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	17-27 / in Starts: 11-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	64 (27-22-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (32-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Schroder	1
J Hart	1
H Lanier	1
T Taylor	1
T Haller	1
K Henderson	0

Most Driven In By
D Allen	2
R Sadecki	1
D Lock	1
B Etheridge	1
J Hart	1
T Fuentes	1

1967 Batting Game Log

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1967 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	1886	1	Apr 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	1.26	0.013	2.65	0.02%	-0.55	SS
2	1887	2	Apr 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG(11)	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1.71	-0.155	3.38	-0.18%	-0.97	SS
3	1888	3	Apr 14	PHI		NYM	W,5-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	2	.46	0.049	.99	0.06%	-0.13	SS
4	1889	4	Apr 15	PHI		NYM	W,6-2	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	2	.51	-0.049	1.12	-0.06%	-0.64	SS
5	1890	5	Apr 16	PHI		NYM	W,2-0	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	.72	0.087	1.67	0.12%	0.96	SS
6	1891	6	Apr 18	PHI		CHC	L,4-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.269	.136	.406	2	1.26	-0.184	3.36	-0.29%	-1.29	SS
Jun		Gtm	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
7	1892	50 (43)	Jun 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-16	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.259	.130	.390	9	.05	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.14	PH
8	1893	57 (6)	Jun 15 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.250	.125	.375	9	.91	-0.022	.70	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
9	1894	59 (1)	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.241	.120	.361	9	3.27	-0.080	2.37	-0.04%	-0.21	PH
10	1895	60	Jun 18	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.233	.115	.349	9	.14	-0.004	.09	0.00%	-0.09	PH
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to San Francisco Giants
11	1896	65	Jun 22 (1)	SFG		ATL	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.226	.111	.337	9	6.96	-0.184	16.54	-0.26%	-0.45	PH
12	1897	66	Jun 22 (2)	SFG		ATL	L,4-6	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	2	1.72	-0.114	3.49	-0.14%	-0.96	SS
13	1898	69 (2)	Jun 25	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.129	.358	9	4.29	-0.108	5.84	-0.09%	-0.31	PH
Jul		Gtm	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
14	1899	79 (9)	Jul 4	SFG	@	NYM	L,7-8	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.243	.152	.395	8	1.40	0.117	2.21	0.11%	0.92	PH SS
15	1900	80	Jul 5	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.225	.139	.364	7	1.07	-0.074	1.79	-0.07%	-0.51	SS
16	1901	82 (1)	Jul 8	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.214	.132	.346	8	.23	-0.011	.48	-0.01%	-0.34	SS
17	1902	83	Jul 9	SFG		LAD	W,1-0	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.209	.128	.338	9	3.44	-0.108	8.12	-0.15%	-0.56	PH
18	1903	84	Jul 13	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	5-GF(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.213	.119	.332	9	2.99	0.164	8.08	0.27%	0.41	SS
19	1904	89 (4)	Jul 17	SFG		CHC	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.229	.140	.369	9	.21	0.009	.69	0.02%	0.11	PH
20	1905	90	Jul 18 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-8	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.240	.200	.440	8	.31	-0.003	.64	0.00%	0.46	PH SS
21	1906	91	Jul 18 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.218	.180	.398	1	.96	-0.116	1.83	-0.13%	-0.96	SS
22	1907	92	Jul 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.127	.200	.164	.364	2	1.61	-0.270	3.54	-0.36%	-1.39	SS
23	1908	93	Jul 20	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.200	.167	.367	2	.57	0.079	1.06	0.09%	0.08	SS
24	1909	94	Jul 21	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-10	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.214	.172	.386	7	1.28	0.010	3.35	0.02%	-0.31	SS
25	1910	97 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-6	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.222	.169	.391	9	.33	0.012	.84	0.02%	0.10	SS
26	1911	99 (1)	Jul 26	SFG		NYM	L,5-11	3-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.233	.169	.402	9	.20	0.007	.34	0.01%	0.11	PH
27	1912	100	Jul 27	SFG		PHI	L,3-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.224	.162	.385	7	.50	-0.035	.70	-0.03%	-0.60	SS
28	1913	101	Jul 28	SFG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.153	.238	.181	.418	7	.53	0.082	.60	0.06%	0.60	SS
29	1914	102	Jul 29	SFG		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.265	.203	.468	7	.67	0.038	.81	0.03%	0.31	SS
30	1915	103	Jul 30	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.169	.256	.195	.451	7	1.55	-0.183	2.01	-0.14%	-1.76	SS
Aug		Gtm	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
31	1916	108 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-7	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.256	.195	.451	9						PH
32	1917	112 (3)	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.244	.185	.430	7	.78	-0.076	2.00	-0.12%	-0.82	SS
33	1918	113	Aug 11	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.234	.176	.411	7	1.06	-0.101	3.55	-0.20%	-0.56	SS
34	1919	114	Aug 12	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.234	.176	.411	8						SS
35	1920	120 (5)	Aug 19	SFG		CIN	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.234	.176	.411	7						SS
36	1921	122 (1)	Aug 21	SFG		CIN	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.234	.176	.411	7						SS
37	1922	126 (3)	Aug 25	SFG		ATL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.237	.182	.419	7	1.12	-0.036	.11	0.00%	-0.61	SS
38	1923	134 (7)	Aug 31	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.237	.182	.419	8						SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	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
39	1924	135	Sep 1	SFG	@	CIN	W,1-0	10-GF(21)	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.248	.198	.445	8	3.07	0.013	.04	0.00%	0.26	2B SS
40	1925	140 (4)	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	11-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.245	.196	.441	2	2.17	-0.053	.07	0.00%	-0.20	PH
41	1926	148 (7)	Sep 16	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	12-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.243	.194	.436	9	2.18	-0.058	.01	0.00%	-0.20	PH
42	1927	154 (5)	Sep 24	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.240	.191	.432	6	6.96	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH
43	1928	159 (4)	Sep 29	SFG		PHI	L,1-9	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.189	.428	9	.22	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
44	1929	162 (2)	Oct 1	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.236	.188	.423	1	.87	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
							17-27		109	96	7	15	1	1	0	5	10	1	11	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	.156	.236	.188	.423		1.32	-1.555	2.20	-1.50%	-11.19

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