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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
4	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,9-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
6	8 (2)	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	13 (4)	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
8	15 (1)	Apr 30	DET	@	NYY	W,10-1	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	25 (9)	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
10	28 (2)	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	29	May 17	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	32 (2)	May 21	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
14	41 (7)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	42	May 31	DET		CHW	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	44 (1)	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	45	Jun 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
18	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	47	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	50 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	51	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
22	52	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
23	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	54	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	56 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	GF	15	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
26	59 (2)	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
27	60	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	62 (1)	Jun 23	DET		BAL	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	64 (1)	Jun 26	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	65	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
31	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	70 (3)	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
33	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
34	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	78 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	79	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
38	85 (5)	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	19	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	86	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
40	94 (7)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	95	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH LF
43	97	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	98	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	99	Aug 1	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	100	Aug 2	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	101	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
48	102	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	104 (1)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	107 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
51	108	Aug 11	DET		KCA	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	109	Aug 12	DET		KCA	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
53	111 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	112	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	116 (3)	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
56	118 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	119	Aug 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
58	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
59	122 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	126 (2)	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
62	127	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	128	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	129	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	130	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	133 (2)	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
67	135 (1)	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	139 (3)	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	141 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	143 (1)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	145	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
73	146	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
74	147	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
75	149 (1)	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
76	150	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
77	151	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
78	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
79	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
80	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							81gm		347.1	92	2	1	95	1