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	18-23 / in Starts: 8-7
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	48 (18-18-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (24-17-8)

Most Driven In
D Baker	3
L Lacy	3
T MartÃnez	1
S Yeager	1
R Monday	1
B North	0

Most Driven In By
B Russell	3
D Lopes	1
C Hough	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 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	1357	6 (5)	Apr 12	LAD	@	HOU	L,10-11	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	8	1.17	-0.062	2.14	-0.07%	0.07	C
2	1358	13 (6)	Apr 21	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	8	.59	0.032	1.23	0.04%	0.38	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
3	1359	21 (7)	May 2	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.444	.167	.611	8						C
4	1360	23 (1)	May 4	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	8	.52	0.010	1.01	0.01%	0.36	C
5	1361	24	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.529	.385	.914	8	.27	0.057	.57	0.07%	1.38	C
6	1362	25	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.500	.357	.857	9	1.41	-0.035	3.08	-0.05%	-0.22	PH
7	1363	29 (3)	May 11	LAD		STL	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.500	.357	.857	8						C
8	1364	32 (2)	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,7-10	12-GF(15)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	2.24	-0.022	4.07	-0.02%	0.13	PH C
9	1365	33	May 15	LAD		PIT	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.458	.368	.827	8	1.08	-0.072	1.83	-0.07%	-0.04	C
10	1366	34	May 16	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.481	.455	.936	8	.57	0.031	1.01	0.03%	0.31	C
11	1367	41 (6)	May 24	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.448	.417	.865	8	1.53	-0.072	3.16	-0.09%	-1.30	C
12	1368	43 (1)	May 27	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.424	.385	.809	8	1.24	0.036	2.78	0.05%	0.07	C
13	1369	46 (2)	May 30	LAD		SDP	W,10-2	6-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.424	.385	.809	4						PR 3B
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
14	1370	48 (1)	Jun 2	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-4	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.424	.385	.809	8						C
15	1371	49	Jun 3	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.389	.345	.734	8	1.18	-0.094	1.72	-0.08%	-0.66	C
16	1372	50	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.375	.364	.739	8	.51	0.023	.72	0.02%	1.10	C
17	1373	51	Jun 5	LAD	@	NYM	L,8-9	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.364	.378	.742	8	.86	0.100	1.05	0.07%	0.71	C
18	1374	54 (2)	Jun 8	LAD	@	MON	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.364	.378	.742	8						C
19	1375	56 (1)	Jun 10	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.356	.368	.724	8	1.04	-0.027	1.29	-0.02%	-0.33	C
20	1376	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	MON	W,11-4	GS-8	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.380	.419	.799	8	.34	0.057	.41	0.04%	0.87	C
21	1377	65 (7)	Jun 20	LAD		HOU	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.392	.432	.824	9	.43	0.024	.61	0.02%	0.24	PH
22	1378	66	Jun 21	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.400	.426	.826	8	1.31	-0.002	1.70	0.00%	-0.22	C
23	1379	69 (2)	Jun 24	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.404	.417	.820	8	1.42	0.082	2.66	0.09%	0.91	C
24	1380	70	Jun 25	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.400	.400	.800	8	.94	-0.033	1.75	-0.04%	-0.50	C
25	1381	75 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.410	.412	.822	8	.09	0.004	.20	0.01%	0.12	C
26	1382	76	Jun 30 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.391	.389	.780	8	1.19	-0.088	2.76	-0.12%	-0.89	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
27	1383	115 (38)	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	W,12-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.400	.400	.800	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
28	1384	126 (10)	Aug 23	LAD	@	MON	W,4-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.394	.393	.787	8	.10	-0.003	.39	-0.01%	-0.21	C
29	1385	127	Aug 24	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.382	.379	.762	7	1.24	-0.067	4.96	-0.16%	-0.50	C
30	1386	128	Aug 25	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.391	.390	.781	8	4.28	0.395	17.15	0.95%	1.00	C
31	1387	129	Aug 26	LAD		PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.380	.377	.757	8	1.32	-0.062	5.05	-0.14%	-0.48	C
Sep/Oct		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
32	1388	141 (11)	Sep 8	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-5	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.380	.377	.757	9						C
33	1389	145 (3)	Sep 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.380	.377	.757	6						C
34	1390	150 (4)	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.389	.387	.776	8	1.78	0.069	.07	0.00%	0.24	C
35	1391	151	Sep 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.384	.381	.765	8	.17	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.14	C
36	1392	154 (2)	Sep 22	LAD		SDP	L,3-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.378	.375	.753	5	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.34	3B
37	1393	157 (2)	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.373	.369	.743	3	.43	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.21	3B
38	1394	158	Sep 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.368	.364	.732	9	.76	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.34	3B
39	1395	159	Sep 28	LAD	@	CIN	L,7-8	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.372	.358	.730	4	.09	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.27	3B
40	1396	161 (1)	Sep 30	LAD	@	SDP	W,7-0	6-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.367	.353	.720	9	.09	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.16	3B
41	1397	162	Oct 1	LAD	@	SDP	L,3-4	3-GF(11)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	.354	.343	.697	1	2.03	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.31	3B
							18-23		83	70	5	19	5	0	0	9	10	1	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	.271	.354	.343	.697		.94	0.141	1.71	0.53%	1.67

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