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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 HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1946 (Age 20-044d, 10,179th 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+

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
1946	19	DET	AL	4	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0	/8
1947	20	DET-min	A	121	486	426	88	136	26	14	10	78	9		58	35	.319	.401	.516	.917		220		0	2				WPT · EL
1947	20	DET	AL	2	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	109	1	2	0	0		0	/7H
1948	21	DET-min	AAA	150	644	586	124	199	37	16	30	97	7		54	75	.340	.396	.611	1.007		358		1	3				BFL · IL
1948	21	DET	AL	6	18	17	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	.471	.500	.824	1.324	245	14	0	0	0		0	/8H
1949	22	DET	AL	103	418	348	60	102	19	5	11	73	3	7	65	27	.293	.407	.471	.878	132	164	15	2	3		2	8/H	RoY-4
1950	23	DET	AL	*157*	670	566	95	173	30	8	12	85	1	5	95	27	.306	.407	.451	.858	117	255	21	2	7		2	*8
1951	24	DET	AL	118	465	428	41	128	29	1	3	49	1	1	31	32	.299	.349	.393	.742	100	168	16	2	4		1	*8/H
1952	25	DET	AL	141	580	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	.284	.348	.357	.705	96	187	11	0	5		3	*8/H7
1953	26	SLB	AL	141	610	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	.253	.308	.370	.678	81	206	14	2	9		3	*8
1954	27	CHW	AL	125	477	422	41	116	20	0	7	60	3	9	42	37	.275	.341	.372	.713	93	157	19	2	8	3	9	*8/79H
1955	28	TOT	AL	95	293	260	35	66	11	5	4	28	3	0	24	31	.254	.313	.381	.693	88	99	7	0	5	4	1	8H7/9
1955	28	CHW	AL	32	88	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	6	13	.338	.376	.506	.883	135	39	2	0	3	2	1	8/H
1955	28	WSH	AL	63	205	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614	68	60	5	0	2	2	0	8H7/9
1956	29	KCA	AL	95	280	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	.258	.335	.398	.732	93	97	9	0	2	4	2	89H7
1957	30	TOT	AL	93	180	162	21	45	10	0	0	18	0	0	13	13	.278	.333	.340	.673	83	55	3	1	3	1	0	987H
1957	30	KCA	AL	55	68	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	.254	.333	.254	.588	63	15	2	0	2	0	0	9H/78
1957	30	DET	AL	38	112	103	11	30	10	0	0	16	0	0	6	7	.291	.333	.388	.722	95	40	1	1	1	1	0	87/H
1958	31	DET	AL	88	161	146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	1	13	19	.281	.340	.384	.723	94	56	4	0	2	0	0	7H89
1959	32	DET	AL	55	112	102	12	24	7	1	1	10	0	0	7	14	.235	.284	.353	.637	70	36	0	0	3	0	0	H897
1960	33	DET-min	AAA	31	91	82	8	22	3	1	1	15	0		7	12	.268	.319	.366	.685		30		0	0	2	0		DEN · AA
1960	33	DET	AL	25	23	19	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	.368	.455	.421	.876	135	8	0	0	1	0	0	H/89
15 Yrs				1248	4302	3808	480	1064	197	31	60	486	19	42	419	329	.279	.352	.395	.746	99	1503	121	11	52	12	23
162 Game Avg.				162	558	494	62	138	26	4	8	63	2	5	54	43	.279	.352	.395	.746	99	195	16	1	7		3
				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
DET (11 yrs)				737	2574	2266	307	663	126	19	34	302	7	25	274	171	.293	.370	.410	.780	108	929	70	7	26	1	8
KCA (2 yrs)				150	348	303	32	78	13	3	5	39	1	2	37	37	.257	.334	.370	.704	87	112	11	0	4	4	2
CHW (2 yrs)				157	565	499	54	142	27	0	9	71	4	9	48	50	.285	.347	.393	.739	99	196	21	2	11	5	10
WSH (1 yr)				63	205	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	.219	.286	.328	.614	68	60	5	0	2	2	0
SLB (1 yr)				141	610	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	.253	.308	.370	.678	81	206	14	2	9		3