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Dick Groat
Richard Morrow Groat

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.
School Duke University

Debut June 19, 1952
Final Game October 1, 1967
Born November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, PA

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 21 PIT NL  95  384   38  109   6  1   1   29   2  4  19  27  .284  .319  .313   74  120  11           1  18 RoY-3
 1955 24 PIT NL 151  521   45  139  28  2   4   51   0  2  38  26  .267  .317  .351   79  183  11   1  11   1  20
 1956 25 PIT NL 142  520   40  142  19  3   0   37   0  3  35  25  .273  .317  .321   74  167  17   3   3   0  14
 1957 26 PIT NL 125  501   58  158  30  5   7   54   0  1  27  28  .315  .350  .437  113  219  14   6   1   3  16 MVP-15
 1958 27 PIT NL 151  584   67  175  36  9   3   66   2  2  23  32  .300  .328  .408   96  238   6   5   7   4  21
 1959 28 PIT NL 147  593   74  163  22  7   5   51   0  2  32  35  .275  .312  .361   80  214   9   4   2   2  21 AS
 1960 29 PIT NL 138  573   85  186  26  4   2   50   0  2  39  35  .325  .371  .394  110  226  12   1   0   4   7 MVP-1,AS
 1961 30 PIT NL 148  596   71  164  25  6   6   55   0  4  40  44  .275  .320  .367   82  219   7   4   0   1  22
 1962 31 PIT NL 161  678   76  199  34  3   2   61   2  1  31  61  .294  .325  .361   84  245   5   6   1   3  14 MVP-16,AS
 1963 32 STL NL 158  631   85  201  43 11   6   73   3  1  56  58  .319  .377  .450  129  284   7   4   2   6  18 MVP-2,AS
 1964 33 STL NL 161  636   70  186  35  6   1   70   2  3  44  42  .292  .335  .371   92  236   9   7   3   0  15 AS
 1965 34 STL NL 153  587   55  149  26  5   0   52   1  1  56  50  .254  .316  .315   72  185   4   7   2   1  11
 1966 35 PHI NL 155  584   58  152  21  4   2   53   2  1  40  38  .260  .311  .320   77  187   7   4   6   5  20
 1967 36 TOT NL  44   96    7   15   1  1   0    5   0  0  10  11  .156  .236  .188   23   18   3   0   1   0   3
         PHI NL  10   26    3    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   4   4  .115  .233  .115    3    3   1   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  34   70    4   12   1  1   0    4   0  0   6   7  .171  .237  .214   31   15   2   0   1   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons    1929 7484  829 2138 352 67  39  707  14 27 490 512  .286  .330  .366   89 2741 122  52  39  31 220
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        629   70  180  30  6   3   59   1  2  41  43  .286  .330  .366   89  230  10   4   3   3  18
 Career High    161  678   85  201  43 11   7   73   3  4  56  61  .325  .377  .450  129  284  17   7  11   6  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 21 PIT NL  415  308   37   3.2    99| .284  .264| .319  .337| .313  .393| .632  .730|  74  .385 -14.2  -1.5  33%
 1955 24 PIT NL  572  416   54   3.5   104| .267  .263| .317  .334| .351  .417| .668  .750|  79  .366 -15.0  -1.5   0%
 1956 25 PIT NL  575  415   52   3.4   101| .273  .261| .317  .328| .321  .413| .638  .741|  74  .371 -18.2  -1.8   0%
 1957 26 PIT NL  551  380   74   5.3   100| .315  .265| .350  .328| .437  .410| .787  .738| 113  .560   9.9   1.0   0%
 1958 27 PIT NL  622  443   72   4.4   103| .300  .266| .328  .334| .408  .416| .736  .749|  96  .470  -3.4  -0.3  50%
 1959 28 PIT NL  640  466   62   3.6   104| .275  .269| .312  .335| .361  .416| .673  .751|  80  .383 -17.8  -1.8   0%
 1960 29 PIT NL  629  409   85   5.6   100| .325  .264| .371  .330| .394  .406| .765  .736| 110  .612   8.0   0.8   0%
