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Dick Groat

Richard Morrow Groat

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, PA
High School: Swissvale HS (Swissvale, PA)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1952
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Phillies/Giants 1952-1967

Final Game: October 1, 1967
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #325. Ed Konetchy… #326. Kent Hrbek… #327. Carney Lansford… #328. DICK GROAT… #329. Lefty O'Doul… #330. Eddie Stanky… #331. Dummy Hoy… 

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
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 151 621 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 2 2 23 32 .300 .328 .408 .735 95 238 21 4 6 5 7 *6
1959 28 PIT NL 147 641 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 0 2 32 35 .275 .312 .361 .673 81 214 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 83 219 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 .827 128 284 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 73 185 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 76 187 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 30 15 3 0 2 0 1 6/4
14 Yrs 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 89 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 73 190 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 30 15 3 0 2 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1952 21 PIT NL 95 415 -12 -1 -3 -5 6 -15 -1.7 14 -1 -0.3 .482 .490 0.3 0.1 4 $ 6 RoY-3
1955 24 PIT NL 151 572 -16 -2 -1 1 9 -10 -1.3 19 10 0.6 .493 .494 0.8 0.8 9 $ *6
1956 25 PIT NL 142 575 -18 -1 0 0 8 -11 -1.5 20 8 0.4 .492 .493 0.7 0.7 8 $ *6/5
1957 26 PIT NL 125 551 12 0 -1 5 7 24 2.3 18 42 4.1 .520 .515 3.8 1.3 37 $ *6/5 MVP-15
1958 27 PIT NL 151 621 -3 2 -0 7 9 14 1.4 21 35 3.5 .510 .509 2.8 1.6 28 $ *6
1959 28 PIT NL 147 641 -15 3 -2 -1 9 -7 -0.7 22 14 1.4 .495 .495 1.5 0.9 15 $ *6 AS
1960 29 PIT NL 138 629 10 0 2 16 8 37 3.9 21 58 6.0 .529 .525 4.3 2.6 42 $ *6 AS,MVP-1
1961 30 PIT NL 148 648 -11 -0 -2 1 8 -4 -0.5 22 18 1.7 .497 .498 1.6 1.0 17 $ *6/5
1962 31 PIT NL 161 723 -13 0 -0 5 10 2 0.2 24 26 2.6 .501 .501 2.0 1.6 21 $ *6 AS,MVP-16
1963 32 STL NL 158 704 22 -2 0 8 9 37 4.4 24 62 6.8 .527 .527 5.7 2.1 54 $ *6 AS,MVP-2
1964 33 STL NL 161 696 -10 2 2 -4 9 -2 -0.0 24 22 2.3 .499 .499 2.6 0.7 26 $ *6 AS
1965 34 STL NL 153 655 -16 1 2 8 9 3 0.3 22 25 2.5 .502 .502 1.7 1.9 18 $ *6/5
1966 35 PHI NL 155 640 -17 1 -0 7 9 -0 0.1 22 22 2.2 .500 .500 1.3 1.9 14 $ *65/3
1967 36 PHI NL 10 31 -3 0 0 2 0 -0 -0.1 1 1 0.1 .494 .500 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ /6
1967 36 SFG NL 34 78 -5 0 -0 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ 6/4
14 Seasons 1929 8179 -98 3 -3 48 111 61 6.2 277 337 33.4 .503 .503 28.7 17.2 290 $
PIT (9 yrs) 1258 5375 -68 1 -7 30 74 30 2.3 181 211 20.0 .503 .502 17.8 10.5 181 $
STL (3 yrs) 472 2055 -5 1 4 11 27 39 4.7 70 109 11.6 .509 .509 10.0 4.6 98 $
PHI (2 yrs) 165 671 -20 1 0 9 9 -1 0.1 23 22 2.3 .499 .500 1.2 2.2 13 $
