Born:(1889-09-18)September 18, 1889 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died: August 22, 1968(1968-08-22) (aged 78) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 12, 1912, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1927, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average
.292
Home runs
26
Runs batted in
566
Teams
As player
New York Giants (1912–1913)
Cincinnati Reds (1913–1921)
New York Giants (1922–1926)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1927)
As manager
Cincinnati Reds (1918)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1919, 1922)
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame
Henry Knight "Heinie" Groh (September 18, 1889 – August 22, 1968) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1912 to 1927, spending nearly his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants before playing his final season for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He excelled as a fielder, becoming the National League's top third baseman in the late 1910s and early 1920s, and captained championship teams with the 1919 Reds and 1922 Giants. Renowned for his "bottle bat", he was an effective leadoff hitter, batting .300 four times and leading the league in doubles twice and in hits, runs and walks once each.
Defensively, Groh led the National League in double plays six times and in fielding percentage five times, both records. He led the league in putouts three times; his .983 fielding average in 1924 was then a major league record. He set major league records for career fielding average (.967) and double plays (278), and upon retiring ranked third in NL history in games (1,299) and assists (2,554) and fourth in putouts (1,456) and total chances (4,146) at third base.
Henry Knight "Heinie" Groh (September 18, 1889 – August 22, 1968) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball...
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a team high 71 RBI and 20 stolen bases in 133 games. Third baseman HeinieGroh batted .310 with a team high five home runs, 63 RBI and 21 stolen bases...
respective leagues in most important hitting categories. Third baseman HeinieGroh was the other great hitter on the team at .310 with a .392 on-base percentage...
life in 1921. HeinieGroh of the Cincinnati Reds was banned for two days in 1921 while he held out for a higher salary, and Landis gave Groh an ultimatum:...
for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1919 season. His brother, HeinieGroh, also played in the major leagues. Career statistics and player information...
batting average and finished third in hits with 178, only 4 behind leader HeinieGroh. In 1918, Roush finished the season with a .333 average, .002 behind...
co-founder of Procter & Gamble Company Kenner Garrard, Civil War general HeinieGroh, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame third baseman Theodore Sommers Henderson...
home run off Walter Johnson. In 1925, Giants starting third baseman HeinieGroh suffered an injury early in the season, forcing the team to juggle its...
Ival Goodman Wayne Granger Danny Graves Ken Griffey Jr. Ken Griffey Sr. HeinieGroh Don Gullett Noodles Hahn Bubbles Hargrave Tommy Helms August Herrmann...
Stan Coveleski Sam Crawford George Gibson Goose Goslin Hank Greenberg HeinieGroh Babe Herman Harry Hooper Davy Jones Sad Sam Jones Willie Kamm Tommy Leach...
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Christy Mathewson, HeinieGroh New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 36,000 John McGraw Philadelphia...
career. In July 1924, Sand was involved in a triple play on a ball hit by HeinieGroh. In 1929, Sand was acquired by the Rochester Red Wings of the International...
League Heinie's in the first half of the 20th century. They include Heinie Manush, HeinieGroh, Heinie Zimmerman, Heinie Beckendorf and Heinie Schuble...
fly with runners on second and third. The decisive rally began with a HeinieGroh single and Frankie Frisch double. After an intentional walk to Ross Youngs...
McGraw made several player transactions before the season, acquiring HeinieGroh and Jimmy O'Connell. McGraw also persuaded Bill Terry, who would succeed...
times (1961, 1964, 1966–68, 1971), tying the major league record held by HeinieGroh; Mike Schmidt also later tied this record. He led the National League...
Pennsylvania, but grew up in Cincinnati) Tommy Griffith – MLB outfielder HeinieGroh – MLB third baseman Josh Harrison – MLB third baseman Dan Hayden – Miami...
May 6, 1914 Pittsburgh Rebels Federal League Kansas City Packers 63 HeinieGroh July 5, 1915 Cincinnati Reds National League Chicago Cubs 64 Cliff Heathcote...
pennant in 1919. The 1919 team had hitting stars led by Edd Roush and HeinieGroh while the pitching staff was led by Hod Eller and Harry "Slim" Sallee...
Gilliam – Jack Glasscock – Joe Gordon – Charlie Grimm – Dick Groat – HeinieGroh – Stan Hack – Harvey Haddix – Mel Harder – Jeff Heath – Tommy Henrich...
(1992-1993) Bob Grim (1951) MLB All-Star; 1954 AL Rookie of the Year HeinieGroh (1931) Harry Gumbert (1932) Randy Gumpert (1940) MLB All-Star Pinky Hargrave...
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