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Historical player · 1946–1960

Johnny Groth

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 182 · Born 7/23/1926 · From Chicago, IL USA · Debut 1946-09-05 · Final 1960-07-28

Career · batting

1,248

3,808

1,064

RBI

486

419

AVG/OPS

0.279 · 0.747

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1946–1960

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#112 on the Tigers

↑ 1 C. Shelton

↓ 2 J. Jones

Hits

663

#71 on the Tigers

↑ 1 M. McManus

↓ 3 J. Barrett

RBI

302

#70 on the Tigers

↑ 7 T. Phillips

↓ 2 I. Rodriguez

#256 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. Boone

↓ 1 H. Castro

Runs

307

#79 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Lipon

↓ 4 M. Tettleton

274

#61 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. White

↓ 2 D. Jones

Career with the St. Louis Browns · 1953–1953

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#257 on the Browns

↑ 1 O. Brannan

↓ 1 D. Young

Hits

141

#297 on the Browns

↑ 1 B. Hale

↓ 3 R. Jackson

RBI

#311 on the Browns

↑ 1 D. Duncan

↓ 1 J. Ginsberg

#299 on the Browns

↑ 1 X. Avery

↓ 1 R. Badgro

Runs

#302 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Gil

↓ 1 I. Howard

#332 on the Browns

↑ 1 G. Blaeholder

↓ 1 D. Duncan

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1954–1955

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#258 on the White Sox

↑ 1 C. Carreon

↓ 1 J. Wallaesa

Hits

142

#296 on the White Sox

↑ 1 E. Andrus

↓ 1 B. Morel

RBI

#260 on the White Sox

↑ 1 E. Andrus

↓ 1 A. Shires

#366 on the White Sox

↑ 1 M. Andrews

↓ 1 J. Adair

Runs

#344 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Conlan

↓ 1 S. Alomar

#298 on the White Sox

↑ 1 J. Berger

↓ 1 D. Donovan

Career with the Kansas City Athletics · 1956–1957

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#362 on the Athletics

↑ 1 H. Bauer

↓ 1 J. Willard

Hits

#415 on the Athletics

↑ 1 L. Haney

↓ 1 J. Wallis

RBI

#381 on the Athletics

↑ 1 N. Etten

↓ 1 E. Williams

#530 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Allen

Runs

#447 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Martin

↓ 1 F. Barreto

#355 on the Athletics

↑ 1 C. Berry

↓ 1 B. Almon

Career with the Washington Senators · 1955–1955

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#421 on the Senators

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 T. Wright

Hits

#562 on the Senators

↑ 1 O. Alvarez

↓ 1 T. Roig

RBI

#561 on the Senators

↑ 1 C. Cashion

↓ 1 B. Wilson

#421 on the Senators

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 S. Adams

Runs

#521 on the Senators

↑ 1 C. Gillenwater

↓ 1 M. Adams

#503 on the Senators

↑ 1 T. France

↓ 1 M. Adams

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#1,621 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Alexander

↓ 1 O. Wilson

Hits

1,064

#1,299 all-time MLB

↑ 1 P. Feliz

↓ 1 A. Rosen

RBI

486

#1,281 all-time MLB

↑ 1 C. Gomez

↓ 1 A. Pollock

#3,287 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adcock

↓ 1 R. Abercrombie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1946	Tigers	AL	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	—	0.000
1947	Tigers	AL	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.250	—	0.250
1948	Tigers	AL	6	17	3	8	3	0	1	5	0	1	1	0.471	—	0.824
1949	Tigers	AL	103	348	60	102	19	5	11	73	3	65	27	0.293	—	0.471
1950	Tigers	AL	157	566	95	173	30	8	12	85	1	95	27	0.306	—	0.451
1951	Tigers	AL	118	428	41	128	29	1	3	49	1	31	32	0.299	—	0.393
1952	Tigers	AL	141	524	56	149	22	2	4	51	2	51	39	0.284	—	0.357
1953	Browns	AL	141	557	65	141	27	4	10	57	5	42	53	0.253	—	0.370
1954	White Sox	AL	125	422	41	116	20	0	7	60	3	42	37	0.275	0.341	0.372
1955	White Sox	AL	32	77	13	26	7	0	2	11	1	6	13	0.338	0.376	0.506
1955	Senators	AL	63	183	22	40	4	5	2	17	2	18	18	0.219	0.286	0.328
1956	Athletics	AL	95	244	22	63	13	3	5	37	1	30	31	0.258	0.335	0.398
1957	Athletics	AL	55	59	10	15	0	0	0	2	0	7	6	0.254	0.333	0.254
1957	Tigers	AL	38	103	11	30	10	0	0	16	0	6	7	0.291	0.333	0.388
1958	Tigers	AL	88	146	24	41	5	2	2	11	0	13	19	0.281	0.340	0.384
1959	Tigers	AL	55	102	12	24	7	1	1	10	0	7	14	0.235	0.284	0.353
1960	Tigers	AL	25	19	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0.368	0.455	0.421
Career			1,248	3,808	480	1,064	197	31	60	486	19	419	329	0.279	0.352	0.395

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1,155	343	3,283.0	2,566	82	36	23