Bob Boone vs. Johnny Groth — Career Comparison

Bob Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueCatcherGold GloveAll-Star
Johnny Groth
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder

Bob Boone and Johnny Groth are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 106 for Bob Boone, 105 for Johnny Groth), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 104). The overall lean goes to Bob Boone, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Bob Boone and Johnny Groth

Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
166.72
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1248
174.06
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8148
600
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
4302
600
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7245
533.51
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3808
531.1
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.686
0.686
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1838
135.35
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1064
148.4
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1404
103.39
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
776
108.23
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
303
22.31
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
27.48
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
26
1.91
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
4.32
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
7.73
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
8.37
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
31.96
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
40.17
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
787.4
57.98
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
507.99
70.85
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2508
184.68
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1503
209.62
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2521
185.64
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1494
208.37
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.661
0.661
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.746
0.746
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.572
0.572
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
50
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
480
66.95
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826
60.82
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
486
67.78
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1400
103.09
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
906
126.36
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
842
62
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
546.87
76.27
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
1.47
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
1.53
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
48.82
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
419
58.44
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
6.63
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.42
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
608
44.77
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
329
45.89
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.4
13.4
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
13.08
13.08
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1.09
1.09
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
1.27
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
10.46
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
52
7.25
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
5.74
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
12
1.67
Bob Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
14.06
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
16.88
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
2.8
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
19
2.65
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
3.68
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
5.86
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
6.48
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
8.51
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.18
43.18
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31.15
31.15

Fielding Stats for Bob Boone and Johnny Groth

Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
1.09
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1155
3.17
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2104
1.02
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.94
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55699
27
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9849
27
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18566.1
9
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3283
9
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11325
5.49
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2566
7.03
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1185
0.57
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.22
Bob Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.09
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12693
6.15
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2684
7.36
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12510
6.06
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
7.26
Bob Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.56
98.56
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.66
98.66
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.585
5.585
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.93
93.93
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.7
29.7
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.08
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Bob Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.05
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1108
0.54
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
0.35
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0