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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYM		MON	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	NYM		MON	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	NYM		MON	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	5	3	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
7	10 (2)	Apr 19	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	69	17.0	12	1	0	13	0	C LF
8	11	Apr 20	NYM	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	12	Apr 21	NYM	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	13	Apr 23	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	14	Apr 24	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
12	18 (3)	Apr 28	NYM		ATL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
13	19	Apr 29	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	20	Apr 30	NYM		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	22 (1)	May 2 (2)	NYM		HOU	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	C
16	23	May 4	NYM		CIN	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
17	24	May 5	NYM		CIN	L,0-2	CG	45	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
18	25	May 6	NYM		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
19	26	May 7	NYM		SDP	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	27	May 8	NYM		SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	28	May 9	NYM		SDP	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
22	29	May 11	NYM	@	ATL	L,7-8	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
23	31 (1)	May 14	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	32	May 15	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	C
25	34 (1)	May 16 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	35	May 19	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
27	36	May 20	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	37	May 21	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	38	May 22	NYM	@	MON	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	39	May 23	NYM	@	MON	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	41 (1)	May 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
32	42	May 26	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	43	May 27	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	44	May 28	NYM		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	C
35	45	May 29	NYM		STL	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
36	46	May 30	NYM		STL	L,5-6	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
37	47	May 31 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	49 (1)	Jun 1	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	51 (1)	Jun 3	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
40	52	Jun 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	53	Jun 5	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	55 (1)	Jun 7	NYM	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	57 (1)	Jun 9	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	59	Jun 11	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
46	60	Jun 12	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	GF	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH C
47	61	Jun 13 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	62	Jun 13 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	63	Jun 15	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	64	Jun 16	NYM		LAD	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	65	Jun 17	NYM		LAD	W,1-0	CG	45	14.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
52	66	Jun 18	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	67	Jun 19	NYM		SFG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
54	68	Jun 20	NYM		SFG	L,2-9	GS	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	69	Jun 21	NYM	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	70	Jun 22	NYM	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	71	Jun 23	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
58	72	Jun 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	73	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
60	74	Jun 27	NYM	@	CHC	W,13-3	GS	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	75	Jun 28	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
62	76	Jun 29	NYM		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	81 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
64	82	Jul 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	83	Jul 6	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
66	84	Jul 7	NYM	@	HOU	W,12-4	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	89 (4)	Jul 15	NYM		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
68	90	Jul 16	NYM		HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
69	91	Jul 17	NYM		HOU	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
70	94 (2)	Jul 20	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	95	Jul 21	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
72	96	Jul 23	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	10	0	0	10	1	C
73	99 (2)	Jul 26	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	100	Jul 27	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	101	Jul 28	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	CG	54	13.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
76	102	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
77	103	Jul 30	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	104	Jul 31	NYM		PHI	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	105	Aug 1 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,6-7	GS	38	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
80	107 (1)	Aug 2	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	C
81	109 (1)	Aug 4	NYM		MON	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	110	Aug 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
83	111	Aug 7 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
84	113 (1)	Aug 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	114	Aug 10	NYM		SDP	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	118 (3)	Aug 14	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	121 (2)	Aug 18	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	122	Aug 19	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
89	123	Aug 21	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
90	124	Aug 22	NYM	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	125	Aug 24	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	127 (1)	Aug 27	NYM		LAD	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	148 (20)	Sep 18	NYM		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	154 (5)	Sep 25	NYM		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
95	156 (1)	Sep 27	NYM		MON	W,10-3	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
96	159 (2)	Sep 29	NYM		MON	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							97gm		801.1	622	49	5	676	6