Johnny Groth

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Full Name: John Thomas Groth	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/182	First Game: September 5, 1946
Birthdate: July 23, 1926	Final Game: July 28, 1960
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Johnny Groth (John Thomas Groth) was born on July 23, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1946 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .293 with 11 home runs and 73 RBI. Groth played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Groth's best season was 1950, when he hit for a .306 average and knocked in 85 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	DET	A	4	9	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1947	DET	A	2	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.500	.250	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
1948	DET	A	6	17	3	8	1	5	.471	.500	.824	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1949	DET	A	103	348	60	102	11	73	.293	.407	.471	19	5	65	27	2	3	3	0	15
1950	DET	A	157	566	95	173	12	85	.306	.407	.451	30	8	95	27	2	7	1	0	21
1951	DET	A	118	428	41	128	3	49	.299	.349	.393	29	1	31	32	2	4	1	0	16
1952	DET	A	141	524	56	149	4	51	.284	.348	.357	22	2	51	39	0	5	2	0	11
1953	STL	A	141	557	65	141	10	57	.253	.308	.370	27	4	42	53	2	9	5	0	14
1954	CHI	A	125	422	41	116	7	60	.275	.341	.372	20	0	42	37	2	8	3	0	19
1955	WAS	A	63	183	22	40	2	17	.219	.286	.328	4	5	18	18	0	2	2	0	5
1955	CHI	A	32	77	13	26	2	11	.338	.376	.506	7	0	6	13	0	3	1	1	2
1955	TOT	A	95	260	35	66	4	28	.254	.313	.381	11	5	24	31	0	5	3	1	7
1956	KC	A	95	244	22	63	5	37	.258	.335	.398	13	3	30	31	0	2	1	2	9
1957	KC	A	55	59	10	15	0	2	.254	.333	.254	0	0	7	6	0	2	0	0	2
1957	DET	A	38	103	11	30	0	16	.291	.333	.388	10	0	6	7	1	1	0	0	1
1957	TOT	A	93	162	21	45	0	18	.278	.333	.340	10	0	13	13	1	3	0	0	3
1958	DET	A	88	146	24	41	2	11	.281	.340	.384	5	2	13	19	0	2	0	0	4
1959	DET	A	55	102	12	24	1	10	.235	.284	.353	7	1	7	14	0	3	0	0	0
1960	DET	A	25	19	3	7	0	2	.368	.455	.421	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Total			1248	3808	480	1064	60	486	.279	.352	.395	197	31	419	329	11	52	19	3	121

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1946	DET	A	OF	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	DET	A	OF	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	DET	A	OF	4	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1949	DET	A	OF	99	0	0	247	8	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1950	DET	A	OF	157	0	0	374	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1951	DET	A	OF	112	0	0	266	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1952	DET	A	OF	139	0	0	329	14	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1953	STL	A	OF	141	0	0	425	18	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1954	CHI	A	OF	125	0	0	314	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1955	WAS	A	OF	48	0	0	122	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1955	CHI	A	OF	26	0	0	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	TOT	A	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1955	TOT	A	OF	74	0	0	183	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1956	KC	A	OF	84	0	0	140	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	KC	A	RF	39	10	148	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1957	KC	A	LF	9	6	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	KC	A	OF	50	16	193	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1957	KC	A	CF	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	DET	A	OF	36	24	237.2	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	CF	25	23	200	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	DET	A	LF	12	1	37.2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	LF	21	7	78.2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	OF	86	40	430.2	110	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1957	TOT	A	CF	27	23	204	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	DET	A	OF	80	31	347.1	95	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1958	DET	A	RF	10	6	56	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	DET	A	LF	52	11	163.2	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1958	DET	A	CF	19	14	127.2	39	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	DET	A	RF	13	5	59	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	DET	A	OF	41	21	223.1	58	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1959	DET	A	LF	11	5	57	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	DET	A	CF	18	11	107.1	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1960	DET	A	CF	7	2	30.2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	DET	A	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	DET	A	OF	8	2	32.2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	84	23	299.1	73	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			OF	1155	94	1034	2566	82	36	23	0	0	0	0	0	.987
Total			CF	71	50	469.2	148	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.993
Total			RF	63	21	265	45	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.978

[edit] Transactions

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 JW 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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