Dick Groat
Richard Morrow Groat
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, PA
High School: Swissvale (Swissvale, PA)
School: Duke University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1952
Final Game: October 1, 1967
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 21 PIT NL 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11 6 RoY-3
1955 24 PIT NL 151 572 521 45 139 28 2 4 51 0 2 38 26 .267 .317 .351 .669 79 183 20 1 11 1 11 *6
1956 25 PIT NL 142 575 520 40 142 19 3 0 37 0 3 35 25 .273 .317 .321 .638 75 167 14 0 17 3 3 *6/5
1957 26 PIT NL 125 551 501 58 158 30 5 7 54 0 1 27 28 .315 .350 .437 .787 113 219 16 3 14 6 1 *6/5 MVP-15
1958 27 PIT NL 151 622 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 2 2 23 32 .300 .328 .408 .735 96 238 21 4 6 5 7 *6
1959 28 PIT NL 147 640 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 0 2 32 35 .275 .312 .361 .673 80 214 21 2 9 4 2 *6 AS
1960 29 PIT NL 138 629 573 85 186 26 4 2 50 0 2 39 35 .325 .371 .394 .766 110 226 7 4 12 1 0 *6 AS,MVP-1
1961 30 PIT NL 148 648 596 71 164 25 6 6 55 0 4 40 44 .275 .320 .367 .687 82 219 22 1 7 4 0 *6/5
1962 31 PIT NL 161 723 678 76 199 34 3 2 61 2 1 31 61 .294 .325 .361 .686 84 245 14 3 5 6 1 *6 AS,MVP-16
1963 32 STL NL 158 704 631 85 201 43 11 6 73 3 1 56 58 .319 .377 .450 .827 129 284 18 6 7 4 2 *6 AS,MVP-2
1964 33 STL NL 161 696 636 70 186 35 6 1 70 2 3 44 42 .292 .335 .371 .706 92 236 15 0 9 7 3 *6 AS
1965 34 STL NL 153 655 587 55 149 26 5 0 52 1 1 56 50 .254 .316 .315 .632 72 185 11 1 4 7 2 *6/5
1966 35 PHI NL 155 640 584 58 152 21 4 2 53 2 1 40 38 .260 .311 .320 .631 77 187 20 5 7 4 6 *65/3
1967 36 TOT NL 44 109 96 7 15 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 11 .156 .236 .188 .423 23 18 3 0 3 0 1 6/4
1967 36 PHI NL 10 31 26 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .115 .233 .115 .349 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 /6
1967 36 SFG NL 34 78 70 4 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 7 .171 .237 .214 .451 31 15 3 0 2 0 1 6/4
14 Seasons 1929 8179 7484 829 2138 352 67 39 707 14 27 490 512 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 2741 220 31 122 52 39
162 Game Avg. 162 687 629 70 180 30 6 3 59 1 2 41 43 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 230 18 3 10
PIT (9 yrs) 1258 5375 4950 554 1435 226 40 30 454 6 21 284 313 .290 .329 .370 .699 88 1831 153 19 92 30 25
STL (3 yrs) 472 2055 1854 210 536 104 22 7 195 6 5 156 150 .289 .343 .380 .724 98 705 44 7 20 18 7
PHI (2 yrs) 165 671 610 61 155 21 4 2 54 2 1 44 42 .254 .308 .311 .619 74 190 20 5 8 4 6
SFG (1 yr) 34 78 70 4 12 1 1 0 4 0 0 6 7 .171 .237 .214 .451 31 15 3 0 2 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1952 21 PIT NL 415 308 37 3.2 99 .303 .284 .264 .319 .337 .313 .393 .632 .730 74 .385 -14.2 -1.5 .465 .073 .029 1.3
1955 24 PIT NL 572 416 54 3.5 104 .274 .267 .263 .317 .334 .351 .417 .669 .750 79 .366 -15.0 -1.5 .545 .154 .084 .0
1956 25 PIT NL 575 415 52 3.4 100 .285 .273 .260 .317 .327 .321 .411 .638 .738 75 .371 -17.5 -1.8 .504 .110 .048
1957 26 PIT NL 551 380 74 5.3 100 .320 .315 .265 .350 .328 .437 .410 .787 .738 113 .560 9.9 1.0 .689 .174 .122 .0
1958 27 PIT NL 622 443 72 4.4 103 .310 .300 .266 .328 .334 .408 .416 .735 .749 96 .470 -3.4 -0.3 .613 .147 .108 2.4
1959 28 PIT NL 640 466 62 3.6 104 .284 .275 .269 .312 .335 .361 .416 .673 .751 80 .383 -17.8 -1.8 .543 .137 .086 .0
1960 29 PIT NL 629 409 85 5.6 100 .343 .325 .264 .371 .330 .394 .406 .766 .736 110 .612 8.0 0.8 .674 .134 .070 .0
1961 30 PIT NL 648 469 65 3.7 106 .287 .275 .271 .320 .338 .367 .422 .687 .760 82 .396 -16.3 -1.6 .559 .153 .092 .0
1962 31 PIT NL 723 505 78 4.1 104 .317 .294 .271 .325 .338 .361 .412 .686 .750 84 .455 -15.5 -1.5 .567 .115 .068 2.0
1963 32 STL NL 704 460 106 6.2 97 .342 .319 .265 .377 .328 .450 .396 .827 .724 129 .699 25.7 2.7 .775 .223 .132 4.0
1964 33 STL NL 696 484 78 4.3 101 .308 .292 .273 .335 .332 .371 .406 .706 .738 92 .525 -5.9 -0.6 .596 .146 .079 1.3
1965 34 STL NL 655 461 61 3.6 101 .274 .254 .269 .316 .334 .315 .407 .632 .741 72 .433 -21.2 -2.2 .538 .157 .061 .0
1966 35 PHI NL 640 464 56 3.2 96 .274 .260 .265 .311 .323 .320 .399 .631 .722 77 .383 -17.9 -1.9 .514 .130 .060 2.0
1967 36 TOT NL 109 87 4 1.2 91 .176 .156 .258 .236 .321 .188 .379 .423 .700 23 .106 -9.8 -1.0 .333 .135 .031
1967 36 PHI NL 31 24 1 1.1 91 .136 .115 .259 .233 .322 .115 .380 .349 .702 3 .090 -3.3 -0.4 .304 .154 .000
1967 36 SFG NL 78 63 3 1.3 90 .190 .171 .258 .237 .320 .214 .379 .451 .699 31 .113 -6.5 -0.7 .344 .129 .043
14 Seasons 8179 5767 884 4.1 101 .301 .286 .267 .330 .332 .366 .408 .696 .740 89 .471 -110.7 -11.2 .581 .144 .081 20.6
162 Game Avg. 687 484 74 4.1 101 .301 .286 .267 .330 .332 .366 .408 .696 .740 89 .471 -110.7 -11.2 .581 .144 .081 2
PIT (9 yrs) 5375 3811 579 4.1 103 .303 .290 .266 .329 .334 .370 .412 .699 .746 88 .450 -81.6 -8.2 .574 .134 .080 10.0
STL (3 yrs) 2055 1405 245 4.7 100 .308 .289 .269 .343 .332 .380 .403 .724 .734 98 .568 -1.4 -0.1 .636 .176 .091 6.5
PHI (2 yrs) 671 488 57 3.2 96 .268 .254 .264 .308 .323 .311 .398 .619 .721 74 .370 -21.1 -2.2 .504 .131 .057 2.0
SFG (1 yr) 78 63 3 1.3 90 .190 .171 .258 .237 .320 .214 .379 .451 .699 31 .113 -6.5 -0.7 .344 .129 .043

