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Bill Grotewold Left Field
Retired (1999, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .766 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 1153 Age at Death 64 Date of Birth 12-08-1962
HR 127 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1983)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(150 games)
RBI 531
SB 10 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1999
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D- (5.6%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A  (91.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1983 Minors 21 75.00 6 / 9 3 / 13 8 / 9 3 / 10 6 / 6 14 / 14 14 / 14 54 / 75
1984 Minors 22 68.00 7 / 16 3 / 11 7 / 9 7 / 9 8 / 8 5 / 7 8 / 8 45 / 68
1985 Minors 23 59.00 2 / 13 3 / 6 2 / 4 2 / 6 10 / 11 7 / 9 4 / 10 30 / 59
1986 Minors 24 66.00 3 / 8 2 / 10 3 / 13 3 / 6 3 / 7 10 / 11 2 / 11 26 / 66
1987 Minors 25 66.00 0 / 9 4 / 15 1 / 7 5 / 10 6 / 9 3 / 7 7 / 9 26 / 66
1988 Minors 26 67.00 1 / 7 0 / 6 2 / 5 2 / 18 5 / 11 6 / 12 2 / 8 18 / 67
1988 Majors 26 1.23 3 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1988 Pos (CF) 26 70.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 14 / 70
1988 Pos (RF) 26 24.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 20 / 24
1989 Minors 27 12.00 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 3 / 12
1989 Majors 27 58.78 141 83 0 3 / 14 1 / 8 2 / 4 3 / 6 5 / 8 2 / 7 5 / 11 21 / 58
1989 Pos (CF) 27 18.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 6 / 18
1990 Majors 28 66.79 154 108 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 2 / 16 1 / 5 1 / 7 2 / 13 1 / 7 7 / 66
1991 Majors 29 58.88 152 107 10 0 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 9 2 / 58
1992 Majors 30 65.75 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 65
1993 Majors 31 67.02 162 135 0 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 67
1994 Majors 32 54.76 130 110 32 0 / 5 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 54
1995 Majors 33 51.31 144 87 18 2 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 10 0 / 4 2 / 51
1996 Majors 34 48.71 142 70 20 -2 / 10 -3 / 5 -2 / 6 -1 / 11 -4 / 4 -2 / 4 -3 / 8 -17 / 48
1997 Majors 35 55.52 135 104 27 -2 / 13 -6 / 7 -2 / 10 -7 / 8 -10 / 6 0 / 7 -3 / 4 -30 / 55
1998 Majors 36 47.14 162 65 0 -1 / 9 -5 / 6 -2 / 4 -5 / 7 -6 / 7 -1 / 6 -3 / 8 -23 / 47
1999 Majors 37 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 8
Total 1487 1001 115 20 / 160 4 / 141 22 / 134 13 / 141 25 / 129 47 / 144 34 / 142 205 / 1103
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1999-11-01Bill Grotewold has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1997-05-05Bill Grotewold of the San Francisco EDGE is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1996-05-30Bill Grotewold of the San Francisco EDGE is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1995-07-07Bill Grotewold of the San Francisco EDGE is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1994-06-19Bill Grotewold of the San Francisco EDGE is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1991-08-19Bill Grotewold of the San Francisco EDGE is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1991-03-29The San Francisco EDGE have promoted Bill Grotewold to the major league team. The San Francisco EDGE have promoted Jack Phillips to the major league team. The San Francisco EDGE have promoted Johnny Wasdell to the major league team. The San Francisco EDGE have promoted Grant Hoerman to the major league team.
1991-03-29Bill Grotewold has signed with the San Francisco EDGE for $4.66M per year for 8 years.
1990-06-04Bill Grotewold of the Montreal Royals is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1989-04-25The Montreal Royals have promoted Bill Grotewold to the major league team.
1988-05-05The Montreal Royals have acquired Bill Grotewold from the waiver wire.
1988-04-28The Atlanta Red Caps have waived Bill Grotewold.
1988-04-28The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Max Nelson to the major league team. The Atlanta Red Caps have sent Bill Grotewold to the minors.
1988-04-25The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Bill Grotewold to the major league team.
1988-03-31The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Joe Pye to the major league team. The Atlanta Red Caps have sent Bill Grotewold to the minors.
1988-03-30The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Bill Grotewold to the major league team. The Atlanta Red Caps have promoted Randy Culberson to the major league team.