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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 PIT NL 21 SS 94 526 229 272 25 61 .952 5.33 .960 4.70 RoY-3
1955 PIT NL 24 SS 149 148 1287.2 812 330 450 32 107 .961 0.9 0.8 -0.1 2.0 -2.1 1 5.45 5.23 .964 5.02 4.57
1956 PIT NL 25 SS 141 136 1205.0 741 287 420 34 74 .954 -0.6 -0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.6 -1 5.28 5.01 .962 4.94 4.53
1956 PIT NL 25 3B 2 2 14.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.7 60.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.21 2.50 .960 3.02 2.65
1957 PIT NL 26 SS 123 122 1080.0 626 226 380 20 74 .968 6.4 7.1 5.4 -2.1 7.5 1 5.05 4.93 .958 4.82 4.34 MVP-15
1957 PIT NL 26 3B 2 2 19.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 -1.1 -69.5 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 2.37 2.50 .950 2.94 2.70 MVP-15
1958 PIT NL 27 SS 149 149 1322.0 788 307 461 20 127 .975 6.8 6.2 4.8 1.2 3.6 2 5.23 5.15 .964 5.11 4.57
1959 PIT NL 28 SS 145 145 1302.0 803 301 473 29 97 .964 -0.8 -0.7 -2.8 -0.6 -2.2 2 5.35 5.34 .966 5.11 4.53 AS
1960 PIT NL 29 SS 136 136 1207.1 704 237 443 24 92 .966 16.2 16.1 15.2 8.4 6.8 1 5.07 5.00 .960 4.81 4.23 AS,MVP-1
1961 PIT NL 30 SS 144 143 1255.2 740 235 473 32 117 .957 1.0 1.0 -2.0 1.4 -3.4 3 5.07 4.92 .959 4.92 4.28
1961 PIT NL 30 3B 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 53.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .933 2.90 2.60
1962 PIT NL 31 SS 161 161 1430.1 873 314 521 38 126 .956 4.9 4.1 2.9 -5.7 8.5 2 5.25 5.19 .963 5.05 4.43 AS,MVP-16
1963 STL NL 32 SS 158 157 1366.1 731 257 448 26 91 .964 8.1 7.1 8.1 8.8 -0.7 0 4.64 4.46 .961 4.83 4.22 AS,MVP-2
1964 STL NL 33 SS 160 160 1373.0 788 249 499 40 91 .949 -4.5 -3.9 -3.5 -1.2 -2.3 -1 4.90 4.68 .964 5.03 4.32 AS
1965 STL NL 34 SS 148 144 1281.0 719 242 450 27 86 .962 7.6 7.1 7.6 7.8 -0.2 0 4.86 4.68 .964 4.92 4.20
1965 STL NL 34 3B 2 3 26.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.73 2.50 .940 2.80 2.45
1966 PHI NL 35 SS 139 133 1184.0 733 260 454 19 79 .974 6.1 6.2 7.1 -3.0 10.0 -1 5.43 5.14 .964 4.96 4.43
1966 PHI NL 35 3B 20 19 146.0 56 18 37 1 2 .982 1.3 10.7 1.3 1.6 -0.3 0 3.39 2.75 .952 3.04 2.66
1966 PHI NL 35 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.50
1967 TOT NL 36 SS 30 20 193.2 106 31 67 8 15 .925 -0.7 -4.3 -0.7 -0.1 -0.5 0 4.55 3.27 .964 4.99 4.31
1967 PHI NL 36 SS 6 6 51.0 38 13 23 2 5 .947 1.5 35.3 1.5 0.3 1.3 0 6.35 6.00 .963 4.99 4.32
1967 SFG NL 36 SS 24 14 142.2 68 18 44 6 10 .912 -2.2 -18.5 -2.2 -0.4 -1.8 0 3.91 2.58 .965 4.99 4.31
1967 SFG NL 36 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
14 Seasons SS 1877 1754 15488.0 9690 3505 5811 374 1237 .961 51.4 4.0 42.4 16.8 25.6 9 5.41 4.96 .962 4.96 4.40
5 Seasons 3B 27 27 214.0 75 21 52 2 4 .973 1.2 6.7 1.2 2.7 -1.5 0 3.07 2.70 .951 2.99 2.64
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.50
1 Season 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
14 Seasons TOT 1906 1781 15703.0 9766 3526 5864 376 1241 .961 52.5 4.0 43.5 19.4 24.1 9 5.38 4.93 .924 4.94 4.38
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1952 PIT NL 21 95 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 24 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 PIT NL 25 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 2 141 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 125 124 125 125 0 0 0 0 2 123 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 27 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 PIT NL 28 147 145 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 PIT NL 29 138 136 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 PIT NL 30 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 0 1 144 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 PIT NL 31 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 32 158 157 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 1 0