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 28 28 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .286 .500 8 1 0 0 0 0
1964 33 STL NL WS NYY W 7 30 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 .192 .300 .308 .608 8 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 14 58 54 6 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .204 .259 .296 .555 16 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 58 54 6 11 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 4 .204 .259 .296 .555 16 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1959 PIT NL 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 as SS 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 31 as SS 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 1 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 32 as SS 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 33 as SS 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (8 Appearances) 17 15 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .333 .375 .400 .775 6 1 1 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1952 21 PIT NL 415 0.2% 6.5% 4.6% 1.9% 7% 1.42 14.2 384.0 13.2 86%
1955 24 PIT NL 572 0.7% 4.6% 6.6% 5.9% 25% 0.68 20.0 130.3 10.2 1.31 86%
1956 25 PIT NL 575 0.0% 4.4% 6.1% 3.8% 16% 0.71 20.8 14.1 1.52 87%
1957 26 PIT NL 551 1.3% 5.1% 4.9% 7.6% 27% 1.04 17.9 71.6 9.3 1.30 86%
1958 27 PIT NL 622 0.5% 5.1% 3.7% 7.7% 27% 1.39 18.3 194.7 8.8 1.07 89%
1959 28 PIT NL 640 0.8% 5.5% 5.0% 5.3% 21% 1.09 16.9 118.6 11.6 1.44 87%
1960 29 PIT NL 629 0.3% 5.6% 6.2% 5.1% 17% 0.90 16.4 286.5 11.5 1.44 85%
1961 30 PIT NL 648 0.9% 6.8% 6.2% 5.7% 23% 1.10 13.5 99.3 10.8 1.58 85%
1962 31 PIT NL 723 0.3% 8.4% 4.3% 5.4% 20% 1.97 11.1 339.0 11.1 1.38 86%
1963 32 STL NL 704 0.9% 8.2% 8.0% 8.5% 30% 1.04 10.9 105.2 8.6 1.60 81%
1964 33 STL NL 696 0.1% 6.0% 6.3% 6.0% 23% 0.95 15.1 636.0 9.1 1.43 86%
1965 34 STL NL 655 0.0% 7.6% 8.6% 4.7% 21% 0.89 11.7 11.3 1.51 83%
1966 35 PHI NL 640 0.3% 5.9% 6.3% 4.2% 18% 0.95 15.4 292.0 11.0 1.25 86%
1967 36 TOT NL 109 0.0% 10.1% 9.2% 1.8% 13% 1.10 8.7 19.2 1.43 78%
1967 36 PHI NL 31 0.0% 12.9% 12.9% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.5 26.0 0.90 71%
1967 36 SFG NL 78 0.0% 9.0% 7.7% 2.6% 17% 1.17 10.0 17.5 1.70 81%
14 Seasons 8179 0.5% 6.3% 6.0% 5.6% 21% 1.04 14.6 191.9 10.6 1.40 85%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 PIT NL 5 0 24% 107 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 53% 10 5 4 3 2 1 6 1 5
1956 25 PIT NL 3 0 23% 136 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 42% 12 5 5 2 1 0 10 3 5
1957 26 PIT NL 9 0 28% 178 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 17 49% 26 15 9 5 4 1 16 3 13
1958 27 PIT NL 11 0 32% 214 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 57% 28 17 10 7 2 5 23 5 18
1959 28 PIT NL 8 0 36% 218 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 57% 35 12 22 14 11 3 11 2 9
1960 29 PIT NL 9 0 37% 316 0 2 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 51% 45 26 16 11 4 6 19 3 16
1961 30 PIT NL 11 0 33% 273 0 4 0% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 10 41% 45 31 13 8 4 4 18 5 12
1962 31 PIT NL 10 0 32% 313 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 16 56% 46 19 26 12 8 4 15 4 11
1963 32 STL NL 8 0 31% 349 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 56% 48 22 26 6 4 2 33 12 21
1964 33 STL NL 5 0 30% 282 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 12 59% 46 23 22 11 5 5 18 1 17
1965 34 STL NL 14 0 27% 282 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 21 50% 32 17 13 7 4 3 15 3 11
1966 35 PHI NL 9 0 29% 260 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 14 56% 29 13 14 3 3 0 27 6 19
1967 36 TOT NL 3 0 28% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 36 PHI NL 1 0 43% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1967 36 SFG NL 2 0 22% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 105 0 30% 2958 14 27 34% 8 21 0 1 3 0 8 0 93 169 53% 404 206 181 89 52 34 212 48 158
