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Jerry Grote
Gerald Wayne Grote

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 190 lb.
School Trinity

MLB Debut September 21, 1963
Final Game October 3, 1981
Born October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX
Died April 7, 2024 (age 81)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1966 23 NYN NL  136  342   30   72   8   0   3   26   3   4   29   95  .211  .276  .260  .536    76    89   3   3   5   3   5  
 1967 24 NYN NL  117  322   24   71  10   0   7   37   0   1   11   52  .220  .247  .317  .564    89   102   7   2   0   1   6  
 1968 25 NYN NL  142  446   35  125  16   0   7   54   0   3   38   93  .280  .341  .363  .705   111   162   1   3   2   5   5  
 1969 26 NYN NL  137  410   41  121  10   5  10   58   2   1   24   69  .295  .335  .417  .752   110   171   6   3   5   2   8  
 1970 27 CIN NL  132  449   47  121  23   1   2   49   0   1   35   47  .269  .322  .339  .661    91   152   9   4   3   2  13  
 1971 28 CIN NL  144  439   45  123  32   0   0   32   0   1   40   66  .280  .342  .353  .695   102   155   1   2   3   2  10  
 1972 29 CIN NL   89  214   24   43   8   2   3   24   2   0   17   37  .201  .269  .299  .568    81    64   4   3   0   4   3  
 1973 30 CIN NL  102  268   23   79   5   0   1   33   0   0    7   22  .295  .317  .325  .641    90    87   1   1   0   2   5  
 1974 31 CIN NL   72  213   27   62   8   1   1   18   0   0   16   21  .291  .341  .352  .693    98    75   6   0   0   0   5  
 1975 32 CIN NL  117  385   34  106  12   3   0   43   0   0   35   27  .275  .332  .322  .654    91   124   0   5   4   0  13  
 1976 33 CIN NL  110  317   38   76  21   1   6   43   1   2   32   17  .240  .307  .369  .676    98   117   3   3   2   0  18  
 1977 34 MON NL   22   31    2   10   1   0   0    2   0   0    0    5  .323  .323  .355  .677    93    11   0   0   0   0   1  
 1978 35 MON NL   34   59    6   20   5   0   0    9   0   0    9    6  .339  .426  .424  .850   122    25   0   0   1   0   0  
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 38 DEA AL   38   85   14   32   5   3   3   20   0   0    4    2  .376  .404  .612 1.016   145    52   0   0   1   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1392 3980  390 1061 164  16  43  448   8  13  297  559  .267  .319  .348  .667        1386  41  29  26  21  93
 Per 600 PA           547   54  146  23   2   6   62   1   2   41   77                                 190   6   4   4   3  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN      766 2285  238  610 109   8  13  242   3   4  182  237  .267  .321  .339  .660         774  24  18  12  10  67
   With NYN      532 1520  130  389  44   5  27  175   5   9  102  309  .256  .305  .345  .650         524  17  11  12  11  24
   With MON       56   90    8   30   6   0   0   11   0   0    9   11  .333  .394  .400  .794          36   0   0   1   0   1
   With DEA       38   85   14   32   5   3   3   20   0   0    4    2  .376  .404  .612 1.016          52   0   0   1   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1421 4339  352 1092 160  22  39  404  15  23  399  600  .252  .316  .326  .642        1413  47  33  77  26 131
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1966 23 NYN NL  45   25   2.4   9   3   0  .333  13   55   40  .727   37   24  .607  C    2(-1)e8  -106   
 1967 24 NYN NL  43   24   2.5   1   0   0  .000   2   39   32  .821   34   23  .596  C    2(-2)e5    85   
 1968 25 NYN NL  34   56   4.6   6   1   0  .167   4   59   52  .881   30   22  .577  C    2(-2)e4    -1   
 1969 26 NYN NL  31   56   5.0   3   1   0  .333   7   62   52  .839   36   14  .720  C    2(-3)e5    89   
 1970 27 CIN NL  25   48   3.7   0   0   0  .000   7   69   55  .797   11   10  .524  C    2(-3)e5    40   
