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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	CHW		KCA	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
2	11 (8)	Apr 27	CHW		NYY	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
3	12	Apr 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-3	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	14 (1)	Apr 30	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	21 (6)	May 8 (1)	CHW		DET	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
6	22	May 8 (2)	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	25 (2)	May 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	26	May 15 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	27	May 15 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	28	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	31 (2)	May 21	CHW		KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	32	May 22 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	33	May 22 (2)	CHW		KCA	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	34	May 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
15	35	May 26 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
16	37 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
17	38	May 28	CHW	@	DET	W,16-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	39	May 29	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
19	40	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	41	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	42	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
22	43	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	44	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	45	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
25	46	Jun 5 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	47	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Washington Nationals
27	50	Jun 8	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	3	0	1	4	0	CF
28	51	Jun 9	WSH	@	KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	52	Jun 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	53	Jun 12 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	54	Jun 12 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
32	55	Jun 14 (1)	WSH		CLE	L,4-6	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
33	56	Jun 14 (2)	WSH		CLE	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	57	Jun 15	WSH		CLE	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	58	Jun 16	WSH		CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	59	Jun 17	WSH		KCA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	60	Jun 18	WSH		KCA	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	61	Jun 21	WSH		CHW	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	62	Jun 22	WSH		CHW	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
40	63	Jun 23	WSH		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
41	64	Jun 24	WSH		DET	L,7-18	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	65	Jun 25	WSH		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	66	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	67	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		DET	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSH		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	69	Jun 28 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	70	Jun 29	WSH		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	71	Jun 30	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	72	Jul 1	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	73	Jul 2	WSH	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
51	74	Jul 3	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	75	Jul 4	WSH	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	76	Jul 6	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	77	Jul 7	WSH	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	78	Jul 8	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
56	80 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	WSH		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	82 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-13	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	83	Jul 14 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	84	Jul 15	WSH	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	85	Jul 16	WSH	@	KCA	W,8-7	GS	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
61	86	Jul 17	WSH	@	KCA	W,4-0	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
62	87	Jul 18	WSH	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	88	Jul 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
64	89	Jul 20	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
65	96 (6)	Jul 26 (2)	WSH		KCA	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
66	97	Jul 27 (1)	WSH		KCA	L,4-6	GS	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	100 (2)	Jul 30	WSH		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	101	Jul 31 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	102	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	104 (1)	Aug 3	WSH		DET	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
71	107 (2)	Aug 6	WSH		CLE	W,6-5	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
72	109 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	WSH	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	116 (6)	Aug 19	WSH		BOS	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	CF
74	125 (8)	Aug 28 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,13-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							79gm		590.2	181	3	2	186	1