Jerry Grote

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: October 6, 1942 in San Antonio, TX us

Died: April 7, 2024 in Austin, TX

High School: Douglas MacArthur HS (San Antonio, TX)

School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-350d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1981 (Age 38-362d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Gerald Wayne Grote

Pronunciation: \GROW-tee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.0

4339

1092

.252

352

RBI

404

OBP

.316

SLG

.326

OPS

.642

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 25	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
8	8	Apr 26	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
10	10	Apr 28	NYM	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 29	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13 (1)	May 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
13	14	May 2	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	15	May 3	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	16	May 5	NYM		SDP	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
16	17	May 6	NYM		SDP	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
17	18	May 7	NYM		SDP	W,8-6	CG	41	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	19	May 10	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
19	21 (1)	May 11 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
20	22	May 12	NYM		SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	24 (1)	May 14	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	25	May 15	NYM		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	26	May 16	NYM		MON	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	29 (2)	May 19	NYM	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
25	30	May 20 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	32 (1)	May 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
27	33	May 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	34	May 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	36 (1)	May 26	NYM	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
30	37	May 27	NYM	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	39 (1)	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
32	40	May 30	NYM		PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	41	Jun 1	NYM		PHI	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	42	Jun 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
35	44 (1)	Jun 4	NYM		ATL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	45	Jun 6	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	46	Jun 7	NYM		CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	48 (1)	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	62 (13)	Jun 25 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
40	64 (1)	Jun 27	NYM		PIT	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
41	65	Jun 28	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
42	67 (1)	Jun 30	NYM	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	69 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
44	71 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
45	73 (1)	Jul 7	NYM		LAD	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
46	75 (1)	Jul 9	NYM		LAD	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
47	77 (1)	Jul 11	NYM		SFG	L,1-6	GF	25	6.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	78	Jul 12	NYM		SFG	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	80 (1)	Jul 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	83 (2)	Jul 19	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	84	Jul 20	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
52	85	Jul 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	86	Jul 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
54	88 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	91 (2)	Jul 29	NYM		MON	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	95 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	111 (15)	Aug 19	NYM		CIN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	117 (5)	Aug 26	NYM	@	ATL	L,6-7	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	118	Aug 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	126 (7)	Sep 4 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
61	130 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	NYM		STL	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	132 (1)	Sep 9	NYM		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	137 (4)	Sep 15	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
							63gm		554.0	407	43	1	451	5