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Johnny
Grubb		  
Nickname: Money
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 203
 
Born: August 4, 1948 in Usa, VA, RICHMOND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 23 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7
1973 24 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7
1974 25 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
1975 26 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
1976 27 COL NL $ 3,178,571   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
1977 28 COL NL $ 2,900,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1978 29 COL NL $ 2,900,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1979 30 COL NL $ 2,900,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1980 31 KCR AL $ 2,900,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1981 32 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 7
1982 33 KCR AL $ 2,000,000   6 6 5 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 8 7 6 6 6
1983 34 LAD NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,178,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 8 7 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 23 COL NL 95 302 35 74 19 1 4 29 0 0 31 40 .245 .316 .354 .671 31.8 3.9
    AAA   54 196 23 50 13 1 2 17 0 1 36 20 .255 .371 .362 .733 28.2  
1973 24 COL NL 96 282 43 71 16 2 6 41 0 0 36 34 .252 .334 .387 .721 36.9 5.9
1974 25 COL NL 112 335 43 102 18 1 7 46 0 0 35 38 .304 .374 .427 .801 50.5 9.2
1975 26 COL NL 128 414 74 123 29 2 10 48 5 2 57 48 .297 .383 .449 .832 70.7 15.2
1976 27 COL NL 128 368 53 107 15 2 5 49 0 1 48 43 .291 .378 .383 .761 53.1 10.7
1977 28 COL NL 129 369 47 93 25 2 4 55 0 0 46 30 .252 .336 .363 .699 41.3 6.3
1978 29 COL NL 64 145 11 27 5 0 3 17 0 1 17 15 .186 .281 .283 .564 11.3 0.0
    AAA   33 115 17 39 7 0 4 21 5 1 10 5 .339 .392 .504 .896 21.5  
1979 30 COL NL 140 461 54 123 22 4 11 70 2 0 39 43 .267 .322 .403 .726 59.6 11.3
1980 31 KCR AL 130 479 61 124 23 0 14 64 5 3 50 57 .259 .331 .395 .726 62.2 10.3
1981 32 KCR AL 153 562 83 163 26 3 17 70 0 0 57 60 .290 .354 .438 .792 81.5 16.0
1982 33 KCR AL 151 544 65 159 26 2 8 50 0 2 70 59 .292 .375 .392 .767 80.9 17.0
1983 34 LAD NL 154 556 36 102 13 0 6 31 6 2 50 112 .183 .255 .239 .494 32.8 0.0
12 Years Sim 1480 4817 605 1268 237 19 95 570 18 11 536 579 .263 .339 .379 .718 612.6 105.9
2 Years AAA 87 311 40 89 20 1 6 38 5 2 46 25 .286 .378 .415 .793 49.7  
162 Game Average 527 66 138 25 2 10 62 1 1 58 63 .263 .339 .379 .718 67.1  
Career Highs 154 562 83 163 29 4 17 70 6 3 70 112 .304 .383 .449 .832 81.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3831 475 1016 194 15 68 452 15 6 444 446 .265 .343 .377 .720 504.2
vs LH   986 130 252 43 4 27 118 3 5 92 133 .256 .321 .389 .711 122.8
Home 736 2353 308 613 114 9 49 262 8 4 256 303 .261 .334 .379 .713 302.7
Away 744 2464 297 655 123 10 46 308 10 7 280 276 .266 .343 .380 .723 324.3
RISP   1211 0 310 57 5 26 447 0 0 163 141 .256 .340 .376 .716 163.6
Pinch Hitting   118 19 23 3 0 4 24 0 0 19 7 .195 .307 .322 .629 13.3
Close/Late   607 69 151 26 1 13 62 0 0 63 62 .249 .323 .359 .682 71.6
Mar/Apr 241 784 95 220 41 6 9 99 3 0 90 71 .281 .354 .383 .737 107.7
May 239 801 88 195 43 1 14 80 3 1 78 106 .243 .315 .352 .667 89.2
June 262 896 115 240 41 1 25 108 3 4 98 105 .268 .343 .400 .742 122.7
July 260 833 113 218 41 5 14 102 3 2 115 103 .262 .349 .373 .723 113.8
August 267 876 121 236 45 3 24 105 5 2 97 115 .269 .345 .410 .755 123.9
Sep/Oct 211 627 73 159 26 3 9 76 1 2 58 79 .254 .319 .348 .667 69.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 23 COL NL CF 65 58 514.3 137 2 2 1 .986 2.43   2.7
    LF 29 28 244.7 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.55    
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 24 COL NL RF 80 75 637.0 116 2 6 0 .952 1.67   2.1
    CF 7 2 28.3 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.49    
    LF 5 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
1974 25 COL NL CF 91 82 696.3 145 7 2 3 .987 1.96   2.9
    LF 7 3 31.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.90    