 1971 28 CIN NL  34   53   4.3   2   0   0  .000   8   76   62  .816   10   14  .417  C    1(-3)e5     9   
 1972 29 CIN NL  12   18   2.8  13   2   0  .154   2   34   25  .735    9    6  .600  C    2(-2)e1   -24   
 1973 30 CIN NL   9   26   3.7   2   0   0  .000   0   37   30  .811    4    8  .333  C    1(-2)e2    35   
 1974 31 CIN NL  47   25   4.3   5   2   0  .400   3   29   24  .828   13    4  .765  C    2(-2)e5    31   
 1975 32 CIN NL  41   40   3.7   1   0   0  .000   5   49   39  .796   37   31  .544  C    1(-1)e1   -77   
 1976 33 CIN NL  11   31   3.2   1   0   0  .000   3   33   29  .879   27   12  .692  C    1(-1)e4   -39   
 1977 34 MON NL  39    3   3.9   8   2   0  .250   0    5    4  .800    1    0 1.000  C    2(+1)e0    46   
 1978 35 MON NL  29   11   8.0  11   3   0  .273   0    6    5  .833   11    3  .786  C    2(+1)e9   154   
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 38 DEA AL  40   20  10.4   7   2   0  .286   0    8    6  .750   17    6  .739  C    3(+1)e2   252   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons          443   3.9  69  16   0  .232  54  561  455  .811  277  177  .610                  11   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 23.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1966 23 NYN NL  C    132   556    46   13    3   .979    97   912.0   5.94
 1967 24 NYN NL  C    117   619    44    2    2   .997   100   867.1   6.88
 1968 25 NYN NL  C    139   863    48    4    5   .996   120  1125.1   7.29
 1969 26 NYN NL  C    135   924    34    7    3   .993   122  1065.1   8.09
 1970 27 CIN NL  C    132   834    44    7    3   .992   128  1133.1   6.97
 1971 28 CIN NL  C    143   880    38    8    2   .991   130  1172.0   7.05
 1972 29 CIN NL  C     82   413    17    2    0   .995    54   540.0   7.17
 1973 30 CIN NL  C    100   447    23    0    3  1.000    65   631.2   6.70
 1974 31 CIN NL  C     66   302    24    3    6   .991    53   499.2   5.87
 1975 32 CIN NL  C    116   688    58    5    3   .993   107   983.1   6.83
 1976 33 CIN NL  C    109   552    30    3    4   .995    83   824.0   6.36
 1977 34 MON NL  C     15    39     1    0    0  1.000     3    59.2   6.03
 1978 35 MON NL  C     24    88     6    0    0  1.000    10   120.1   7.03
 1979           [Did not play]
 1980           [Did not play]
 1981 38 DEA AL  C     28    88     9    0    0  1.000    18   155.1   5.62
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C   1338  7293   422   54   34   .993  1090 10089.1   6.88
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    4  14  1  4  2  0  0   4  1  1  .286  .312  .429  0
      WS    NYN BAA   L    6  22  1  5  0  0  0   0  1  3  .227  .261  .227  0
 1974 NLCS  CIN MON   W    3  11  1  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  .273  .333  .273  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    3  13  3  3  1  0  2   5  0  1  .231  .231  .769  0
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  13  1  5  0  0  0   3  2  1  .385  .467  .385  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    5  13  1  6  0  0  0   2  2  0  .462  .533  .462  0
 1977 NLCS  MON CIN   L    1   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0
 1981 ALCS  DEA OAA   L    3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1966  NYN   62-100  Steve Dewing
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1971  CIN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1972  CIN  106-56   Alan Boodman
 1973  CIN  108-55   Alan Boodman
 1974  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1975  CIN  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1976  CIN  113-49   Alan Boodman
 1977  MON  100-62   Steve Bivens
 1978  MON   78-84   Steve Bivens
 1981  DEA   96-66   Dennis Van Langen

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