Jerry Grote

Full Name: Gerald Wayne Grote	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185	First Game: September 21, 1963
Birthdate: October 6, 1942	Final Game: October 3, 1981
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Jerry Grote (Gerald Wayne Grote) was born on October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 21, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s. In 1964, his rookie year, he hit .181 with 3 home runs and 24 RBI. Grote played for the Houston Colt .45s, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Jerry Grote's best season was 1975, when he hit for a .295 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	HOU	N	3	5	0	1	0	1	.200	.286	.200	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1964	HOU	N	100	298	26	54	3	24	.181	.240	.262	9	3	20	75	4	0	0	5	6
1966	NY	N	120	317	26	75	3	31	.237	.327	.315	12	2	40	81	3	3	4	8	9
1967	NY	N	120	344	25	67	4	23	.195	.226	.253	8	0	14	65	1	4	2	8	5
1968	NY	N	124	404	29	114	3	31	.282	.357	.349	18	0	44	81	3	3	1	11	6
1969	NY	N	113	365	38	92	6	40	.252	.313	.351	12	3	32	59	1	6	2	5	10
1970	NY	N	126	415	38	106	2	34	.255	.313	.308	14	1	36	39	1	6	2	8	14
1971	NY	N	125	403	35	109	2	35	.270	.339	.347	25	0	40	47	2	4	1	4	19
1972	NY	N	64	205	15	43	3	21	.210	.304	.288	5	1	26	27	3	4	1	8	5
1973	NY	N	84	285	17	73	1	32	.256	.290	.316	10	2	13	23	1	5	0	1	11
1974	NY	N	97	319	25	82	5	36	.257	.326	.335	8	1	33	33	2	4	0	4	11
1975	NY	N	119	386	28	114	2	39	.295	.357	.373	14	5	38	23	1	0	0	8	11
1976	NY	N	101	323	30	88	4	28	.272	.350	.365	14	2	38	19	1	3	1	4	15
1977	NY	N	42	115	8	31	0	7	.270	.333	.313	3	1	9	12	2	2	0	1	5
1977	LA	N	18	27	3	7	0	4	.259	.310	.259	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	2
1977	TOT	N	60	142	11	38	0	11	.268	.329	.303	3	1	11	17	2	3	0	2	7
1978	LA	N	41	70	5	19	0	9	.271	.354	.343	5	0	10	5	0	1	0	1	0
1981	LA	N	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1981	KC	A	22	56	4	17	1	9	.304	.344	.446	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	1
1981	Total		24	58	4	17	1	9	.293	.333	.431	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	2
Total	NL		1399	4283	348	1075	38	395	.251	.316	.324	157	21	396	598	25	46	14	77	130
Total	AL		22	56	4	17	1	9	.304	.344	.446	3	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	1
Total			1421	4339	352	1092	39	404	.252	.316	.326	160	22	399	600	26	47	15	77	131

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	HOU	N	C	3	2	19	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	C	98	88	793.1	522	52	9	5	11	51	27	1	.985
1966	NY	N	C	115	101	857	516	55	11	7	8	38	25	4	.981
1966	NY	N	3B	2	1	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	C	119	111	900.2	609	62	7	8	12	38	37	3	.990
1968	NY	N	C	115	109	1005.2	754	60	5	8	1	39	30	2	.994
1969	NY	N	C	112	100	918.2	718	63	7	11	4	31	40	5	.991
1970	NY	N	C	125	121	1064	855	46	8	12	6	40	26	3	.991
1971	NY	N	C	122	118	1042.2	892	41	9	4	10	51	18	4	.990
1972	NY	N	3B	3	1	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	NY	N	OF	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	NY	N	C	59	58	530	405	42	1	5	2	18	20	1	.998
1972	NY	N	RF	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1973	NY	N	C	81	76	684	545	34	3	0	3	31	17	0	.995
1973	NY	N	3B	2	0	5.1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.800
1974	NY	N	C	94	92	792	549	36	7	1	3	51	28	1	.988
1975	NY	N	C	111	108	945	706	55	4	8	6	67	35	6	.995
1976	NY	N	LF	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	C	95	88	786.1	617	49	5	6	3	61	30	0	.993
1976	NY	N	RF	1	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	NY	N	OF	2	1	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	NY	N	3B	11	8	74	7	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	.913
1977	NY	N	C	28	23	193.1	124	15	0	0	1	20	8	1	1.000
1977	LA	N	C	16	4	64.1	47	7	0	1	1	9	3	0	1.000
1977	LA	N	3B	2	0	7	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	TOT	N	3B	13	8	81	9	18	2	3	0	0	0	0	.931
1977	TOT	N	C	44	27	257.2	171	22	0	1	2	29	11	1	1.000
1978	LA	N	C	32	15	172	123	12	2	0	4	19	2	1	.985
1978	LA	N	3B	7	0	25	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1981	LA	N	C	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	KC	A	C	22	20	171	87	6	0	0	0	14	4	0	1.000
1981	Total		C	23	20	173	89	6	0	0	0	14	4	0	1.000
Total			LF	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	27	10	135.1	16	31	4	5	0	0	0	0	.922
Total			OF	3	2	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	1348	1234	10941	8081	635	78	76	75	579	350	32	.991
Total			RF	2	2	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (June 13, 1962).
Traded by Houston Astros to New York Mets in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (October 19, 1965); Houston Astros received Tom Parsons (November 24, 1965).
Traded by New York Mets to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for 2 players to be named later (August 31, 1977); New York Mets received Dan Smith and Randy Rogers (October 24, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (April 7, 1981).
Released by Kansas City Royals (September 1, 1981).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (September 8, 1981).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 14, 1981).

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