 1961 30 PIT NL  648  469   65   3.7   106| .275  .271| .320  .338| .367  .422| .687  .760|  82  .396 -16.3  -1.6   0%
 1962 31 PIT NL  723  505   78   4.1   104| .294  .271| .325  .338| .361  .412| .686  .750|  84  .455 -15.5  -1.5  66%
 1963 32 STL NL  704  460  106   6.2    97| .319  .265| .377  .328| .450  .396| .827  .724| 129  .699  25.7   2.7  75%
 1964 33 STL NL  696  484   78   4.3   101| .292  .273| .335  .332| .371  .406| .706  .738|  92  .525  -5.9  -0.6  40%
 1965 34 STL NL  655  461   61   3.6   101| .254  .269| .316  .334| .315  .407| .631  .741|  72  .433 -21.2  -2.2  50%
 1966 35 PHI NL  640  464   56   3.3    96| .260  .265| .311  .323| .320  .399| .631  .722|  77  .383 -17.9  -1.9  66%
 1967 36 TOT NL  109   87    4   1.2    91| .156  .258| .236  .321| .188  .379| .424  .700|  23  .106  -9.8  -1.1   0%
         PHI NL   31   24    1   1.1    91| .115  .259| .233  .322| .115  .380| .348  .702|   3  .091  -3.3  -0.4   0%
         SFG NL   78   63    3   1.3    90| .171  .258| .237  .320| .214  .379| .451  .699|  31  .113  -6.5  -0.7   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     8179 5767  884   4.1   101| .286  .267| .330  .332| .366  .408| .696  .741|  89  .471 -111.4 -11.3  34%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1952 21 PIT NL  SS   94    229  272   25   61  .952  .960  5.33  4.70                        
 1955 24 PIT NL  SS  149    330  450   32  107  .961  .964  5.23  4.57                        
 1956 25 PIT NL  SS  141    287  420   34   74  .954  .962  5.01  4.53  5.28  4.94  136 1205.0
                 3B    2      1    4    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  2.65  3.21  3.02    2   14.0
 1957 26 PIT NL  SS  123    226  380   20   74  .968  .958  4.93  4.34  5.05  4.82  122 1080.0
                 3B    2      0    5    1    0  .833  .943  2.50  2.70  2.37  2.94    2   19.0
 1958 27 PIT NL  SS  149    307  461   20  127  .975  .964  5.15  4.57  5.23  5.11  149 1322.0
 1959 28 PIT NL  SS  145    301  473   29   97  .964  .966  5.34  4.53  5.35  5.11  145 1302.0 AS
 1960 29 PIT NL  SS  136    237  443   24   92  .966  .960  5.00  4.23  5.07  4.81  136 1207.3 AS
 1961 30 PIT NL  SS  144    235  473   32  117  .957  .959  4.92  4.28  5.07  4.92  143 1255.7
                 3B    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.60  3.00  2.90    1    9.0
 1962 31 PIT NL  SS  161    314  521   38  126  .956  .963  5.19  4.43  5.25  5.05  161 1430.3 AS
 1963 32 STL NL  SS  158    257  448   26   91  .964  .961  4.46  4.22  4.64  4.83  157 1366.3 AS
 1964 33 STL NL  SS  160    249  499   40   91  .949  .963  4.67  4.32  4.90  5.03  160 1373.0 AS
 1965 34 STL NL  SS  148    242  450   27   86  .962  .964  4.68  4.20  4.86  4.92  144 1281.0
                 3B    2      0    5    0    1 1.000  .943  2.50  2.45  1.73  2.80    3   26.0
 1966 35 PHI NL  SS  139    260  454   19   79  .974  .964  5.14  4.43  5.43  4.96  133 1184.0
                 3B   20     18   37    1    2  .982  .953  2.75  2.66  3.39  3.04   19  146.0
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  8.50                        
 1967 36 TOT NL  SS   30     31   67    8   15  .925  .963  3.27  4.31  4.55  4.99   20  193.7
         PHI NL  SS    6     13   23    2    5  .947  .963  6.00  4.32  6.35  4.99    6   51.0
         SFG NL  SS   24     18   44    6   10  .912  .963  2.58  4.31  3.91  4.99   14  142.7
                 2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.60  9.00  5.40    0    1.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1966 35 PHI NL  1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  8.50                        

