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Jacob
Grothe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: June 18, 1949 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
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
1973 24 CHI JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 4
1974 25 CHI JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4
1975 26 CHI JL   3 2 2 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 4
1976 27 CHI JL   4 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 5 5
1977 28 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
1978 29 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
1979 30 CHI JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8
1980 31 BUF FL $ 828,571 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 828,571 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 8
                                             
  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 32 BUF FL $ 828,571   11 11 12 15 14 14 16 15 15 16 15 15 17 19 18
1982 33 BUF FL $ 575,000   11 11 12 15 15 15 16 15 15 16 15 15 17 19 19
1983 34 BUF FL $ 575,000   12 12 13 15 15 15 17 16 16 16 15 15 17 19 18
1984 35 BUF FL $ 575,000   14 14 14 16 15 15 17 17 17 16 15 15 16 18 18
1985 36 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   14 14 13 16 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 18 18
1986 37 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   13 13 13 16 15 15 16 16 16 15 16 16 17 19 18
1987 38 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   13 13 12 14 13 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 17 19 18
1988 39 BUF FL $ 300,000   11 11 11 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 17 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   11 11 11 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 17 16
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   14 14 14 16 15 15 17 17 17 16 16 16 17 19 19
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
1973 24 AA   160 601 80 141 27 7 12 64 17 5 59 119 .235 .303 .363 .666 68.9  
1974 25 AA   65 254 41 70 13 5 4 25 9 3 34 40 .276 .361 .413 .774 38.9  
    A   71 281 42 89 18 9 9 48 5 4 36 44 .317 .394 .541 .935 55.2  
1975 26 AA   136 552 86 155 35 5 19 77 17 9 54 108 .281 .345 .466 .810 86.2  
1976 27 AA   138 519 95 150 40 5 20 88 18 2 76 91 .289 .380 .501 .881 98.3  
1977 28 CHI JL 52 103 22 29 5 1 9 27 2 1 9 14 .282 .339 .612 .951 19.4 4.0
    AAA   98 355 62 100 19 4 10 55 9 4 56 47 .282 .380 .442 .822 60.6  
1978 29 CHI JL 142 419 65 112 14 3 18 59 30 5 45 66 .267 .343 .444 .787 66.9 13.0
1979 30 CHI JL 152 504 50 107 23 4 16 72 18 6 41 38 .212 .277 .369 .646 56.4 5.3
1980 31 CHI JL 51 131 10 26 7 1 3 13 8 1 20 14 .198 .307 .336 .643 15.5 1.7
  BUF FL 80 221 29 46 7 2 4 24 13 3 23 16 .208 .285 .312 .597 20.5 1.9
  TOT   131 352 39 72 14 3 7 37 21 4 43 30 .205 .293 .321 .614 35.9 3.7
1981 32 BUF FL 103 280 38 60 19 3 6 24 11 7 41 22 .214 .316 .368 .684 34.4 4.6
1982 33 BUF FL 125 361 52 97 27 2 12 50 9 7 39 30 .269 .345 .454 .799 55.7 11.0
1983 34 BUF FL 147 515 96 142 46 3 18 80 16 6 69 30 .276 .362 .482 .844 90.0 18.8
1984 35 BUF FL 124 313 42 76 18 1 12 34 15 3 27 31 .243 .302 .422 .724 42.6 6.3
1985 36 BUF FL 92 181 39 48 10 0 9 29 6 1 24 16 .265 .354 .470 .824 30.0 5.6
1986 37 BUF FL 126 291 49 71 19 5 13 46 7 3 33 25 .244 .330 .478 .808 46.4 6.6
1987 38 BUF FL 98 174 24 44 15 2 5 30 3 1 16 16 .253 .314 .448 .763 24.6 3.0
1988 39 BUF FL 44 125 9 33 7 2 4 20 2 3 6 5 .264 .295 .448 .743 15.6 2.0
    AAA   53 74 15 26 8 2 5 27 0 1 10 3 .351 .429 .716 1.145 19.0  
1989 40 A   90 115 34 49 4 3 11 37 2 2 29 10 .426 .542 .800 1.342 40.6  
12 Years Sim 1336 3618 525 891 217 29 129 508 140 47 393 323 .246 .323 .429 .752 518.0 83.8
2 Years AAA 151 429 77 126 27 6 15 82 9 5 66 50 .294 .391 .490 .880 79.7  
4 Years AA 499 1926 302 516 115 22 55 254 61 19 223 358 .268 .347 .436 .783 292.2  
2 Years A 161 396 76 138 22 12 20 85 7 6 65 54 .348 .439 .616 1.055 95.8  
8 Years Minors 811 2751 455 780 164 40 90 421 77 30 354 462 .284 .367 .470 .838 467.7  
162 Game Average 438 63 108 26 3 15 61 16 5 47 39 .246 .323 .429 .752 62.8  
Career Highs 152 515 96 142 46 5 18 80 30 7 69 66 .282 .362 .612 .951 90.0  
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   2090 295 482 111 20 70 263 81 23 212 173 .231 .305 .403 .709 267.0
vs LH   1528 230 409 106 9 59 245 59 24 181 150 .268 .347 .465 .811 245.2
Home 653 1675 257 425 105 9 61 231 74 23 186 144 .254 .331 .436 .767 247.0
Away 683 1943 268 466 112 20 68 277 66 24 207 179 .240 .316 .423 .739 265.1
RISP   880 0 233 42 8 33 349 0 0 100 71 .265 .338 .443 .781 133.0
Pinch Hitting   305 50 85 16 4 11 49 8 2 42 31 .279 .369 .466 .835 52.5
Close/Late   439 76 126 27 4 18 63 0 0 53 41 .287 .367 .490 .856 76.0
Mar/Apr 199 472 68 110 29 4 16 62 18 5 46 38 .233 .305 .413 .718 61.1
