Johnny Groth
John Thomas Groth
Born: July 23, 1926
Chicago, IL USA
Deceased: 2021
Palm Beach, FL USA
Primary Position: CF
All Position(s) Played: RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 182
Career: 1946-1960
Minor League Statistics
Johnny Groth compiled a career batting average of .279 with 60 home runs and 486 RBI in his 1248-game career with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics. He began playing during the 1946 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .471 | .500 | .824 | 1.324 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 103 | 418 | 348 | 60 | 102 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 27 | .293 | .407 | .471 | .878 | 164 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 157 | 670 | 566 | 95 | 173 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 1 | 5 | 95 | 27 | .306 | .407 | .451 | .858 | 255 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 118 | 465 | 428 | 41 | 128 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 32 | .299 | .349 | .393 | .742 | 168 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 141 | 580 | 524 | 56 | 149 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 39 | .284 | .348 | .357 | .705 | 187 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 141 | 610 | 557 | 65 | 141 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 53 | .253 | .308 | .370 | .678 | 206 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 125 | 477 | 422 | 41 | 116 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 37 | .275 | .341 | .372 | .713 | 157 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 88 | 77 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .338 | .376 | .506 | .883 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1955 | AL | Washington Senators | 63 | 205 | 183 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 18 | .219 | .286 | .328 | .614 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1956 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 95 | 280 | 244 | 22 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 31 | .258 | .335 | .398 | .732 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
1957 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 55 | 68 | 59 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .254 | .333 | .254 | .588 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 112 | 103 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .291 | .333 | .388 | .722 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1958 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 88 | 161 | 146 | 24 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .281 | .340 | .384 | .723 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 55 | 112 | 102 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .235 | .284 | .353 | .637 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .368 | .455 | .421 | .876 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1248 | 4302 | 3808 | 480 | 1064 | 197 | 31 | 60 | 486 | 19 | 42 | 419 | 329 | .279 | .352 | .395 | .746 | 1503 | 121 | 11 | 52 | 12 | 3 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1946 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
1947 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | |
1948 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | |
1949 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .966 | 2.576 | |
1950 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 157 | 0 | 0.0 | 374 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .985 | 2.439 | |
1951 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 112 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 2.482 | |
1952 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 329 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .986 | 2.468 | |
1953 | AL | St. Louis Browns | OF | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 425 | 18 | 4 | 5 | .991 | 3.142 | |
1954 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 125 | 121 | 1060.0 | 314 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 2.725 | 2.568 |
1955 | AL | Washington Senators | OF | 48 | 46 | 403.7 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 2.765 | 2.583 |
1955 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 26 | 21 | 187.0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.984 | 2.385 |
1956 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | OF | 84 | 61 | 598.3 | 140 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.226 | 1.762 |
1957 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 36 | 24 | 237.7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.764 | 2.028 |
1957 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | OF | 50 | 16 | 193.0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.725 | .740 |
1958 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 80 | 31 | 347.3 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 2.513 | 1.213 |
1959 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 41 | 21 | 223.3 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.337 | 1.415 |
1960 | AL | Detroit Tigers | OF | 8 | 2 | 32.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.653 | .750 |
Totals | 1155 | 343 | 3283.0 | 2566 | 82 | 36 | 23 | .987 | 7.259 | 2.293 |
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