| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1876 | 448 | 1950 | (73) | 14 |  
  | 1877 | 396 | 1978 | (75) | 0 |  
  | 1878 | 373 | 2007 | (75) | 0 |  
  | 1879 | 330 | 2035 | (73) | 0 |  
  | 1880 | 319 | 2064 | (68) | 0 |  
  | 1881 | 320 | 2093 | (61) | 10 |  
  | 1882 | 278 | 2127 | (58) | 20 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Grütter, A.L. |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The first report of the New York Clipper Tournament of 1876 in the Illustrated London News (21 Oct. 1876, p.399) has 'Pratten' in place of 'Gruetter'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 225 |  
   | Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 117, 497 |  
   | Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 118, 144 |  
   | van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 165, 293 |  |  |