1B Gino 'LuJames' Groover #20
Louisville Bats (CIN) IL
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
11/27/2028
 OA: 35 POT: 35
BNN Index | IL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B GINO 'LUJAMES' GROOVER #20 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
32 30 8 1 0 2 4 0 6 .267 .290 .500 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 55 55 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 45
Errors: - 50 50
Arm: 20 55 50
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 20
Catcher: - Left Field: 35
1st Base: 60 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 30 Right Field: 30
3rd Base: 35
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 45
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 40
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/28/2028 TOL Loss, 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/25/2028 @ TOL Win, 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/2028 @ STP Win, 7-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2028 @ STP Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/2028 @ STP Win, 8-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/2028 BUF Win, 11-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/2028 BUF Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/2028 BUF Loss, 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/08/2028 @ TOL Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/2028 @ TOL Win, 10-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Gino often gives less than 100 percent.
Birthday:04/16/2002
Born in:Morrow, GA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet eligible
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 2028 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 32 30 8 1 0 2 4 4 0 6 .267 .290 .500 .790 .335 .233 91
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 2 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 3 0 0 0.0 4.4 5.44 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   18 6 1 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889
Versus Right   12 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 .167 .231 .417 .647
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
May   14 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 .357 .357 .643 1.000
June   5 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
July   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
August   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
September   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Postseason   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   50 13 2 1 2 17 6 8 6 2 0 2 .260 .371 .460 .831
2 Years Ago   236 59 11 2 5 25 29 25 46 4 2 10 .250 .342 .377 .719
Career   316 80 14 3 9 46 39 33 58 6 2 13 .253 .342 .402 .744
Home   11 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 .182 .182 .727 .909
Road   19 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 .316 .350 .368 .718
Grass   30 8 1 0 2 4 4 0 6 0 0 1 .267 .290 .500 .790
Day   18 6 1 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 .333 .368 .556 .924
Night   12 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .417 .583
As Starter   9 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778
As Reliever / Substitution   21 5 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 .238 .273 .524 .797
SOUTHERN LEAGUE 2028 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 .113 .000 -56
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.48 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
July   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
August   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career   422 102 15 0 10 34 61 38 91 3 2 17 .242 .327 .348 .675
Home   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Road   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Grass   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Day   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Night   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
As Starter   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 Total - R 21 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 161 162 0.0
2023 Arizona (ACL) - R 21 3 10 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .500 .900 133 131 0.1
2023 Total - R 21 4 12 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .417 .417 .500 .917 138 136 0.1
2023 Hillsboro - A+ 21 23 87 23 5 1 1 14 13 8 3 2 9 1 1 .264 .340 .379 .719 98 99 0.3
2024 Arizona (ACL) - R 22 8 27 6 1 1 0 4 5 5 1 1 3 0 1 .222 .353 .333 .686 69 68 -0.1
2024 Hillsboro - A+ 22 48 179 48 8 0 7 28 26 24 5 3 29 4 0 .268 .365 .430 .795 131 132 1.3
2025 Chattanooga - AA 23 110 414 101 15 0 10 34 61 38 17 3 88 5 2 .244 .331 .353 .683 75 74 -1.1
2025 Las Vegas - AAA 23 3 12 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 .083 .200 .083 .283 -30 -42 -0.2
2026 Louisville - AAA 24 75 236 59 11 2 5 25 29 25 10 4 46 5 0 .250 .342 .377 .719 78 73 -0.2
2027 Louisville - AAA 25 40 50 13 2 1 2 17 6 8 2 2 6 0 0 .260 .371 .460 .831 104 103 0.0
2028 Chattanooga - AA 26 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 -56 -0.1
