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Heinie
Groh		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 173
 
Born: September 18, 1889 in Usa, NY, ROCHESTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1919    1923   
Gold Glove Award 1927   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1912 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1913 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1914 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6 9 9 9
1915 25 CIN NL $ 1,260,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 9 9
1916 26 CIN NL $ 1,260,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 8 8
1917 27 CIN NL $ 1,530,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8
1918 28 CIN NL $ 4,410,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9
1919 29 CIN NL $ 4,410,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 8 9
1920 30 CIN NL $ 4,410,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 7 7 9 9 9
1921 31 CIN NL $ 6,190,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 5 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
1922 32 CIN NL $ 6,190,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1923 33 CIN NL $ 6,190,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1924 34 CIN NL $ 6,200,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1925 35 CIN NL $ 6,200,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
1926 36 CIN NL $ 6,200,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 7 8 7 7 7
1927 37 PHA AL $ 6,910,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 4 4 8 7 7 7 7 7
1928 38 PHA AL $ 2,710,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1929 39 PHA AL $ 1,650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,910,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 7 8 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1912 22 CIN NL 28 66 4 18 1 1 0 8 0 0 8 1 .273 .355 .318 .673 8.5 1.6
1913 23 CIN NL 78 271 31 72 11 1 1 39 5 6 35 22 .266 .354 .325 .678 30.7 5.4
1914 24 CIN NL 83 244 27 68 5 4 0 37 10 5 36 25 .279 .368 .332 .700 32.8 5.8
1915 25 CIN NL 67 202 20 50 5 7 0 17 6 2 22 22 .248 .326 .342 .668 23.8 5.2
1916 26 CIN NL 97 336 37 83 14 5 0 44 9 5 43 31 .247 .330 .318 .648 34.9 4.7
1917 27 CIN NL 97 296 29 80 16 4 1 48 8 3 35 41 .270 .345 .361 .707 38.0 8.1
1918 28 CIN NL 87 238 28 63 11 2 0 27 3 5 37 20 .265 .368 .328 .696 29.0 6.9
1919 29 CIN NL 132 489 68 148 19 3 2 77 19 7 60 51 .303 .383 .366 .749 70.5 16.0
1920 30 CIN NL 141 548 78 161 22 7 3 73 20 8 50 46 .294 .355 .376 .731 76.6 14.4
1921 31 CIN NL 134 506 95 166 23 4 2 58 12 4 56 43 .328 .400 .401 .801 77.0 12.3
1922 32 CIN NL 109 393 89 130 13 10 1 42 8 7 58 38 .331 .424 .422 .846 69.4 12.4
1923 33 CIN NL 95 153 20 44 4 3 1 26 1 1 23 21 .288 .374 .373 .747 22.4 3.1
1924 34 CIN NL 83 134 17 35 2 2 1 15 1 1 33 12 .261 .400 .328 .728 21.7 3.2
1925 35 CIN NL 129 490 89 146 17 6 1 45 5 3 63 41 .298 .382 .363 .745 72.1 12.0
1926 36 CIN NL 125 381 64 123 16 6 1 47 5 1 48 28 .323 .399 .404 .803 61.1 13.7
1927 37 PHA AL 136 506 81 156 12 8 0 43 4 4 61 39 .308 .386 .364 .749 72.1 15.7
1928 38 PHA AL 130 430 50 114 6 1 3 38 8 3 54 43 .265 .349 .305 .654 52.5 6.4
1929 39 PHA AL 107 290 35 82 10 0 1 35 7 0 30 22 .283 .352 .328 .679 36.7 5.6
18 Years Sim 1858 5973 862 1739 207 74 18 719 131 65 752 546 .291 .372 .360 .732 829.9 152.5
162 Game Average 520 75 151 18 6 1 62 11 5 65 47 .291 .372 .360 .732 72.4  
Career Highs 141 548 95 166 23 10 3 77 20 8 63 51 .331 .424 .422 .846 77.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4500 635 1300 152 57 12 536 103 51 541 416 .289 .367 .356 .723 604.5
vs LH   1473 227 439 55 17 6 183 28 14 211 130 .298 .388 .371 .758 219.5
Home 917 2909 412 860 107 30 5 330 66 37 365 263 .296 .375 .358 .734 401.9
Away 941 3064 450 879 100 44 13 389 65 28 387 283 .287 .370 .361 .731 422.0
RISP   1600 0 459 51 18 2 651 0 0 259 160 .287 .380 .345 .725 230.8
Pinch Hitting   249 27 67 8 4 0 35 2 1 31 21 .269 .349 .333 .682 30.5
Close/Late   684 71 221 26 8 3 92 0 0 93 62 .323 .405 .398 .803 110.5
Mar/Apr 191 651 108 190 29 6 4 71 11 9 97 71 .292 .385 .373 .758 96.2
May 344 1087 151 324 28 16 3 137 25 10 137 92 .298 .378 .362 .740 154.3
June 322 987 150 301 39 18 1 123 21 15 134 77 .305 .387 .384 .771 148.4
July 356 1166 163 337 36 18 3 140 26 17 132 116 .289 .363 .358 .722 153.5
August 329 1088 156 302 36 11 3 127 19 9 119 107 .278 .351 .339 .690 133.2
Sep/Oct 316 994 134 285 39 5 4 121 29 5 133 83 .287 .377 .348 .725 138.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1912 22 CIN NL 3B 11 10 94.0 9 18 1 2 .964 2.59 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 9 5 49.3 9 23 1 3 .970 5.84 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1913 23 CIN NL 2B 58 56 504.0 135 196 17 44 .951 5.91 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 14 14 123.0 3 26 1 2 .967 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1914 24 CIN NL 3B 60 60 520.0 48 142 7 11 .964 3.29 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 9 7 68.0 12 31 1 7 .977 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1915 25 CIN NL 3B 34 32 283.3 17 91 7 8 .939 3.43 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 11 10 90.0 22 36 2 7 .967 5.80 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 10 10 90.0 11 45 0 8 1.000 5.60 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1916 26 CIN NL 1B 58 58 516.0 634 54 17 71 .976 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 19 19 165.0 45 75 3 17 .976 6.55 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 14 14 126.3 5 32 1 2 .974 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.7
1917 27 CIN NL 3B 49 48 418.0 38 104 8 9 .947 3.06 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 27 25 230.7 295 15 3 17 .990 12.10 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 7 6 54.0 12 19 0 3 1.000 5.17 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1918 28 CIN NL 3B 49 43 394.7 34 84 4 5 .967 2.69 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 12 11 99.0 25 30 1 8 .982 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 9 8 73.0 88 10 1 10 .990 12.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1919 29 CIN NL 3B 129 129 1154.0 103 239 18 11 .950 2.67 0 0 .000 0 4.2
