Jerry Grote from the Chronology

Jun 3, 1981 - Royals C Jerry Grote hits a grand slam (his first home run since 1976) and goes 3-for-4 with a club-record 7 RBI to lead Kansas City to a 12-9 win over Seattle. Grote had returned from a 2-year retirement to win a spot with the Royals as a free agent during spring training.

Sep 5, 1975 - Mets C Jerry Grote ties the modern ML record by reaching base on errors 3 times during a 5-2 win over the Cardinals.

Jun 25, 1971 - Cleon Jones ties an NL record by drawing 6 walks‚ helping the Mets to a doubleheader sweep of the Expos‚ 4-1 and 4-2. Jerry Grote has 3 doubles in the opener‚ and Ken Harrelson knocks in 3 runs in the nite cap. Nolan Ryan (7-4) and Danny Frisella (4-1) are winners.

Apr 11, 1971 - The Mets trip the Reds‚ 1-0‚ when Jerry Grote hits a game-ending homer in the 11th off Wayne Granger.

Apr 22, 1970 - Tom Seaver strikes out 19 Padres‚ including the last 10 in succession in winning 2-1 for the Mets. Mike Corkin takes the loss. In this century‚ no one has ever struck out 10 in a row‚ a ML record. Counting the ten whiffs yesterday‚ the Pads have struck out 29 times in two games‚ a NL record that will be topped on June 14/15‚ 1998 when the Astros miss 32 times in two days. Jerry Grote adds one foul fly catch to his 19 putouts via K's.

Oct 19, 1965 - The Mets purchase C Jerry Grote from Houston.

Sep 27, 1963 - Using a lineup of 9 rookies the Colt 45s lose 10-3 to the Mets. The lineup includes P Jay Dahl‚ 17 (debut); C Jerry Grote‚ 20; 1B Rusty Staub‚ 19; 2B Joe Morgan‚ 20; 3B Glenn Vaughan‚ 19; SS Sonny Jackson‚ 19 (debut); and outfielders Brock Davis‚ 19‚ Aaron Pointer‚ 21‚ and Jim Wynn‚ 21. Dahl loses his only ML game at 17 and will die in an auto accident at 19. Houston 2B Joe Morgan will play 22 years‚ and 1B Rusty Staub‚ 23. Aaron Pointer singles for his only hit this year: his sisters will do better with a top-10 hit of "Fire‚" by Bruce Springsteen. Joe Hoerner and Danny Coombs follow Dahl to the mound in their ML debuts. 20-year-old P Larry Yellen debuted yesterday and 18-year-old OF Ivan Murrell debuts tomorrow.