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Ernie
Groth		  
Nickname: Dango
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 24, 1884 in Usa, WI, CEDARBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1907   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1904 19 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8
1905 20 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
1906 21 PIT NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1907 22 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8
1908 23 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1909 24 PIT NL $ 2,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1910 25 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
1911 26 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1912 27 PIT NL $ 4,000,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1913 28 NYA AL $ 2,000,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
1914 29 NYA AL $ 2,000,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1915 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7
1916 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1917 32 CHA AL $ 4,584,000 9 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1918 33 CHA AL $ 4,584,000 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1919 34 BRO NL $ 4,584,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
1920 35 NYA AL $ 2,500,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1921 36 NYA AL   8 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,584,000 9 6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1904 19 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1905 20 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1906 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 22 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 23 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 24 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 25 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 26 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 27 PIT NL $ 4,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 28 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 29 NYA AL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 30 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1916 31 PIT NL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1917 32 CHA AL $ 4,584,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1918 33 CHA AL $ 4,584,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1919 34 BRO NL $ 4,584,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1920 35 NYA AL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1921 36 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,584,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1904 19 PIT NL 10 15 .400 27 27 16 1 0 220.0 249 119 21 81 68 4.87 .288 .350 .461 .810 6.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 3 3 2 0 0 25.0 22 6 2 3 29 2.16 .232 .255 .337 .592  
1905 20 PIT NL 1 3 .250 5 5 4 0 0 44.7 33 20 2 20 12 4.03 .210 .293 .369 .662 1.9
    AAA   7 8 .467 19 19 11 3 0 156.7 114 48 22 42 193 2.76 .196 .250 .339 .589  
1906 21 PIT NL 13 23 .361 41 41 30 2 0 355.3 333 130 8 100 129 3.29 .251 .304 .345 .649 18.1
1907 22 PIT NL 18 17 .514 40 40 30 6 0 343.7 334 116 17 78 176 3.04 .255 .297 .361 .657 22.8
1908 23 PIT NL 7 12 .368 20 20 14 1 0 170.0 161 71 8 50 94 3.76 .251 .307 .369 .676 6.6
1909 24 PIT NL 11 11 .500 30 21 18 0 1 198.0 176 82 3 54 116 3.73 .238 .299 .340 .639 9.5
1910 25 PIT NL 10 14 .417 26 26 20 1 0 225.3 194 97 8 70 153 3.87 .233 .312 .360 .672 10.4
1911 26 PIT NL 5 2 .714 9 8 3 0 0 52.3 60 31 4 10 30 5.33 .288 .320 .466 .786 2.4
1912 27 PIT NL 0 2 .000 4 1 1 0 0 14.7 13 7 0 10 9 4.30 .236 .354 .345 .699 0.0
    AAA   8 8 .500 18 18 11 3 0 149.3 125 51 13 43 140 3.07 .226 .282 .322 .604  
1913 28 NYA AL 11 19 .367 35 35 27 1 0 303.0 273 123 29 85 176 3.65 .236 .288 .382 .669 13.8
1914 29 NYA AL 11 22 .333 38 38 28 0 0 326.3 319 152 41 84 199 4.19 .253 .302 .423 .725 8.1
1915 30 PIT NL 18 13 .581 41 35 26 5 0 316.7 260 97 16 97 153 2.76 .225 .289 .315 .604 25.4
1916 31 PIT NL 4 11 .267 23 15 12 1 4 134.0 135 66 9 52 68 4.43 .266 .332 .404 .736 6.8
1917 32 CHA AL 15 15 .500 35 35 27 1 0 297.0 290 120 15 79 122 3.64 .258 .311 .361 .671 12.3
1918 33 CHA AL 16 8 .667 26 26 23 5 0 231.3 198 68 7 61 97 2.65 .232 .288 .319 .607 15.4
1919 34 BRO NL 15 11 .577 28 28 23 0 0 243.0 243 98 15 76 98 3.63 .260 .322 .358 .680 11.4
