John Groth  
Starting Pitcher | Paris Isotopes

Pitching
Groth can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Groth has one of the better pickoff moves among big league righthanders. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Groth is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Groth has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Paris Isotopes have been known to use Groth as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 PAR 83 79 77 76 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 54 58 56 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 45 347
2004 PAR 85 84 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 54 58 56 0 0 25 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 49 372
2005 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 54 58 62 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 1 0 51 383
2006 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 54 58 62 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 1 0 51 383
2007 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 58 65 0 0 28 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 388
2008 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 61 65 0 0 29 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 390
2009 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 61 65 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 389
2010 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 61 65 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 388
2011 PAR 87 87 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 61 67 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 389
2012 PAR 87 85 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 41 0 57 63 67 0 0 33 7 Overhand DL 0 0 0 51 388
2013 PAR 86 84 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 44 0 57 63 67 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 388
2014 PAR 85 83 89 80 49 48 56 48 52 44 0 57 63 67 0 0 35 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 385
Ratings Delta   -1 -1                             +1 +1             -3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.