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Johnny Grubb

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: August 4, 1948 in Richmond, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (14th) of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) and the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (24th) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Meadowbrook HS (Richmond, VA)

Schools: State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (Bradenton, FL), Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: September 10, 1972 (Age 24-037d, 13,301st in major league history)
vs. ATL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1987 (Age 39-055d)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: John Maywood Grubb

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.6

4154

1153

.278

553

RBI

475

OBP

.366

SLG

.413

OPS

.779

OPS+

121

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-37 / in Starts: 29-27
Longest Hitting Streak	12 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 226 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	142 (62-49-31)
Avg. MLBer w/ 226 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (67-45-23)

Most Driven In
A Oliver	7
M Rivers	5
B Bell	3
Self	3
B Wills	3
P Putnam	1
L Roberts	1
B Stein	1

Most Driven In By
J Sundberg	6
P Putnam	4
Self	3
B Sample	3
M Mendoza	3
M Rivers	1
B Wills	1
L Roberts	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	894	1	Apr 9	TEX	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	6	.75	0.051	.47	0.02%	0.39	RF
2	895	2	Apr 11	TEX	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.571	.946	6	.55	-0.020	.32	-0.01%	-0.10	RF
3	896	3	Apr 12	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.364	.614	6	.57	-0.055	.30	-0.02%	-0.59	RF
4	897	4	Apr 14	TEX		CLE	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.333	.583	6	.60	-0.055	.32	-0.02%	-0.84	RF
5	898	5	Apr 15	TEX		CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.211	.250	.316	.566	5	.61	0.010	.32	0.00%	-0.42	RF
6	899	6	Apr 17	TEX		NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.261	.318	.579	6	1.85	-0.192	1.02	-0.06%	-0.85	RF
7	900	7	Apr 18	TEX		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.259	.308	.567	6	1.40	-0.105	.70	-0.03%	-1.16	RF
8	901	9 (1)	Apr 20	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.290	.467	.757	5	.76	0.150	.44	0.05%	1.69	RF
9	902	11 (1)	Apr 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,16-8	CG	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.471	.822	5	.35	0.064	.16	0.02%	1.41	RF
10	903	12	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.366	.474	.840	5	.57	0.038	.27	0.01%	0.75	RF
11	904	13	Apr 26	TEX	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.317	.378	.463	.841	5	1.02	0.044	.51	0.01%	0.70	RF
12	905	14	Apr 27	TEX		BOS	W,10-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.380	.444	.824	5	.33	-0.012	.14	0.00%	0.74	RF
13	906	15	Apr 28	TEX		BOS	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.313	.370	.438	.808	5	.82	-0.040	.40	-0.01%	0.12	RF
14	907	16	Apr 29	TEX		BOS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.379	.451	.830	6	.88	0.247	.48	0.08%	1.24	RF
15	908	17	Apr 30	TEX		KCR	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.403	.481	.885	5	1.03	0.161	.59	0.06%	2.63	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	909	18	May 1	TEX		KCR	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.385	.456	.841	8	.95	-0.069	.61	-0.03%	-0.54	RF
17	910	19	May 2	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.391	.500	.891	4	.69	0.070	.40	0.02%	0.81	RF
18	911	20	May 3	TEX		KCR	W,9-8	CG(10)	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.419	.508	.927	5	1.12	0.157	.58	0.05%	1.20	RF
19	912	21	May 5	TEX		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.410	.507	.918	6	.69	-0.026	.46	-0.01%	0.37	RF
20	913	22	May 6	TEX		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.415	.500	.915	6	.71	0.051	.51	0.02%	0.30	RF
21	914	23	May 7	TEX		CHW	W,9-4	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	.338	.419	.514	.932	7	1.56	0.497	1.24	0.24%	1.37	RF
22	915	24	May 9 (1)	TEX		BAL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.411	.500	.911	5	.47	0.020	.34	0.01%	-0.14	RF
23	916	25	May 9 (2)	TEX		BAL	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.398	.481	.879	5	.92	-0.066	.56	-0.02%	-0.54	RF
24	917	28 (2)	May 12	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306	.381	.459	.840	5	.69	-0.094	.48	-0.04%	-1.26	RF
25	918	29	May 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.366	.438	.805	6	.71	-0.070	.47	-0.03%	-0.80	RF
26	919	30	May 15	TEX	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.362	.462	.824	5	1.27	0.021	1.12	0.01%	0.09	RF
27	920	32 (1)	May 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.352	.448	.800	7	.19	-0.014	.19	-0.01%	-0.51	RF
28	921	33	May 18	TEX	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.368	.450	.818	5	.71	0.032	.56	0.02%	1.96	RF
29	922	34	May 19	TEX	@	DET	L,1-14	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.362	.441	.803	6	.35	-0.017	.29	-0.01%	-0.30	RF
30	923	35	May 20	TEX	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.367	.433	.799	5	.47	0.008	.40	0.00%	0.00	RF
