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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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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

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

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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 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 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 (137th)

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

Player rank in (·)

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

Similarity Scores

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  1. Garry Templeton (911)
  2. Dave Bancroft (908) *
  3. Dick Bartell (882)
  4. Jack Glasscock (878)
  5. Royce Clayton (872)
  6. Ozzie Guillen (870)
  7. Bill Russell (866)
  8. Alvin Dark (862)
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (862)
  10. Mark Grudzielanek (861)
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  3. Chick Galloway (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Julio Franco (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Knickerbocker (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Wilson (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Rick Burleson (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rick Burleson (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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
  13. Tony Fernandez (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 16, 1952: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Diomedes Olivo to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Cardwell and Julio Gotay.

October 27, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Uecker and Bill White to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Corrales, Alex Johnson and Art Mahaffey.

June 22, 1967: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.

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