Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

CAREER BATTING STATISTICS

BATTING

YEAR

TEAM

AVG

RBI

OBP

SLG

1963
1964
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1977
1978
1981
1981

Hou
Hou
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
KC
LA

NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
NL

.200
.181
.237
.195
.282
.252
.255
.270
.210
.256
.257
.295
.272
.270
.259
.271
.304
.000

3
100
120
120
124
113
126
125
64
84
97
119
101
42
18
41
22
2

5
298
317
344
404
365
415
403
205
285
319
386
323
115
27
70
56
2

0
26
26
25
29
38
38
35
15
17
25
28
30
8
3
5
4
0

1
54
75
67
114
92
106
109
43
73
82
114
88
31
7
19
17
0

0
9
12
8
18
12
14
25
5
10
8
14
14
3
0
5
3
0

0
3
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
2
1
5
2
1
0
0
1
0

0
3
3
4
3
6
2
2
3
1
5
2
4
0
0
0
1
0

1
24
31
23
31
40
34
35
21
32
36
39
28
7
4
9
9
0

1
20
40
14
44
32
36
40
26
13
33
38
38
9
2
10
3
0

3
75
81
65
81
59
39
47
27
23
33
23
19
12
5
5
2
1

.286
.240
.327
.226
.357
.313
.313
.339
.304
.290
.326
.357
.350
.333
.310
.354
.344
.000

.200
.262
.315
.253
.349
.351
.308
.347
.288
.316
.335
.373
.365
.313
.259
.343
.446
.000

Totals

AVG
.252

G
1421

AB
4339

R
352

H
1092

2B
160

3B
22

HR
39

RBI
404

BB
399

K
600

OBP
.316

SLG
.326

BATTING BASERUNNING MISC

YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K

1963
1964
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1977
1978
1981
1981
Hou
Hou
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
KC
LA
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
AL
NL
0
4
3
1
3
1
1
2
3
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
6
9
5
6
10
14
19
5
11
11
11
15
5
2
0
1
1
1
78
100
87
141
128
128
140
59
90
107
144
118
36
7
24
25
0
0
5
8
8
11
5
8
4
8
1
4
8
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
6
6
4
4
5
4
0
3
2
1
1
1
0
1
3
1
4
0
2
5
1
3
1
5
3
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
4
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
2
5
1
1
4
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
-.---
.000
.571
.500
.167
.667
.667
.200
1.000
-.---
.000
.000
.333
-.---
.000
-.---
1.000
-.---
--.-
99.3
105.7
86.0
134.7
60.8
207.5
201.5
68.3
285.0
63.8
193.0
80.8
--.-
--.-
--.-
56.0
--.-
1.7
4.0
3.9
5.3
5.0
6.2
10.6
8.6
7.6
12.4
9.7
16.8
17.0
9.6
5.4
14.0
28.0
2.0

Totals HBP
26 GDP
131 TB
1413 IBB
77 SH
47 SF
33 SB
15 CS
23 SB%
.395 AB/HR
111.3 AB/K
7.2

CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	LG	POS	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1963 1964 1966 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1972 1973 1973 1974 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1981 1981	Hou Hou NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN NYN LA LA LA LA KC LA	NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL NL	C C 3B C C C C C C OF 3B C 3B C C C OF C 3B C 3B C 3B C C C	3 98 2 115 119 115 112 125 122 1 3 59 2 81 94 111 2 95 11 28 2 16 7 32 22 1	10 583 3 582 678 819 788 909 942 1 2 448 5 582 592 765 5 671 23 139 6 54 12 137 93 2	10 522 3 516 609 754 718 855 892 1 1 405 1 545 549 706 5 617 7 124 2 47 2 123 87 2	0 52 0 55 62 60 63 46 41 0 1 42 3 34 36 55 0 49 14 15 4 7 9 12 6 0	0 9 0 11 7 5 7 8 9 0 0 1 1 3 7 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0	0 5 1 7 8 8 11 12 4 0 0 5 1 0 1 8 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0	1.000 0.985 1.000 0.981 0.990 0.994 0.991 0.991 0.990 1.000 1.000 0.998 0.800 0.995 0.988 0.995 1.000 0.993 0.913 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.917 0.985 1.000 1.000
Totals				G 1378	Ch 8851	PO 8103	A 666	E 82	DP 81	FPCT 0.991