SFG (1 yr) 34 78 -5 0 -0 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .476 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 PIT NL 21 SS 94 94 93 819.2 526 229 272 25 61 .952 5.50 5.33 .960 5.04 5.00 RoY-3
1955 PIT NL 24 SS 149 148 138 1288.0 812 330 450 32 107 .961 1 1 5.45 5.23 .964 5.02 4.98
1956 PIT NL 25 SS 141 136 129 1205.0 741 287 420 34 74 .954 -1 -1 5.28 5.01 .962 4.94 4.89
1956 PIT NL 25 3B 2 2 1 14.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1 60 3.21 2.50 .956 3.02 3.00
1957 PIT NL 26 SS 123 122 117 1080.0 626 226 380 20 74 .968 6 7 5.05 4.93 .958 4.82 4.85 MVP-15
1957 PIT NL 26 3B 2 2 1 19.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 -1 -69 2.37 2.50 .952 2.94 3.00 MVP-15
1958 PIT NL 27 SS 149 149 149 1322.0 788 307 461 20 127 .975 7 6 5.23 5.15 .964 5.11 5.08
1959 PIT NL 28 SS 145 145 145 1302.0 803 301 473 29 97 .964 -1 -1 5.35 5.34 .966 5.11 5.06 AS
1960 PIT NL 29 SS 136 136 132 1208.1 704 237 443 24 92 .966 16 16 5.06 5.00 .960 4.81 4.80 AS,MVP-1
1961 PIT NL 30 SS 144 143 142 1255.2 740 235 473 32 117 .957 1 1 5.07 4.92 .959 4.92 4.87
1961 PIT NL 30 3B 1 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 53 3.00 3.00 .947 2.90 2.90
1962 PIT NL 31 SS 161 161 160 1430.1 873 314 521 38 126 .956 5 4 5.25 5.19 .963 5.05 5.01 AS,MVP-16
1963 STL NL 32 SS 158 157 138 1366.1 731 257 448 26 91 .964 8 7 4.64 4.46 .961 4.83 4.82 AS,MVP-2
1964 STL NL 33 SS 160 160 130 1373.0 788 249 499 40 91 .949 -4 -4 4.90 4.68 .963 5.03 5.00 AS
1965 STL NL 34 SS 148 144 134 1281.0 719 242 450 27 86 .962 8 7 4.86 4.68 .964 4.92 4.93
1965 STL NL 34 3B 2 3 2 26.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 -0 -5 1.73 2.50 .952 2.80 2.80
1966 PHI NL 35 SS 139 133 114 1184.0 733 260 454 19 79 .974 6 6 5.43 5.14 .964 4.96 4.96
1966 PHI NL 35 3B 20 19 13 146.0 56 18 37 1 2 .982 1 11 3.39 2.75 .954 3.04 3.04
1966 PHI NL 35 1B 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90
1967 TOT NL 36 SS 30 20 14 193.2 106 31 67 8 15 .925 -1 -4 4.55 3.27 .963 4.99 4.99
1967 PHI NL 36 SS 6 6 5 51.0 38 13 23 2 5 .947 2 35 6.35 6.00 .963 4.99 4.98
1967 SFG NL 36 SS 24 14 9 142.2 68 18 44 6 10 .912 -2 -19 3.91 2.58 .963 4.99 4.99
1967 SFG NL 36 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.30
14 Seasons SS 1877 1848 1735 16309.0 9690 3505 5811 374 1237 .961 51 4 5.14 4.96 .962 4.97 4.94
5 Seasons 3B 27 27 18 214.0 75 21 52 2 4 .973 1 7 3.07 2.70 .953 2.99 3.01
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -120 9.00 1.00 .980 5.40 5.30
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.90
14 Seasons TOT 1906 1875 1753 16524.0 9766 3526 5864 376 1241 .961 53 4 5.11 4.93 .962 4.94 4.92
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1973 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1974 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1975 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1976 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1977 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1978 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