1920 35 NYA AL 1 2 .333 7 3 3 0 0 30.0 37 23 4 6 10 6.90 .303 .336 .484 .819 0.0
1921 36 NYA AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 .300 .300 .300 .600 0.7
18 Years Sim 166 200 .454 436 404 305 24 5 3508.3 3311 1420 207 1013 1710 3.64 .250 .306 .370 .676 171.7
3 Years AAA 17 17 .500 40 40 24 6 0 331.0 261 105 37 88 362 2.86 .212 .265 .331 .596  
Season Average 9 11 .450 24 22 16 1 0 194.9 183 78 11 56 95 3.64 .250 .306 .370 .676  
Career Highs 18 23 .714 41 41 30 6 4 355.3 334 152 41 100 199 6.90 .303 .354 .484 .819  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1471 656 99 418 973   .228 .275 .344 .619
vs LH   1840 764 108 595 737   .271 .329 .395 .724
Home 74 111 .400 216 208 164 14 0 1860.9 1748 744 105 547 899 3.60 .249 .303 .371 .674
Away 92 89 .508 220 196 141 10 5 1647.3 1563 676 102 466 811 3.69 .250 .302 .369 .671
Mar/Apr 20 21 .488 47 43 35 4 0 368.3 331 157 19 121 150 3.84 .242 .303 .350 .653
May 31 35 .470 85 72 58 2 1 655.6 617 249 37 171 316 3.42 .248 .296 .378 .674
June 35 35 .500 79 75 60 6 0 646.6 646 294 55 189 308 4.09 .261 .313 .394 .707
July 29 35 .453 80 76 48 4 3 644.0 614 252 31 164 346 3.52 .250 .297 .360 .657
August 24 31 .436 64 60 44 4 1 514.3 493 213 27 150 252 3.73 .253 .307 .370 .677
Sep/Oct 27 43 .386 81 78 60 4 0 679.3 610 255 38 218 338 3.38 .241 .302 .360 .662
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
1904 19 PIT NL 27 79 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 37 .051 .074 .101 .175 -3.9 0.0
1905 20 PIT NL 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.8 0.0
1906 21 PIT NL 41 119 3 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 4 60 .084 .114 .126 .240 -2.6 0.0
1907 22 PIT NL 40 121 6 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 67 .074 .082 .074 .156 -7.4 0.0
1908 23 PIT NL 20 60 3 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 32 .067 .097 .117 .213 -1.7 0.0
1909 24 PIT NL 30 63 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 .063 .063 .063 .127 -3.7 0.0
1910 25 PIT NL 26 82 4 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 47 .098 .129 .146 .276 -1.6 0.0
1911 26 PIT NL 9 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .056 .105 .056 .161 -0.7 0.0
1912 27 PIT NL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1913 28 NYA AL 35 102 7 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 36 .108 .132 .118 .250 -1.5 0.0
1914 29 NYA AL 38 116 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 64 .034 .034 .034 .069 -8.4 0.0
1915 30 PIT NL 41 107 4 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 57 .084 .108 .112 .220 -2.5 0.0
1916 31 PIT NL 23 42 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 .095 .136 .119 .255 -0.6 0.0
1917 32 CHA AL 35 101 6 8 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 40 .079 .096 .089 .185 -3.1 0.0
1918 33 CHA AL 26 82 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 36 .085 .107 .098 .205 -2.4 0.0
1919 34 BRO NL 28 87 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 41 .057 .109 .080 .189 -3.3 0.0
1920 35 NYA AL 7 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
1921 36 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
18 Years Sim 436 1210 48 90 11 4 2 47 0 0 29 599 .074 .097 .095 .192 -44.5 0.0
162 Game Average 449 17 33 4 1 0 17 0 0 10 222 .074 .097 .095 .192 -16.5  
Career Highs 41 121 7 11 3 2 1 10 0 0 5 67 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1  
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   861 32 61 7 3 0 31 0 0 21 428 .071 .095 .086 .181 -36.0
vs LH   349 16 29 4 1 2 16 0 0 8 171 .083 .103 .117 .221 -10.2
Home 214 598 25 48 6 2 1 20 0 0 13 312 .080 .101 .102 .203 -21.0
Away 220 612 23 42 5 2 1 27 0 0 16 287 .069 .093 .088 .182 -25.2
RISP   316 0 24 5 1 0 43 0 0 10 149 .076 .108 .098 .207 -11.0
Close/Late   132 5 12 1 2 0 5 0 0 3 73 .091 .118 .129 .246 -3.2
Mar/Apr 45 137 3 14 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 70 .102 .121 .131 .253 -2.9
May 84 224 12 14 2 1 0 9 0 0 5 109 .063 .083 .080 .163 -10.5
June 77 228 11 17 1 0 2 14 0 0 4 106 .075 .090 .105 .195 -8.3
July 80 214 7 15 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 117 .070 .087 .084 .171 -10.2
August 60 179 7 15 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 84 .084 .103 .106 .209 -5.9
Sep/Oct 81 228 8 15 1 1 0 4 0 0 11 113 .066 .109 .079 .188 -8.4
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    
1904 19 PIT NL P 27 27 220.0 17 42 1 2 .983 2.41    
