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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 12	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	47	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
5	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
6	6	Apr 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
7	7	Apr 18	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 20	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 23	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
11	11	Apr 24	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 26	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
14	14	Apr 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
15	15	Apr 30 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	PIT	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
17	17	May 3	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
18	18	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,0-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	19	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
20	20	May 7	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
21	21	May 9	PIT		SFG	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	22	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 12	PIT		CIN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
24	24	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
26	26	May 16	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
27	27	May 17	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
28	28	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
29	29	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
30	30	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
31	31	May 22	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
32	32	May 23	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
35	35	May 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
36	36	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	37	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
38	38	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-10	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	2	SS
39	39	May 31	PIT		MLN	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,8-2	CG	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	41	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
42	42	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
43	43	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
44	44	Jun 5	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
45	45	Jun 6	PIT	@	LAD	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
46	46	Jun 7	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	47	Jun 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
48	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
50	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
51	51	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
53	53	Jun 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 16	PIT		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	55	Jun 17	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
57	57	Jun 18 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
59	59	Jun 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
60	60	Jun 23	PIT		PHI	L,11-12	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
61	61	Jun 24	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	62	Jun 25 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
63	63	Jun 25 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	3	9	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	69 (5)	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
65	70	Jul 2 (2)	PIT		SFG	W,9-0	CG	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
66	71	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
67	72	Jul 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
68	73	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
69	74	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
70	75	Jul 7	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
71	76	Jul 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
72	77	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
73	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
74	79	Jul 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
75	80	Jul 15	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
76	81	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,11-12	CG	52	9.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	82	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
78	84 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	86 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
80	87	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
81	88	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	L,7-16	CG	49	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
82	89	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
83	90	Jul 27	PIT		SFG	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
84	91	Jul 28	PIT		LAD	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
85	92	Jul 29	PIT		LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
86	93	Jul 30	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	94	Aug 2	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
88	95	Aug 3	PIT	@	STL	W,19-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
89	96	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
90	97	Aug 5	PIT	@	CIN	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	SS
91	98	Aug 6 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
92	99	Aug 6 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.2	4	2	1	7	0	SS
93	100	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
94	101	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
95	102	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
96	103	Aug 9	PIT		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
97	104	Aug 10	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
98	105	Aug 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	24	6.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
99	106	Aug 12	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
100	107	Aug 13	PIT		PHI	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
101	108	Aug 14	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
102	109	Aug 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
103	110	Aug 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
104	111	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
105	112	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
106	113	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	39	10.1	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	114	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	1	9	0	10	2	SS
108	115	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	41	10.2	5	7	0	12	2	SS
109	116	Aug 22	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	117	Aug 23	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	7	0	10	4	SS
111	118	Aug 24	PIT		MLN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
112	119	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	120	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
114	121	Aug 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
115	122	Aug 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
116	124 (1)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
117	125	Aug 30	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	126	Sep 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
119	127	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
120	128	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
121	129	Sep 4	PIT	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	130	Sep 5	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
123	131	Sep 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	3	3	8	1	SS
124	132	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
125	133	Sep 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
126	134	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
127	135	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	4	2	0	6	0	SS
128	136	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	SS
129	137	Sep 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	12	0	15	3	SS
130	138	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
131	139	Sep 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	34	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
132	140	Sep 16	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
133	141	Sep 17	PIT		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
134	142	Sep 18	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
135	143	Sep 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
136	144	Sep 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
137	145	Sep 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
138	147 (1)	Sep 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
139	148	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
140	149	Sep 26 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
141	150	Sep 27	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
142	151	Sep 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
143	152	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
144	153	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
145	154	Oct 1	PIT		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
							145gm		1264.2	237	474	32	743	117