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Johnny
Groth		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 187
 
Born: July 23, 1926 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
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
1946 19 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1947 20 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1948 21 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1949 22 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1950 23 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1951 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1952 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1953 26 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1954 27 STL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 28 STL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1956 29 STL NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 6 6 7 7 7
1957 30 SEM AL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
1958 31 SEM AL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7
1959 32 SEM AL $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6
1960 33 SEM AL $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1961 34 SEM AL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 8 7 7 9 9 9
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
1946 19 AAA   137 501 59 127 27 1 13 84 3 9 59 43 .253 .332 .389 .721 64.0  
1947 20 AAA   127 413 61 107 24 4 15 92 3 5 61 40 .259 .354 .446 .800 65.3  
1948 21 AAA   137 475 67 131 29 4 15 74 4 3 75 58 .276 .375 .448 .823 80.4  
1949 22 AAA   133 454 62 141 31 4 16 89 4 6 55 37 .311 .385 .502 .887 82.0  
1950 23 AAA   90 340 54 108 30 0 16 81 3 3 37 35 .318 .385 .547 .932 65.5  
1951 24 STL NL 56 128 17 31 5 3 4 23 0 0 20 21 .242 .345 .422 .766 17.7 2.1
1952 25 STL NL 102 237 29 56 18 1 5 33 0 0 21 25 .236 .300 .384 .684 26.1 2.8
1953 26 STL NL 65 110 14 24 4 1 2 12 0 0 13 12 .218 .298 .327 .626 11.1 0.8
1954 27 STL NL 64 105 16 20 7 1 0 11 0 0 10 11 .190 .256 .276 .533 6.6 0.0
1955 28 STL NL 49 68 8 13 2 0 2 7 0 0 10 14 .191 .295 .309 .604 6.1 0.2
1956 29 STL NL 133 388 48 101 31 2 3 37 0 0 52 53 .260 .348 .374 .721 49.1 6.2
1957 30 SEM AL 115 270 46 64 21 0 3 34 0 0 34 43 .237 .321 .348 .669 30.3 4.3
1958 31 SEM AL 95 196 31 50 11 2 7 25 0 0 27 31 .255 .344 .439 .783 28.3 4.8
1959 32 SEM AL 156 560 53 129 34 3 11 64 0 0 64 106 .230 .309 .361 .670 60.4 7.5
1960 33 SEM AL 157 536 53 111 33 3 8 48 0 0 68 152 .207 .297 .325 .621 50.6 4.5
1961 34 SEM AL 140 378 37 87 25 3 3 32 0 0 24 115 .230 .276 .336 .612 31.1 5.1
11 Years Sim 1132 2976 352 686 191 19 48 326 0 0 343 583 .231 .310 .356 .665 317.4 38.3
5 Years AAA 624 2183 303 614 141 13 75 420 17 26 287 213 .281 .363 .461 .823 357.2  
162 Game Average 425 50 98 27 2 6 46 0 0 49 83 .231 .310 .356 .665 45.4  
Career Highs 157 560 53 129 34 3 11 64 0 0 68 152 .260 .348 .439 .783 60.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1642 191 380 110 9 25 196 0 0 172 320 .231 .304 .355 .659 179.9
vs LH   1334 161 306 81 10 23 130 0 0 171 263 .229 .316 .357 .673 157.3
Home 579 1498 186 351 109 10 20 160 0 0 165 285 .234 .310 .360 .670 169.7
Away 553 1478 166 335 82 9 28 166 0 0 178 298 .227 .309 .351 .661 167.5
RISP   699 0 175 47 4 11 262 0 0 100 117 .250 .340 .376 .717 94.0
Pinch Hitting   224 37 60 12 3 11 41 0 0 23 36 .268 .341 .496 .837 36.7
Close/Late   377 49 93 14 2 8 47 0 0 70 79 .247 .364 .358 .722 54.7
Mar/Apr 160 364 44 81 20 2 9 47 0 0 50 69 .223 .316 .363 .678 44.3
May 197 495 74 127 38 4 6 51 0 0 64 86 .257 .340 .386 .726 66.1
June 196 528 61 116 26 2 8 55 0 0 66 98 .220 .307 .322 .629 55.2
July 194 543 58 119 34 2 7 61 0 0 61 115 .219 .299 .328 .627 54.7
August 200 523 57 117 34 4 8 51 0 0 52 100 .224 .293 .350 .643 54.4
Sep/Oct 185 523 58 126 39 5 10 61 0 0 50 115 .241 .307 .392 .699 62.6
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
1951 24 STL NL SS 17 16 131.0 21 64 3 11 .966 5.84   0.6
    2B 17 13 104.7 31 40 1 8 .986 6.11   0.5
    LF 7 4 34.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.12   0.2
    1B 2 2 18.0 16 0 0 1 1.000 8.00   0.0
    RF 5 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    CF 7 0 12.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1952 25 STL NL RF 43 28 262.0 63 1 0 1 1.000 2.20   1.2
    LF 10 8 65.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 15 6 64.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    SS 10 8 62.0 12 32 2 10 .957 6.39   0.5
    2B 10 6 53.0 16 20 0 4 1.000 6.11   0.4
    1B 3 2 26.0 36 4 1 1 .976 13.85   0.1
1953 26 STL NL CF 15 7 71.7 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.76   0.3
    2B 14 6 70.3 21 29 0 7 1.000 6.40   0.4