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES BATTING STATISTICS

BATTING

YEAR

TEAM

AVG

RBI

OBP

SLG

1969
1973
1977
1978

NYN
NYN
LA
LA

NL
NL
NL
NL

.167
.211
-.---
-.---

3
5
2
1

12
19
0
0

3
2
0
0

2
4
0
0

1
0
0
0

0
0
0
0

1
2
0
0

1
1
1
0

4
3
0
0

.231
.250
1.000
-.---

.250
.211
-.---
-.---

Totals

AVG
.194

G
11

AB
31

R
5

H
6

2B
1

3B
0

HR
0

RBI
3

BB
3

K
7

OBP
.265

SLG
.226

BATTING BASERUNNING MISC

YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K

1969
1973
1977
1978
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
NL
NL
NL
NL
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
3.0
6.3
--.-
--.-

Totals HBP
0 GDP
1 TB
7 IBB
0 SH
0 SF
0 SB
0 CS
0 SB%
-.--- AB/HR
--.- AB/K
4.4

WORLD SERIES BATTING STATISTICS

BATTING

YEAR TEAM LG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG

1969
1973
1977
1978
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
NL
NL
NL
NL
.211
.267
.000
-.---
5
7
1
2
19
30
1
0
1
2
0
0
4
8
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
.250
.290
.000
-.---
.316
.267
.000
-.---

Totals AVG
.240 G
15 AB
50 R
3 H
12 2B
2 3B
0 HR
0 RBI
1 BB
1 K
4 OBP
.269 SLG
.280

BATTING BASERUNNING MISC

YEAR TEAM LG HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K

1969
1973
1977
1978
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
NL
NL
NL
NL
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
6.3
30.0
--.-
--.-

Totals HBP
1 GDP
1 TB
14 IBB
0 SH
1 SF
0 SB
0 CS
0 SB%
-.--- AB/HR
--.- AB/K
12.5

POSTSEASON BATTING TOTALS

BATTING

YEAR TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K OBP SLG

1969
1973
1977
1978
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
.194
.245
.000
-.---
8
12
3
3
31
49
1
0
4
4
0
0
6
12
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
1
1
0
7
4
0
0
.242
.275
.500
-.---
.290
.245
.000
-.---

Totals AVG
.222 G
26 AB
81 R
8 H
18 2B
3 3B
0 HR
0 RBI
4 BB
4 K
11 OBP
.267 SLG
.259

BATTING BASERUNNING MISC

YEAR TEAM HBP GDP TB IBB SH SF SB CS SB% AB/HR AB/K

1969
1973
1977
1978
NYN
NYN
LA
LA
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
9
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-.---
-.---
-.---
-.---
--.-
--.-
--.-
--.-
4.4
12.3
--.-
--.-

Totals HBP
1 GDP
2 TB
21 IBB
0 SH
1 SF
0 SB
0 CS
0 SB%
-.--- AB/HR
--.- AB/K
7.4

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FIELDING

YEAR	TEAM	POS	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1969 1973 1977 1978	NYM NYM LA LA	C C C C	3 5 1 1	23 44 0 2	22 42 0 2	1 1 0 0	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0	1.000 0.977 -.--- 1.000
Totals			G 10	Ch 69	PO 66	A 2	E 1	DP 0	FPCT 0.986

WORLD SERIES FIELDING

YEAR	TEAM	POS	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1969 1973 1977 1978	NYM NYM LA LA	C C C C	5 7 1 2	31 72 6 3	29 67 3 3	2 5 3 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0	1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Totals			G 15	Ch 112	PO 102	A 10	E 0	DP 1	FPCT 1.000

POSTSEASON FIELDING TOTALS

YEAR	TEAM	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	FPCT
1969 1973 1977 1978	NYM NYM LA LA	8 12 2 3	54 116 6 5	51 109 3 5	3 6 3 0	0 1 0 0	0 1 0 0	1.000 0.991 1.000 1.000
Totals		G 25	Ch 181	PO 168	A 12	E 1	DP 1	FPCT 0.994

TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY
YEARS 1963-1964 1966-1977 1977-1981 1981	TM Hou NY LA KC	LG NL NL NL AL	TEAM NAME Houston Colt .45's New York Mets Los Angeles Dodgers Kansas City Royals	LEAGUE NAME National League National League National League American League

Success came, but not easily or early for Jerry Grote. After hitting .181 in 100 games for the 1964 Colt .45s (later the Astros), he returned to the minors. The Mets purchased his contract, but in his first two years in New York Grote hit poorly, was mediocre behind the plate, and blamed it on the umpires, manager, and teammates. Manager Wes Westrum said, "If he ever learns to control himself, he might become the best catcher in baseball." Grote learned, becoming a key ingredient on Met teams for a dozen years. Lou Brock once said that Grote was the toughest catcher in the league to steal against. Grote was behind the plate on his birthday when the Mets won their first pennant in 1969. He caught every inning of the 1969 and 1973 LCS and WS, setting three WS fielding records in 1973. Though he played only 61 games with the Dodgers, he appeared with them in the 1977 and 1978 WS. The Royals, short of catching, lured him out of retirement in 1981.