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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 26	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 27	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
12	12	Apr 30	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	50	13.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
14	14	May 2	PIT		MLN	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
15	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GS	52	11.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B SS
16	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
17	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
18	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
19	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	CG	59	14.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
20	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
21	21	May 10	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
22	22	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
23	23	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
24	24	May 12 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
26	26	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
28	28	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
30	30	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
31	31	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
32	32	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	56 (23)	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
34	62 (5)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
35	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	65	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
38	66	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	67	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
40	68	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,5-5	CG	47	11.0	1	1	0	2	1
41	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
42	70	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
43	71	Jun 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-13	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
44	72	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
45	73	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	74	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
47	75	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
48	76	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
49	77	Jul 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
50	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	4	3	0	7	0
51	79	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
52	80	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	81	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
54	82	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
55	83	Jul 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	84	Jul 13	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
57	85	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
58	86	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
59	87	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	88	Jul 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
61	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
62	90	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
63	91	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
64	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	10.0	3	7	2	12	0	SS
65	93	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	GS	42	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
66	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	56	15.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
67	95	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
68	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
69	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	1	5	0	6	2	SS
70	98	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
71	99	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	100	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	51	10.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
73	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
74	102	Jul 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
75	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	104	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
77	105	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
78	106	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	107	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
80	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
81	109	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
82	110	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
83	111	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
84	112	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
85	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
86	114	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
87	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
88	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
89	117	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
90	118	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
91	119	Aug 20	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
92	120	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
93	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
94	122	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
95	123	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	124	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
97	125	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
98	126	Aug 28	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
99	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
100	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	129	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
102	130	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
103	131	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	132	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
105	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	49	11.2	2	6	0	8	1	SS
106	134	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
107	135	Sep 5	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	136	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
109	137	Sep 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
110	138	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	9	1	13	4	SS
111	139	Sep 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
112	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
113	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
114	142	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
115	143	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
116	146 (2)	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
117	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	SS
119	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	SS
120	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
121	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
122	152	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
123	153	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	154	Sep 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	GS	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
125	155	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
							125gm		1098.0	226	385	21	632	74