1920 30 CIN NL 3B 138 137 1202.7 101 251 13 13 .964 2.63 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    2B 1 0 2.7 4 4 0 1 1.000 27.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1921 31 CIN NL 2B 104 102 887.3 215 365 20 72 .967 5.88 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    3B 13 11 103.3 4 23 2 4 .931 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 12 7 65.0 73 7 3 10 .964 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1922 32 CIN NL 2B 100 98 817.0 222 331 19 64 .967 6.09 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    3B 5 4 32.0 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 9.0 10 2 1 1 .923 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1923 33 CIN NL 2B 39 23 227.0 76 109 6 24 .969 7.33 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    1B 16 2 38.7 58 3 1 2 .984 14.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 16 0 36.0 3 5 1 0 .889 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1924 34 CIN NL 2B 33 21 196.7 76 87 9 22 .948 7.46 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    1B 11 3 40.0 46 3 1 7 .980 11.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 12.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1925 35 CIN NL 1B 68 67 531.0 654 45 14 62 .980 11.85 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 60 51 447.0 104 181 8 33 .973 5.74 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 16 2 50.3 6 16 2 2 .917 3.93 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 1.000 2 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1926 36 CIN NL 2B 114 95 837.3 218 376 26 71 .958 6.38 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    3B 2 1 8.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1927 37 PHA AL 2B 127 122 1045.0 272 507 18 86 .977 6.71 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    3B 6 6 52.7 2 15 1 2 .944 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1928 38 PHA AL 2B 111 103 900.3 225 381 18 74 .971 6.06 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    1B 7 5 45.0 54 0 1 2 .982 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 2 19.0 2 4 1 0 .857 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1929 39 PHA AL 2B 96 74 654.0 181 304 13 61 .974 6.67 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    3B 5 3 24.7 2 6 1 1 .889 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 6.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 910 803 7043.6 1853 3055 162 597 .968 6.27 0 0 .000 0 22.5
  3B 568 516 4654.0 379 1072 68 73 .955 2.81 0 0 .000 0 20.7
  1B 217 176 1559.3 1927 139 42 184 .980 11.92 0 0 .000 0 2.0
  SS 11 10 92.0 11 46 0 8 1.000 5.58 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  LF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 9.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 1.000 2 0.0
Career Totals   1708 1507 13366.9 4176 4313 272 862 .969 5.72 1 1 1.000 2 45.8
Career Highs   146 137 1205.3 770 522 26 97 .978 9.42 1 1 1.000 2  
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
1919 29 CIN NL 6 22 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 .364 .417 .455 .871
1921 31 CIN NL 7 28 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .179 .207 .214 .421
1923 33 CIN NL 13 28 7 13 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .464 .483 .571 1.054
1924 34 CIN NL 8 14 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .357 .438 .357 .795
1925 35 CIN NL 11 44 7 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 6 8 .295 .380 .386 .766
1926 36 CIN NL 6 17 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .235 .316 .294 .610
Career Post-Season Batting 51 153 25 48 4 2 1 9 0 0 13 16 .314 .371 .386 .757
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.
Batting Average
1927-5-.308
 On-Base Pct
1919-8-.383
1927-4-.386
 XR
1927-10-72.1
 Games
CAR-38-1858
 Runs
1927-7-81
 Singles
1921-4-137
1925-7-122
1927-2-136
CAR-43-1440
RBIs
1919-7-77
 Walks
1919-3-60
1927-9-61
CAR-33-752
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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  1. Larry Hoffman (902)
  2. Gene Demontreville (901)
  3. Sammy Strang (892)
  4. Larry Doyle (892)
  5. John McGraw (887)
  6. Ossie Vitt (883)
  7. Frank O'Rourke (883)
  8. Frank Laporte (878)
  9. Erve Beck (872)
  10. Claude Ritchey (871)
History
Had first career hit on 4/21/1912, off Tom Seaton (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 4/25/1913, off John Frill (SLN)
2/13/1915: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,260,000 through salary arbitration
2/13/1916: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,260,000 through salary arbitration
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,530,000 through salary arbitration
9/30/1917: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,410,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 6/3/1918 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1919
6/1/1920: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,190,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/19/1921, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/17/1922 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/20/1922 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 9/21/1922 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for one week
8/30/1923: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $6,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1923
Injured on 3/19/1925 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/14/1927 to a 1-year deal worth $6,910,000 per year
8/16/1927: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $2,710,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 8/24/1927 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won Gold Glove Award at Second Base in 1927
7/30/1928: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia (A), $1,650,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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