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 24 PIT NL 303 36% 139 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 7 11 157% 56 20 36% 28 11 39% 179 18 10% 11 5 45% 17 8 47% 269
1956 25 PIT NL 352 26% 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 11 17 155% 67 14 21% 36 16 44% 196 31 16% 21 9 43% 17 8 47% 223
1957 26 PIT NL 463 30% 158 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 5 0 0 5 0 15 14 93% 93 16 17% 40 25 63% 272 39 14% 22 12 55% 26 15 58% 88
1958 27 PIT NL 572 31% 175 1 0 0 0 3.36 3 0 8 2 1 0 3 0 6 6 100% 130 21 16% 57 26 46% 358 66 18% 30 19 63% 34 15 44% 49
1959 28 PIT NL 616 24% 163 2 0 0 0 0.66 5 1 6 5 0 0 5 0 9 9 100% 114 21 18% 60 26 43% 322 48 15% 17 10 59% 30 15 50% 25
1960 29 PIT NL 618 31% 186 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 0 13 12 92% 122 7 6% 75 33 44% 332 50 15% 22 13 59% 31 18 58% 11
1961 30 PIT NL 644 33% 164 2 0 0 0 2.08 6 0 9 4 2 2 4 0 11 7 64% 119 22 18% 67 34 51% 356 53 15% 31 18 58% 34 20 59% 4
1962 31 PIT NL 693 27% 199 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 1 1 1 1 0 5 5 100% 106 14 13% 67 25 37% 332 60 18% 27 16 59% 27 17 63% 30
1963 32 STL NL 704 35% 201 1 0 0 0 1.38 6 0 11 4 2 4 2 0 10 7 70% 138 18 13% 89 37 42% 392 72 18% 50 25 50% 64 39 61% 0
1964 33 STL NL 696 30% 186 1 0 0 0 2.22 1 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 9 9 100% 137 15 11% 70 34 49% 446 71 16% 46 27 59% 62 34 55% 0
1965 34 STL NL 655 37% 149 6 3 0 1 1.42 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 106 11 10% 74 35 47% 368 58 16% 42 24 57% 57 23 40% 0
1966 35 PHI NL 640 40% 152 2 1 0 1 3.30 2 0 20 2 0 1 1 0 11 7 64% 144 20 14% 77 41 53% 425 61 14% 37 21 57% 35 23 66% 0
1967 36 TOT NL 109 18% 15 14 1 0 0 2.22 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 17 3 18% 16 4 25% 64 6 9% 11 2 18% 8 3 38% 0
1967 36 PHI NL 31 32% 3 4 0 0 0 1.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 6 1 17% 16 1 6% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1967 36 SFG NL 78 13% 12 10 1 0 0 2.61 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 3 25% 10 3 30% 48 5 10% 9 2 22% 4 2 50% 0
14 Seasons 7065 31% 2138 29 5 0 2 2.02 39 1 124 26 8 9 25 0 115 122 106% 1349 220 16% 756 347 46% 4042 633 16% 367 201 55% 442 238 54% 699
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 21 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1953 22 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1954 23 95 415 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 2 4 19 27 .284 .319 .313 .632 74 120 18 1 11
1955 24 246 987 905 83 248 34 3 5 80 2 6 57 53 .274 .318 .335 .653 77 303 38 2 22 1 11
1956 25 388 1562 1425 123 390 53 6 5 117 2 9 92 78 .274 .318 .330 .648 76 470 52 2 39 4 14
1957 26 513 2113 1926 181 548 83 11 12 171 2 10 119 106 .285 .326 .358 .684 86 689 68 5 53 10 15
1958 27 664 2735 2510 248 723 119 20 15 237 4 12 142 138 .288 .327 .369 .696 89 927 89 9 59 15 22
1959 28 811 3375 3103 322 886 141 27 20 288 4 14 174 173 .286 .324 .368 .692 87 1141 110 11 68 19 24
1960 29 949 4004 3676 407 1072 167 31 22 338 4 16 213 208 .292 .331 .372 .703 90 1367 117 15 80 20 24
1961 30 1097 4652 4272 478 1236 192 37 28 393 4 20 253 252 .289 .330 .371 .701 89 1586 139 16 87 24 24
1962 31 1258 5375 4950 554 1435 226 40 30 454 6 21 284 313 .290 .329 .370 .699 88 1831 153 19 92 30 25
1963 32 1416 6079 5581 639 1636 269 51 36 527 9 22 340 371 .293 .335 .379 .714 93 2115 171 25 99 34 27
1964 33 1577 6775 6217 709 1822 304 57 37 597 11 25 384 413 .293 .335 .378 .713 93 2351 186 25 108 41 30
1965 34 1730 7430 6804 764 1971 330 62 37 649 12 26 440 463 .290 .333 .373 .706 91 2536 197 26 112 48 32
1966 35 1885 8070 7388 822 2123 351 66 39 702 14 27 480 501 .287 .331 .369 .700 90 2723 217 31 119 52 38
1967 36 1929 8179 7484 829 2138 352 67 39 707 14 27 490 512 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 2741 220 31 122 52 39

