Everything about Jerry Grote totally explained
Gerald Wayne Grote (born
October 6,
1942 in
San Antonio, Texas) is a former
Major League Baseball catcher who played for the
Houston Colt .45s,
New York Mets,
Los Angeles Dodgers and
Kansas City Royals between
1963 and
1981.
Grote was the starting catcher for the Mets from
1966 to
1976. His acquisition by the Mets from the Astros for pitcher Tom Parsons and cash ranks as one of the best trades in team history. He caught every inning of every playoff and World Series game for the Mets in
1969 and
1973. He was also the National League's starting catcher in the 1968 All-Star Game, played in Houston.
Grote was an outstanding defensive catcher, calling games for some of the most outstanding
pitchers of his era, including
Tom Seaver,
Nolan Ryan,
Jerry Koosman,
Tug McGraw, and
Jon Matlack. He possessed a rifle arm throwing opposing
baserunners out at
second or
third base. Hall of Fame catcher
Johnny Bench once said of Grote, "If Grote and I were on the same team, I'd be playing
first base." Grote was acknowledged to be highly competitive by his teammates and opponents. One of his trademarks was seen whenever his pitcher ended an inning with a strikeout, whereupon, while leaving the field, Grote would roll the ball to the far side of the pitcher's mound (closest to the Mets' dugout). This necessitated the opposing team's pitcher having to walk further to stoop and retrieve the ball, thus adding insult to injury.
Grote was inducted into the
New York Mets Hall of Fame in
1992. After retirement Grote continued to raise prize Texas longhorns on his ranch near Austin, Texas.
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