Johnny Groth Stats
Johnny Groth
| Primary Position: Center Field |
Bats: R Throws: R |
| Born: July 23, 1926 |
Location: Chicago, IL USA |
| Played in 14
Major League seasons (1946-1960) |
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Career Shark War: 13.6833
- Hitting WAR: 12.6406
- Fielding WAR: 1.0427
- Pitching WAR: 0.0
Hitting Statistics
| Year | League | Team | Age | Shark WAR | Batting WAR | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SB | CS | wRC | OBP | SLG | Pos |
| 1947 |
AL |
DET |
20 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.945 |
0.500 |
0.250 |
LF |
| 1948 |
AL |
DET |
21 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
6 |
18 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5.603 |
0.500 |
0.824 |
CF |
| 1949 |
AL |
DET |
22 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
103 |
418 |
102 |
19 |
5 |
11 |
65 |
3 |
7 |
69.119 |
0.407 |
0.471 |
CF |
| 1950 |
AL |
DET |
23 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
157 |
670 |
173 |
30 |
8 |
12 |
95 |
1 |
5 |
107.751 |
0.407 |
0.451 |
CF |
| 1951 |
AL |
DET |
24 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
118 |
465 |
128 |
29 |
1 |
3 |
31 |
1 |
1 |
57.072 |
0.349 |
0.393 |
CF |
| 1952 |
AL |
DET |
25 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
141 |
580 |
149 |
22 |
2 |
4 |
51 |
2 |
10 |
63.191 |
0.348 |
0.357 |
CF |
| 1953 |
AL |
SLA |
26 |
1.3 |
-0.1 |
141 |
610 |
141 |
27 |
4 |
10 |
42 |
5 |
6 |
52.277 |
0.308 |
0.370 |
CF |
| 1954 |
AL |
CHA |
27 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
125 |
477 |
116 |
20 |
0 |
7 |
42 |
3 |
9 |
48.189 |
0.341 |
0.372 |
CF |
| 1955 |
AL |
CHA |
28 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
32 |
88 |
26 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
12.911 |
0.377 |
0.506 |
CF |
| AL |
WS1 |
28 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
63 |
205 |
40 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
13.222 |
0.286 |
0.328 |
CF |
| 1956 |
AL |
KC1 |
29 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
95 |
280 |
63 |
13 |
3 |
5 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
28.909 |
0.335 |
0.398 |
CF |
| 1957 |
AL |
DET |
30 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
38 |
112 |
30 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
11.245 |
0.333 |
0.388 |
CF |
| AL |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.2 |
-0.1 |
55 |
68 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
4.447 |
0.333 |
0.254 |
RF |
| 1958 |
AL |
DET |
31 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
88 |
161 |
41 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
16.899 |
0.340 |
0.384 |
LF |
| 1959 |
AL |
DET |
32 |
-0.0 |
-0.1 |
55 |
112 |
24 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
8.188 |
0.284 |
0.353 |
CF |
| 1960 |
AL |
DET |
33 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
25 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3.658 |
0.455 |
0.421 |
CF |
| Career Totals | 13.7 | 12.6 | 1244 | 4293 | 1064 | 197 | 31 | 60 | 419 | 19 | 42 | 503.628 | 0.348 | 0.396 |
Fielding Statistics
| Year | Position | Team | Age | Fielding WAR | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Def Runs Saved |
| 1947 |
LF |
DET |
20 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
8.1 |
5.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.489 |
| 1948 |
CF |
DET |
21 |
-0.1 |
4.0 |
35.4 |
8.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
-0.658 |
| 1949 |
CF |
DET |
22 |
-0.1 |
99.0 |
855.4 |
247.0 |
8.0 |
9.0 |
3.0 |
-0.949 |
| 1950 |
CF |
DET |
23 |
-0.6 |
157.0 |
1407.3 |
374.0 |
9.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
-5.829 |
| 1951 |
CF |
DET |
24 |
0.0 |
112.0 |
967.5 |
266.0 |
12.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
0.094 |
| 1952 |
CF |
DET |
25 |
-0.1 |
136.0 |
1164.9 |
321.8 |
13.7 |
4.9 |
2.9 |
-1.171 |
| LF |
DET |
25 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
24.7 |
7.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.211 |
| 1953 |
CF |
SLA |
26 |
1.4 |
141.0 |
1185.8 |
425.0 |
18.0 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
12.437 |
| 1954 |
CF |
CHA |
27 |
0.2 |
116.0 |
982.0 |
297.0 |
7.0 |
4.0 |
3.0 |
1.685 |
| LF |
CHA |
27 |
0.0 |
9.0 |
57.0 |
15.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.323 |
| RF |
CHA |
27 |
-0.0 |
2.0 |
21.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.049 |
| 1955 |
CF |
CHA |
28 |
0.1 |
26.0 |
187.0 |
60.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.108 |
| CF |
WS1 |
28 |
0.1 |
40.0 |
331.7 |
104.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.649 |
| LF |
WS1 |
28 |
0.0 |
11.0 |
69.0 |
16.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.140 |
| RF |
WS1 |
28 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.062 |
| 1956 |
CF |
KC1 |
29 |
-0.2 |
56.0 |
416.0 |
103.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
-1.954 |
| LF |
KC1 |
29 |
-0.0 |
14.0 |
41.7 |
6.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
-0.366 |
| RF |
KC1 |
29 |
-0.1 |
18.0 |
140.7 |
25.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.560 |
| 1957 |
CF |
DET |
30 |
0.2 |
25.0 |
200.0 |
65.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.400 |
| CF |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.176 |
| LF |
DET |
30 |
0.0 |
12.0 |
37.7 |
9.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.135 |
| LF |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.0 |
9.0 |
41.0 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.281 |
| RF |
KC1 |
30 |
-0.0 |
39.0 |
148.0 |
29.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
-0.299 |
| 1958 |
CF |
DET |
31 |
0.1 |
19.0 |
127.7 |
39.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.796 |
| LF |
DET |
31 |
0.1 |
52.0 |
163.7 |
43.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.133 |
| RF |
DET |
31 |
-0.0 |
10.0 |
56.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.181 |
| 1959 |
CF |
DET |
32 |
0.1 |
18.0 |
107.3 |
38.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.968 |
| LF |
DET |
32 |
0.0 |
11.0 |
57.0 |
14.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.334 |
| RF |
DET |
32 |
-0.1 |
13.0 |
59.0 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.847 |
| 1960 |
CF |
DET |
33 |
-0.0 |
7.0 |
30.7 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.367 |
| RF |
DET |
33 |
-0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-0.063 |
| CF (13 seasons) | 1.0 | 958.0 | 8002.5 | 2354.0 | 76.0 | 34.0 | 22.0 | 8.0335 |
| LF (8 seasons) | 0.3 | 122.0 | 499.7 | 122.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.1176 |
| RF (7 seasons) | -0.2 | 84.0 | 429.7 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -1.9378 |