Johnny Grubb

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: August 4, 1948 in Richmond, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase, the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (14th) of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase, the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (24th) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase.

High School: Meadowbrook HS (Richmond, VA)

Schools: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: September 10, 1972 (Age 24-037d, 10,909th in MLB history)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1987 (Age 39-055d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Raymond Grubb

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.6

AB

4154

R

553

H

1153

BA

.278

HR

RBI

475

SB

OBP

.366

SLG

.413

OPS

.779

OPS+

121

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Games by Position

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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
1971	22	SDP-min	A	116	470	409	69	126	23	5	12	56	5	4	54	66	.308	.390	.477	.867		195		3	1	3			LOD · CALL
1972	23	SDP-min	AA	126	513	446	66	132	25	2	10	61	10	7	57	64	.296	.379	.428	.807		191		4	4	2			ALX · TL
1972	23	SDP	NL	7	22	21	4	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	.333	.364	.476	.840	146	10	1	0	0	0	0	/8
1973	24	SDP	NL	113	432	389	52	121	22	3	8	37	9	3	37	50	.311	.373	.445	.818	136	173	6	2	3	1	2	8/57	RoY-6
1974	25	SDP	NL	140	503	444	53	127	20	4	8	42	4	0	46	47	.286	.355	.403	.758	117	179	4	4	4	5	2	*8/75	AS
1975	26	SDP	NL	144	625	553	72	149	36	2	4	38	2	7	59	59	.269	.342	.363	.706	102	201	7	5	3	5	4	*8
1976	27	SDP	NL	109	461	384	54	109	22	1	5	27	1	2	65	53	.284	.391	.385	.777	130	148	5	4	6	2	10	798/35
1977	28	CLE	AL	34	113	93	8	28	3	3	2	14	0	3	19	18	.301	.425	.462	.887	147	43	3	1	0	0	2	7/D9
1978	29	TOT	AL	134	493	411	62	113	19	6	15	67	6	2	70	65	.275	.381	.460	.841	137	189	5	2	8	2	5	*79/D
1978	29	CLE	AL	113	449	378	54	100	16	6	14	61	5	1	59	60	.265	.365	.450	.815	130	170	5	2	8	2	5	*7/9
1978	29	TEX	AL	21	44	33	8	13	3	0	1	6	1	1	11	5	.394	.545	.576	1.121	217	19	0	0	0	0	0	/79D
1979	30	TEX	AL	102	328	289	42	79	14	0	10	37	2	4	34	44	.273	.350	.426	.775	111	123	6	1	2	2	3	789/D
1980	31	TEX	AL	110	323	274	40	76	12	1	9	32	2	3	42	35	.277	.374	.427	.801	124	117	11	2	2	3	5	97/D8
1981	32	TEX	AL	67	226	199	26	46	9	1	3	26	0	3	23	25	.231	.316	.332	.647	92	66	6	2	1	1	0	9/7
1982	33	TEX	AL	103	358	308	35	86	13	3	3	26	0	3	39	37	.279	.368	.370	.738	110	114	5	6	2	3	2	79D
1983	34	DET	AL	57	165	134	20	34	5	2	4	22	0	0	28	17	.254	.388	.410	.798	124	55	5	2	0	1	1	9D/7
1984	35	DET	AL	86	216	176	25	47	5	0	8	17	1	0	36	36	.267	.395	.432	.827	131	76	1	2	1	1	5	D7/9
1985	36	DET	AL	78	184	155	19	38	7	1	5	25	0	1	24	25	.245	.342	.400	.742	104	62	5	1	0	4	0	D7/9
1986	37	DET-min	AAA	8	34	28	4	5	1	0	1	3	1	1	6	10	.179	.324	.321	.645		9		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1986	37	DET	AL	81	243	210	32	70	13	1	13	51	0	1	28	28	.333	.412	.590	1.002	170	124	0	2	0	3	0	D79
1987	38	DET	AL	59	131	114	9	23	6	0	2	13	0	0	15	16	.202	.290	.307	.597	62	35	4	0	0	2	0	7D9/5
1988	39	ATL-min	AAA	34	85	74	6	13	0	0	0	4	0	2	11	18	.176	.282	.176	.458		13		0	0	0	2		RMD · IL
16 Yrs				1424	4823	4154	553	1153	207	29	99	475	27	33	566	558	.278	.366	.413	.779	121	1715	74	36	32	35	41
162 Game Avg.				162	549	473	63	131	24	3	11	54	3	4	64	63	.278	.366	.413	.779	121	195	8	4	4	4	5
				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
TEX (5 yrs)				403	1279	1103	151	300	51	5	26	127	5	14	149	146	.272	.362	.398	.760	114	439	28	11	7	9	10
SDP (5 yrs)				513	2043	1791	235	513	101	11	25	145	16	13	208	212	.286	.363	.397	.760	119	711	23	15	16	13	18
DET (5 yrs)				361	939	789	105	212	36	4	32	128	1	2	131	122	.269	.373	.446	.819	125	352	15	7	1	11	6
CLE (2 yrs)				147	562	471	62	128	19	9	16	75	5	4	78	78	.272	.377	.452	.829	133	213	8	3	8	2	7

AL (11 yrs)				911	2780	2363	318	640	106	18	74	330	11	20	358	346	.271	.369	.425	.794	121	1004	51	21	16	22	23
NL (5 yrs)				513	2043	1791	235	513	101	11	25	145	16	13	208	212	.286	.363	.397	.760	119	711	23	15	16	13	18

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Johnny Grubb

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

Postseason Batting

Standard Fielding

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