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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 B    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 A  Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R C  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 B  (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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1950 Away 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1950 Home 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 1.000 .000 1.000
1952 Away 72 103 5 19 0 0 1 8 9 22 0 0 2 .464 .250 .214 .029 .184
1952 Home 63 83 16 25 3 0 1 12 15 12 0 0 2 .778 .404 .373 .072 .301
1953 Away 19 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 .269 .158 .111 .000 .111
1953 Home 21 19 2 4 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 .812 .286 .526 .316 .211
1954 Away 63 138 11 35 3 0 2 20 9 24 0 0 1 .616 .297 .319 .065 .254
1954 Home 58 109 13 33 9 0 4 18 9 13 0 0 0 .848 .353 .495 .193 .303
1955 Away 66 146 17 43 8 0 1 17 12 19 0 0 1 .716 .346 .370 .075 .295
1955 Home 68 141 21 35 8 2 4 18 18 27 0 0 0 .764 .346 .418 .170 .248
1956 Away 63 117 16 32 3 2 1 11 17 15 0 0 1 .727 .368 .359 .085 .274
1956 Home 68 127 19 33 6 0 3 10 16 16 0 0 2 .718 .340 .378 .118 .260
1957 Away 41 94 16 24 3 0 2 11 14 15 0 0 1 .706 .355 .351 .096 .255
1957 Home 38 87 10 25 2 2 1 16 10 12 0 0 0 .752 .361 .391 .103 .287
1958 Away 38 106 14 27 4 0 1 7 14 20 0 0 1 .668 .347 .321 .066 .255
1958 Home 45 105 15 29 3 1 2 15 22 22 0 0 2 .784 .403 .381 .105 .276
1959 Away 31 46 5 14 2 0 1 6 6 9 0 0 0 .790 .377 .413 .109 .304
1959 Home 32 44 7 11 3 0 0 10 9 4 0 0 0 .689 .370 .318 .068 .250
1960 Away 42 53 9 10 2 0 1 5 6 10 0 0 0 .554 .271 .283 .094 .189
1960 Home 24 38 1 8 2 0 0 6 5 7 0 0 3 .565 .302 .263 .053 .211
1961 Away 11 23 3 8 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 .913 .348 .565 .217 .348
1961 Home 16 19 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 .536 .273 .263 .053 .211
Total Away 447 845 96 214 27 2 11 89 88 141 0 0 8 .653 .324 .329 .076 .253
Total Home 434 773 106 208 37 5 17 112 108 120 0 0 9 .755 .359 .396 .127 .269
Total 881 1618 202 422 64 7 28 201 196 261 0 0 17 .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.