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| Name | Team | Age |
| Tom Grover | Retired (1986, Age 35) | Died (2035, Age 84) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 10 (1974) |
RF | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Kevin Brown League | 0 | 10 years (14 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 1/17/1951 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (CF) | Alt Pos (LF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (97.5 %) | (80.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1974 | Minors | 11.00 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 5 / 11 | |||
| 1974 | Majors | 14.02 | 99 | 23 | 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 4 / 5 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 3 / 3 | 11 / 14 |
| 1975 | Minors | 14.00 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 6 / 14 | |||
| 1975 | Majors | 31.11 | 79 | 67 | 14 | 3 / 4 | 2 / 5 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 7 | 3 / 3 | 6 / 6 | 20 / 31 |
| 1976 | Majors | 66.83 | 162 | 138 | 0 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 13 | 15 / 15 | 10 / 12 | 40 / 66 |
| 1977 | Majors | 50.29 | 130 | 96 | 32 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 7 | 5 / 10 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 6 / 7 | 8 / 11 | 23 / 50 |
| 1978 | Minors | 12.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 12 | |||
| 1978 | Majors | 10.54 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 10 |
| 1979 | Minors | 9.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 9 | |||
| 1979 | Majors | 8.11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 8 |
| 1980 | Majors | 62.68 | 162 | 121 | 0 | 2 / 14 | 0 / 6 | 3 / 10 | 0 / 9 | 0 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 0 / 5 | 10 / 62 |
| 1981 | Majors | 37.39 | 162 | 29 | 0 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 8 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 6 / 37 |
| 1982 | Majors | 48.74 | 155 | 68 | 7 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 9 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 48 |
| 1983 | Majors | 62.00 | 162 | 131 | 0 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 7 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 11 | 4 / 62 |
| 1984 | Majors | 43.54 | 162 | 51 | 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 11 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 43 |
| 1985 | Majors | 53.57 | 162 | 87 | 0 | -2 / 14 | -5 / 5 | -2 / 7 | -5 / 6 | -8 / 9 | -3 / 7 | 0 / 5 | -25 / 53 |
| 1986 | Minors | 2.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | |||
| 1986 | Majors | 12.24 | 56 | 15 | 0 | -5 / 1 | -7 / 1 | -6 / 3 | -3 / 2 | -1 / 0 | -4 / 3 | -2 / 2 | -28 / 12 |
| Total | 1581 | 847 | 53 | 6 / 80 | 0 / 75 | 14 / 75 | 5 / 78 | 0 / 83 | 31 / 80 | 29 / 73 | 85 / 544 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1986-11-01 | Tom Grover has retired from the Cleveland Clowns |
| 1986-07-31 | The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Cleveland Clowns have promoted Snipe Gates to the major league team. |
| 1986-07-20 | The Cleveland Clowns have acquired Tom Grover from the waiver wire. |
| 1985-05-05 | Trade #1143889 has been completed between the Washington Athletics and the Minnesota Saints. The Minnesota Saints receive Claudell Wilmington, Casey Kidman, Ed Bell, Lloyd Griffin, Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 WAS (Jamie Pelty) from the Washington Athletics in exchange for Tom Grover, Euel McKain. Protest This Trade. |
| 1982-08-23 | Tom Grover of the Minnesota Saints is injured and is expected to be out 7 days. |
| 1981-03-29 | Trade #1119365 has been completed between the Kansas City Milk Teeth and the Minnesota Saints. The Minnesota Saints receive Roy Davis, Barney Hausmann, Tom Grover, Gates Patterson from the Kansas City Milk Teeth in exchange for Bobo Oliva. Protest This Trade. |
| 1980-03-29 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Angel Sugden to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted John Twitty to the major league team. |
| 1980-03-28 | Tom Grover has signed with the Kansas City Milk Teeth for $0.61M per year for 6 years. |
| 1979-09-22 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Mike Larkin to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. |
| 1979-08-14 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have sent Tom Grover to the minors. |
| 1979-06-13 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have designated Charlie Williams for assignment. |
| 1979-03-30 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Doc Mays to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have sent Tom Grover to the minors. |
| 1978-09-04 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have designated Claudell Wilmington for assignment. |
| 1978-04-04 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have sent Tom Grover to the minors. |
| 1978-03-31 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have placed Tom Grover on the trade block. |
| 1977-06-09 | Tom Grover of the Kansas City Milk Teeth is injured and is expected to be out 37 days. |
| 1975-09-05 | Tom Grover of the Kansas City Milk Teeth is injured and is expected to be out 16 days. |
| 1975-06-18 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have promoted Barney Hausmann to the major league team. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have sent Klondike Maul to the minors. The Kansas City Milk Teeth have designated Dell Allenson for assignment. |
| 1975-04-08 | The Kansas City Milk Teeth have acquired Tom Grover from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-03-28 | The Minnesota Fighting Saints have waived Tom Grover. |
| 1974-07-23 | The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Israel Devens to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Russ Ibanez to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Dick Stockwell to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Bill Welzer to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Bob Smith to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent John Hertz to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Tom Grover to the minors. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have sent Gordon Lobert to the minors. |
| 1974-03-28 | The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Art Dammann to the major league team. The Minnesota Fighting Saints have promoted Tom Grover to the major league team. |
| 1973-03-30 | A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the Minnesota Fighting Saints. The Minnesota Fighting Saints receive Dolly Chandler, Harry Goodwin, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 NYA (Eric Perrine), Draft Pick 1975 Round 1 NYA (Roy Justice), Draft Pick 1974 Round 1 NYA (Tom Grover) from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Tim Rupe, Cy Gehrig. Protest This Trade. |