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Mordecai Brown League
10-23-2263
Sam Groth Shortstop
Retired (1971, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating 62   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .725 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
H 2861 Age at Death 86 Date of Birth 07-23-1932
HR 238 Drafted Round 2, Pick 17
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 20 years
(19 games)
RBI 1128
SB 492
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 73 Contact vs. L 84 Endurance 55   Ldrship 73
Power vs. R 54 Power vs. L 43 Velocity 22   Mentor vR 100
Speed 52 Bunt 46 Control 5   Mentor vL 100
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS 100 (100%) Range 70 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF 63 (63.4%) Arm 69 WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF 2 (2.7%)   Health 44 LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF 27 (27.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 2
* League requires 50% 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 
1950 Minors 18 52.00 7 / 7 7 / 7 7 / 10 5 / 7 4 / 6 11 / 11 3 / 4 44 / 52
1951 Minors 19 50.00 11 / 11 10 / 10 3 / 5 5 / 7 3 / 3 8 / 11 3 / 3 43 / 50
1952 Majors 20 57.18 4 / 7 2 / 4 3 / 7 7 / 14 6 / 11 2 / 5 4 / 9 28 / 57
1953 Majors 21 64.45 4 / 9 7 / 13 2 / 6 1 / 5 7 / 10 4 / 9 7 / 12 32 / 64
1954 Majors 22 58.39 5 / 6 5 / 12 5 / 6 1 / 7 2 / 5 6 / 10 3 / 12 27 / 58
1955 Majors 23 59.56 4 / 6 9 / 14 2 / 7 2 / 6 5 / 10 5 / 8 4 / 8 31 / 59
1956 Majors 24 64.87 6 / 14 7 / 9 1 / 5 1 / 5 3 / 13 4 / 10 4 / 8 26 / 64
1957 Majors 25 50.96 2 / 7 2 / 3 2 / 5 1 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 10 1 / 10 10 / 50
1958 Majors 26 63.32 2 / 10 1 / 19 2 / 9 1 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 7 2 / 9 11 / 63
1959 Majors 27 63.95 0 / 5 1 / 10 4 / 10 3 / 11 1 / 9 1 / 8 2 / 10 12 / 63
1960 Majors 28 57.91 1 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 9 4 / 57
1961 Majors 29 62.29 0 / 2 1 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 14 5 / 62
1962 Majors 30 65.39 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 15 0 / 11 1 / 7 1 / 11 0 / 8 3 / 65
1963 Majors 31 64.19 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 64
1964 Majors 32 73.09 1 / 16 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 7 1 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 12 2 / 73
1965 Majors 33 69.39 0 / 6 0 / 19 0 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 69
1966 Majors 34 64.29 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 64
1967 Majors 35 63.49 0 / 7 0 / 15 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 63
1968 Majors 36 59.89 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 11 1 / 59
1969 Majors 37 60.09 0 / 8 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 60
1970 Majors 38 30.30 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 7 0 / 30
1971 Majors 39 21.40 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 21
Total 0 0 0 47 / 170 53 / 203 33 / 178 30 / 176 38 / 172 45 / 177 36 / 191 282 / 1267
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Sam Groth has retired from the Boston Sucks
1955-04-09A trade has been completed between the Chicago Bulldogs and the Boston Bridesmaids. The Boston Bridesmaids receive Luke Stark, Sam Groth from the Chicago Bulldogs in exchange for Billy Pilgrim.
1952-03-29The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Sam Groth to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Chicago Bulldogs have promoted Jeff Rosenthal to the major league team. The Chicago Bulldogs have sent Sam Groth to the minors.