Johnny Groth vs. Kolten Wong — Career Comparison

Johnny Groth
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueCenter Fielder
Kolten Wong
MillenialHawaiiThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueSecond BasemanGold Glove

Johnny Groth and Kolten Wong 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, 107 for Kolten Wong), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 104 vs 99). The overall lean goes to Johnny Groth, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Johnny Groth and Kolten Wong

Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1248
174.06
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
1189
166.57
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4302
600
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
4283
600
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3808
531.1
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3796
531.78
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.757
0.757
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.751
0.751
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1064
148.4
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
973
136.31
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
776
108.23
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
670
93.86
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
27.48
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
186
26.06
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31
4.32
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
4.34
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
60
8.37
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
12.05
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
288
40.17
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
303
42.45
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
507.99
70.85
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
525.2
73.57
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1503
209.62
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
1479
207.19
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1494
208.37
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
1404
196.68
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.352
0.352
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.746
0.746
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.719
0.719
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
0.672
0.672
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.698
0.698
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
480
66.95
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
511
71.59
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
486
67.78
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
405
56.74
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
906
126.36
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
830
116.27
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
546.87
76.27
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
535.02
74.95
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
11
1.53
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
14.43
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
419
58.44
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
328
45.95
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.42
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
4.2
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
45.89
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
687
96.24
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.08
13.08
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
6.23
6.23
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.27
1.27
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
0.48
0.48
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
7.25
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
22
3.08
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
12
1.67
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
4.76
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
121
16.88
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
6.72
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
19
2.65
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
16.81
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
5.86
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 600 PA
38
5.32
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
61
8.51
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
22.13
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 600 PA
31.15
31.15
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.95
75.95

Fielding Stats for Johnny Groth and Kolten Wong

Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1155
3.17
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1122
1.13
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.94
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
993
1
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9849
27
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26742
27
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3283
9
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8914
9
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2566
7.03
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1795
1.81
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.22
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2743
2.77
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.09
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2684
7.36
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4628
4.67
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
7.26
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4538
4.58
Johnny Groth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.66
98.66
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.06
98.06
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.293
2.293
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.045
4.045
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.7
29.7
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.5
88.5
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Kolten Wong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
0.68
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Groth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolten Wong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0