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Name	Team	Age
Frank Grotewold	Retired (1977, Age 34)	Died (2004, Age 62)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 39 (1963)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	5 years (37 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	B+	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	12/8/1942
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	2	2
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (92.8 %)	C+ (44.8 %)	D  (19.7 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1963

Minors

46.00

5 / 5

5 / 5

4 / 4

6 / 6

7 / 12

8 / 8

6 / 6

41 / 46

1964

Minors

55.00

3 / 7

5 / 6

5 / 10

7 / 12

6 / 7

7 / 7

5 / 6

38 / 55

1965

Minors

66.00

4 / 12

7 / 9

4 / 8

3 / 7

4 / 12

10 / 10

6 / 8

38 / 66

1966

Minors

54.00

1 / 4

3 / 6

2 / 5

2 / 8

5 / 12

6 / 10

7 / 9

26 / 54

1967

Minors

65.00

3 / 7

1 / 7

2 / 8

4 / 10

3 / 8

8 / 13

6 / 12

27 / 65

1968

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1968

Majors

21.56

151

12

0

3 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 3

3 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 1

7 / 21

1969

Minors

57.00

3 / 8

4 / 8

2 / 7

0 / 11

4 / 11

2 / 4

6 / 8

21 / 57

1970

Minors

54.00

1 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 3

2 / 11

2 / 4

2 / 7

3 / 11

12 / 54

1971

Minors

68.00

3 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 6

4 / 11

2 / 12

3 / 12

14 / 68

1972

Minors

55.00

6 / 10

3 / 10

0 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 10

1 / 8

1 / 8

13 / 55

1973

Minors

38.00

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 7

2 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 8

3 / 7

5 / 38

1973

Majors

16.97

67

23

0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 16

1974

Majors

24.83

162

23

0

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 24

1975

Majors

34.13

162

42

0

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 6

2 / 4

1 / 6

3 / 34

1976

Majors

23.98

162

21

0

-6 / 3

-7 / 1

-6 / 6

-6 / 2

-1 / 5

-3 / 2

-3 / 4

-32 / 23

1977

Majors

48.90

143

77

0

-3 / 3

-3 / 7

0 / 7

-5 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 6

-3 / 8

-14 / 48

Total

847

198

0

23 / 94

22 / 92

13 / 95

21 / 114

35 / 116

46 / 103

41 / 111

201 / 725

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Frank Grotewold has retired from the Milwaukee Braves
1977-05-01	The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Frank Grotewold to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Mark Cotter to the minors.
1977-05-01	The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Frank Grotewold from the waiver wire.
1977-04-20	The Oakland Blues have waived Frank Grotewold.
1977-04-10	The Oakland Blues have designated Frank Grotewold for assignment.
1973-07-18	The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Frank Grotewold to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Art Crouch to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have sent Rube Uhl to the minors. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have designated Tubby Koehler for assignment.
1968-09-20	The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Nolan Haynes to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have sent Frank Grotewold to the minors.
1968-04-01	The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Frank Grotewold to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Doug Johnson to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Terry Fitzsimmons to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Travis Polley to the major league team. The Minnesota Minor Leaguers have promoted Ted Grubb to the major league team.
1963-06-02	The Washington Grizzlies have acquired Frank Grotewold from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01	The Milwaukee Braves have waived Frank Grotewold.
1961-04-30	A trade has been completed between the Seattle Sharks and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Draft Pick 1964 Round 4 SEA (Bobby Altenburg), Draft Pick 1964 Round 3 SEA (Cesar Widger), Draft Pick 1964 Round 5 SEA (Dick Cardona), Draft Pick 1963 Round 3 SEA (Frank Grotewold), Draft Pick 1963 Round 4 SEA (John Spilman), Draft Pick 1963 Round 5 SEA (Rome Brown) from the Seattle Sharks in exchange for Reggie Mejia.