50	66	Jun 22 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
51	68 (1)	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	69	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
53	70	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	47	11.0	11	2	1	14	0	C
54	71	Jun 27	NYM		STL	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	72	Jun 29	NYM		STL	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	73	Jun 30 (1)	NYM		STL	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	76 (2)	Jul 3	NYM		PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
59	79 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	80	Jul 6	NYM		SFG	L,2-5	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	81	Jul 7	NYM		SFG	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	82	Jul 8	NYM		SDP	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
63	84 (1)	Jul 10	NYM		SDP	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	85	Jul 12	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	86	Jul 13	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
66	87	Jul 14	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	88	Jul 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	90 (1)	Jul 19	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	91	Jul 20	NYM	@	SDP	W,10-2	GS	26	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	93 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	NYM	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	47	9.1	4	2	0	6	0	C
71	95 (1)	Jul 26	NYM	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	96	Jul 27	NYM		MON	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	97	Jul 28	NYM		MON	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
74	98	Jul 29	NYM		MON	W,4-3	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
75	100 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	101	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	L,3-8	GS	31	6.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	102	Aug 1 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,4-7	CG	49	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	104 (1)	Aug 3	NYM	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	105	Aug 5	NYM	@	MON	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	106	Aug 6	NYM	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	107	Aug 7	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS	23	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	108	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	111 (2)	Aug 11	NYM		CIN	L,4-10	GS	34	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	112	Aug 12	NYM		LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	113	Aug 13	NYM		LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
86	114	Aug 14	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
87	115	Aug 16	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	52	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	116	Aug 17	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
89	117	Aug 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
90	118	Aug 19	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
91	119	Aug 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
92	121 (1)	Aug 23 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
93	123 (1)	Aug 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	125 (1)	Aug 26	NYM		HOU	W,5-4	GS	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
							94gm		793.0	549	36	7	592	1