 1967 36 SFG NL  2B    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.60  9.00  5.40    0    1.0

 1956 25 PIT NL  3B    2      1    4    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  2.65  3.21  3.02    2   14.0
 1957 26 PIT NL  3B    2      0    5    1    0  .833  .943  2.50  2.70  2.37  2.94    2   19.0
 1961 30 PIT NL  3B    1      2    1    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  2.60  3.00  2.90    1    9.0
 1965 34 STL NL  3B    2      0    5    0    1 1.000  .943  2.50  2.45  1.73  2.80    3   26.0
 1966 35 PHI NL  3B   20     18   37    1    2  .982  .953  2.75  2.66  3.39  3.04   19  146.0

 1952 21 PIT NL  SS   94    229  272   25   61  .952  .960  5.33  4.70                        
 1955 24 PIT NL  SS  149    330  450   32  107  .961  .964  5.23  4.57                        
 1956 25 PIT NL  SS  141    287  420   34   74  .954  .962  5.01  4.53  5.28  4.94  136 1205.0
 1957 26 PIT NL  SS  123    226  380   20   74  .968  .958  4.93  4.34  5.05  4.82  122 1080.0
 1958 27 PIT NL  SS  149    307  461   20  127  .975  .964  5.15  4.57  5.23  5.11  149 1322.0
 1959 28 PIT NL  SS  145    301  473   29   97  .964  .966  5.34  4.53  5.35  5.11  145 1302.0
 1960 29 PIT NL  SS  136    237  443   24   92  .966  .960  5.00  4.23  5.07  4.81  136 1207.3
 1961 30 PIT NL  SS  144    235  473   32  117  .957  .959  4.92  4.28  5.07  4.92  143 1255.7
 1962 31 PIT NL  SS  161    314  521   38  126  .956  .963  5.19  4.43  5.25  5.05  161 1430.3
 1963 32 STL NL  SS  158    257  448   26   91  .964  .961  4.46  4.22  4.64  4.83  157 1366.3
 1964 33 STL NL  SS  160    249  499   40   91  .949  .963  4.67  4.32  4.90  5.03  160 1373.0
 1965 34 STL NL  SS  148    242  450   27   86  .962  .964  4.68  4.20  4.86  4.92  144 1281.0
 1966 35 PHI NL  SS  139    260  454   19   79  .974  .964  5.14  4.43  5.43  4.96  133 1184.0
 1967 36 TOT NL  SS   30     31   67    8   15  .925  .963  3.27  4.31  4.55  4.99   20  193.7
         PHI NL  SS    6     13   23    2    5  .947  .963  6.00  4.32  6.35  4.99    6   51.0
         SFG NL  SS   24     18   44    6   10  .912  .963  2.58  4.31  3.91  4.99   14  142.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  SS*1877   3505 5811  374 1237  .961  .962  4.96  4.40             1606 14200.3
                 3B*  27     21   52    2    4  .973  .952  2.70  2.64               27  214.0
                 1B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  8.50                0    0.0
                 2B*   1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.60                0    1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1906   3526 5864  376 1241  .961  .962  4.93  4.38
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   7  28   3   6  2  0  0   2   0   1  .214  .214  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   7  26   3   5  1  1  0   1   4   3  .192  .300  .308   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        2-0  14  54   6  11  3  1  0   3   4   4  .204  .259  .296   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-1 PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
 1959-2 PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-1 PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-1 PIT NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1962-2 PIT NL   *   3   0   2  0  0  0   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting SS 
 1963   STL NL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
 1964   STL NL   *   3   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 8/8      4  15   1   5  1  0  0   5   0   2   0  0   1   0   1  .333  .375  .400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1962-1 (SS)
1962-2 (SS)
1963 (SS)
1964 (SS)

Awards
1960-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1960-NL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1957-NL-15-0.04
1960-NL-1-0.82
1962-NL-16-0.02
1963-NL-2-0.68
Car-136-1.56 shares

Batting Average
1957 NL-.315-5
1960 NL-.325-1
1963 NL-.319-3

On-base %
1960 NL-.371-6
1963 NL-.377-5

OPS
1963 NL-.827-10

Games
1958 NL-151-7
1962 NL-161-8
1963 NL-158-8
1964 NL-161-8

At Bats
1958 NL-584-7
1959 NL-593-9
1960 NL-573-7
1961 NL-596-5
1962 NL-678-2
1963 NL-631-5
1964 NL-636-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1962 NL-723-2
1963 NL-704-4
1964 NL-696-6

Hits
1958 NL-175-6
1960 NL-186-3
1962 NL-199-4
1963 NL-201-2
1964 NL-186-9

Total Bases
1963 NL-284-10

Doubles
1957 NL-30-8
1958 NL-36-2
1960 NL-26-10
1962 NL-34-3
1963 NL-43-1
1964 NL-35-8

Triples
1958 NL-9-7
1959 NL-7-8
1963 NL-11-3

Singles
1958 NL-127-5
1959 NL-129-6
1960 NL-154-1
1961 NL-127-5
1962 NL-160-3
1963 NL-141-5
1964 NL-144-5

Runs Created
1963 NL-106-9

Extra-Base Hits
1963 NL-60-9

Times on Base
1960 NL-229-9
1963 NL-263-3

Offensive Win%
1963 NL-.699-10

Hit By Pitch
1960 NL-4-9

Sac. Hits
1952 NL-11-5
1955 NL-11-5
1956 NL-17-3
1957 NL-14-2
1959 NL-9-7
1960 NL-12-3

Sac. Flies
1957 NL-6-8
1962 NL-6-10
1964 NL-7-2
1965 NL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1955 NL-11-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1952 NL-18-2
1955 NL-20-2
1957 NL-16-5
1958 NL-21-2
1959 NL-21-3
1961 NL-22-3
1963 NL-18-6
1966 NL-20-3
Car-220-53

At Bats per Strikeout
1955 NL-20.0-2
1956 NL-20.8-3
1957 NL-17.9-4
1958 NL-18.3-2
1959 NL-16.9-2
1960 NL-16.4-3
1961 NL-13.5-2
1962 NL-11.1-8
1963 NL-10.9-6
1964 NL-15.1-3
1965 NL-11.7-7
1966 NL-15.4-3

Outs
1958 NL-443-4
1959 NL-466-3
1961 NL-469-3
1962 NL-505-4
1964 NL-484-4

Oldest Player
1967 NL-36-10

        

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (331) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 53 (472) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (640) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 103.0 (143) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 16, 1952: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1962: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Diomedes Olivo to the St. Louis Cardinals for Julio Gotay and Don Cardwell.

October 27, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Uecker and Bill White to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Corrales, Art Mahaffey, and Alex Johnson.

June 22, 1967: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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