2028 Louisville - AAA 26 32 30 8 1 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 .267 .290 .500 .790 98 91 0.0
Total IL 147 316 80 14 3 9 46 39 33 13 6 58 5 0 .253 .342 .402 .744 84 80
Total PCL 3 12 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 .083 .200 .083 .283 -30 -42
Total SL 114 422 102 15 0 10 34 61 38 17 3 91 5 2 .242 .327 .348 .675 73 71
Total NWL 71 266 71 13 1 8 42 39 32 8 5 38 5 1 .267 .357 .414 .770 121 121
Total ACL 12 39 11 2 1 0 6 7 5 1 1 4 0 1 .282 .370 .385 .754 87 85
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2025 Chattanooga - SL 23 12 42 10 1 0 2 4 5 3 0 0 12 0 1 .238 .289 .405 .694 75 70 -0.6
2028 Louisville - IL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
Total IL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Total SL 12 42 10 1 0 2 4 5 3 0 0 12 0 1 .238 .289 .405 .694 75 70
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2025 Las Vegas - AAA 1B 2 1 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 11.0 8.18 +0.0 .000
2025 Chattanooga - AA 1B 98 92 629 36 91 665 0 1.000 810.1 7.39 +3.5 1.045
2025 Las Vegas - AAA 3B 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 17.0 0.53 +0.0 1.061
2025 Chattanooga - AA 3B 13 11 2 11 2 13 0 1.000 88.2 1.32 -1.6 .827
2025 Chattanooga - AA SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.1 .000
2026 Louisville - AAA 1B 14 6 52 7 12 59 0 1.000 68.0 7.81 +0.2 1.092
2026 Louisville - AAA 2B 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 -0.0 .954
2026 Louisville - AAA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Louisville - AAA SS 53 51 63 119 30 182 0 1.000 443.2 3.69 -0.3 1.017
2026 Louisville - AAA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Louisville - AAA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2027 Louisville - AAA 1B 17 0 18 1 1 19 0 1.000 20.0 8.55 -0.2 1.002
2027 Louisville - AAA 2B 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 6.0 4.50 +0.0 .973
2027 Louisville - AAA 3B 3 1 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 13.0 2.77 +0.2 1.045
2027 Louisville - AAA SS 13 10 9 21 5 30 0 1.000 88.0 3.07 -1.4 .873
2027 Louisville - AAA LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.1 .960
2027 Louisville - AAA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2028 Louisville - AAA 1B 26 1 38 2 4 40 0 1.000 53.1 6.75 +0.6 1.336
2028 Chattanooga - AA 1B 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.0 9.00 0.0 .000
2028 Louisville - AAA 2B 4 1 4 6 3 10 0 1.000 14.0 6.43 -0.4 .779
2028 Louisville - AAA 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2028 Louisville - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2028 Chattanooga - AA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2028 Louisville - AAA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 159 100 751 46 108 797 0 1.000 966.2 7.42 +4.2 1.053
TOTAL 2B 9 1 5 10 4 15 0 1.000 24.0 5.62 -0.4 .863
TOTAL 3B 20 14 4 14 2 18 0 1.000 120.2 1.34 -1.3 .873
TOTAL SS 67 62 73 140 35 213 0 1.000 540.2 3.55 -1.8 .989
TOTAL LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.0 0.82 +0.1 .960
TOTAL RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
07/09/2023 Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2023 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).
04/11/2024 Hillsboro Hops placed 3B Gino Groover on the 7-day injured list. [Auto]
04/13/2024 Hillsboro Hops transferred 3B Gino Groover from the 7-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. [Auto]
07/06/2024 Hillsboro Hops sent 3B Gino Groover on a rehab assignment to ACL D-backs. [Auto]
07/06/2024 sent 3B Gino Groover on a rehab assignment to ACL D-backs. [Auto]
07/19/2024 Hillsboro Hops activated 3B Gino Groover from the 60-day injured list. [Auto]
12/25/2024 Was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Oakland Athletics, along with SP Eduardo Rodriguez, LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., 2B Cristofer Torin, 2B JD Dix, 1B Ivan Melendez, LF Jorge Barrosa, and $30,000,000, in exchange for 1B Brent Rooker.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (55).
03/24/2025 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at first base at the Oakland Athletics development complex.
04/07/2025 Was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Cincinnati Reds, along with 1B Nick Kurtz, LF Wade Meckler, and SP Robbie Ray, in exchange for 2B Jonathan India.
08/08/2025 Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/21/2025 Wins the 2025 SL Glove Wizard Award at 1B.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (50).
07/08/2026 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for one week.
09/18/2026 Injured (heart palpitations),out for 3 days.
10/16/2026 Wins the 2026 International League Round 2 with the Louisville Bats!
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/2028 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (50).
05/05/2028 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 5 days.
08/26/2028 Suspended 3 games after ejection following a brawl.
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