Johnny Groth

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 182lb (183cm, 82kg)

Born: July 23, 1926 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 7, 2021 in Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach, FL

High School: Latin School of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1946 (Age 20-044d, 10,168th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 28, 1960 (Age 34-005d)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: John Thomas Groth

Pronunciation: \GROWTH\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.8

3808

1064

.279

480

RBI

486

OBP

.352

SLG

.395

OPS

.746

OPS+

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

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
6	6	Apr 23	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 28	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	DET		PHA	L,1-9	GS	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
10	10	May 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
11	11	May 3	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	12	May 4	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	May 5	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	31 (17)	May 26	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	32	May 27 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	33	May 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	34	May 28	DET		CLE	L,0-9	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
18	35	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	38 (2)	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	60	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	39	Jun 3 (1)	DET		WSH	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	40	Jun 3 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	41	Jun 4	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	42	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	43	Jun 6	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	44	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	46	Jun 10 (1)	DET		PHA	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
28	47	Jun 10 (2)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	48	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	49	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
31	50	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	51	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	52	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	53	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	54	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	55	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
37	56	Jun 21	DET	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
38	57	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
39	58	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	63 (4)	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	64	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	65	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	66	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	67	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	68	Jul 5	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	69	Jul 6	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	70	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,13-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	71	Jul 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	72	Jul 8 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	73	Jul 12	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	74	Jul 13	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	75	Jul 14	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	76	Jul 15 (1)	DET		NYY	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
54	77	Jul 15 (2)	DET		NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	79	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	80	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,9-16	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	81	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
59	82	Jul 19 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	83	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	84	Jul 21	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	85	Jul 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	86	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	87	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
66	89	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	90	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	91	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	92	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	93	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	94	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	95	Aug 1 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	97	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	98	Aug 4	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	99	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	100	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
78	101	Aug 6	DET		CHW	L,1-10	GS	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	109 (7)	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	20	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
80	110	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	111	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	113 (1)	Aug 18	DET	@	SLB	L,9-20	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	116 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	117	Aug 20 (2)	DET		NYY	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
85	118	Aug 21	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	119	Aug 22	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	56	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	121	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	123	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	124	Aug 27	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
92	125	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
93	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
94	127	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
95	128	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	129	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	131	Sep 3 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	132	Sep 3 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
101	134	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
102	135	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	50	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
103	136	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	137	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	138	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	139	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
107	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	146 (5)	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
109	149 (2)	Sep 23	DET		CLE	W,9-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
110	150	Sep 25	DET	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	151	Sep 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	152	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	153	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	54	12.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							113gm		981.0	262	9	2	273	3