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Thomas
Grote		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 15, 1984 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 19 SAC GL   0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 4
2004 20 MON VL   1 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4
2005 21 MON VL   2 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
2006 22 MON VL   2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 4
2007 23 MON VL   3 2 2 5 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 4
2008 24 MON VL   4 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5
2009 25 MON VL   4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 6
2010 26 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 8
2011 27 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 8
2012 28 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 9 8
2013 29 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 6 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 9 8
2014 30 ESS VL $ 100,000 7 7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 8 8
2015 31 ESS VL $ 1,280,000 7 6 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 7 8 8
2016 32 WIC GL $ 1,280,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 7 8 8
2017 33 WIC GL $ 1,280,000 6 5 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 2 2 7 8 8
2018 34 DUR GL $ 380,000 6 5 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 2 2 7 8 8
2019 35 DUR GL $ 380,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8
2020 36 DUR GL $ 380,000 5 4 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 8 8
Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4
Max Ratings $ 1,280,000 7 7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 19 A   154 556 49 93 21 2 5 28 13 4 40 102 .167 .223 .239 .462 27.1  
2004 20 A   162 571 41 110 17 1 6 41 13 8 56 93 .193 .265 .257 .522 39.5  
2005 21 A   159 617 52 147 26 0 8 46 18 7 40 108 .238 .285 .319 .604 56.2  
2006 22 AA   161 602 72 140 37 3 15 61 14 11 42 95 .233 .283 .379 .661 62.8  
2007 23 AA   132 495 47 136 26 2 11 48 14 6 35 86 .275 .323 .402 .725 63.2  
    A   21 32 4 8 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 6 .250 .273 .281 .554 1.9  
2008 24 AAA   89 353 32 79 25 0 5 31 10 5 26 58 .224 .277 .337 .614 32.4  
    AA   71 276 28 62 12 2 1 21 11 5 18 49 .225 .272 .293 .566 21.6  
2009 25 AAA   76 313 40 81 30 2 11 46 4 2 17 50 .259 .297 .473 .770 42.1  
    AA   84 330 34 78 23 1 8 29 6 3 22 38 .236 .284 .385 .669 35.5  
2010 26 ESS VL 129 521 56 145 22 1 11 41 1 5 18 33 .278 .303 .388 .691 54.4 3.3
    AAA   26 104 16 29 4 1 3 13 5 0 4 10 .279 .306 .423 .729 13.8  
2011 27 ESS VL 160 660 89 181 41 3 12 56 9 1 28 42 .274 .306 .400 .706 71.9 9.1
2012 28 ESS VL 119 398 47 119 15 4 13 46 22 8 21 18 .299 .339 .455 .794 58.1 7.9
2013 29 ESS VL 122 378 35 95 15 0 8 43 7 6 15 18 .251 .281 .354 .635 36.0 2.7
2014 30 ESS VL 145 519 65 160 27 2 13 56 9 7 31 23 .308 .347 .443 .790 71.8 16.1
2015 31 ESS VL 156 598 56 149 34 0 8 62 13 6 33 36 .249 .291 .346 .637 51.6 10.0
2016 32 WIC GL 163 728 129 218 35 2 19 98 13 3 30 34 .299 .328 .431 .759 93.2 13.0
2017 33 WIC GL 152 627 72 169 42 5 16 83 9 7 28 31 .270 .302 .429 .731 73.8 10.3
2018 34 DUR GL 77 192 32 56 15 2 7 46 1 0 7 10 .292 .314 .500 .814 28.3 6.1
2019 35 DUR GL 78 144 17 32 1 0 3 16 2 1 9 12 .222 .268 .292 .560 8.8 0.0
2020 36 DUR GL 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.1
    AAA   99 316 43 85 10 3 11 33 5 4 14 16 .269 .300 .424 .724 38.9  
11 Years Sim 1308 4772 598 1325 247 19 110 548 86 44 220 258 .278 .311 .407 .717 548.0 78.5
4 Years AAA 290 1086 131 274 69 6 30 123 24 11 61 134 .252 .292 .410 .702 127.2  
4 Years AA 448 1703 181 416 98 8 35 159 45 25 117 268 .244 .295 .373 .668 183.1  
4 Years A 496 1776 146 358 65 3 19 120 44 20 137 309 .202 .261 .274 .535 124.8  
