Johnny Groth vs. Mark Kotsay — Career Comparison

Johnny Groth
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Mark Kotsay
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueCenter Fielder

Johnny Groth and Mark Kotsay 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+ 105 for Johnny Groth, 104 for Mark Kotsay), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 102). By any fair read of the numbers, these two were remarkably similar hitters.

Hitting Stats for Johnny Groth and Mark Kotsay

Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1248
174.06
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1914
161.54
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
4302
600
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7109
600
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3808
531.1
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6464
545.56
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.753
0.753
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
1064
148.4
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1784
150.57
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
776
108.23
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1256
106.01
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
197
27.48
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
353
29.79
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
4.32
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
4.05
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
60
8.37
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
10.72
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
288
40.17
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
528
44.56
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
507.99
70.85
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
858.7
72.47
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
1503
209.62
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2614
220.62
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1494
208.37
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2351
198.42
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.746
0.746
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.737
0.737
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
480
66.95
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
790
66.68
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
486
67.78
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
720
60.77
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
906
126.36
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1383
116.73
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
546.87
76.27
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
899.36
75.91
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
1.53
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
1.1
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
419
58.44
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
554
46.76
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.42
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
3.21
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
45.89
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
757
63.89
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
13.08
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
9.39
9.39
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
1.27
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.73
0.73
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
7.25
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
2.53
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
12
1.67
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
4.05
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
16.88
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
152
12.83
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
19
2.65
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
8.27
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
5.86
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
5.4
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
61
8.51
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
13.67
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31.15
31.15
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60.49
60.49

Fielding Stats for Johnny Groth and Mark Kotsay

Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1155
3.17
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1650
1.13
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.94
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1488
1.02
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9849
27
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39505
27
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3283
9
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13168.1
9
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2566
7.03
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4112
2.81
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.22
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
0.12
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.03
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2684
7.36
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4342
2.97
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
7.26
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4293
2.93
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.66
98.66
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.87
98.87
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.602
2.602
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.7
29.7
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.18
90.18
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Mark Kotsay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.07
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Kotsay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0