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 NL batting_title
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, 3%)
1963 NL (2, 68%)
1 MVP
1.57 Career Shares (139th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1960 NL  6.0 (8th)
1963 NL  6.8 (8th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1960 NL  6.0 (6th)
1963 NL  6.8 (5th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 NL  3.8 (10th)
1960 NL  4.3 (8th)
1963 NL  5.7 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1957 NL  1.3 (8th)
1958 NL  1.6 (9th)
1960 NL  2.6 (1st)
1962 NL  1.6 (4th)
1963 NL  2.1 (4th)
1965 NL  1.9 (4th)
1966 NL  1.9 (4th)
Career  17.2 (74th)

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  7,484 (199th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 NL  723 (2nd)
1963 NL  704 (4th)
1964 NL  696 (6th)
Career  8,179 (237th)

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  2,138 (202nd)

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  1,680 (122nd)

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 (62nd)

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  5,767 (179th)

Assists† s c a p y
1955 NL  450 (4th)
1958 NL  461 (5th)
1959 NL  473 (2nd)
1960 NL  443 (3rd)
1961 NL  474 (4th)
1962 NL  521 (1st)
1963 NL  448 (4th)
1964 NL  499 (2nd)
1966 NL  491 (2nd)
Career  5,864 (50th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1952 NL  25 (4th)
1955 NL  32 (1st)
1956 NL  34 (1st)
1959 NL  29 (1st)
1960 NL  24 (5th)
1961 NL  32 (1st)
1962 NL  38 (1st)
1963 NL  26 (5th)
1964 NL  40 (2nd)
1965 NL  27 (4th)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1960 NL  16 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1955 NL  149 (4th)
1956 NL  141 (4th)
1957 NL  123 (5th)
1958 NL  149 (2nd)
1959 NL  145 (2nd)
1960 NL  136 (4th)
1961 NL  144 (3rd)
1962 NL  161 (3rd)
1963 NL  158 (1st)
1964 NL  160 (2nd)
1965 NL  148 (4th)
1966 NL  139 (5th)
Career  1,877 (27th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1955 NL  330 (1st)
1956 NL  287 (2nd)
1957 NL  226 (5th)
1958 NL  307 (1st)
1959 NL  301 (1st)
1960 NL  237 (3rd)
1961 NL  235 (4th)
1962 NL  314 (1st)
1963 NL  257 (4th)
1964 NL  249 (4th)
1965 NL  242 (4th)
1966 NL  260 (3rd)
Career  3,505 (26th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1955 NL  450 (4th)
1956 NL  420 (4th)
1957 NL  380 (4th)
1958 NL  461 (3rd)
1959 NL  473 (2nd)
1960 NL  443 (2nd)
1961 NL  473 (2nd)
1962 NL  521 (1st)
1963 NL  448 (2nd)
1964 NL  499 (1st)
1965 NL  450 (3rd)
1966 NL  454 (3rd)
Career  5,811 (29th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1952 NL  25 (4th)
1955 NL  32 (1st)
1956 NL  34 (1st)
1958 NL  20 (5th)
1959 NL  29 (1st)
1960 NL  24 (4th)
1961 NL  32 (1st)
1962 NL  38 (1st)
1963 NL  26 (3rd)
1964 NL  40 (1st)
1965 NL  27 (2nd)
Career  374 (46th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  6 (2nd)
1958 NL  7 (3rd)
1960 NL  16 (1st)
1962 NL  5 (5th)
1963 NL  8 (4th)
1965 NL  8 (3rd)
1966 NL  6 (3rd)
Career  51 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1952 NL  5.50 (1st)
1955 NL  5.45 (2nd)
1956 NL  5.28 (2nd)
1957 NL  5.05 (4th)
1958 NL  5.23 (4th)
1959 NL  5.35 (3rd)
1960 NL  5.06 (2nd)
1961 NL  5.07 (3rd)
1962 NL  5.25 (5th)
1966 NL  5.43 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1952 NL  5.33 (2nd)
1955 NL  5.23 (1st)
1956 NL  5.01 (2nd)
1957 NL  4.93 (4th)
1958 NL  5.15 (3rd)
1959 NL  5.34 (2nd)
1960 NL  5.00 (1st)
1961 NL  4.92 (2nd)
1962 NL  5.19 (1st)
1966 NL  5.14 (1st)
Career  4.96 (71st)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1957 NL  .968 (3rd)
1958 NL  .975 (3rd)
1960 NL  .966 (2nd)
1966 NL  .974 (3rd)

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 6 (343), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 53 (483), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 103 (151), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (555), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (48th), 33.4 career WAR/27.8 7yr-peak WAR/30.6 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.1 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Royce Clayton (872)
  6. Ozzie Guillen (870)
  7. Mark Grudzielanek (868)
  8. Bill Russell (866)
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (861)
  10. Al Dark (861)
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  9. Jack Glasscock (911)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Fernandez (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (910)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Garry Templeton (907)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Name and misspellings: Richard Dick Morrow Groat

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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