Post Retirement & Honors
After his playing career had ended, Grote spent 1985 as manager of the Lakeland Tigers and the Birmingham Barons. In 1989, he played for the St. Lucie Legends in the Senior Professional Baseball Association. He was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, and the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1998, he was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame. On October 8, 2011, Grote was inducted into the Trinity University Athletic Hall of Fame. After retirement, Grote continued to raise prize Texas longhorns on his ranch near Austin, Texas. He appeared as a Mystery Guest on the television game show What's My Line?.
Grote can be heard as color commentator with Mike Capps on the Round Rock Express (PCL) radio home broadcasts (2010)--and on the Internet on MiLB.com.
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