Johnny Groth vs. Whitey Lockman — Career Comparison

Johnny Groth
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Whitey Lockman
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueFirst BasemanAll-Star

Johnny Groth and Whitey Lockman 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 Whitey Lockman), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 104). The overall lean goes to Whitey Lockman, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Johnny Groth and Whitey Lockman

Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1248
174.06
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1666
151.68
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
4302
600
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6590
600
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3808
531.1
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5940
540.82
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.747
0.747
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
1064
148.4
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1658
150.96
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
776
108.23
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1273
115.9
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
197
27.48
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
20.21
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31
4.32
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
4.46
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
60
8.37
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
10.38
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
40.17
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
385
35.05
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
507.99
70.85
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
804.82
73.28
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
1503
209.62
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2320
211.23
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1494
208.37
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2229
202.94
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.342
0.342
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.746
0.746
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.732
0.732
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.672
0.672
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
0.67
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
480
66.95
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
836
76.12
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
486
67.78
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
563
51.26
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
906
126.36
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1285
117
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
546.87
76.27
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
883.27
80.42
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.53
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
1.73
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
419
58.44
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
552
50.26
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.42
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
1.37
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
329
45.89
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
383
34.87
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
13.08
13.08
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.21
17.21
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
1.27
1.27
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
1.44
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
7.25
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
5.83
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1.67
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
1.37
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
121
16.88
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
6.19
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
19
2.65
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
3.92
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
5.86
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 600 PA
27
2.46
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
8.51
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
6.37
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31.15
31.15
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.43
61.43

Fielding Stats for Johnny Groth and Whitey Lockman

Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1155
3.17
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1550
2.88
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.94
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
0.96
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9849
27
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14528
27
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3283
9
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4842.2
9
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2566
7.03
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8417
15.64
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.22
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
592
1.1
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.1
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.23
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2684
7.36
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9133
16.97
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2648
7.26
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9009
16.74
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.66
98.66
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.64
98.64
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.812
5.812
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.7
29.7
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.48
33.48
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Whitey Lockman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
1.29
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Whitey Lockman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0