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Johnny Groth Johnny Groth

Full name: John Thomas Groth Born: July 23, 1926, Chicago, Illinois First Game: September 5, 1946; Final Game: July 28, 1960 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 182 Johnny Groth Collectibles! Johnny Groth Memorabilia! Johnny Groth Cards! Johnny Groth Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1946 DET A                 4     9    1    0   0   0   0    0    0        3   0   0               0    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.3 1946 DET A
1947 DET A                 2     4    1    1   0   0   0    0    2        1   0   0               2    0   0  .250  .500  .250   0.0 1947 DET A
1948 DET A                 6    17    3    8   3   0   1    5    1        1   0   0               0    0   0  .471  .500  .824   0.3 1948 DET A
1949 DET A               103   348   60  102  19   5  11   73   65       27   2   3              15    3   7  .293  .407  .471   1.0 1949 DET A
1950 DET A               157   566   95  173  30   8  12   85   95       27   2   7              21    1   5  .306  .407  .451  -0.7 1950 DET A
1951 DET A               118   428   41  128  29   1   3   49   31       32   2   4              16    1   1  .299  .349  .393  -0.8 1951 DET A
1952 DET A               141   524   56  149  22   2   4   51   51       39   0   5              11    2  10  .284  .348  .357  -1.5 1952 DET A
1953 STL A               141   557   65  141  27   4  10   57   42       53   2   9              14    5   6  .253  .308  .370  -1.2 1953 STL A
1954 CHI A               125   422   41  116  20   0   7   60   42       37   2   8   3          19    3   9  .275  .341  .372  -1.3 1954 CHI A
1955 CHI A                32    77   13   26   7   0   2   11    6   1   13   0   3   2           2    1   0  .338  .376  .506   0.4 1955 CHI A
1955 WAS A                63   183   22   40   4   5   2   17   18   0   18   0   2   2           5    2   0  .219  .286  .328  -1.2 1955 WAS A
1955 TOT A                95   260   35   66  11   5   4   28   24   1   31   0   5   4           7    3   0  .254  .313  .381  -0.8 1955 TOT A
1956 KC  A                95   244   22   63  13   3   5   37   30   2   31   0   2   4           9    1   2  .258  .335  .398  -0.7 1956 KC  A
1957 KC  A                55    59   10   15   0   0   0    2    7   0    6   0   2   0           2    0   0  .254  .333  .254  -0.5 1957 KC  A
1957 DET A                38   103   11   30  10   0   0   16    6   0    7   1   1   1           1    0   0  .291  .333  .388  -0.1 1957 DET A
1957 TOT A                93   162   21   45  10   0   0   18   13   0   13   1   3   1           3    0   0  .278  .333  .340  -0.6 1957 TOT A
1958 DET A                88   146   24   41   5   2   2   11   13   0   19   0   2   0           4    0   1  .281  .340  .384  -0.4 1958 DET A
1959 DET A                55   102   12   24   7   1   1   10    7   0   14   0   3   0           0    0   0  .235  .284  .353  -0.5 1959 DET A
1960 DET A Daily Splits   25    19    3    7   1   0   0    2    3   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   1  .368  .455  .421   0.1 1960 DET A
Total            Splits 1248  3808  480 1064 197  31  60  486  419   3i 329  11  52  12i  0i  0i121   19  42  .279  .352  .395  -7.4 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1946 DET A        OF    4                       6    0    0    0     1.000     0    4    0 
1947 DET A        OF    1                       5    0    0    0     1.000     1    0    0 
1948 DET A        OF    4                       8    1    1    1      .900     0    4    0 
1949 DET A        OF   99                     247    8    9    3      .966     0   99    0 
1950 DET A        OF  157                     374    9    6    0      .985     0  157    0 
1951 DET A        OF  112                     266   12    2    3      .993     0  112    0 
1952 DET A        OF  139                     329   14    5    3      .986     2  137    0 
1953 STL A        OF  141                     425   18    4    5      .991     0  141    0 
1954 CHI A        OF  125                     314    7    4    3      .988     9  116    2 
1955 CHI A        OF   26                      61    1    0    0     1.000     0   26    0 
1955 WAS A        OF   48                     122    2    2    1      .984    12   40    1 
1955 TOT A        CF                                                     -
1955 TOT A        OF   74                     183    3    2    1      .989    12   66    1 
1956 KC  A        OF   84                     140    8    0    3     1.000    13   56   18 
1957 KC  A        OF   50                      37    0    1    0      .974     9    3   38 
1957 DET A        OF   36                      73    0    0    0     1.000    12   25    0 
1957 TOT A        LF                                                     -
1957 TOT A        CF                                                     -
1957 TOT A        OF   86                     110    0    1    0      .991    21   28   38 
1958 DET A        OF   80                      95    2    1    1      .990    52   19   10 
1959 DET A        OF   41                      58    0    1    0      .983    11   18   13 
1960 DET A Daily  OF    8    2    1    32.2     6    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    7    1 
1960 DET A        CF    7    2    1    30.2     6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1960 DET A        RF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF 1155    2i   1i   32.2i 2566   82   36   23   0i .987   121  964   83 
Total             CF    7i   2i   1i   30.2i    6i   0i   0i   0i  0i1.000
Total             RF    1i   0i   0i    2  i    0i   0i   0i   0i  0i    -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (August 6, 1946).

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Virgil Trucks and Hal White to St. Louis Browns in
exchange for Owen Friend, Bob Nieman and Jay Porter (December 4, 1952).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Johnny Lipon to Chicago White Sox in exchange for
Neil Berry and Sam Mele (February 5, 1954).

Traded by Chicago White Sox with Clint Courtney and Bob Chakales to Washington
Senators in exchange for Jim Busby (June 7, 1955).

Sold by Washington Senators to Kansas City Athletics (April 16, 1956).

Sold by Kansas City Athletics to Detroit Tigers (August 1, 1957).

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