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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 LHP 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .500
1952 LHP 36 58 10 1 0 0 5 6 15 .440 .250 .190 .017 .172
1952 RHP 105 128 34 2 0 2 15 18 19 .682 .354 .328 .062 .266
1953 LHP 8 7 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 .821 .250 .571 .429 .143
1953 RHP 32 30 5 0 0 1 4 2 2 .485 .219 .267 .100 .167
1954 LHP 49 93 33 5 0 5 23 10 12 .983 .413 .570 .215 .355
1954 RHP 95 154 35 7 0 1 15 8 25 .556 .264 .292 .065 .227
1955 LHP 50 112 35 8 2 4 19 12 18 .903 .376 .527 .214 .312
1955 RHP 107 175 43 8 0 1 16 18 28 .635 .327 .309 .063 .246
1956 LHP 60 145 37 7 0 3 11 23 18 .721 .355 .366 .110 .255
1956 RHP 97 99 28 2 2 1 10 10 13 .725 .351 .374 .091 .283
1957 LHP 51 118 37 1 2 2 17 15 18 .798 .391 .407 .093 .314
1957 RHP 55 63 12 4 0 1 10 9 9 .599 .297 .302 .111 .190
1958 LHP 34 67 17 2 1 0 8 11 16 .672 .359 .313 .060 .254
1958 RHP 70 144 39 5 0 3 14 25 26 .752 .384 .368 .097 .271
1959 LHP 29 35 13 2 0 1 8 6 4 .956 .442 .514 .143 .371
1959 RHP 37 55 12 3 0 0 8 9 9 .601 .328 .273 .055 .218
1960 LHP 43 57 13 4 0 0 7 5 9 .589 .290 .298 .070 .228
1960 RHP 29 34 5 0 0 1 4 6 8 .510 .275 .235 .088 .147
1961 LHP 20 20 7 2 0 1 4 2 6 .991 .391 .600 .250 .350
1961 RHP 9 22 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 .500 .227 .273 .045 .227
Total LHP 382 714 204 32 5 17 104 91 119 .780 .364 .416 .130 .286
Total RHP 636 904 218 32 2 11 97 105 142 .641 .323 .317 .076 .241
Total 881 1618 422 64 7 28 201 196 261 .702 .341 .361 .100 .261
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.