Grote Gets Going: Jerry Grote 1969

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Jerry Grote recorded a career-high 6 home runs in 1969. He hit two during an early August series sweep of the Atlanta Braves at home. Wrote New York Daily News reporter Phil Pepe after the final game: “It used to be possible to say that Jerry Grote had as many game-winning hits for the Mets this season as there were men on the moon. Then all of a sudden a couple of guys named Aldrin and Armstrong put the pressure on Grote.”