Jerry Grote

Catcher

1963—1981

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

Gerald Wayne
GIVEN NAME
Grote
SURNAME
October 6, 1942, in San Antonio, TX
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1963—1981
Playing Career
Played from 20-38
PLAYING AGE
Houston Astros
New York Mets
Los Angeles Dodgers
Kansas City Royals
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Mets
PRIMARY TEAM
1969
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 21, 1963
Major League Debut
October 3, 1981
FINAL GAME

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30

HITTING

30

POWER

30

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1421
1092
39
404
.252
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.6
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.642
.688
93.6

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.252
.316
.326

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Johnny Edwards
Clay Dalrymple
Tim McCarver
Randy Hundley

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Jerry Grote Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Grote
537
135
44
20
3
5
50
49
74
2
175
188
.252
.316
.326
642
AVG C
533
133
54
22
3
12
55
80
3
196
191
.249
.320
.368
.688

Jerry Grote Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
125
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
97
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jerry Grote PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
15.1
14.2
8.9
8.5
1.72
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Jerry Grote
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
129.0
121.3
UNK
72.6
14.7
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Jerry Grote
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C