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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 14	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 17	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 19	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20	CHW	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 23	CHW		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	9	Apr 24	CHW		BAL	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
10	10	Apr 25 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	11	Apr 25 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
12	12	Apr 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	16	May 2 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
17	17	May 2 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	18	May 3	CHW	@	PHA	W,14-3	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	20	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
21	21	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	22	May 8	CHW		DET	L,1-12	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
23	23	May 9 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	49	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	24	May 9 (2)	CHW		DET	T,0-0	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	25	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 12	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	27	May 13	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	28	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 15	CHW		PHA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	30	May 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
31	31	May 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
32	32	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	33	May 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	34	May 21	CHW	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	35	May 22	CHW	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
36	36	May 23	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	37	May 25	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
38	38	May 26	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
39	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,11-6	GS	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
40	43 (3)	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	44	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	46	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	47	Jun 4	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	48	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	39	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
46	49	Jun 6 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	50	Jun 6 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
48	51	Jun 8	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
49	52	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
50	53	Jun 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
51	54	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	55	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	56	Jun 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
54	57	Jun 15	CHW		PHA	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
55	58	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	59	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	60	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	61	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	62	Jun 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	CG	53	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
60	63	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
61	64	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
62	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	W,8-6	GF	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
64	70 (3)	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	71	Jun 29 (1)	CHW		DET	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	72	Jun 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-0	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
67	73	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 2 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	75	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	76	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	60	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
71	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	78	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
73	79	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	80	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	81	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,9-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
76	82	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	83	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	84	Jul 10	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	85	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
80	86	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
81	87	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
82	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
83	89	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	90	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-2	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	91	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	92	Jul 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
87	93	Jul 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
88	94	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
89	95	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS	28	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
90	96	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
91	97	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
92	98	Jul 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
93	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
94	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
95	101	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	106 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
98	107	Aug 3	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
99	108	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	109	Aug 5	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
101	110	Aug 6	CHW		WSH	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
102	111	Aug 7	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
103	112	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
104	113	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
105	115 (1)	Aug 11	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	116	Aug 13	CHW		DET	W,1-0	CG	65	16.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	117	Aug 14	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
108	119 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		DET	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
109	120	Aug 17 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
110	121	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	122	Aug 18	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
113	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
114	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
115	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
116	127	Aug 24	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
118	129	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-1	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
119	131 (1)	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
120	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
124	136	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
125	137	Sep 4	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							127gm		1060.0	316	7	4	327	3