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Heinie Groh
Henry Knight Groh

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 158 lb.

Debut April 12, 1912
Final Game October 2, 1927
Born September 18, 1889 in Rochester, NY
Died August 22, 1968 in Cincinnati, OH

Brother of Lew Groh

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        A terrific and overlooked player whose failure to get a hit at a critical time in a simulated baseball game 30 years ago caused my friend Oliver to throw a pencil through a painting hanging above the fireplace in his family's living room.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 22 NYG NL  27   48    8   13   2  1   0    3   6      8   7  .271  .375  .354   97   17   0           0    
 1913 23 TOT NL 121  399   51  112  19  5   3   48  24     38  37  .281  .349  .376  107  150  19           4    
         NYG NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CIN NL 117  397   51  112  19  5   3   48  24     38  36  .282  .351  .378  108  150  19           4    
 1914 24 CIN NL 139  455   59  131  18  4   2   32  24     64  28  .288  .391  .358  120  163  17          13     MVP-21
 1915 25 CIN NL 160  587   72  170  32  9   3   50  12 17  50  33  .290  .354  .390  123  229  31           9    
 1916 26 CIN NL 149  553   85  149  24 14   2   28  13     84  34  .269  .370  .374  131  207  11           4    
 1917 27 CIN NL 156  599   91  182  39 11   1   53  15     71  30  .304  .385  .411  148  246   7           8    
 1918 28 CIN NL 126  493   86  158  28  3   1   37  11     54  24  .320  .395  .396  143  195  13           7    
 1919 29 CIN NL 122  448   79  139  17 11   5   63  21     56  26  .310  .392  .431  149  193  15           4    
 1920 30 CIN NL 145  550   86  164  28 12   0   49  16 19  60  29  .298  .375  .393  122  216  14           8    
 1921 31 CIN NL  97  357   54  118  19  6   0   48  22 14  36  17  .331  .398  .417  121  149  19           4    
 1922 32 NYG NL 115  426   63  113  21  3   3   51   5  6  53  21  .265  .353  .350   80  149  13           5    
 1923 33 NYG NL 123  465   91  135  22  5   4   48   3  4  60  22  .290  .379  .385  103  179   9           6    
 1924 34 NYG NL 145  559   82  157  32  3   2   46   8  6  52  29  .281  .354  .360   94  201  13          11    
 1925 35 NYG NL  25   65    7   15   4  0   0    4   0  0   6   3  .231  .296  .292   53   19   1           0    
 1926 36 NYG NL  12   35    2    8   2  0   0    3   0      2   3  .229  .270  .286   50   10   0           0    
 1927 37 PIT NL  14   35    2   10   1  0   0    3   0      2   2  .286  .324  .314   67   11   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1676 6074  918 1774 308 87  26  566 180 66 696 345  .292  .373  .384  118 2334 182   0   0  83   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        587   89  171  30  8   3   55  17  6  67  33  .292  .373  .384  118  226  18   0   0   8   0
 Career High    160  599   91  182  39 14   5   63  24 19  84  37  .331  .398  .431  149  246  31   0   0  13   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 22 NYG NL   56   35    6   4.6   103| .271  .285| .375  .356| .354  .388| .729  .744|  97  .533   0.1   0.0     
 1913 23 TOT NL  460  306   52   4.6    91| .281  .270| .349  .334| .376  .367| .725  .701| 107  .574   4.4   0.4     
         NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0    92| .000  .270| .000  .336| .000  .368| .000  .704|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         CIN NL  458  304   52   4.6    91| .282  .270| .351  .334| .378  .367| .729  .701| 108  .577   4.9   0.5     
 1914 24 CIN NL  549  341   61   4.8    86| .288  .262| .391  .331| .358  .351| .749  .681| 120  .639  16.0   1.8     
 1915 25 CIN NL  677  465   75   4.3    82| .290  .258| .354  .321| .390  .345| .744  .667| 123  .624  17.6   2.0  41%
 1916 26 CIN NL  652  415   76   5.0    77| .269  .252| .370  .310| .374  .336| .744  .646| 131  .676  24.0   2.8     
 1917 27 CIN NL  685  424   93   5.9    75| .304  .252| .385  .309| .411  .333| .796  .641| 148  .740  37.9   4.3     
 1918 28 CIN NL  567  348   76   5.9    78| .320  .259| .395  .316| .396  .334| .791  .651| 143  .729  29.1   3.3     
 1919 29 CIN NL  523  324   75   6.3    80| .310  .262| .392  .316| .431  .344| .823  .660| 149  .737  28.7   3.2     
 1920 30 CIN NL  632  419   76   5.0    89| .298  .274| .375  .328| .393  .364| .768  .692| 122  .611  18.8   2.0  45%
 1921 31 CIN NL  416  272   57   5.6   102| .331  .292| .398  .341| .417  .402| .815  .743| 121  .589  13.0   1.3  61%
 1922 32 NYG NL  497  332   51   4.1   114| .265  .304| .353  .362| .350  .423| .703  .784|  80  .417 -10.7  -1.0  45%
 1923 33 NYG NL  540  343   66   5.2   106| .290  .292| .379  .351| .385  .406| .764  .757| 103  .540   4.7   0.5  42%
