Heinie Groh

Heinie Groh

1912–1927 · Bats R · Throws R · 5'8", 158 lb · b. 1889 Rochester, NY

Career 1,676 G · 1,774 H · 26 HR · 566 RBI · .292 AVG

Seasons leading his league

24

9 best in baseball 15 league only

75 Top-5 finishes

9 Title seasons

10 Categories led

1917 Best season

Spanning 1915–1924, peaking at 6 titles in 1917.

Led in Third Base Double Plays for 6 straight seasons (1915–1920) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

108th League titles 24
210th Best in baseball 9
133rd Top-5 finishes 75

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

Career leaderboards

16th Third Base Fielding Percentage .967
29th Third Base Range Factor 3.09
39th Third Base Double Plays 278
40th Third Base Putouts 1,456
61st Third Base Assists 2,554
235th Triples 87
250th On-Base Percentage .373
348th Batting Average .292
390th Walks 696
402nd Second Base Assists 977
416th Second Base Putouts 688
434th Hits 1,774
440th Stolen Bases 180
456th Doubles 308
458th Runs 918

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Third Base Double Plays	7	1st	6 yrs (1915–1920)	1915 34 1916 32 1917 28 1918 37 1922 25 1919 NL 22 1920 NL 30 1921 #2 1924 #3
Third Base Fielding Percentage	5	1st	3 yrs (1922–1924)	1917 .966 1924 .983 1918 NL .969 1922 NL .965 1923 NL .975 1915 #2 1916 #2 1919 #2 1920 #2
Third Base Putouts	3	1st	3 yrs (1917–1919)	1918 180 1917 NL 178 1919 NL 171 1915 #2 1920 #2
Doubles	2	1st	2 yrs (1917–1918)	1917 NL 39 1918 NL 28
On-Base Percentage	2	1st	2 yrs (1917–1918)	1917 NL .385 1918 NL .395 1919 #2
Third Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1916 NL 3.41 1915 #2 1917 #3 1918 #2 1919 #3
Walks	1	1st	—	1916 NL 84 1917 #2 1918 #3 1919 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	1	1st	—	1919 NL .823 1918 #2
Runs	1	1st	—	1918 86 1917 #2 1919 #2
Hits	1	1st	—	1917 NL 182 1918 #2
Third Base Assists	—	#2	—	1915 #3 1917 #3 1924 #2
Total Bases	—	#2	—	1917 #2 1918 #3
Second Base Range Factor	—	#2	—	1913 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	—	#2	—	1913 #2
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1919 #2
Batting Average	—	#3	—	1918 #3

Title Seasons

9 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1924	1	3B FPCT .983
1923	1	3B FPCT .975
1922	2	3B DP 25 3B FPCT .965
1920	1	3B DP 30
1919	3	OPS .823 3B PO 171 3B DP 22
1918	6	R 86 OBP .395 2B 28 3B PO 180 3B DP 37 3B FPCT .969
1917	6	H 182 OBP .385 2B 39 3B PO 178 3B DP 28 3B FPCT .966
1916	3	BB 84 3B DP 32 3B RF 3.41
1915	1	3B DP 34

Batting

led the league 16 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1912	NY1	NL	27	48	8	13	2	1	0	3	8	7	6	.271	.375	.354	.729
1913	CIN +1	NL	121	399	51	112	19	5	3	48	38	37	24	.281	.349	.376	.725
1914	CIN	NL	139	455	59	131	18	4	2	32	64	28	24	.288	.391	.358	.749
1915	CIN	NL	160	587	72	170	32	9	3	50	50	33	12	.290	.355	.390	.745
1916	CIN	NL	149	553	85	149	24	14	2	28	84	34	13	.269	.370	.374	.744
1917	CIN	NL	156	599	91	182	39	11	1	53	71	30	15	.304	.385	.411	.796
1918	CIN	NL	126	493	86	158	28	3	1	37	54	24	11	.321	.395	.396	.791
1919	CIN	NL	122	448	79	139	17	11	5	63	56	26	21	.310	.392	.431	.823
1920	CIN	NL	145	550	86	164	28	12	0	49	60	29	16	.298	.375	.393	.768
1921	CIN	NL	97	357	54	118	19	6	0	48	36	17	22	.331	.398	.417	.815
1922	NY1	NL	115	426	63	113	21	3	3	51	53	21	5	.265	.353	.350	.703
1923	NY1	NL	123	465	91	135	22	5	4	48	60	22	3	.290	.379	.385	.763
1924	NY1	NL	145	559	82	157	32	3	2	46	52	29	8	.281	.354	.360	.713
1925	NY1	NL	25	65	7	15	4	0	0	4	6	3	0	.231	.296	.292	.588
1926	NY1	NL	12	35	2	8	2	0	0	3	2	3	0	.229	.270	.286	.556
1927	PIT	NL	14	35	2	10	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	.286	.324	.314	.639
Career	—	—	1,676	6,074	918	1,774	308	87	26	566	696	345	180	.292	.373	.384	.757

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1912	NY1	NL	2B	12	—	—	21	26	6	4	53	.887	3.92
			SS	7	—	—	7	12	2	0	21	.905	2.71
			3B	6	—	—	6	3	0	0	9	1.000	1.50
1913	CIN	NL	2B	113	—	—	249	358	23	43	630	.964	5.37
			SS	5	—	—	5	8	1	1	14	.929	2.60
			3B	2	—	—	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
1914	CIN	NL	2B	134	—	—	252	394	44	56	690	.936	4.82
			SS	2	—	—	5	5	1	1	11	.909	5.00
1915	CIN	NL	3B	131	—	—	153	280	14	34	447	.969	3.31
			2B	29	—	—	63	80	4	12	147	.973	4.93
1916	CIN	NL	3B	110	—	—	123	252	17	32	392	.957	3.41
			2B	33	—	—	93	108	4	9	205	.981	6.09
			SS	5	—	—	10	9	2	2	21	.905	3.80
1917	CIN	NL	3B	154	—	—	178	331	18	28	527	.966	3.31
			2B	2	—	—	8	9	0	2	17	1.000	8.50
1918	CIN	NL	3B	126	—	—	180	253	14	37	447	.969	3.44
1919	CIN	NL	3B	121	—	—	171	226	12	22	409	.971	3.28
1920	CIN	NL	3B	144	—	—	179	252	14	30	445	.969	2.99
			SS	1	—	—	1	3	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1921	CIN	NL	3B	97	—	—	97	188	15	27	300	.950	2.94
1922	NY1	NL	3B	110	—	—	100	207	11	25	318	.965	2.79
1923	NY1	NL	3B	118	—	—	117	233	9	18	359	.975	2.97
1924	NY1	NL	3B	145	—	—	121	286	7	23	414	.983	2.81
1925	NY1	NL	3B	16	—	—	14	16	3	1	33	.909	1.88
			2B	2	—	—	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	2.00
1926	NY1	NL	3B	7	—	—	6	13	1	1	20	.950	2.71
1927	PIT	NL	3B	12	—	—	9	14	1	0	24	.958	1.92
Career	—	—	3B	1,299	—	—	1,456	2,554	136	278	4,146	.967	3.09
	—	—	2B	325	—	—	688	977	81	126	1,746	.954	5.12
	—	—	SS	20	—	—	28	37	6	4	71	.916	3.25