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Grover
Crover		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 22, 1955 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 20 OMA JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6
1977 21 OMA JL   4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6
1978 22 OMA JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 6
1979 23 OMA JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 6 6
1980 24 OMA JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 OMA JL $ 342,857   10 10 10 7 7 7 14 14 14 14 14 14 11 14 13
1982 26 OMA JL $ 350,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 14 13 13 15 15 15 11 14 13
1983 27 OMA JL $ 350,000   10 10 10 11 11 11 14 13 13 15 15 15 10 13 12
1984 28 MON FL $ 437,143   10 10 10 11 11 11 14 13 13 15 15 15 10 13 12
1985 29 MON FL $ 2,000,000   10 10 10 11 11 11 14 13 13 16 16 16 10 12 12
1986 30 MON FL $ 2,000,000   10 10 10 12 12 12 14 13 13 16 16 16 10 12 12
1987 31 MON FL $ 2,000,000   10 10 10 13 13 13 14 14 14 16 16 16 10 12 11
1988 32 QUE FL $ 2,000,000   10 10 10 14 14 14 13 12 13 17 17 17 9 11 10
1989 33 MAD JL $ 324,000   10 10 10 14 14 14 14 13 13 16 16 16 9 12 11
1990 34 BAL JL $ 550,000   10 10 10 14 14 14 13 12 13 16 16 16 9 12 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 324,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 13 12 13 14 14 14 9 11 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   10 10 10 14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 17 11 14 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 20 AAA   136 517 60 155 16 3 2 42 9 4 42 78 .300 .352 .354 .706 64.4  
    A   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1977 21 AAA   92 380 56 119 21 0 4 43 3 8 34 58 .313 .370 .400 .770 52.4  
    AA   45 183 31 61 14 2 1 21 2 0 27 20 .333 .419 .448 .867 33.4  
1978 22 OMA JL 24 97 13 22 6 0 2 13 0 0 4 15 .227 .255 .351 .605 8.0 0.5
    AAA   106 413 58 111 28 2 3 47 6 5 58 60 .269 .359 .368 .727 55.8  
1979 23 OMA JL 156 513 46 117 27 6 3 48 1 1 41 93 .228 .291 .322 .613 49.3 5.5
1980 24 OMA JL 151 512 57 131 32 5 5 55 0 0 43 86 .256 .316 .367 .683 57.3 6.9
1981 25 OMA JL 34 107 20 22 4 1 2 8 1 2 15 17 .206 .303 .318 .621 9.7 0.4
    AAA   89 271 55 72 21 0 7 35 6 3 50 40 .266 .380 .421 .801 45.2  
1982 26 OMA JL 38 63 5 17 5 0 1 11 0 0 4 13 .270 .313 .397 .710 7.7 0.9
1983 27 OMA JL 57 85 13 26 9 1 1 9 0 0 16 13 .306 .416 .471 .886 16.5 3.7
    AAA   22 28 6 9 1 1 3 10 0 0 1 5 .321 .345 .750 1.095 6.6  
1984 28 OMA JL 96 129 24 40 10 1 9 28 1 0 14 23 .310 .375 .612 .987 27.6 6.0
  MON FL 23 40 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .150 .209 .200 .409 1.3 0.0
  TOT   119 169 26 46 12 1 9 29 1 0 17 38 .272 .337 .515 .852 28.9 6.0
1985 29 MON FL 108 230 20 52 14 1 3 20 0 0 21 55 .226 .290 .335 .624 22.0 2.0
1986 30 MON FL 101 239 47 69 18 0 8 44 2 0 40 52 .289 .397 .464 .862 43.0 7.0
1987 31 AAA   105 202 62 67 15 1 20 56 0 0 56 44 .332 .477 .713 1.190 62.2  
1988 32 QUE FL 9 30 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .167 .242 .200 .442 1.4 0.0
    AAA   122 288 55 86 16 1 27 80 1 0 51 60 .299 .404 .642 1.046 70.6  
1989 33 MAD JL 128 240 25 54 7 2 6 23 0 0 30 55 .225 .313 .346 .658 27.2 2.5
1990 34 BAL JL 119 214 23 55 13 3 3 25 0 0 18 52 .257 .315 .388 .703 23.6 2.7
12 Years Sim 1044 2499 297 616 148 20 43 286 5 3 252 496 .246 .318 .373 .691 294.5 38.2
7 Years AAA 672 2099 352 619 118 8 66 313 25 20 292 345 .295 .382 .453 .835 357.1  
1 Years AA 45 183 31 61 14 2 1 21 2 0 27 20 .333 .420 .448 .868 33.4  
1 Years A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
9 Years Minors 718 2283 383 680 132 10 67 334 27 20 319 365 .298 .385 .452 .838 390.5  
162 Game Average 387 46 95 22 3 6 44 0 0 39 76 .246 .318 .373 .691 45.7  
Career Highs 156 513 57 131 32 6 9 55 2 2 43 93 .306 .416 .515 .886 57.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1579 190 370 87 11 22 161 4 2 172 279 .234 .312 .345 .657 173.3