    RF 7 2 29.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.79    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 26 COL NL CF 108 93 830.3 216 5 7 2 .969 2.40   3.5
    RF 6 4 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    LF 4 1 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 2 1 0 .938 15.00   0.0
1976 27 COL NL CF 101 83 775.0 174 6 3 2 .984 2.09   3.8
    RF 16 3 50.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    LF 7 5 49.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1977 28 COL NL CF 104 82 772.3 182 8 2 3 .990 2.21   3.9
    RF 12 6 65.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.46    
    LF 8 5 49.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 29 COL NL CF 37 18 188.7 43 0 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.8
    LF 7 6 57.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.42    
    RF 7 6 55.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.47    
1979 30 COL NL CF 112 106 966.7 258 4 3 1 .989 2.44   3.8
    RF 13 11 103.0 25 0 3 0 .893 2.18    
    LF 15 4 60.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.25    
1980 31 KCR AL CF 110 110 950.7 232 3 4 1 .983 2.22   3.6
    LF 11 10 98.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.02    
    RF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 32 KCR AL CF 151 148 1340.3 350 12 7 3 .981 2.43   5.3
    RF 1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1982 33 KCR AL CF 149 145 1332.0 345 8 3 3 .992 2.39   4.7
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
1983 34 LAD NL CF 109 109 887.3 255 8 2 6 .992 2.67   2.5
    LF 45 42 376.7 89 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    RF 5 0 10.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    SS 1 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1144 1036 9282.3 2347 64 35 25 .986 2.34   37.6
  RF 153 110 1023.3 214 3 11 0 .952 1.91   2.1
  LF 138 105 991.7 204 2 2 1 .990 1.87    
  2B 3 1 11.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 4.91   0.1
  1B 2 1 11.0 15 2 1 0 .944 13.91   0.0
  SS 2 0 7.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
Career Totals   1442 1253 11326.3 2782 78 49 29 .983 2.27   39.7
Career Highs   161 151 1346.3 352 12 8 7 .994 2.52    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 24 COL NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
1974 25 COL NL 8 19 1 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 .474 .524 .632 1.155
1975 26 COL NL 5 15 5 8 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .533 .500 .800 1.300
1976 27 COL NL 11 36 8 13 3 0 2 12 0 0 2 4 .361 .395 .611 1.006
1977 28 COL NL 14 40 8 13 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .325 .364 .450 .814
1980 31 KCR AL 7 27 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 .222 .300 .444 .744
1981 32 KCR AL 7 25 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .280 .308 .360 .668
1982 33 KCR AL 5 15 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .333 .474 .333 .807
Career Post-Season Batting 62 179 31 61 10 2 5 31 0 0 14 19 .341 .391 .503 .894
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1982-9-.375
 Strikeouts
1983-9-112
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Ollie Brown (946)
  4. Jim Busby (943)
  5. Merv Rettenmund (941)
  6. Manny Jimenez (941)
  7. Ellis Burton (940)
  8. Carlos May (937)
  9. Kevin Bass (931)
  10. Ron Northey (930)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Colorado in 1972
Had first career hit (double) on 6/1/1972, off Danny Frisella (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1972, off Bill Hands (CLE)
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/15/1976 with a Sore Back, out for one week
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $2,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 8/4/1976
Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/4/1980 (Going to KCR: SS Dick Allen, C Johnny Bench, RF Joe Ferguson, 3B Oscar Gamble, CF Johnny Grubb. Going to COL: 3B Jim Morrison, SS Doug Rader)
7/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/17/1980 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 2 weeks
 
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