12 Years Minors 1234 4565 458 1048 232 17 84 402 113 56 315 711 .230 .281 .343 .624 435.1  
162 Game Average 591 74 164 30 2 13 67 10 5 27 31 .278 .311 .407 .717 67.9  
Career Highs 163 728 129 218 42 5 19 98 22 8 33 42 .308 .347 .500 .814 93.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3576 425 972 191 13 77 410 70 36 153 156 .272 .303 .397 .700 410.5
vs LH   1196 173 353 56 6 33 138 15 8 67 102 .295 .333 .435 .768 165.1
Home 648 2345 288 630 116 9 43 225 47 21 106 125 .269 .303 .381 .684 258.9
Away 660 2427 310 695 131 10 67 323 38 23 114 133 .286 .318 .431 .750 316.7
RISP   1089 0 299 58 4 22 394 0 0 62 56 .275 .310 .396 .706 130.3
Pinch Hitting   171 21 48 5 4 3 32 2 0 9 11 .281 .317 .409 .726 21.7
Close/Late   648 65 158 28 3 17 79 0 0 34 41 .244 .281 .375 .656 67.3
Mar/Apr 190 651 93 197 30 2 17 75 20 7 27 26 .303 .336 .433 .769 89.1
May 212 779 106 209 37 6 22 83 7 11 37 55 .268 .302 .416 .718 92.2
June 205 735 82 215 38 2 15 85 15 9 32 35 .293 .323 .411 .734 91.8
July 167 624 78 175 38 1 13 87 8 5 31 26 .280 .318 .407 .725 75.9
August 219 822 106 228 51 2 24 100 14 4 41 52 .277 .311 .432 .743 107.0
Sep/Oct 315 1161 133 301 53 6 19 118 21 8 52 64 .259 .291 .364 .655 119.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2010 26 ESS VL 2B 129 127 1124.3 246 388 11 101 .983 5.08 0 0 .000 0 6.0
2011 27 ESS VL 2B 160 160 1423.3 283 507 13 108 .984 5.00 0 0 .000 0 9.7
2012 28 ESS VL 2B 111 88 844.7 155 313 9 81 .981 4.99 0 0 .000 0 6.2
2013 29 ESS VL 2B 114 86 816.7 170 302 8 71 .983 5.20 0 0 .000 0 6.5
2014 30 ESS VL 2B 64 40 410.0 78 154 5 31 .979 5.09 0 0 .000 0 3.2
2015 31 ESS VL 2B 154 151 1325.3 269 453 16 122 .978 4.90 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 32 WIC GL 2B 163 163 1443.7 292 423 18 101 .975 4.46 0 0 .000 0 7.6
2017 33 WIC GL 2B 152 152 1353.7 260 491 16 115 .979 4.99 0 0 .000 0 11.2
2018 34 DUR GL 2B 39 4 108.0 23 35 0 8 1.000 4.83 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 5 4 41.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 7.02 7 0 .000 3 0.2
2019 35 DUR GL 2B 32 5 111.3 21 41 1 9 .984 5.01 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 36 DUR GL 2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1120 976 8965.0 1797 3108 97 747 .981 4.92 0 0 .000 0 57.3
  C 5 4 41.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 7.02 7 0 .000 3 0.2
  SS 1 1 9.0 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1127 982 9024.0 1830 3113 98 747 .981 4.93 7 0 .000 3 57.5
Career Highs   163 163 1443.7 292 507 18 122 1.000 5.44 7 0 .000 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 28 ESS VL 1 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
2016 32 WIC GL 5 27 2 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .259 .286 .370 .656
Career Post-Season Batting 6 33 2 10 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .303 .324 .394 .717
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2014-6-.308
 Games
2016-1-163
 At-Bats
2016-1-728
 Runs
2016-2-129
 Hits
2016-2-218
 Singles
2016-5-162
Doubles
2011-7-41
2017-9-42
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jonathan Odom (957)
  2. Francis Narcisse (942)
  3. Steven Bernier (935)
  4. Michael Fortner (929)
  5. John Fitzgerald (928)
  6. Adolph Leguire (916)
  7. Raul Marques (911)
  8. Freddie Richerson (908)
  9. Justin Norrell (900)
  10. Tyrell Pina (899)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 149th overall pick, by Santa Cruz (from Dakota) in 2003
Injured on 7/8/2005 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/27/2006 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Traded from Montana to Essex on 3/2/2010
Had first career hit on 5/7/2010, off Justin Bouton (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 5/22/2010, off Franklin Rives (ORO)
 
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