Jerry Grote

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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

Died: April 7, 2024 in Austin, TX

High School: Douglas MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-350d, 12,173rd 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

15.0

4339

1092

.252

352

RBI

404

OBP

.316

SLG

.326

OPS

.642

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-27 / in Starts: 37-23
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 10 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 241 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	166 (83-50-33)
Avg. MLBer w/ 241 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	143 (74-46-23)

Most Driven In
C Jones	7
Self	3
J Fregosi	3
J Milner	2
D Marshall	2
E Kranepool	2
R Staub	1
D Dyer	1

Most Driven In By
W Mays	3
Self	3
K Boswell	2
T Agee	2
D Marshall	1
T Seaver	1
J Milner	1
J Matlack	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	832	1	Apr 15	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.38	-0.030	.62	-0.03%	-0.49	C
2	833	2	Apr 16	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	2.15	-0.233	3.55	-0.23%	-1.27	C
3	834	3	Apr 18	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	8	1.09	0.153	1.78	0.15%	1.09	C
4	835	4	Apr 21	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.333	.111	.444	8	1.16	-0.053	1.62	-0.04%	-0.69	C
5	836	5	Apr 23 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.375	.308	.683	8	.50	0.048	.77	0.04%	1.09	C
6	837	6	Apr 23 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-6	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	8	1.86	0.285	2.95	0.27%	0.92	C
7	838	7	Apr 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.320	.286	.606	8	1.00	-0.061	1.52	-0.06%	-0.61	C
8	839	8	Apr 26	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.310	.250	.560	8	.65	-0.037	.99	-0.03%	-0.20	C
9	840	9	Apr 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.364	.500	.864	8	.74	0.244	1.28	0.25%	2.20	C
10	841	10	Apr 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.378	.500	.878	8	1.00	-0.011	1.80	-0.01%	-0.22	C
11	842	11	Apr 29	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.350	.457	.807	8	.97	-0.070	1.81	-0.08%	-0.98	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	843	13 (1)	May 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.341	.436	.777	8	.51	0.046	.88	0.05%	0.53	C
13	844	14	May 2	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.452	.827	8	.92	0.140	1.56	0.14%	2.00	C
14	845	15	May 3	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.385	.444	.829	8	.47	0.029	.88	0.03%	0.29	C
15	846	16	May 5	NYM		SDP	L,0-6	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.400	.468	.868	8	.40	0.075	.78	0.09%	0.76	C
16	847	17	May 6	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.397	.449	.846	8	.99	-0.030	1.86	-0.03%	-0.40	C
17	848	18	May 7	NYM		SDP	W,8-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.426	.807	8	1.96	-0.188	3.51	-0.20%	-0.86	C
18	849	19	May 10	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.383	.731	8	1.63	-0.210	2.95	-0.23%	-1.09	C
19	850	21 (1)	May 11 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,4-6	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.242	.342	.371	.713	8	1.14	-0.049	2.22	-0.06%	-0.19	C
20	851	22	May 12	NYM		SFG	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.351	.379	.729	8	2.55	0.138	4.79	0.16%	1.03	C
21	852	24 (1)	May 14	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.350	.368	.718	8	.53	-0.047	1.11	-0.06%	-0.55	C
22	853	25	May 15	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.357	.366	.723	8	.91	-0.069	2.41	-0.11%	-0.31	C
23	854	26	May 16	NYM		MON	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.364	.365	.729	8	.41	-0.033	1.07	-0.05%	-0.08	C
24	855	29 (2)	May 19	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.366	.443	.809	8	.68	0.200	2.01	0.35%	3.27	C
25	856	30	May 20 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.268	.365	.439	.804	8	1.37	-0.083	4.01	-0.15%	-0.44	C
26	857	32 (1)	May 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.370	.429	.799	8	.65	-0.011	1.76	-0.02%	-0.21	C
27	858	33	May 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.363	.419	.781	8	1.53	-0.066	4.12	-0.11%	-0.50	C
28	859	34	May 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.349	.400	.749	8	.58	-0.061	1.66	-0.10%	-0.82	C
29	860	36 (1)	May 26	NYM	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.345	.394	.739	8	1.00	-0.001	2.42	0.00%	-0.10	C
30	861	37	May 27	NYM	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.360	.402	.762	8	1.31	0.156	3.23	0.23%	1.82	C
31	862	39 (1)	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.257	.361	.396	.757	8	.93	-0.042	2.28	-0.06%	-0.95	C
