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.

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1966 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	6 (2)	Apr 19	PHI		ATL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
5	7	Apr 20	PHI		ATL	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
6	8	Apr 21	PHI		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
7	9	Apr 22	PHI	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
8	10	Apr 24	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	23	5.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
9	11	Apr 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS	21	6.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
10	12	Apr 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
11	13	Apr 30	PHI	@	CHC	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	14	May 1	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
13	15	May 3	PHI	@	ATL	L,8-9	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	16	May 4	PHI	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
15	17	May 5	PHI	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
16	18	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,8-7	CG	47	11.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
17	19	May 7	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
18	20	May 8	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
19	21	May 10	PHI		LAD	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
20	22	May 11	PHI		LAD	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
21	23	May 12	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
22	24	May 13	PHI		HOU	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
23	25	May 14	PHI		HOU	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
24	26	May 15	PHI		HOU	W,5-2	GS	27	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
25	27	May 17	PHI		STL	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
26	28	May 18	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	29	May 19	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
28	30	May 20	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
29	31	May 21	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	48	10.1	0	3	1	4	0	SS
30	32	May 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
31	33	May 23	PHI	@	HOU	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
32	34	May 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
33	35	May 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
34	36	May 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	55	13.2	5	6	0	11	1	SS
35	37	May 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	38	May 28	PHI	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
37	39	May 29	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	43	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B SS
38	40	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-2	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	41	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
40	42	May 31	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	43	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
42	44	Jun 1 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	45	Jun 2	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
44	46	Jun 3	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
45	47	Jun 4	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
46	48	Jun 5	PHI		SFG	L,6-7	GS	45	10.0	7	3	0	10	3	3B SS
47	49	Jun 6	PHI		SFG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
48	50	Jun 7	PHI		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
49	51	Jun 8	PHI		CIN	W,10-6	GS	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
50	52	Jun 9	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	GS	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS 3B
51	53	Jun 10	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
52	54	Jun 11	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	55	Jun 12	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
54	56	Jun 13 (1)	PHI		ATL	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
55	59 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	61 (1)	Jun 16	PHI	@	CIN	W,12-5	GS	25	7.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
57	62	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	63	Jun 18	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
59	64	Jun 19 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
60	65	Jun 19 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
61	66	Jun 20	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
62	67	Jun 21	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
63	69 (1)	Jun 24	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
64	70	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
65	71	Jun 26	PHI		PIT	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
66	72	Jun 28	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
67	73	Jun 29	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
68	74	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	75	Jul 1	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
70	76	Jul 2	PHI		CHC	W,12-9	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	77	Jul 3	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
72	78	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
73	79	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
74	80	Jul 5	PHI		NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
75	81	Jul 6	PHI		NYM	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
76	82	Jul 7	PHI		NYM	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
77	83	Jul 8	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	84	Jul 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
79	85	Jul 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	86	Jul 14	PHI		SFG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
81	87	Jul 15	PHI		SFG	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
82	88	Jul 16	PHI		SFG	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	89	Jul 17 (1)	PHI		LAD	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	90	Jul 17 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
85	91	Jul 18	PHI		LAD	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
86	92	Jul 19	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
87	93	Jul 20	PHI	@	HOU	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
88	94	Jul 21	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
89	95	Jul 22	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
90	97 (1)	Jul 24	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
91	98	Jul 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
92	99	Jul 26	PHI	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	36	8.1	2	5	0	7	0	SS
93	100	Jul 27	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	GF	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
94	101	Jul 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
95	102	Jul 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
96	103	Jul 31 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
97	104	Jul 31 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 1	PHI		HOU	W,6-5	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
99	106	Aug 2	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
100	107	Aug 3	PHI		HOU	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
101	108	Aug 4	PHI		HOU	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
102	109	Aug 5	PHI		ATL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
103	110	Aug 6	PHI		ATL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
104	111	Aug 7	PHI		ATL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
105	112	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
106	113	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	28	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
107	114	Aug 11	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	115	Aug 13 (1)	PHI	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
109	116	Aug 13 (2)	PHI	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
110	117	Aug 14	PHI	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
111	118	Aug 15	PHI		CHC	W,11-5	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
112	119	Aug 16	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
113	120	Aug 17	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	121	Aug 19	PHI		NYM	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	2	7	1	10	0	SS
115	122	Aug 20	PHI		NYM	W,5-4	CG	51	11.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
116	123	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
117	124	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	125	Aug 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	126	Aug 23	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
120	127	Aug 24	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
121	128	Aug 25	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
122	129	Aug 26	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
123	130	Aug 27 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-14	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
124	131	Aug 27 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-8	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
125	132	Aug 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
126	133	Aug 29	PHI		SFG	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
127	134	Aug 30	PHI		SFG	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
128	135	Aug 31	PHI		HOU	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	136	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
130	137	Sep 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
131	138	Sep 3	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
132	139	Sep 4	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
133	140	Sep 5 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	SS
134	141	Sep 5 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
135	142	Sep 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
136	143	Sep 9	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
137	144	Sep 10	PHI		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
138	145	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	W,9-3	GS	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
139	146	Sep 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	44	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
140	147	Sep 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	148	Sep 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
142	149	Sep 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-11	GS	32	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
143	150	Sep 18	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
144	151	Sep 19	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
145	152	Sep 20	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-11	GS	29	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	153	Sep 21	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
147	154	Sep 23	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS	38	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
148	155	Sep 24	PHI		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
149	156	Sep 25	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	49	13.0	7	3	0	10	2	SS
150	157	Sep 26	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	10	2	13	1	SS
151	158	Sep 28 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
152	159	Sep 28 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	3	7	2	12	2	SS
153	160	Sep 30	PHI		LAD	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
154	161	Oct 2 (1)	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
155	162	Oct 2 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
							160gm		1330.0	278	491	20	789	81