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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	8-6 / in Starts: 8-6
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1960	WS g1	Oct 5	PIT		NYY	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	2	.60	0.077	31.12	2.20%	0.54	SS
2	1960	WS g2	Oct 6	PIT		NYY	L,3-16	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	2	.52	-0.001	27.75	0.06%	-0.41	SS
3	1960	WS g3	Oct 8	PIT	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	2	.29	-0.030	18.21	-1.05%	-1.07	SS
4	1960	WS g4	Oct 9	PIT	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	2	.95	-0.099	61.03	-3.88%	-1.15	SS
5	1960	WS g5	Oct 10	PIT	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	2	.75	-0.015	62.07	-0.71%	-0.26	SS
6	1960	WS g6	Oct 12	PIT		NYY	L,0-12	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.208	.292	.500	2	.41	-0.077	31.33	-3.28%	-0.89	SS
7	1960	WS g7	Oct 13	PIT		NYY	W,10-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	2	1.11	0.107	185.42	12.12%	0.44	SS
1964 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	1964	WS g1	Oct 7	STL		NYY	W,9-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	3	.57	0.022	29.80	0.47%	0.29	SS
9	1964	WS g2	Oct 8	STL		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571	1.016	5	.57	-0.024	30.25	-0.82%	0.66	SS
10	1964	WS g3	Oct 10	STL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	5	.84	0.001	52.73	0.12%	0.02	SS
11	1964	WS g4	Oct 11	STL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.467	.820	3	1.02	0.067	65.48	2.50%	0.59	SS
12	1964	WS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.421	.785	5	1.24	-0.127	102.83	-6.65%	-0.52	SS
13	1964	WS g6	Oct 14	STL		NYY	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.348	.656	5	.61	-0.061	46.54	-2.76%	-0.90	SS
14	1964	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.300	.308	.608	5	.75	0.044	125.00	4.02%	0.24	SS
									58	54	6	11	3	1	0	3	4	0	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	.204	.259	.296	.555

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