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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	3	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	4	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
4	6 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	10	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	9 (2)	Apr 26	DET		CLE	W,13-0	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	11 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13 (1)	May 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	14	May 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
9	15	May 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	16	May 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	19 (2)	May 8	DET	@	WSH	T,4-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	20	May 9	DET		CHW	L,5-8	CG	77	16.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
13	21	May 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	22	May 11 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
15	23	May 11 (2)	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	24	May 13	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	25	May 14	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	26	May 15	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
19	27	May 16	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	28	May 18	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	29	May 19	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	30	May 21	DET		PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	31	May 23	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	32	May 25 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	33	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	34	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
27	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	56	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	39	Jun 1 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	40	Jun 1 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	41	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	42	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	43	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
34	44	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	46	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
37	47	Jun 8 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	48	Jun 8 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
39	53 (4)	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	54	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	55	Jun 15 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	56	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	57	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
44	58	Jun 19	DET		NYY	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	59	Jun 20	DET		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	60	Jun 22 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	61	Jun 22 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-10	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	62	Jun 23	DET		BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	CF
49	63	Jun 24	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	64	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
51	65	Jun 26	DET	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	66	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	67	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	68	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	CF
55	69	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	70	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	71	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
58	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	74	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	75	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	76	Jul 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-16	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	77	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	78	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	79	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
66	80	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
67	81	Jul 14	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
68	82	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
69	83	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
70	84	Jul 16	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	85	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	86	Jul 18	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	87	Jul 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	90	Jul 22	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
77	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	61	16.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
78	92	Jul 24	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
79	93	Jul 25	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	94	Jul 26	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	97	Jul 28	DET		NYY	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	100	Jul 30	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
87	101	Jul 31 (1)	DET		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
88	102	Jul 31 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	103	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
90	104	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
91	105	Aug 3	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	106	Aug 5	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	107	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	11.2	6	1	0	7	0
94	108	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	52	11.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
96	110	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
97	111	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
98	114 (2)	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
99	115	Aug 14	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
100	116	Aug 16	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	117	Aug 17 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	118	Aug 17 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	119	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	CF
104	120	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	121	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	122	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	123	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	124	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
109	125	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	126	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
111	127	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	128	Aug 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
113	129	Aug 28 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
114	130	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	131	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
116	132	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
118	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	135	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
120	136	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	137	Sep 6	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
122	138	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	139	Sep 9	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
124	140	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
125	141	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	CF
126	142	Sep 12	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
127	143	Sep 13	DET		PHA	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
128	144	Sep 14	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
129	145	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
130	146	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
131	147	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
132	148	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
134	150	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
135	151	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
136	155 (3)	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
137	156	Sep 28	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
							137gm		1186.0	320	14	5	339	3