1905 20 PIT NL P 5 5 44.7 2 10 1 0 .923 2.42    
1906 21 PIT NL P 41 41 355.3 25 64 0 2 1.000 2.25    
1907 22 PIT NL P 40 40 343.7 33 95 2 6 .985 3.35    
1908 23 PIT NL P 20 20 170.0 18 38 1 4 .982 2.96    
1909 24 PIT NL P 30 21 198.0 18 51 0 3 1.000 3.14    
1910 25 PIT NL P 26 26 225.3 15 49 1 0 .985 2.56    
1911 26 PIT NL P 9 8 52.3 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1912 27 PIT NL P 4 1 14.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1913 28 NYA AL P 35 35 303.0 19 67 0 3 1.000 2.55    
1914 29 NYA AL P 38 38 326.3 26 75 3 4 .971 2.79    
1915 30 PIT NL P 41 35 316.7 18 50 1 0 .986 1.93    
1916 31 PIT NL P 23 15 134.0 6 20 0 2 1.000 1.75    
1917 32 CHA AL P 35 35 297.0 21 67 2 1 .978 2.67    
1918 33 CHA AL P 26 26 231.3 23 43 1 3 .985 2.57    
1919 34 BRO NL P 28 28 243.0 16 57 0 3 1.000 2.70    
1920 35 NYA AL P 7 3 30.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.10    
1921 36 NYA AL P 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   436 404 3508.3 259 749 13 33 .987 2.59    
Career Highs   41 41 355.3 33 95 3 6 1.000 6.00    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1915-8-2.76
1918-8-2.65
 Wins
1907-6-18
1915-10-18
CAR-45-166
 Losses
1906-1-23
1907-6-17
1913-1-19
1914-1-22
1917-9-15
CAR-9-200
 Winning Pct
1915-7-.581
1918-5-.667
 Saves
1916-9-4
 Games Pitched
1906-6-41
1907-9-40
1915-5-41
CAR-37-436
Games Started
1906-4-41
1907-6-40
1914-9-38
CAR-37-404
 Complete Games
1906-10-30
1907-7-30
1913-7-27
1914-8-28
CAR-27-305
 Shutouts
1904-9-1
1907-2-6
1915-3-5
1918-6-5
CAR-32-24
 Innings Pitched
1906-4-355.3
1907-5-343.7
1914-10-326.3
CAR-29-3508.3
 Hits Allowed
1906-6-333
1907-3-334
1914-8-319
CAR-38-3311
 Homeruns Allowed
1904-1-21
1906-4-8
1907-1-17
1908-3-8
1910-5-8
1913-1-29
1914-1-41
1915-2-16
1916-7-9
1917-1-15
1918-7-7
1919-3-15
CAR-4-207
Strikeouts
1907-3-176
1913-4-176
1914-7-199
CAR-27-1710
 Walks Allowed
1904-9-81
1906-6-100
1913-10-85
CAR-23-1013
 Hits per 9IP
1913-5-8.1
1915-6-7.4
1918-6-7.7
CAR-27-8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1907-8-4.6
1908-10-5.0
1909-3-5.3
1910-2-6.1
1913-4-5.2
1914-6-5.5
CAR-35-4.4
 WHiP
1913-10-1.18
1915-5-1.13
1918-8-1.12
CAR-47-1.23
 OAVG
1913-4-.236
1915-6-.225
1918-7-.232
1919-10-.260
CAR-29-.250
OOBP
1913-8-.288
1915-5-.289
1918-8-.288
CAR-50-.306
 OOPS
1915-6-.604
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 45)
   Gray Ink Test: 82    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 231)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 73    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
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.
Strikeouts
CAR-43-599
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
 
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  4. Dutch Leonard (890)
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  6. Ed Walsh (884)
  7. Pete Alexander (872)
  8. Jim Bagby (869)
  9. King Brady (865)
  10. Red Causey (864)
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  1. Hi West (990)
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  4. Rube Kroh (986)
  5. Ambrose Puttmann (985)
  6. Harry Ables (985)
  7. Ed Kinsella (977)
  8. Bugs Raymond (976)
  9. Harry Coveleski (976)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1904
Earned first career win on 4/30/1904
Pitched NO-HITTER against Chicago (N) on 7/4/1904, striking out 4
Had first career hit on 7/21/1904, off Doc White (BSN)
Won Gold Glove Award at Pitcher in 1907
Injured on 7/8/1908 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
10/10/1909: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 4/18/1911 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/24/1911 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 6/17/1912 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/13/1913 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/14/1915 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/16/1917 to a 3-year deal worth $4,584,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/23/1917, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1918, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Traded from Chicago (A) to Brooklyn on 3/6/1919 (Going to BRO: P Ernie Groth, SS John Henry Lloyd. Going to CHA: P Howard Ehmke, SS Jimmy Esmond, 3B Gene Robertson)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/24/1920 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 6/16/1921
 
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