31	924	36	May 22	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.363	.421	.783	7	.32	-0.026	.28	-0.01%	-0.51	RF
32	925	37	May 23	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.357	.413	.770	7	1.14	-0.058	.99	-0.03%	-0.50	RF
33	926	38	May 24	TEX	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.362	.425	.786	6	1.36	0.131	1.20	0.07%	1.09	RF
34	927	39	May 25	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.358	.419	.777	6	2.08	-0.249	1.92	-0.14%	-1.65	RF
35	928	40	May 26	TEX		MIN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.348	.405	.753	6	.68	-0.068	.65	-0.04%	-0.87	RF
36	929	42 (1)	May 28	TEX		MIN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.352	.403	.755	6	1.61	0.220	1.54	0.13%	1.03	RF
37	930	43	May 29	TEX		SEA	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.347	.397	.744	2	4.72	-0.255	4.71	-0.15%	-1.01	PH RF
38	931	44	May 30	TEX		SEA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.351	.395	.747	6	.71	0.042	.71	0.03%	0.65	RF
39	932	45	May 31	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.349	.391	.740	6	.58	-0.019	.58	-0.01%	-0.31	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	933	47 (1)	Jun 3	TEX	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.338	.377	.714	6	.90	-0.126	.88	-0.07%	-2.01	RF
41	934	48	Jun 4	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.335	.373	.709	6	.85	-0.026	.87	-0.02%	-0.39	RF
42	935	49	Jun 5	TEX		TOR	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.335	.372	.708	6	1.14	-0.005	1.17	0.00%	-0.09	RF
43	936	50	Jun 6	TEX		TOR	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.365	.698	6	.33	-0.002	.35	0.00%	-0.23	RF
44	937	51	Jun 7	TEX		TOR	W,9-0	CG	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.347	.367	.713	6	.42	0.075	.48	0.05%	0.57	RF
45	938	55 (3)	Jun 11	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.345	.364	.709	9	1.35	-0.033	1.51	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	939	56	Aug 10	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.349	.368	.717	9	1.39	0.072	1.63	0.05%	0.37	PH
47	940	58 (1)	Aug 12	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.346	.378	.725	5	1.19	-0.072	1.36	-0.05%	-0.44	RF
48	941	60 (1)	Aug 15	TEX		BOS	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.346	.377	.724	5	.53	0.003	.65	0.00%	0.02	RF
49	942	62 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	TEX		MIL	L,1-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.339	.368	.707	5	2.12	-0.205	2.35	-0.14%	-1.26	RF
50	943	63	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,8-6	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.333	.361	.695	5	.94	-0.068	.87	-0.04%	-0.62	RF
51	944	64	Aug 19	TEX		MIL	W,4-1	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.330	.357	.687	5	.62	-0.031	.72	-0.02%	-0.34	RF
52	945	65	Aug 21	TEX	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.332	.359	.690	5	1.36	0.034	1.81	0.03%	0.30	RF
53	946	66	Aug 22	TEX	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.335	.358	.693	5	1.38	0.050	1.78	0.04%	0.33	RF
54	947	67	Aug 23	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.335	.354	.689	5	1.32	-0.045	1.40	-0.03%	-0.50	RF
55	948	71 (3)	Aug 28	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.352	.686	9	.38	-0.011	.56	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
56	949	73 (1)	Aug 30	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.332	.350	.682	9	.14	-0.004	.25	0.00%	-0.09	PH
57	950	74	Aug 31	TEX		TOR	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.327	.344	.671	7	1.36	-0.171	2.20	-0.17%	-1.41	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	951	75	Sep 1	TEX		TOR	L,3-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.330	.344	.674	7	.19	0.006	.28	0.01%	-0.05	RF
59	952	77 (1)	Sep 3	TEX		DET	L,5-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.329	.342	.671	9	.74	-0.020	1.21	-0.02%	-0.20	PH
60	953	79 (1)	Sep 5	TEX		DET	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.327	.341	.668	9	2.42	-0.059	3.65	-0.05%	-0.20	PH
61	954	80	Sep 6	TEX		DET	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.325	.339	.664	9	2.37	-0.056	3.67	-0.05%	-0.14	PH
62	955	83 (2)	Sep 9	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.325	.339	.664	8						RF
63	956	86 (2)	Sep 13	TEX	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.321	.333	.654	7	2.29	-0.326	4.24	-0.36%	-1.25	RF
64	957	94 (7)	Sep 22	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.317	.328	.645	6	.98	-0.069	.79	-0.03%	-0.60	LF
65	958	96 (1)	Sep 24	TEX		SEA	L,1-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.317	.328	.645	9						PH
66	959	98 (1)	Sep 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-7	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.320	.337	.657	9	1.42	0.090	.09	0.00%	0.62	PH
67	960	99	Sep 27	TEX	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.316	.332	.647	7	1.10	-0.082	.01	0.00%	-0.77	LF
							30-37		226	199	26	46	9	1	3	26	23	0	25	2	1	1	1	6	0	3	.231	.316	.332	.647		.96	-0.577	.87	-0.75%	-3.24

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Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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