Johnny Groth
1946–1960 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
1,248G
.279AVG
.352OBP
.395SLG
More career statistics
1,064H
60HR
486RBI
19SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,808 | 3,807 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 42 | 41 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 329 | 325 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,302 | 4,301 |
| Batting · Runs | 480 | 479 |
| Batting · RBI | 486 | 487 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,248 | 4,302 | 3,808 | 480 | 1,064 | 197 | 31 | 60 | 486 | 419 | 329 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 12 | 1,503 | .279 | .352 | .395 | .747 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1950-05-26 to 1950-06-11
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1955-05-28 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1957-08-17 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1957-08-17 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 635 | 2157 | 544 | 28 | 261 | 225 | 146 | .288 | .357 | .402 |
| Away | 613 | 2144 | 520 | 32 | 226 | 194 | 179 | .271 | .333 | .388 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 103 | 283 | 79 | 8 | 46 | 20 | 27 | .309 | .350 | .484 |
| May | 225 | 746 | 187 | 14 | 76 | 87 | 50 | .293 | .367 | .429 |
| June | 268 | 1029 | 240 | 10 | 124 | 97 | 83 | .263 | .328 | .373 |
| July | 262 | 927 | 232 | 8 | 92 | 94 | 61 | .282 | .352 | .384 |
| August | 216 | 740 | 196 | 13 | 87 | 56 | 62 | .290 | .341 | .402 |
| September | 171 | 567 | 129 | 7 | 62 | 63 | 42 | .261 | .339 | .352 |
| October | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 180 | 602 | 115 | 5 | 53 | 54 | 57 | .213 | .281 | .276 |
| boston-red-sox | 179 | 645 | 155 | 9 | 72 | 60 | 48 | .270 | .333 | .389 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 169 | 651 | 180 | 6 | 72 | 66 | 44 | .314 | .378 | .426 |
| chicago-white-sox | 169 | 556 | 136 | 7 | 62 | 64 | 40 | .281 | .360 | .405 |
| cleveland-guardians | 164 | 508 | 107 | 7 | 57 | 59 | 45 | .244 | .327 | .339 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 120 | 508 | 149 | 10 | 76 | 50 | 27 | .328 | .392 | .458 |
| detroit-tigers | 79 | 262 | 69 | 7 | 40 | 20 | 21 | .301 | .340 | .485 |
| st-louis-browns | 70 | 283 | 81 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 14 | .324 | .399 | .504 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  Detroit Tigers | 4 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | .471 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 103 | 347 | 102 | 11 | 73 | 3 | .294 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 157 | 566 | 173 | 12 | 85 | 1 | .306 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 118 | 428 | 128 | 3 | 50 | 1 | .299 | – | – |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 141 | 524 | 149 | 4 | 51 | 2 | .284 | – | – |
| 1953 |  St. Louis Browns | 141 | 557 | 141 | 10 | 57 | 5 | .253 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Chicago White Sox | 125 | 422 | 116 | 7 | 60 | 3 | .275 | – | – |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 95 | 260 | 66 | 4 | 28 | 3 | .254 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Kansas City Athletics | 95 | 244 | 63 | 5 | 37 | 1 | .258 | – | – |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics | 93 | 162 | 45 | – | 18 | – | .278 | – | – |
| 1958 | Detroit Tigers | 88 | 146 | 41 | 2 | 11 | – | .281 | – | – |
| 1959 | Detroit Tigers | 55 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 10 | – | .235 | – | – |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 19 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .368 | – | – |