 1924 34 NYG NL  635  421   68   4.3   101| .281  .286| .354  .341| .360  .399| .714  .740|  94  .477  -1.5  -0.2  57%
 1925 35 NYG NL   72   51    6   3.1   111| .231  .295| .296  .352| .292  .421| .588  .774|  53  .291  -4.3  -0.4   0%
 1926 36 NYG NL   37   27    3   3.0   102| .229  .286| .270  .346| .286  .396| .556  .742|  50  .315  -2.4  -0.2     
 1927 37 PIT NL   37   25    4   4.3   110| .286  .299| .324  .358| .314  .412| .638  .770|  67  .469  -1.7  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     7035 4548  845   5.0    90| .292  .271| .373  .329| .384  .366| .757  .695| 118  .613 173.6  19.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 22 NYG NL 2B 12 21 26 6 4 .887 .955 3.92 5.09 SS 7 7 12 2 0 .905 .931 2.71 4.93 3B 6 6 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.02 1913 23 TOT NL SS 5 5 8 1 1 .929 .942 2.60 4.96 NYG NL 3B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.95 SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 CIN NL 2B 113 249 358 23 43 .963 .955 5.37 4.92 SS 4 4 7 1 0 .917 .940 2.75 4.95 1914 24 CIN NL 2B 134 252 394 44 56 .936 .949 4.82 4.89 SS 2 5 5 1 1 .909 .926 5.00 5.10 1915 25 CIN NL 3B 131 153 280 14 34 .969 .947 3.31 3.00 2B 29 63 80 4 12 .973 .955 4.93 4.79 1916 26 CIN NL 3B 110 123 252 17 32 .957 .938 3.41 3.00 2B 33 93 108 4 9 .980 .951 6.09 4.74 SS 5 10 9 2 2 .905 .927 3.80 5.18 1917 27 CIN NL 3B 154 178 331 18 28 .966 .942 3.31 3.04 2B 2 8 9 0 2 1.000 .955 8.50 4.95 1918 28 CIN NL 3B 126 180 253 14 37 .969 .949 3.44 3.33 1919 29 CIN NL 3B 121 171 226 12 22 .971 .946 3.28 3.10 1920 30 CIN NL 3B 144 179 252 14 30 .969 .947 2.99 3.04 SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.50 1921 31 CIN NL 3B 97 97 188 15 27 .950 .941 2.94 2.95 1922 32 NYG NL 3B 110 100 207 11 25 .965 .948 2.79 2.93 1923 33 NYG NL 3B 118 117 233 9 18 .975 .947 2.97 2.95 1924 34 NYG NL 3B 145 121 286 7 23 .983 .956 2.81 2.81 1925 35 NYG NL 3B 16 14 16 3 1 .909 .940 1.88 2.85 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.60 1926 36 NYG NL 3B 7 6 13 1 1 .950 .955 2.71 2.81 1927 37 PIT NL 3B 12 9 14 1 0 .958 .947 1.92 2.82
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 22 NYG NL 2B 12 21 26 6 4 .887 .955 3.92 5.09 1913 23 CIN NL 2B 113 249 358 23 43 .963 .955 5.37 4.92 1914 24 CIN NL 2B 134 252 394 44 56 .936 .949 4.82 4.89 1915 25 CIN NL 2B 29 63 80 4 12 .973 .955 4.93 4.79 1916 26 CIN NL 2B 33 93 108 4 9 .980 .951 6.09 4.74 1917 27 CIN NL 2B 2 8 9 0 2 1.000 .955 8.50 4.95 1925 35 NYG NL 2B 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.60 1912 22 NYG NL 3B 6 6 3 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 3.02 1913 23 NYG NL 3B 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.95 1915 25 CIN NL 3B 131 153 280 14 34 .969 .947 3.31 3.00 1916 26 CIN NL 3B 110 123 252 17 32 .957 .938 3.41 3.00 1917 27 CIN NL 3B 154 178 331 18 28 .966 .942 3.31 3.04 1918 28 CIN NL 3B 126 180 253 14 37 .969 .949 3.44 3.33 1919 29 CIN NL 3B 121 171 226 12 22 .971 .946 3.28 3.10 1920 30 CIN NL 3B 144 179 252 14 30 .969 .947 2.99 3.04 1921 31 CIN NL 3B 97 97 188 15 27 .950 .941 2.94 2.95 1922 32 NYG NL 3B 110 100 207 11 25 .965 .948 2.79 2.93 1923 33 NYG NL 3B 118 117 233 9 18 .975 .947 2.97 2.95 1924 34 NYG NL 3B 145 121 286 7 23 .983 .956 2.81 2.81 1925 35 NYG NL 3B 16 14 16 3 1 .909 .940 1.88 2.85 1926 36 NYG NL 3B 7 6 13 1 1 .950 .955 2.71 2.81 1927 37 PIT NL 3B 12 9 14 1 0 .958 .947 1.92 2.82 1912 22 NYG NL SS 7 7 12 2 0 .905 .931 2.71 4.93 1913 23 TOT NL SS 5 5 8 1 1 .929 .942 2.60 4.96 NYG NL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 5.00 CIN NL SS 4 4 7 1 0 .917 .940 2.75 4.95 1914 24 CIN NL SS 2 5 5 1 1 .909 .926 5.00 5.10 1916 26 CIN NL SS 5 10 9 2 2 .905 .927 3.80 5.18 1920 30 CIN NL SS 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 5.50
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 1299 1456 2554 136 278 .967 .946 3.09 3.01 2B 325 688 977 81 126 .954 .952 5.12 4.89 SS 20 28 37 6 4 .915 .931 3.25 5.04 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1644 2172 3568 223 408 .963 .948 3.49 3.41
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1919   WS    CIN CHW     W   8  29   6   5  2  0  0   2   6   4  .172  .306  .241   0  1   0   1   0 
 1922   WS    NYG NYY     W   5  19   4   9  0  1  0   0   2   1  .474  .524  .579   0  1   0   0   0 
 1923   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  22   3   4  0  1  0   2   3   1  .182  .280  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   1   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1927   WS    PIT NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        2-3  21  72  13  19  2  2  0   4  11   6  .264  .357  .347   0  2   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1914-NL-21-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1917 NL-.304-5
1918 NL-.320-3
1919 NL-.310-4

