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 School of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1946 (Age 20-044d, 10,168th 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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
3	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	5	Apr 23	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,7-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	12	May 5	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
13	13	May 6	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
14	14	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	CF
15	15	May 8	DET	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
17	17	May 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	18	May 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 13	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	20	May 14	DET		SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
21	21	May 16	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
22	22	May 17	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	May 18	DET		BOS	L,12-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	24	May 19	DET		PHA	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 20	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	26	May 21	DET		WSH	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	27	May 22	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 23	DET		WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
29	29	May 25	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	30	May 26	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 27	DET	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 28 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	35	May 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	37	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,16-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	38	Jun 3	DET	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	39	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	40	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	41	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	42	Jun 7	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	43	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	44	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	45	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,18-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	59	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	48	Jun 13	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 14	DET		PHA	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	50	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
51	51	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 18	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	54	Jun 20	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
55	55	Jun 21	DET		WSH	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	57	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	58	Jun 24	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
61	61	Jun 26	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	62	Jun 27	DET		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	64	Jun 29	DET		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	65	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	67	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
68	68	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	69	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	72	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	73	Jul 7	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	74	Jul 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	75	Jul 9 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	76	Jul 9 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	77	Jul 13	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	78	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	83	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	84	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	85	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	86	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	87	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
88	88	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	89	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	91	Jul 27	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	92	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	93	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
94	94	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,12-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	96	Aug 2	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
97	97	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
98	98	Aug 4	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
99	99	Aug 5	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	100	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
101	101	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	102	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
103	103	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
104	104	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG	25	6.2	2	0	0	2	0
105	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	108	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
109	109	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	110	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	111	Aug 19	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	27	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	112	Aug 20 (1)	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	113	Aug 20 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	114	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
115	115	Aug 22	DET	@	NYY	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	116	Aug 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	117	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
118	118	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
119	119	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
120	120	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	121	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
122	122	Aug 28	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
123	123	Aug 29	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
124	124	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
125	125	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
126	126	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
128	128	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	129	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
131	131	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
132	132	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
133	133	Sep 7	DET		CLE	T,13-13	CG	50	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
134	134	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	135	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
136	136	Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	44	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
137	137	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
138	138	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
139	139	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
140	140	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
141	141	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
142	142	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
143	143	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
144	144	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
145	145	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
146	146	Sep 20	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
147	147	Sep 21	DET		PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
148	148	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
149	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
150	150	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
151	151	Sep 26 (1)	DET		SLB	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
152	152	Sep 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
153	153	Sep 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
154	154	Sep 28	DET		SLB	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
155	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
156	156	Sep 30	DET		CLE	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
157	157	Oct 1	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							157gm		1399.1	362	9	6	377	0