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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	0	1	1	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 27	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	1	0	1	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	DET		SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	13	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	CG	63	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	15	May 5	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	16	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	13.0	8	0	0	8	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	22	May 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 13	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	24	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 15 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 15 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	27	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	29	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
32	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	11.2	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	50	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
36	36	May 27	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 28	DET		SLB	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	38	May 29	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	39	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	43	Jun 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
45	45	Jun 5 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 11	DET		WSH	L,8-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	53	Jun 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 15	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	60	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	61	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	63	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	64	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	65	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
66	68 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	71 (2)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GS	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	75 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
71	77	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	79 (1)	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
74	83 (2)	Jul 15	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	84	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	86 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	87	Jul 18	DET		PHA	L,8-13	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	88	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
79	89	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	91 (1)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
81	94 (2)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	97	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	98	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
86	99	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	103 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	106 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	107	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	108	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	GF	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	114 (2)	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
97	116 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	118	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
							99gm		847.0	238	11	9	258	3