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 21 99 423 402 42 115 6 1 1 32 2 20 28 .286 .322 .313 .635 41 95
1955 24 159 581 541 47 139 28 2 4 53 0 38 27 .257 .306 .338 .645 56 151
1956 25 148 586 546 44 151 20 3 0 41 0 37 26 .277 .321 .324 .645 57 142
1957 26 131 559 522 63 164 31 5 7 58 0 28 29 .314 .349 .433 .782 79 125
1958 27 159 643 610 73 180 37 9 3 72 2 24 34 .295 .323 .400 .723 79 151
1959 28 154 652 614 78 165 22 7 5 54 0 32 37 .269 .305 .352 .657 66 147
1960 29 144 652 605 92 201 28 4 2 54 0 42 37 .332 .379 .402 .780 92 138
1961 30 155 657 613 72 161 25 6 6 56 0 39 46 .263 .306 .352 .658 66 148
1962 31 161 713 674 75 195 33 3 2 60 2 30 61 .289 .320 .356 .676 77 161
1963 32 158 706 638 90 208 44 11 6 77 3 58 58 .326 .385 .458 .843 112 158
1964 33 161 686 635 71 185 35 6 1 71 2 44 42 .291 .334 .370 .704 79 161
1965 34 152 651 586 55 151 26 5 0 52 1 57 50 .258 .321 .319 .640 61 153
1966 35 155 639 589 63 157 22 4 2 58 2 41 38 .267 .318 .328 .645 61 155
1967 36 44 108 97 8 16 1 1 0 6 0 11 11 .165 .250 .196 .446 5 44
14 Seasons 1980 8256 7672 873 2188 358 67 39 744 14 501 524 .285 .329 .365 .694 931 1929
162 Game Avg. 162 675 628 71 179 29 5 3 61 1 41 43 .285 .329 .365 .694 76 1929

