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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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	3	1	3	7	0	SS
5	5	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	3	SS
9	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
11	11	Apr 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
12	12	Apr 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
14	14	May 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
15	15	May 3	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
16	16	May 4 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
17	17	May 4 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	1	5	0	6	2	SS
18	18	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
19	19	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
20	20	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 9	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
22	22	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	23	May 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
24	24	May 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
25	25	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
27	27	May 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
28	28	May 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
29	29	May 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
30	30	May 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
31	31	May 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
32	32	May 20	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
33	33	May 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
34	34	May 23	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	10	0	12	2	SS
35	35	May 24	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	SS
36	36	May 25 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
37	37	May 25 (2)	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
38	38	May 27	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
39	39	May 28	PIT		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
40	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	41	May 30 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
42	42	May 31	PIT		MLN	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG	27	7.1	0	2	0	2	2	SS
44	44	Jun 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
45	45	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
46	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	3	SS
47	47	Jun 5	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
49	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	46	10.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
50	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
51	51	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
52	52	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
53	53	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 13	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	2	0	3	2	SS
55	55	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
56	56	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	57	Jun 17	PIT		SFG	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
58	58	Jun 18	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	3	4	1	8	2	SS
59	59	Jun 19	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
60	60	Jun 20	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
61	61	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
62	62	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
63	63	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
64	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
65	67 (2)	Jun 26	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
66	68	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
67	69	Jun 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
68	70	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
69	71	Jun 29 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	72	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
71	73	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
72	74	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
73	75	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
74	76	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
75	77	Jul 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
76	78	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	79	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
78	80	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
79	81	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
80	82	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
81	83	Jul 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
82	84	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
83	85	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
84	86	Jul 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
85	87	Jul 19	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	88	Jul 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
87	89	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,11-3	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
88	90	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
89	91	Jul 24	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	5	1	11	4	SS
90	92	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
91	93	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	5	4	0	9	4	SS
92	94	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
93	95	Jul 27 susp	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
94	96	Jul 29	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
95	97	Jul 30	PIT		CHC	W,7-1	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
96	98	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	99	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
99	101	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
100	102	Aug 3 susp	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
101	103	Aug 4	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
102	104	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
103	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
104	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	3	5	0	8	4	SS
105	107	Aug 8	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
106	108	Aug 9	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
107	109	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
108	110	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
109	111	Aug 11	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
110	112	Aug 12	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
111	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
112	114	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
113	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
114	116	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
115	117	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
116	118	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	119	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	120	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	26	4.2	3	3	0	6	2	SS
119	121	Aug 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
120	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	4	SS
121	123	Aug 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
122	124	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
123	125	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
124	126	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
125	127	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
126	128	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
127	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
128	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
129	131	Aug 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	132	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
131	133	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
132	134	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
133	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	136	Sep 5	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
135	137	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
136	138	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
137	139	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
138	140	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
139	141	Sep 9	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
140	142	Sep 10	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
141	143	Sep 12	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
142	144	Sep 13	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	SS
143	145	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
144	146	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
145	147	Sep 16	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
146	148	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
147	149	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
148	150	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	58	13.1	3	3	0	6	2	SS
149	152 (1)	Sep 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
							149gm		1322.0	307	461	20	788	127