Heinie Groh
Henry Knight Groh
Born: September 18, 1889
Rochester, NY USA
Deceased: 1968
Cincinnati, OH USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 158
Career: 1912-1927
Minor League Statistics
Heinie Groh compiled a career batting average of .292 with 26 home runs and 566 RBI in his 1676-game career with the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. He began playing during the 1912 season and last took the field during the 1927 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | NL | New York Giants | 27 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .271 | .375 | .354 | .729 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | NL | New York Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 117 | 458 | 397 | 51 | 112 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 36 | .282 | .351 | .378 | .729 | 150 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 139 | 549 | 455 | 59 | 131 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 28 | .288 | .391 | .358 | .749 | 163 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 160 | 677 | 587 | 72 | 170 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 50 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 33 | .290 | .354 | .390 | .745 | 229 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 149 | 652 | 553 | 85 | 149 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 84 | 34 | .269 | .370 | .374 | .744 | 207 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 156 | 685 | 599 | 91 | 182 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 0 | 71 | 30 | .304 | .385 | .411 | .796 | 246 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 126 | 567 | 493 | 86 | 158 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 24 | .320 | .395 | .396 | .791 | 195 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 122 | 523 | 448 | 79 | 139 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 21 | 0 | 56 | 26 | .310 | .392 | .431 | .823 | 193 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 145 | 632 | 550 | 86 | 164 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 16 | 19 | 60 | 29 | .298 | .375 | .393 | .768 | 216 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 416 | 357 | 54 | 118 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 17 | .331 | .398 | .417 | .815 | 149 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | NL | New York Giants | 115 | 497 | 426 | 63 | 113 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 21 | .265 | .353 | .350 | .703 | 149 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | 123 | 540 | 465 | 91 | 135 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 22 | .290 | .379 | .385 | .763 | 179 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | 145 | 635 | 559 | 82 | 157 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 29 | .281 | .354 | .360 | .713 | 201 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NL | New York Giants | 25 | 72 | 65 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .231 | .296 | .292 | .588 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NL | New York Giants | 12 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .229 | .270 | .286 | .556 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .324 | .314 | .639 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1676 | 7035 | 6074 | 918 | 1774 | 308 | 87 | 26 | 566 | 180 | 66 | 696 | 345 | .292 | .373 | .384 | .757 | 2334 | 0 | 83 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 26 | 6 | 4 | .887 | 3.917 | |
| 1912 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |
| 1912 | NL | New York Giants | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 2.714 | |
| 1913 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 113 | 0 | 0.0 | 249 | 358 | 23 | 43 | .963 | 5.372 | |
| 1913 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| 1913 | NL | New York Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1913 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.750 | |
| 1914 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 394 | 44 | 56 | .936 | 4.821 | |
| 1914 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | 80 | 4 | 12 | .973 | 4.931 | |
| 1915 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | 280 | 14 | 34 | .969 | 3.305 | |
| 1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 108 | 4 | 9 | .980 | 6.091 | |
| 1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 252 | 17 | 32 | .957 | 3.409 | |
| 1916 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 3.800 | |
| 1917 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | |
| 1917 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 178 | 331 | 18 | 28 | .966 | 3.305 | |
| 1918 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 126 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 | 253 | 14 | 37 | .969 | 3.437 | |
| 1919 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 171 | 226 | 12 | 22 | .971 | 3.281 | |
| 1920 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 179 | 252 | 14 | 30 | .969 | 2.993 | |
| 1920 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | |
| 1921 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 3B | 97 | 0 | 0.0 | 97 | 188 | 15 | 27 | .950 | 2.938 | |
| 1922 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 207 | 11 | 25 | .965 | 2.791 | |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 233 | 9 | 18 | .975 | 2.966 | |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 121 | 286 | 7 | 23 | .983 | 2.807 | |
| 1925 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 1925 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.875 | |
| 1926 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 2.714 | |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.917 | |
| Totals | 1644 | 0 | 0.0 | 2172 | 3568 | 223 | 408 | .963 | 3.491 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 8 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .172 | .306 | .241 | .547 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1922 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 5 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .474 | .524 | .579 | 1.103 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .182 | .280 | .273 | .553 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 84 | 72 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .264 | .357 | .347 | .704 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 3B | 8 | 8 | 72.0 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| 1922 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 46.0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.304 | 4.400 |
| 1923 | NL | New York Giants | WS | 3B | 6 | 6 | 53.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.226 | 3.167 |
| Totals | 19 | 19 | 171.0 | 18 | 50 | 3 | 3 | .958 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
Awards
1915 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1918 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1919 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
1920 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star 3B
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
