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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	KCA	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
2	4 (1)	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,15-1	GF	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	5	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	7 (1)	Apr 25	KCA		CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	10 (2)	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	12 (1)	May 3	KCA	@	NYY	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	13	May 4	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	14	May 5	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
9	15	May 6 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,10-7	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
10	16	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-3	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	27 (10)	May 19	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	30 (2)	May 22	KCA		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
13	31	May 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	72	17.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
14	33 (1)	May 26	KCA	@	DET	L,6-12	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
15	34	May 27 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	35	May 27 (2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	36	May 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	37	May 29	KCA		CHW	L,4-7	GS	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	38	May 30 (1)	KCA		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	39	May 30 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40	Jun 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
22	41	Jun 2	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	42	Jun 3	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	47	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
24	43	Jun 5	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	44	Jun 6	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	45	Jun 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
27	46	Jun 8	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	47	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	48	Jun 9 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	49	Jun 10	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
31	50	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	51	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	52	Jun 12	KCA	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	66	15.0	7	1	0	8	1	CF
34	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	WSH	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
35	54	Jun 15	KCA		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	55	Jun 16	KCA		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
37	56	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
38	57	Jun 18	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	58	Jun 19	KCA		WSH	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	59	Jun 20	KCA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	60	Jun 21	KCA		WSH	W,15-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
42	61	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	62	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	68 (5)	Jun 29	KCA		DET	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	69	Jun 30	KCA		DET	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	70	Jul 1	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	71	Jul 3	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	72	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	78 (5)	Jul 13	KCA	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	79	Jul 14	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	80	Jul 15 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
52	81	Jul 15 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	83 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
54	84	Jul 18	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
55	86 (1)	Jul 20	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
56	93 (6)	Jul 27	KCA		NYY	L,9-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
57	94	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,3-14	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	95	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	103 (7)	Aug 7 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	106 (2)	Aug 9	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	108 (1)	Aug 11	KCA		CLE	L,5-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	109	Aug 12	KCA		CLE	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	110	Aug 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-12	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	112 (1)	Aug 16	KCA		CHW	L,5-6		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
65	116 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
66	117	Aug 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	118	Aug 22	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-2	GF	12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	120 (1)	Aug 24	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	121	Aug 25	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	122	Aug 26 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
71	123	Aug 26 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	43	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	CF LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	128 (4)	Sep 2	KCA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
73	130 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	131	Sep 4	KCA		CLE	W,5-2	GS	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
75	133 (1)	Sep 7	KCA		DET	L,8-12	GS	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	136 (2)	Sep 11	KCA		NYY	L,5-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
77	138 (1)	Sep 13	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
78	140 (1)	Sep 15	KCA		WSH	W,10-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	145 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
80	148 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
81	149	Sep 23 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	150	Sep 25	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.2	1	1	0	2	0	RF
83	151	Sep 26	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	152	Sep 28	KCA		CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	154 (1)	Sep 30	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							88gm		597.1	134	7	0	141	3