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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
4	4	Apr 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
5	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
7	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
10	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 27	PIT		LAD	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
15	15	Apr 29	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	2	9	1	SS
17	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
18	18	May 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 3 susp	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
20	20	May 4	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
22	22	May 6	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
23	23	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
25	25	May 9	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
26	26	May 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
27	27	May 10 susp	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	28	May 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	0	4	2	6	1	SS
29	29	May 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
30	30	May 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
31	31	May 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
32	32	May 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
33	33	May 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	34	May 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
35	35	May 19	PIT	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
36	36	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	4	4	2	10	2	SS
37	44 (7)	May 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
38	45	May 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
39	46	May 30	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
40	47	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
41	48	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,14-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	49	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
43	50	Jun 3	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
44	51	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
45	52	Jun 5	PIT		CHC	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
46	53	Jun 6	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	54	Jun 7 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
48	55	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
49	56	Jun 8	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	CG	53	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
50	57	Jun 9	PIT		SFG	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	58	Jun 10	PIT		SFG	L,7-11	CG	47	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
52	59	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
53	60	Jun 12	PIT		LAD	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
54	61	Jun 13	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
55	62	Jun 14 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
56	63	Jun 14 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
57	64	Jun 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
58	65	Jun 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
59	66	Jun 18	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	48	13.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
60	67	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
61	68	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	69	Jun 21 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
63	70	Jun 21 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
64	71	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
65	72	Jun 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
66	73	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	5	0	7	2	SS
67	74	Jun 25	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
68	75	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
69	76	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
70	77	Jun 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
71	78	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	79	Jul 1	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	80	Jul 2	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
74	81	Jul 3	PIT		MLN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
75	82	Jul 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
76	83	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
77	84	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
78	85	Jul 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	86	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
80	87	Jul 11	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
81	88	Jul 12 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
82	89	Jul 12 susp	PIT		STL	L,6-8	CG	45	10.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
83	90	Jul 14	PIT		LAD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	91	Jul 15	PIT		LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
85	92	Jul 17	PIT		SFG	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	93	Jul 18	PIT		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
87	94	Jul 19	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
88	95	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
89	96	Jul 22	PIT		PHI	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
90	97	Jul 24	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
91	98	Jul 25	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
92	99	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
93	100	Jul 26 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
94	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
95	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
96	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
97	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
98	105	Jul 31	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
100	107	Aug 2	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
101	108	Aug 4	PIT	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
102	109	Aug 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
103	110	Aug 6	PIT	@	STL	W,18-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	111	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	55	14.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
106	113	Aug 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
107	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	7	1	11	2	SS
108	115	Aug 12	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
109	116	Aug 14	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	117	Aug 15	PIT		MLN	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
111	118	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	8	0	11	3
112	119	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
113	120	Aug 17	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
114	121	Aug 19	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	1	8	2	SS
115	122	Aug 20	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
116	123	Aug 21	PIT		LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
117	124	Aug 22	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
118	125	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
119	126	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
120	127	Aug 24	PIT		SFG	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
121	128	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
122	129	Aug 26	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
123	130	Aug 28	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
124	131	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
125	132	Aug 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
126	133	Aug 30 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	134	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
128	135	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
129	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
130	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
131	138	Sep 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
132	139	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
133	141 (1)	Sep 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	142	Sep 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
135	143	Sep 11 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
136	144	Sep 11 (2)	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	5	4	1	10	0	SS
137	145	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
138	146	Sep 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	147	Sep 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
140	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
141	149	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
142	150	Sep 20	PIT		CIN	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
143	151	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	152	Sep 22	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
145	153	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
							145gm		1302.0	301	473	29	803	97