Johnny Groth Center Fielder Born: Chicago, IL Bats: Right Birthday: Jul 23, 1926 Throws: Right Died at 74 in 2001 Height: 6-0 Debut: 9/5/1946 Weight: 182 Final Game: 7/28/1960

Career Batting Record Year Age Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS 1960 33 DET 25 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .368 .455 .421 .876 1959 32 DET 55 102 12 24 7 1 1 10 7 0 14 0 0 3 0 0 .235 .284 .353 .637 1958 31 DET 88 146 24 41 5 2 2 11 13 0 19 0 1 2 0 4 .281 .340 .384 .724 1957 30 DET 38 103 11 30 10 0 0 16 6 0 7 0 0 1 1 1 .291 .333 .388 .721 1957 30 KCA 55 59 10 15 0 0 0 2 7 0 6 0 0 2 0 2 .254 .333 .254 .587 1956 29 KCA 95 244 22 63 13 3 5 37 30 2 31 1 2 2 0 9 .258 .335 .398 .733 1955 28 WSH 63 183 22 40 4 5 2 17 18 0 18 2 0 2 0 5 .219 .286 .328 .614 1955 28 CHW 32 77 13 26 7 0 2 11 6 1 13 1 0 3 0 2 .338 .376 .506 .882 1954 27 CHW 125 422 41 116 20 0 7 60 42 0 37 3 9 8 2 19 .275 .341 .372 .713 1953 26 SLB 141 557 65 141 27 4 10 57 42 0 53 5 6 9 2 14 .253 .308 .370 .678 1952 25 DET 141 524 56 149 22 2 4 51 51 0 39 2 10 5 0 11 .284 .348 .357 .705 1951 24 DET 118 428 41 128 29 1 3 49 31 0 32 1 1 4 2 16 .299 .349 .393 .742 1950 23 DET 157 566 95 173 30 8 12 85 95 0 27 1 5 7 2 21 .306 .407 .451 .858 1949 22 DET 103 348 60 102 19 5 11 73 65 0 27 3 7 3 2 15 .293 .407 .471 .878 1948 21 DET 6 17 3 8 3 0 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .471 .500 .824 1.324 1947 20 DET 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .500 .250 .750 1946 19 DET 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Career 1248 3808 480 1064 197 31 60 486 419 3 329 19 42 52 11 121 .279 .352 .395 .747 Career Fielding Record Year Age Team P G GS Inn A PO DP E Pct. RF A/G DP/G 1960 33 DET CF 8 0 13 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.05 0.00 0.00 1959 32 DET CF 41 33 310 0 58 0 1 .983 1.71 0.00 0.00 1958 31 DET LF 80 75 683 2 95 1 1 .990 1.29 0.03 0.01 1957 30 DET CF 36 28 265 0 73 0 0 1.000 2.48 0.00 0.00 1957 30 KCA RF 50 43 398 0 37 0 1 .974 0.86 0.00 0.00 1956 29 KCA CF 84 79 719 8 140 3 0 1.000 1.85 0.10 0.04 1955 28 WSH CF 48 41 380 2 122 1 2 .984 2.98 0.04 0.02 1955 28 CHW CF 26 17 168 1 61 0 0 1.000 3.32 0.04 0.00 1954 27 CHW CF 125 123 1110 7 314 3 4 .988 2.63 0.06 0.02 1953 26 SLB CF 141 140 1261 18 425 5 4 .991 3.19 0.13 0.04 1952 25 DET CF 139 138 1243 14 329 3 5 .986 2.52 0.10 0.02 1951 24 DET CF 112 109 986 12 266 3 2 .993 2.56 0.11 0.03 1950 23 DET CF 157 157 1413 9 374 0 6 .985 2.48 0.06 0.00 1949 22 DET CF 99 95 861 8 247 3 9 .966 2.76 0.08 0.03 1948 21 DET CF 4 0 6 1 8 1 1 .900 13.50 0.25 0.25 1947 20 DET LF 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 27.00 0.00 0.00 1946 19 DET CF 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 8.10 0.00 0.00 Career LF 81 75 685 2 100 1 1 .990 1.35 0.02 0.01 Career CF 1024 960 8746 80 2429 22 34 .987 2.62 0.08 0.02 Career RF 50 43 398 0 37 0 1 .974 0.86 0.00 0.00