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Johnny Groth

Johnny Groth

1946–1960  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'0", 182 lb  ·  b. 1926 Chicago, IL

Career 1,248 G · 1,064 H · 60 HR · 486 RBI · .279 AVG

Seasons leading his league
2
1 best in baseball 1 league only
8 Top-5 finishes
2 Title seasons
2 Categories led
1951 Best season

Spanning 1951–1953, peaking at 1 titles in 1951.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 2,194th League titles 2
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 3,025th Top-5 finishes 8

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Outfield Fielding Percentage 1 1st — 1951 AL .993
Outfield Assists 1 1st — 1953 18
Outfield Range Factor — #2 — 1953 #2
Outfield Putouts — #2 — 1950 #3 1953 #2

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1953 1 OF A 18
1951 1 OF FPCT .993

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1946 DET AL 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1947 DET AL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
1948 DET AL 6 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 1 1 0 .471 .500 .824 1.324
1949 DET AL 103 348 60 102 19 5 11 73 65 27 3 .293 .407 .471 .878
1950 DET AL 157 566 95 173 30 8 12 85 95 27 1 .306 .407 .451 .858
1951 DET AL 118 428 41 128 29 1 3 49 31 32 1 .299 .349 .393 .742
1952 DET AL 141 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 51 39 2 .284 .348 .357 .705
1953 SLA AL 141 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 42 53 5 .253 .308 .370 .678
1954 CHA AL 125 422 41 116 20 0 7 60 42 37 3 .275 .341 .372 .713
1955 WS1 +1 AL 95 260 35 66 11 5 4 28 24 31 3 .254 .313 .381 .693
1956 KC1 AL 95 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 30 31 1 .258 .335 .398 .732
1957 KC1 +1 AL 93 162 21 45 10 0 0 18 13 13 0 .278 .333 .340 .673
1958 DET AL 88 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 13 19 0 .281 .340 .384 .723
1959 DET AL 55 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 7 14 0 .235 .284 .353 .637
1960 DET AL 25 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 .368 .455 .421 .876
Career — — 1,248 3,808 480 1,064 197 31 60 486 419 329 19 .279 .352 .395 .746

Fielding

1 position
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1946 DET AL OF 4 — — 6 0 0 0 6 1.000 1.50
1947 DET AL OF 1 — — 5 0 0 0 5 1.000 5.00
1948 DET AL OF 4 — — 8 1 1 1 10 .900 2.25
1949 DET AL OF 99 — — 247 8 9 3 264 .966 2.58
1950 DET AL OF 157 — — 374 9 6 0 389 .985 2.44
1951 DET AL OF 112 — — 266 12 2 3 280 .993 2.48
1952 DET AL OF 139 — — 329 14 5 3 348 .986 2.47
1953 SLA AL OF 141 — — 425 18 4 5 447 .991 3.14
1954 CHA AL OF 125 121 1060.0 314 7 4 3 325 .988 2.57
1955 WS1 AL OF 74 67 590.2 183 3 2 1 188 .989 2.51
1956 KC1 AL OF 84 61 598.1 140 8 0 3 148 1.000 1.76
1957 KC1 AL OF 86 40 430.2 110 0 1 0 111 .991 1.28
1958 DET AL OF 80 31 347.1 95 2 1 1 98 .990 1.21
1959 DET AL OF 41 21 223.1 58 0 1 0 59 .983 1.41
1960 DET AL OF 8 2 32.2 6 0 0 0 6 1.000 0.75
Career — — OF 1,155 343 3283.0 2,566 82 36 23 2,684 .987 2.29