vs LH   920 107 246 61 9 21 125 1 1 80 217 .267 .327 .422 .749 123.4
Home 521 1242 159 312 66 12 28 153 2 1 123 254 .251 .321 .391 .712 155.9
Away 523 1257 138 304 82 8 15 133 3 2 129 242 .242 .315 .356 .670 140.7
RISP   630 0 168 43 3 12 226 0 0 64 117 .267 .334 .402 .735 83.8
Pinch Hitting   313 38 76 17 1 11 48 0 0 46 66 .243 .341 .409 .750 45.5
Close/Late   355 34 79 22 2 9 41 0 0 36 65 .223 .295 .372 .667 39.6
Mar/Apr 178 466 54 101 22 2 8 32 1 1 51 105 .217 .296 .324 .620 46.1
May 174 416 43 100 23 4 9 45 0 1 37 88 .240 .303 .380 .683 47.6
June 165 369 48 103 21 1 5 44 1 0 48 60 .279 .365 .382 .747 52.3
July 175 362 44 102 27 2 6 55 1 1 43 67 .282 .358 .417 .775 53.2
August 193 503 70 132 29 6 13 73 1 0 43 83 .262 .324 .421 .745 67.0
Sep/Oct 159 383 38 78 26 5 2 37 1 0 30 93 .204 .265 .313 .578 30.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1978 22 OMA JL 2B 24 24 207.7 35 87 1 13 .992 5.29   0.5
1979 23 OMA JL 2B 154 151 1301.0 242 418 5 95 .992 4.57   6.0
    SS 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 24 OMA JL 2B 148 147 1258.0 245 396 6 92 .991 4.59   4.3
    SS 3 0 6.3 4 3 0 0 1.000 9.95   0.1
1981 25 OMA JL SS 24 21 188.0 27 58 4 16 .955 4.07   1.6
    2B 11 11 95.0 13 25 0 5 1.000 3.60   0.5
1982 26 OMA JL 2B 10 8 73.0 20 19 1 4 .975 4.81   0.2
    SS 8 5 47.3 5 19 0 3 1.000 4.56   0.4
1983 27 OMA JL SS 14 7 73.0 6 27 1 4 .971 4.07   0.4
    2B 10 7 70.7 8 18 0 2 1.000 3.31   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 28 OMA JL 2B 20 6 91.3 15 29 1 5 .978 4.34   0.5
    LF 19 3 65.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.3
    SS 7 3 32.6 5 15 1 2 .952 5.52   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
  MON FL 2B 5 2 27.1 5 8 0 1 1.000 4.32   0.1
    LF 5 1 19.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.87   0.0
    SS 2 1 9.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.64   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 25 8 118.4 20 37 1 6 .983 4.33   0.6
      LF 24 4 84.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.3
      SS 9 4 42.3 6 19 1 3 .962 5.32   0.4
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1985 29 MON FL 2B 43 30 272.0 61 103 2 14 .988 5.43   0.9
    SS 16 12 122.7 16 24 4 5 .909 2.93   0.2
    LF 6 3 33.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.0
1986 30 MON FL SS 49 43 382.0 57 149 4 27 .981 4.85   1.4
    2B 21 11 130.3 27 49 0 10 1.000 5.25   0.6
    LF 3 1 13.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.77   0.0
1988 32 QUE FL 2B 9 9 69.7 19 21 0 3 1.000 5.17   0.3
1989 33 MAD JL SS 57 11 194.0 31 49 3 10 .964 3.71   1.2
    2B 20 19 156.0 27 41 2 4 .971 3.92   0.2
    LF 16 14 131.0 24 0 1 0 .960 1.65   0.3
1990 34 BAL JL 2B 44 36 323.7 60 121 2 24 .989 5.03   0.5
    SS 36 7 109.3 19 41 2 5 .968 4.94   1.0
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  2B 519 461 4075.4 777 1335 20 272 .991 4.66   14.8
  SS 217 110 1165.3 171 389 19 73 .967 4.33   6.7
  LF 52 23 272.3 53 2 2 0 .965 1.82   0.7
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   789 594 5516.0 1001 1727 41 345 .985 4.45   22.2
Career Highs   155 151 1301.3 249 418 6 95 1.000 5.29    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 27 OMA JL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1979-9-156
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Tim Ferrick (937)
  5. Alan Lipsky (932)
  6. Johnny Ice (932)
  7. Tommy Esker (925)
  8. Jake Bradley (925)
  9. Luke Thelen (923)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 41st overall pick, by Phoenix in 1976
Injured on 5/14/1976 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/31/1978, off Jacob Butler (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 8/12/1978, off Jeff Waier (PHX)
Injured on 8/25/1978 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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