On-base %
1914 NL-.391-8
1916 NL-.370-5
1917 NL-.385-1
1918 NL-.395-1
1919 NL-.392-2
1920 NL-.375-5

Slugging %
1917 NL-.411-6
1918 NL-.396-7
1919 NL-.431-3

OPS
1917 NL-.796-4
1918 NL-.791-2
1919 NL-.823-1

Games
1915 NL-160-1
1917 NL-156-1
1918 NL-126-5
1924 NL-145-10

At Bats
1915 NL-587-4
1917 NL-599-2
1918 NL-493-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1915 NL-677-2
1916 NL-652-4
1917 NL-685-1
1918 NL-567-2
1924 NL-635-9

Runs
1916 NL-85-4
1917 NL-91-2
1918 NL-86-1
1919 NL-79-2
1920 NL-86-9

Hits
1915 NL-170-4
1917 NL-182-1
1918 NL-158-2

Total Bases
1915 NL-229-7
1917 NL-246-2
1918 NL-195-3

Doubles
1915 NL-32-7
1917 NL-39-1
1918 NL-28-1
1920 NL-28-10
1924 NL-32-7

Triples
1916 NL-14-5
1919 NL-11-8

Home Runs
1919 NL-5-8

RBI
1919 NL-63-5

Bases on Balls
1914 NL-64-7
1916 NL-84-1
1917 NL-71-2
1918 NL-54-3
1919 NL-56-3
1920 NL-60-4
1923 NL-60-9
1924 NL-52-10

Stolen Bases
1921 NL-22-6

Singles
1915 NL-126-7
1917 NL-131-6
1918 NL-126-2

Adjusted OPS+
1916 NL-131-10
1917 NL-148-4
1918 NL-143-2
1919 NL-149-2

Runs Created
1915 NL-75-7
1916 NL-76-8
1917 NL-93-2
1918 NL-76-1
1919 NL-75-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1915 NL-18-10
1916 NL-24-7
1917 NL-38-2
1918 NL-29-1
1919 NL-29-4

Batting Wins
1915 NL-2.0-10
1916 NL-2.8-6
1917 NL-4.3-2
1918 NL-3.3-1
1919 NL-3.2-4
1920 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1915 NL-44-10
1916 NL-40-10
1917 NL-51-2
1918 NL-32-8

Times on Base
1915 NL-229-3
1916 NL-237-2
1917 NL-261-1
1918 NL-219-1
1919 NL-199-8
1920 NL-232-7
1924 NL-220-10

Offensive Win%
1916 NL-.676-9
1917 NL-.740-5
1918 NL-.729-2
1919 NL-.737-1

Hit By Pitch
1914 NL-13-1
1915 NL-9-6
1917 NL-8-4
1918 NL-7-4
1920 NL-8-3
1923 NL-6-8
1924 NL-11-1

Sac. Hits
1913 NL-19-10
1915 NL-31-4

Caught Stealing
1920 NL-19-6

Power/Speed Number
1919 NL-8.1-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1914 NL-16.3-9
1915 NL-17.8-5
1916 NL-16.3-6
1917 NL-20.0-7

At Bats per Home Run
1919 NL-89.6-9

Outs
1915 NL-465-7
1917 NL-424-10
1924 NL-421-8

Oldest Player
1926 NL-36-8
1927 NL-37-7

     

Black Ink: Batting - 14 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 90 (259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 23.9 (461) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 23.5 (697) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 22, 1913: Traded by the New York Giants with Red Ames, Josh Devore, and $20,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Art Fromme.

December 6, 1921: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Giants for Mike Gonzalez, George Burns, and $150,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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