32	863	40	May 30	NYM		PHI	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.358	.385	.742	8	.19	-0.018	.47	-0.03%	-0.43	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	864	41	Jun 1	NYM		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.252	.354	.393	.747	8	.41	0.044	.97	0.06%	0.56	C
34	865	42	Jun 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.346	.382	.728	8	.69	-0.049	1.48	-0.06%	-0.53	C
35	866	44 (1)	Jun 4	NYM		ATL	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.343	.377	.720	8	.45	0.062	1.01	0.08%	-0.20	C
36	867	45	Jun 6	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.239	.336	.368	.703	8	1.52	-0.062	3.51	-0.09%	-0.25	C
37	868	46	Jun 7	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.326	.355	.682	8	1.11	-0.101	2.53	-0.14%	-0.85	C
38	869	48 (1)	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.326	.355	.681	8	1.38	0.091	3.26	0.13%	0.63	C
39	870	62 (13)	Jun 25 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.320	.346	.666	8	1.54	-0.116	3.64	-0.17%	-0.66	C
40	871	64 (1)	Jun 27	NYM		PIT	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.318	.344	.661	8	1.24	0.123	4.36	0.26%	0.58	C
41	872	65	Jun 28	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.310	.333	.643	8	1.56	-0.170	3.75	-0.25%	-1.35	C
42	873	67 (1)	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.223	.308	.331	.639	8	.56	-0.016	1.40	-0.02%	-0.28	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	874	69 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.313	.331	.644	8	2.01	-0.081	5.15	-0.13%	-0.31	C
44	875	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.307	.324	.631	7	.84	-0.062	2.19	-0.10%	-0.78	C
45	876	73 (1)	Jul 7	NYM		LAD	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.302	.318	.619	8	.38	-0.031	.88	-0.04%	-0.62	C
46	877	75 (1)	Jul 9	NYM		LAD	L,0-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.300	.315	.615	5	2.34	-0.063	5.27	-0.08%	-0.20	PH 3B
47	878	77 (1)	Jul 11	NYM		SFG	L,1-6	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.295	.309	.604	3	.78	-0.057	1.45	-0.06%	-0.54	C
48	879	78	Jul 12	NYM		SFG	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.294	.303	.597	7	.54	-0.025	.98	-0.03%	-0.75	RF
49	880	80 (1)	Jul 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.293	.297	.590	8	.50	-0.031	1.10	-0.04%	-0.58	C
50	881	83 (2)	Jul 19	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.303	.300	.603	8	1.16	0.013	2.15	0.01%	0.54	C
51	882	84	Jul 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.202	.296	.294	.591	8	1.13	0.012	1.81	0.01%	0.12	C
52	883	85	Jul 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.306	.307	.613	8	1.30	0.163	2.28	0.17%	1.44	C
53	884	86	Jul 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.305	.306	.610	8	1.39	-0.038	2.89	-0.05%	-0.43	C
54	885	87	Jul 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.303	.304	.607	9	.35	-0.009	.71	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
55	886	88	Jul 27 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.296	.295	.591	8	2.33	-0.291	8.30	-0.62%	-2.00	C
56	887	91 (2)	Jul 29	NYM		MON	L,3-6	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.296	.292	.588	8	1.81	-0.087	3.08	-0.09%	-0.37	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	888	95 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.297	.293	.589	7	.93	0.007	1.44	0.01%	0.08	C
58	889	111 (15)	Aug 19	NYM		CIN	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.296	.288	.584	7	.78	-0.038	.33	-0.01%	-0.35	C
59	890	117 (5)	Aug 26	NYM	@	ATL	L,6-7	4-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.301	.290	.591	2	1.32	0.106	.16	0.01%	0.48	3B
60	891	118	Aug 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,13-6	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.312	.296	.609	8	.29	0.104	.03	0.01%	2.73	3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
61	892	126 (7)	Sep 4 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.310	.294	.604	7	.98	-0.029	.01	0.00%	-0.13	C
62	893	130 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	NYM		STL	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.309	.293	.602	7	1.61	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
63	894	132 (1)	Sep 9	NYM		STL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.305	.289	.593	7	.73	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
64	895	137 (4)	Sep 15	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.304	.288	.592	7	.39	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.08	C
							37-27		241	205	15	43	5	1	3	21	26	8	27	3	4	3	4	5	1	0	.210	.304	.288	.592		1.04	-0.672	2.04	-1.15%	-1.55

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