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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Sam Grote First Base
Retired (1961, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .261 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .702 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 422 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 11-18-1926
HR 28 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(116 games)
RBI 201
SB 0 Salary $0.55M Final Contract Year 1961
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity D+   Mentor vR C+
Speed B- Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 3
2B (64.4%) CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 5
3B B+ (71.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1952 3B PIT 16 13 124.1 32 11 18 3 1 -5 2.10 .906
C PIT 6 6 52.0 37 36 0 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 6.23 .973
1B PIT 2 2 14.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 6.43 1.000
2B PIT 1 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
1953 3B PIT 3 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1954 1B PIT 50 44 394.0 423 403 19 1 31 -1 9.64 .998
C PIT 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 7.00 1.000
2B PIT 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 1 -1 3.00 1.000
3B PIT 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1955 1B PIT 64 61 524.0 552 534 17 1 44 +2 9.46 .998
C PIT 2 2 18.0 19 19 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0 9.50 1.000
3B PIT 1 1 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 NaN
1956 1B PIT 54 51 422.2 426 410 13 3 37 -2 9.01 .993
1957 1B PIT 47 43 362.0 376 360 15 1 23 +1 9.32 .997
RF PIT 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1958 1B PIT 57 56 479.2 452 432 17 3 30 -1 8.42 .993
1959 1B PIT 17 14 130.1 130 124 6 0 6 +1 8.98 1.000
2B PIT 1 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 1 -2 5.14 1.000
1960 1B PIT 4 4 35.0 27 26 1 0 4 0 6.94 1.000
2B PIT 4 4 35.0 21 9 10 2 1 -3 4.89 .905
3B PIT 2 2 17.0 3 0 2 1 1 -1 1.06 .667
SS PIT 1 1 9.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 6.00 1.000
1961 2B PIT 3 3 28.0 19 6 12 1 2 +1 5.79 .947
1B PIT 2 2 17.0 18 16 2 0 2 0 9.53 1.000
Pos Total 1B 297 277 2378.2 2414 2315 90 9 177 0 9.10 .996
3B 24 16 156.0 37 11 22 4 2 -7 1.90 .892
2B 10 10 88.0 52 18 31 3 5 -5 5.01 .942
C 9 9 79.0 63 62 0 1 0 0 8 0 0.0% 0 7.06 .984
SS 1 1 9.0 6 3 3 0 1 0 6.00 1.000
RF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 342 314 2719.2 2572 2409 146 17 185 0 8 0 0.0% -12 8.46 .993
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1961-11-01Sam Grote has retired from the Pittsburgh Pounders
1961-07-30The Pittsburgh Pounders have placed Sam Grote on the trade block.
1961-04-08Sam Grote of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1958-08-18Sam Grote of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1958-04-09Sam Grote of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1955-03-29The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Mike Larkin to the minors.
1955-03-29Sam Grote has signed with the Pittsburgh Pounders for $0.55M per year for 7 years.
1954-06-20Sam Grote of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1954-03-29The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team.
1953-05-30The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Sam Grote to the minors.
1952-10-03The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Randy Myers to the minors.
1952-10-01The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Randy Myers to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Sam Grote to the minors.
1952-03-28The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dave Curd to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Ron Schneider to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Patrick DeVormer to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Mike King to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Tom Easter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dale Raney to the major league team.
1950-06-11A trade has been completed between the Chicago Creeps and the Pittsburgh Pounders. The Pittsburgh Pounders receive Sam Grote, Draft Pick 1952 Round 3 CHA (Tommy Encarnacion) from the Chicago Creeps in exchange for Pinky Koy.
1950-03-29The Chicago Creeps have promoted Juan Wallace to the major league team. The Chicago Creeps have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team.