May 222 548 69 132 23 4 13 69 27 7 68 40 .241 .328 .369 .697 71.2
June 209 587 97 146 41 5 21 89 23 5 66 57 .249 .328 .443 .771 87.1
July 239 743 106 187 49 6 28 99 32 7 81 75 .252 .327 .447 .773 111.5
August 256 745 101 190 51 6 29 109 22 14 83 63 .255 .331 .456 .787 111.1
Sep/Oct 211 523 84 126 24 4 22 80 18 9 49 50 .241 .312 .428 .740 70.0
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 28 CHI JL RF 29 21 198.0 44 1 4 0 .918 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1978 29 CHI JL RF 101 97 859.7 189 2 3 0 .985 2.00 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
1979 30 CHI JL LF 133 122 1066.3 210 6 4 0 .982 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 14 10 100.3 21 2 1 0 .958 2.06 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 CHI JL LF 37 33 276.2 72 2 1 1 .987 2.41 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 8 4 41.9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 1.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BUF FL LF 57 51 444.1 117 2 2 1 .983 2.41 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 12 5 67.4 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   LF 94 84 720.3 189 4 3 2 .985 2.41   2.8
      RF 20 9 109.3 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.47   0.0
      C 1 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 32 BUF FL LF 83 77 653.0 132 3 2 0 .985 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    RF 13 11 84.0 16 2 2 0 .900 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 1 1.000 0 0.0
    CF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 33 BUF FL RF 75 65 556.3 127 1 7 0 .948 2.07 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 36 34 299.0 72 0 1 0 .986 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 6.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 8.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 34 BUF FL LF 91 91 808.7 156 3 3 1 .981 1.77 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 47 43 373.0 74 0 2 0 .974 1.79 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 35 BUF FL LF 68 51 471.0 82 4 2 0 .977 1.64 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 28 20 182.7 39 0 1 0 .975 1.92 0 0 .000 0  
1985 36 BUF FL LF 37 30 256.3 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 8 5 51.0 4 0 2 0 .667 0.71 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 37 BUF FL LF 63 51 453.3 92 3 1 0 .990 1.89 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 12 12 98.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 38 BUF FL LF 35 30 257.3 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 6 4 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
1988 39 BUF FL LF 32 31 270.7 50 1 1 0 .981 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 1 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 679 601 5268.9 1079 25 17 3 .985 1.89 0 0 .000 0 12.1
  RF 354 297 2654.3 582 8 23 0 .962 2.00 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  C 3 0 14.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
  CF 5 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 1 0 2.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1045 898 7952.5 1676 35 40 3 .977 1.94 1 1 1.000 0 16.2
Career Highs   147 134 1183.7 232 8 8 2 1.000 2.44 1 1 1.000 0  
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
1981 32 BUF FL 6 20 3 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .300 .364 .500 .864
1982 33 BUF FL 17 55 6 14 2 0 1 8 1 0 8 4 .255 .338 .345 .684
1983 34 BUF FL 14 50 12 14 3 1 3 9 0 2 7 3 .280 .373 .560 .933
1984 35 BUF FL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 36 BUF FL 10 23 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 .174 .321 .261 .582
1986 37 BUF FL 5 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
1987 38 BUF FL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
1988 39 BUF FL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 59 161 24 40 8 3 4 20 3 2 24 11 .248 .344 .410 .754
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.
Runs
1983-9-96
 Doubles
1983-4-46
 Walks
1983-7-69
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Betoni (950)
  2. Roberto Ny (938)
  3. Josh Doran (938)
  4. Dexter Camden (922)
  5. Patrick Casavant (921)
  6. Frank Grant (920)
  7. Celso Serna (917)
  8. Valentine Oestrich (915)
  9. Christopher Crawford (915)
  10. Carlton McFee (914)
History
Injured on 5/1/1976 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 7/23/1977, off Kevin Robinson (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1977, off Rats Doyle (VAN)
Traded from Chicago to Buffalo on 6/1/1980 (Going to BUF: LF J. Grothe, P L. Jethroe. Going to CHI: P B. Hilderbrand, 1B F. Monarrez)
Injured on 8/5/1981 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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