Dick Groat

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, PA us

Died: April 27, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA

High School: Swissvale HS (Swissvale, PA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: June 18, 1952 (Age 21-227d, 10,931st in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1967 (Age 36-331d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: Richard Morrow Groat

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.8

7484

2138

.286

829

RBI

707

OBP

.330

SLG

.366

OPS

.696

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 13	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
4	4	Apr 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	1	7	3	SS
7	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	SS
8	8	Apr 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 21	PIT		NYM	W,8-4	CG	45	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
10	10	Apr 22	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
11	11	Apr 23	PIT		NYM	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 24	PIT		SFG	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
13	13	Apr 25	PIT		SFG	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
15	15	Apr 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	1	1	1	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
17	17	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
18	18	Apr 30	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
20	20	May 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 3	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
22	22	May 4	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
23	23	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
24	24	May 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	42	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
26	26	May 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	1	4	0	5	0	SS
27	27	May 12	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	28	May 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	6	2	10	3	SS
29	29	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
30	30	May 16	PIT		MLN	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
31	31	May 17	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
32	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
33	33	May 20	PIT		CIN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	SS
34	34	May 21	PIT		CHC	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
35	35	May 22	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
36	36	May 23	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
37	37	May 24	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
38	38	May 25	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	56	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
39	39	May 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
40	40	May 27	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
41	41	May 28	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
42	42	May 29	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
43	43	May 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
44	44	May 31	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	PIT		HOU	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
46	46	Jun 2	PIT		HOU	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
47	47	Jun 3 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
48	48	Jun 3 (2)	PIT		HOU	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
49	49	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
50	50	Jun 5 susp	PIT		LAD	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
51	51	Jun 6	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	1	SS
52	52	Jun 7	PIT		LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
53	53	Jun 9 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	54	Jun 9 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
56	56	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	6	1	11	3	SS
58	58	Jun 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
59	59	Jun 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
60	60	Jun 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
61	61	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
62	62	Jun 16	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	63	Jun 17	PIT		MLN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
64	64	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
65	65	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
66	66	Jun 19	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
67	67	Jun 20	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
68	68	Jun 22	PIT		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
69	69	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	SS
70	70	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
71	71	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
72	72	Jun 25	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	73	Jun 26	PIT		NYM	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
74	74	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
75	75	Jun 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
76	76	Jun 30	PIT	@	STL	W,17-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	PIT	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
78	78	Jul 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
79	79	Jul 3	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	80	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
81	81	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
82	82	Jul 5	PIT		PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
83	83	Jul 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
84	84	Jul 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
85	85	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
86	86	Jul 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
87	87	Jul 12	PIT		HOU	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
88	88	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	1	8	3	SS
89	89	Jul 14	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
90	90	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
91	91	Jul 15 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
92	92	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
93	93	Jul 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
94	94	Jul 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
95	95	Jul 20	PIT		SFG	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	0	SS
96	96	Jul 21	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	1	8	1	10	0	SS
97	97	Jul 22	PIT		SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
98	98	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
99	99	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
100	100	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
101	101	Jul 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
102	102	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
103	103	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
104	104	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
105	105	Jul 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	45	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
107	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
108	108	Aug 3	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
109	109	Aug 4	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
110	110	Aug 5	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
111	111	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
112	112	Aug 8	PIT		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
113	113	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	SS
114	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
115	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
116	116	Aug 14	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
117	117	Aug 15	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
118	118	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
119	119	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
120	120	Aug 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
121	121	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
122	122	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
123	123	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
124	124	Aug 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
125	125	Aug 21 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
126	126	Aug 22	PIT		HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
127	127	Aug 23	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
128	128	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
129	129	Aug 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
130	130	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
131	131	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
132	132	Aug 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
133	133	Aug 29	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	SS
134	134	Aug 30	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
135	135	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
136	136	Sep 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
137	137	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
138	138	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
139	139	Sep 4	PIT		NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
140	140	Sep 5	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
141	141	Sep 6	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	2	2	0	4	2	SS
142	142	Sep 7	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
143	143	Sep 8	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
144	144	Sep 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
145	145	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
146	146	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
147	147	Sep 14	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
148	148	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
149	149	Sep 16	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
150	150	Sep 17	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
151	151	Sep 18	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	49	10.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
152	152	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	8	1	12	2	SS
153	153	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
154	154	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
155	155	Sep 22	PIT		MLN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
156	156	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
157	157	Sep 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
158	158	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
159	159	Sep 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
160	160	Sep 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
161	161	Sep 30	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							161gm		1430.1	314	521	38	873	126