    SS 6 4 36.0 3 15 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    RF 7 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    LF 7 2 24.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 2 2 17.0 20 0 0 2 1.000 10.59   0.0
1954 27 STL NL LF 15 6 64.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.5
    RF 11 4 48.7 16 0 1 0 .941 2.96    
    CF 12 4 47.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.51    
    2B 9 5 47.0 12 15 0 1 1.000 5.17   0.2
    1B 3 3 21.0 32 2 0 6 1.000 14.57   0.1
    SS 2 0 9.0 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00   0.0
1955 28 STL NL LF 11 5 52.3 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.55   0.2
    2B 15 4 51.3 13 18 0 4 1.000 5.44   0.2
    SS 9 4 42.0 6 18 1 3 .960 5.14   0.3
    RF 3 2 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 29 STL NL CF 48 47 397.0 113 1 1 0 .991 2.58   1.4
    SS 39 34 314.7 41 122 5 23 .970 4.66   0.8
    RF 18 16 124.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    1B 9 0 25.7 29 1 0 1 1.000 10.52   0.1
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1957 30 SEM AL CF 48 37 343.7 94 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   1.7
    SS 33 12 150.0 24 69 1 10 .989 5.58   1.1
    RF 6 4 41.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    LF 4 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
    2B 7 0 14.3 6 10 0 3 1.000 10.05   0.2
1958 31 SEM AL CF 16 12 116.0 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.41   0.8
    1B 12 12 105.0 145 8 1 10 .994 13.11   0.2
    LF 19 9 94.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.34    
    RF 6 3 31.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    SS 5 2 24.0 4 8 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.1
    2B 10 0 19.0 6 8 1 2 .933 6.63   0.1
1959 32 SEM AL CF 74 72 624.3 183 2 2 1 .989 2.67   2.5
    1B 53 53 470.7 569 43 5 42 .992 11.70   0.3
    RF 15 15 136.7 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.32    
    SS 9 1 23.0 5 15 0 5 1.000 7.83   0.2
    2B 8 1 21.0 3 8 0 2 1.000 4.71   0.1
    LF 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 33 SEM AL RF 118 116 1055.7 232 3 4 1 .983 2.00   3.5
    2B 32 30 262.3 47 97 2 15 .986 4.94   1.1
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 3 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 34 SEM AL CF 51 43 397.7 113 1 0 1 1.000 2.58   1.0
    1B 23 20 187.7 234 20 0 22 1.000 12.18   0.2
    RF 25 8 110.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    LF 13 13 106.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
    2B 8 3 32.0 11 15 1 3 .963 7.31   0.1
    SS 4 1 13.0 3 4 1 0 .875 4.85   0.0
  CF 287 228 2075.6 597 6 3 3 .995 2.61   7.7
  RF 257 200 1871.0 407 4 5 2 .988 1.98   4.7
  1B 110 94 874.0 1084 78 7 85 .994 11.97   1.0
  SS 136 82 808.7 120 353 14 64 .971 5.26   3.8
  2B 130 68 675.0 166 260 5 49 .988 5.68   3.1
  LF 89 51 478.0 84 1 1 1 .988 1.60   0.8
  3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
Career Totals   1010 723 6783.5 2458 703 35 204 .989 4.19   21.2
Career Highs   160 146 1325.0 780 124 7 50 1.000 5.95    
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
1953 26 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1954 27 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1955 28 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 30 SEM AL 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667
Career Post-Season Batting 9 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 1.000 1.500
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.
Games
1959-8-156
1960-2-157
 Doubles
1956-10-31
1959-5-34
1960-10-33
 Strikeouts
1960-1-152
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Leon Roberts (959)
  2. Paul Blair (959)
  3. George Alusik (947)
  4. Mike Lum (946)
  5. Gary Ward (940)
  6. Clyde Vollmer (940)
  7. Carden Gillenwater (939)
  8. Billy Moran (934)
  9. Gary Matthews (934)
  10. Larry Elliot (934)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1946
Injured on 6/28/1947 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/8/1949 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/18/1950 with a Broken Foot, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1950 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/14/1951, off Dick Conger (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/5/1951, off Hal Brown (BSN)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/3/1956 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1956 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/5/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $1,200,000 per year
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1961
 
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