Jerry Grote

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

High School: MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-350d, 12,187th 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

15.1

4339

1092

.252

352

RBI

404

OBP

.316

SLG

.326

OPS

.642

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1963	20	HOU-min	AA	121	457	384	50	103	22	5	14	62	2	0	55	126	.268	.364	.461	.825		177		6	6	6			SAN · TL
1963	20	HOU	NL	3	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.286	.200	.486	47	1	0	0	0	1	0	/2
1964	21	HOU	NL	100	325	298	26	54	9	3	3	24	0	2	20	75	.181	.240	.262	.502	45	78	6	4	0	3	5	2/H

1965	22	HOU-NYM-min	AAA,WRk	135	481	410	48	107	24	1	11	48	1	1	56	107	.261	.353	.405	.758		166		4	8	3			OKC,MTS · PCL,FLIL
1966	23	NYM	NL	120	364	317	26	75	12	2	3	31	4	3	40	81	.237	.327	.315	.642	83	100	9	3	3	1	8	*2/H5
1967	24	NYM	NL	120	367	344	25	67	8	0	4	23	2	2	14	65	.195	.226	.253	.479	38	87	5	1	4	4	8	*2/H
1968	25	NYM	NL	124	454	404	29	114	18	0	3	31	1	5	44	81	.282	.357	.349	.706	113	141	6	3	3	0	11	*2H	AS
1969	26	NYM	NL	113	406	365	38	92	12	3	6	40	2	1	32	59	.252	.313	.351	.663	84	128	10	1	6	2	5	*2/H
1970	27	NYM	NL	126	463	415	38	106	14	1	2	34	2	1	36	39	.255	.313	.308	.621	68	128	14	1	6	5	8	*2/H
1971	28	NYM	NL	125	450	403	35	109	25	0	2	35	1	4	40	47	.270	.339	.347	.686	97	140	19	2	4	1	4	*2/H
1972	29	NYM	NL	64	241	205	15	43	5	1	3	21	1	0	26	27	.210	.304	.288	.592	72	59	5	3	4	3	8	2/5H9
1973	30	NYM	NL	84	305	285	17	73	10	2	1	32	0	0	13	23	.256	.290	.316	.606	70	90	11	1	5	1	1	2/5H
1974	31	NYM	NL	97	363	319	25	82	8	1	5	36	0	1	33	33	.257	.326	.335	.661	87	107	11	2	4	5	4	2/H	AS
1975	32	NYM	NL	119	428	386	28	114	14	5	2	39	0	1	38	23	.295	.357	.373	.731	108	144	11	1	0	3	8	*2H
1976	33	NYM	NL	101	366	323	30	88	14	2	4	28	1	2	38	19	.272	.350	.365	.715	110	118	15	1	3	1	4	2H/79
1977	34	TOT	NL	60	158	142	11	38	3	1	0	11	0	1	11	17	.268	.329	.303	.632	75	43	7	2	3	0	2	25H
1977	34	NYM	NL	42	128	115	8	31	3	1	0	7	0	0	9	12	.270	.333	.313	.646	80	36	5	2	2	0	1	25H
1977	34	LAD	NL	18	30	27	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	5	.259	.310	.259	.570	56	7	2	0	1	0	1	2/5H
1978	35	LAD	NL	41	83	70	5	19	5	0	0	9	0	0	10	5	.271	.354	.343	.697	97	24	0	0	1	2	1	2/5H

1981	38	TOT	MLB	24	64	58	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	3	.293	.333	.431	.764	121	25	2	1	1	1	0	2/H
1981	38	KCR	AL	22	62	56	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	2	.304	.344	.446	.791	129	25	1	1	1	1	0	2
1981	38	LAD	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/H2
1985	42	DET-min	AA	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500		0		0	1	0	0		BIR · SOUL
16 Yrs				1421	4844	4339	352	1092	160	22	39	404	15	23	399	600	.252	.316	.326	.642	83	1413	131	26	47	33	77
162 Game Avg.				162	552	495	40	124	18	3	4	46	2	3	45	68	.252	.316	.326	.642	83	161	15	3	5	4	9
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYM (12 yrs)				1235	4335	3881	314	994	143	18	35	357	14	20	363	509	.256	.321	.329	.650	85	1278	121	21	44	26	70
LAD (3 yrs)				61	115	99	8	26	5	0	0	13	0	1	12	11	.263	.336	.313	.649	82	31	3	0	2	2	2
HOU (2 yrs)				103	332	303	26	55	9	3	3	25	0	2	21	78	.182	.241	.261	.502	46	79	6	4	0	4	5
KCR (1 yr)				22	62	56	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	2	.304	.344	.446	.791	129	25	1	1	1	1	0

NL (16 yrs)				1399	4782	4283	348	1075	157	21	38	395	14	23	396	598	.251	.316	.324	.640	83	1388	130	25	46	32	77
AL (1 yr)				22	62	56	4	17	3	1	1	9	1	0	3	2	.304	.344	.446	.791	129	25	1	1	1	1	0