JOHNNY GROTH

| Retired | Played: 1946-1960

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 88th in BBSO
Positions: OF-1155
Full Name: John Thomas Groth
Born: Jul 23, 1926 (86.302) in Chicago,Illinois

MLB Debut: Sep 5, 1946 (20.044)

Speed
54

Contact
68

Patience
56

Batting
66

Power
55

Ht/Wt: 6-0 / 182 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Chicago Latin (Chicago,IL)
College: None listed
Drafted: Not drafted

Tags: Military Service

TBC Player ID: 12215
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1946	Detroit	AL	MLB	24	det	19	of	-	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0			--	--
1947	Detroit	AL	MLB	10	det	20	of	-	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		2	.250	.000	.250	250	-	-	1			--	--
1948	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	21	of	-	6	17	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.471	.000	.824	824	-	-	14			--	--
1949	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	22	of	-	103	348	60	102	19	5	11	73	3	7	65	27	2		3		15	.293	.000	.471	471	-	-	164			--	--
1950	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	23	of	9	157	566	95	173	30	8	12	85	1	5	95	27	2		7		21	.306	.000	.451	451	121	77	255			--	--
1951	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	24	of	50	118	428	41	128	29	1	3	49	1	1	31	32	2		4		16	.299	.000	.393	393	83	70	168			--	--
1952	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	25	of	30	141	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	10	51	39	0		5		11	.284	.000	.357	357	110	78	187			--	--
1953	St. Louis	AL	MLB	3	stb	26		26	141	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	6	42	53	2		9		0	.253	.000	.370	370	126	89	206			--	--
1954	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	5	chw	27	of	68	125	422	41	116	20	0	7	60	3	9	42	37	2		8	3	19	.275	.341	.372	713	121	97	157	477	345	--	--	.286
1955	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	5	chw	28	of	-	32	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	6	13	0	1	3	2	2	.338	.376	.506	883	21	66	39	88	58	16	7.3	.375
1955	Washington	AL	MLB	4	wa1	28	of	-	63	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	0	18	18	0	0	2	2	5	.219	.286	.328	614	47	75	60	205	152	19	3.4	.230
1956	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	39	kca	29	of	-	95	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	2	30	31	0	2	2	4	9	.258	.335	.398	732	62	65	97	280	198	35	4.8	.274
1957	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	39	kca	30	of	-	55	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	6	0	0	2	0	2	.254	.333	.254	588	13	24	15	68	48	5	2.9	.283
1957	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	30	of	-	38	103	11	30	10	0	0	16	0	0	6	7	1	0	1	1	1	.291	.333	.388	722	24	63	40	112	76	16	5.7	.309
1958	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	31	of	-	88	146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	1	13	19	0	0	2	0	4	.281	.340	.384	723	31	35	56	161	112	20	4.8	.312
1959	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	32	of	-	55	102	12	24	7	1	1	10	0	0	7	14	0	0	3	0	0	.235	.284	.353	637	21	38	36	112	81	12	4.0	.264
1960	Detroit	AL	MLB	3	det	33	of	-	25	19	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.368	.455	.421	876	2	8	8	23	14	4	7.6	.389
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MLB Totals (15 years) Career Ranks									1248	3808	480	1064	197	31	60	486	19	42	419	329	11	3	52	12	107	.279	.352	.395	746	782	63	1503	4302	2957	584.9	5.3	.293
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1946	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	4		6	6	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1947	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	1		5	5	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
1948	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	4		10	8	1	1	1		.900	--	--
1949	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	99		264	247	8	9	3		.966	--	--
1950	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	157		389	374	9	6	0		.985	--	--
1951	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	112		280	266	12	2	3		.993	--	--
1952	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	139		348	329	14	5	3		.986	--	--
1953	St. Louis	AL	MLB	OF	141		447	425	18	4	5		.991	--	--
1954	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	125		325	314	7	4	3		.988	--	--
1955	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	26		62	61	1	0	0		1.000	--	--
	Washington	AL	MLB	OF	48		126	122	2	2	1		.984	--	--
1956	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	OF	84		148	140	8	0	3		1.000	--	--
1957	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	36		73	73	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
	KC Athletics	AL	MLB	OF	50		38	37	0	1	0		.974	--	--
1958	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	80		98	95	2	1	1		.990	--	--
1959	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	41		59	58	0	1	0		.983	--	--
1960	Detroit	AL	MLB	OF	8		6	6	0	0	0		1.000	--	--
Major League Totals:				OF	1155	0	2684	2566	82	36	23	0	.987	2.29

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