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Jerry Grote
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1992
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 22 of 1252 players

Gerald Wayne Grote
Born: October 6, 1942 at San Antonio, Tex.
Died: April 7, 2024 at Austin, Tex.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 5.10 Weight: 185

Jerry Grote has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 74 times, most recently on April 9, 2024.

First Mets game: April 15, 1966
Last Mets game: August 23, 1977

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Jerry Grote also played for the following teams:

Houston Colt .45's 1963, 1964; Los Angeles Dodgers 1977, 1978; Kansas City Royals 1981; Los Angeles Dodgers 1981

Traded by the Houston Astros to the New York Mets in exchange for Tom Parsons on October 19, 1965.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Dan Smith and Randy Rogers on August 31, 1977.

On disabled list:

from May 12, 1973 to July 11, 1973 (fractured right arm)

Click the icon to see a graph of Jerry Grote's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1966 120 317 26 75 12 2 3 31 40 8 81 3 4 3 3 1 100 .237 .315 .327

1967 120 344 25 67 8 0 4 23 14 8 65 1 2 2 4 4 87 .195 .253 .226

1968 124 404 29 114 18 0 3 31 44 11 81 3 1 5 3 0 141 .282 .349 .357

1969 113 365 38 92 12 3 6 40 32 5 59 1 2 1 6 2 128 .252 .351 .313

1970 126 415 38 106 14 1 2 34 36 8 39 1 2 1 6 5 128 .255 .308 .313

1971 125 403 35 109 25 0 2 35 40 4 47 2 1 4 4 1 140 .270 .347 .339

1972 64 205 15 43 5 1 3 21 26 8 27 3 1 0 4 3 59 .210 .288 .304

1973 84 285 17 73 10 2 1 32 13 1 23 1 0 0 5 1 90 .256 .316 .290

1974 97 319 25 82 8 1 5 36 33 4 33 2 0 1 4 5 107 .257 .335 .326

1975 119 386 28 114 14 5 2 39 38 8 23 1 0 1 0 3 144 .295 .373 .357

1976 101 323 30 88 14 2 4 28 38 4 19 1 1 2 3 1 118 .272 .365 .350

1977 42 115 8 31 3 1 0 7 9 1 12 2 0 0 2 0 36 .270 .313 .333

12 years 1235 3881 314 994 143 18 35 357 363 70 509 21 14 20 44 26 1278 .256 .329 .321

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 3 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .250 .231

1973 5 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .211 .211 .250

2 years 8 31 5 6 1 0 0 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 .194 .226 .242

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 5 19 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 .211 .316 .250

1973 7 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 .267 .267 .290

2 years 12 49 3 12 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 14 .245 .286 .275

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1968 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1974 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

2 years 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Led Mets in doubles with 25 in 1971.
Led Mets in intentional walks with 11 in 1968.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 19 in 1971.

Games where Jerry Grote had 2 or more Home Runs
At Philadelphia (NL) 05/19/72.

Games where Jerry Grote had 4 or more Hits
At Atlanta (NL) 06/24/67. vs. St. Louis (NL) 07/08/70. vs. Chicago (NL) 05/03/71. vs. Cincinnati (NL) 08/18/73.
At St. Louis (NL) 04/19/76.

Games played by position
1966: Catcher 115, Third Base 2
1967: Catcher 119
1968: Catcher 115
1969: Catcher 112
1970: Catcher 125
1971: Catcher 122
1972: Catcher 59, Third Base 3, Outfield 1, Right Field 1
1973: Catcher 81, Third Base 2
1974: Catcher 94
1975: Catcher 111
1976: Catcher 95, Outfield 2, Left Field 1, Right Field 1
1977: Catcher 28, Third Base 11

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Jerry Grote was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1966 0 0 0 0 1 9 39 53 0
1967 0 2 0 0 0 1 20 88 0
1968 0 4 9 6 24 38 17 11 0
1969 0 0 0 0 0 5 81 14 0
1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 63 0
1971 0 0 0 0 0 3 67 48 0
1972 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 52 0
1973 0 0 0 0 0 32 37 7 0
1974 0 13 0 0 2 28 22 27 0
1975 0 0 0 0 0 7 59 42 0
1976 0 0 0 0 14 33 33 9 0
1977 0 3 0 0 1 17 10 0 0
Totals 0 22 9 6 42 173 451 414 0

1972 Jerry Grote

1972 Jerry Grote

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