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1962-1 (SS)
1962-2 (SS)
1963 (SS)
1964 (SS)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1960-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1960-NL-MVP

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1957-NL-15-4%
1960-NL-1-82%
1962-NL-16-2%
1963-NL-2-68%
1 MVP
1.56 Career Shares (136th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1957 NL--.315--5th
1960 NL--.325--1st
1963 NL--.319--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1960 NL--.371--6th
1963 NL--.377--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL--.827--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL--151--7th
1962 NL--161--8th
1963 NL--158--8th
1964 NL--161--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1958 NL--584--7th
1959 NL--593--9th
1960 NL--573--7th
1961 NL--596--5th
1962 NL--678--2nd
1963 NL--631--5th
1964 NL--636--4th
Career--7484--187th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 NL--723--2nd
1963 NL--704--4th
1964 NL--696--6th
Career--8179--224th

Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--175--6th
1960 NL--186--3rd
1962 NL--199--4th
1963 NL--201--2nd
1964 NL--186--9th
Career--2138--189th

Total Bases s c a p y
1963 NL--284--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1957 NL--30--8th
1958 NL--36--2nd
1960 NL--26--10th
1962 NL--34--3rd
1963 NL--43--1st
1964 NL--35--8th

Triples s c a p y
1958 NL--9--7th
1959 NL--7--8th
1963 NL--11--3rd

Singles s c a p y
1958 NL--127--5th
1959 NL--129--6th
1960 NL--154--1st
1961 NL--127--5th
1962 NL--160--3rd
1963 NL--141--5th
1964 NL--144--5th
Career--1680--115th

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 NL--106--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 NL--60--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1960 NL--229--9th
1963 NL--263--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 NL--.699--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL--4--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--11--5th
1955 NL--11--5th
1956 NL--17--3rd
1957 NL--14--2nd
1959 NL--9--7th
1960 NL--12--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL--6--8th
1962 NL--6--10th
1964 NL--7--2nd
1965 NL--7--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL--11--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 NL--18--2nd
1955 NL--20--2nd
1957 NL--16--5th
1958 NL--21--2nd
1959 NL--21--3rd
1961 NL--22--3rd
1963 NL--18--6th
1966 NL--20--3rd
Career--220--57th

AB per SO s c a p y
1955 NL--20.0--2nd
1956 NL--20.8--3rd
1957 NL--17.9--4th
1958 NL--18.3--2nd
1959 NL--16.9--2nd
1960 NL--16.4--3rd
1961 NL--13.5--2nd
1962 NL--11.1--9th
1963 NL--10.9--6th
1964 NL--15.1--3rd
1965 NL--11.7--7th
1966 NL--15.4--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL--443--4th
1959 NL--466--3rd
1961 NL--469--3rd
1962 NL--505--4th
1964 NL--484--4th
Career--5767--169th

Oldest s c a p y
1967 NL--born 1930-11-04--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 6 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 53 (476), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 103 (145), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Morrow Groat

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