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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	KCA		DET	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
2	2	Apr 17	KCA		DET	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
3	3	Apr 18	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-6	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	5 (1)	Apr 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
5	6	Apr 22	KCA	@	DET	W,11-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
6	7	Apr 23	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
7	8	Apr 24	KCA		CLE	W,17-6	GF	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	14 (5)	May 1	KCA		BOS	W,7-5	GF	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
9	18 (3)	May 5	KCA		WSH	W,7-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
10	19	May 6	KCA		WSH	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	20	May 7	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	24 (3)	May 12 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
13	26 (1)	May 15	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	35 (8)	May 25	KCA		DET	W,5-3	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
15	36	May 26	KCA		DET	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	38 (1)	May 28	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-3		10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
17	39	May 29	KCA	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	40	May 30 (1)	KCA	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	42 (1)	May 31	KCA		CLE	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	44 (1)	Jun 2	KCA		CLE	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	45	Jun 4	KCA		BAL	L,7-9	GF	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
22	46	Jun 5	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	47	Jun 6	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	48	Jun 7	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
25	49	Jun 9 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	50	Jun 9 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	52 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	KCA		WSH	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	53	Jun 12 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
29	57 (3)	Jun 16	KCA		NYY	L,6-8	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
30	58	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	65 (6)	Jun 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	66	Jun 26	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	68 (1)	Jun 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	69	Jun 30 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	71 (1)	Jul 1	KCA	@	CLE	W,10-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	72	Jul 3	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	76 (3)	Jul 6	KCA	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	77	Jul 7	KCA	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	78	Jul 11	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	80 (1)	Jul 13	KCA		NYY	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	82 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	KCA		WSH	W,11-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
42	84 (1)	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
43	88 (3)	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	90 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
45	95 (4)	Jul 27	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	96	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	97	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	98	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	99	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	100	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Detroit Tigers
51	99	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	101 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GF	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
53	103 (1)	Aug 6	DET		CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	104	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,4-1	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	106 (1)	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	18	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	108 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-5	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	111 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	112	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
59	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
60	114	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	115	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	116	Aug 18 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
63	117	Aug 18 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	119 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BAL	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	120	Aug 22	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	121	Aug 23	DET		WSH	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	122	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
68	123	Aug 25	DET		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	124	Aug 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
70	125	Aug 27	DET		BOS	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	126	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	127	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
73	128	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	132 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	133	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	134	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	135	Sep 7	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
78	138 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
79	139	Sep 12	DET	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
80	141 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	146 (4)	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
82	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	11	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	150 (2)	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,5-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	151	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	152	Sep 27	DET		KCA	L,7-9	GF	17	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF CF
86	154 (1)	Sep 29	DET		KCA	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							87gm		431.2	110	0	1	111	0