1964 STL NL 33 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 STL NL 34 153 147 153 153 0 0 0 0 2 148 0 0 0 0 6 0
1966 PHI NL 35 155 152 155 155 0 0 1 0 20 139 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 SFG NL 36 34 14 34 34 0 0 0 1 0 24 0 0 0 0 12 0
1967 PHI NL 36 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Seasons 1929 1781 1929 1929 0 0 1 1 27 1877 0 0 0 0 35 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 PIT NL 24 3236 60% 81% 26% 311 93% 4 164 65 84 15 280 210 51 1 10 15 0 11 4 12 76 24 3 24 8 4 67 27 36 8 2 5
1956 PIT NL 25 3223 57% 81% 26% 337 91% 2 172 87 70 16 242 190 43 1 7 22 1 17 4 16 56 22 5 14 4 2 48 27 20 5 1 4
1957 PIT NL 26 4018 57% 82% 28% 422 91% 2 189 87 85 17 337 271 59 0 8 19 0 13 6 16 63 15 1 28 5 5 60 16 40 3 2 1
1958 PIT NL 27 5191 57% 80% 27% 519 92% 6 279 124 130 25 418 319 81 1 7 20 1 16 3 17 116 36 7 43 13 4 109 44 60 4 4 0
1959 PIT NL 28 5451 57% 81% 27% 576 92% 3 277 141 111 25 444 338 92 0 10 29 1 24 4 23 92 30 8 34 6 2 80 38 42 10 6 4
1960 PIT NL 29 5029 60% 79% 28% 593 90% 5 232 129 80 23 440 314 110 2 10 23 0 15 8 19 94 55 3 15 5 3 87 60 26 3 0 3
1961 PIT NL 30 5456 63% 80% 29% 595 88% 4 236 107 104 24 469 322 133 1 9 33 0 26 7 30 117 59 6 30 5 5 109 65 41 7 3 3
1962 PIT NL 31 5975 59% 78% 29% 645 90% 3 300 136 137 27 497 355 128 1 13 37 2 29 6 31 121 54 5 33 7 5 111 61 47 9 4 5
1963 STL NL 32 5914 61% 76% 25% 590 94% 10 260 140 95 25 455 350 90 3 5 26 2 19 5 22 90 41 11 22 6 3 84 52 32 2 1 1
1964 STL NL 33 5924 65% 79% 29% 634 90% 7 248 124 96 28 492 372 101 5 5 39 0 35 4 37 91 44 1 21 9 6 83 46 36 7 3 3
1965 STL NL 34 5580 60% 78% 26% 553 92% 4 236 96 118 22 460 356 87 0 7 27 1 22 4 20 87 36 4 28 5 5 80 41 38 6 3 3
1966 PHI NL 35 5131 62% 78% 31% 568 91% 3 260 104 121 35 452 367 67 2 3 19 0 17 2 13 80 27 9 27 4 2 71 37 33 6 3 3
1967 SFG NL 36 602 68% 72% 27% 55 84% 0 19 7 11 1 47 36 9 0 0 6 0 5 1 5 10 4 1 4 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 0
1967 PHI NL 36 216 66% 80% 31% 27 96% 0 13 5 5 3 22 20 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0
13 Seasons 60946 60% 79% 28% 6425 91% 53 2885 1352 1247 286 5055 3820 1053 17 94 317 8 251 58 262 1098 448 67 324 78 46 1004 523 457 70 32 35
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1956 PIT NL 25 57 51% 82% 30% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 26 92 76% 82% 20% 7 71% 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT NL 30 39 46% 74% 23% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 34 115 83% 74% 25% 8 75% 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 35 604 67% 78% 28% 56 89% 0 18 14 2 2 37 34 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 907 68% 78% 27% 79 87% 0 21 16 3 2 53 47 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 PHI NL 35 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 1 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 SFG NL 36 6 100% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 100% 67% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

* 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.

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