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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 24)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	62 (61)	Jun 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
2	63	Jun 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	2	3	0	5	2	SS
3	64	Jun 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
4	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
5	66	Jun 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
6	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	3	SS
7	68	Jun 27	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
8	69	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	70	Jun 29	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	5.0	1	4	0	5	1
10	71	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	72	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS
12	73	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
13	74	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
14	75	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	76	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
16	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
18	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	2	3	0	5	1	SS
19	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
20	81	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	5	1	1	7	0
21	82	Jul 11	PIT		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
22	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
23	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
24	85	Jul 13 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
25	86	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
26	87	Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
27	88	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
28	89	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
29	90	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
30	91	Jul 19	PIT		BRO	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
31	92	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
32	93	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-14	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	94	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
34	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
35	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
36	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
37	98	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
38	99	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	CG	43	11.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
39	100	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
40	101	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
41	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	10.2	4	6	0	10	4	SS
42	103	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	104	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
44	105	Aug 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	23	5.2	1	1	0	2	1
45	106	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
46	107	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-8	CG	29	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
47	108	Aug 5	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	3	5	0	8	0
48	109	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
49	110	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
50	111	Aug 8	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
51	112	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
52	113	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
53	114	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
54	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
55	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	117	Aug 15	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	2	1	8	1
57	118	Aug 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
58	119	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
59	120	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
60	121	Aug 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
61	122	Aug 19	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	123	Aug 20	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
63	124	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
64	125	Aug 22 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	126	Aug 23	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	SS
66	127	Aug 24 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
67	128	Aug 24 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	4	5	2	11	1	SS
68	129	Aug 26	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	CG	46	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
69	130	Aug 27	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
70	131	Aug 28	PIT		NYG	L,7-14	CG	55	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
71	132	Aug 30	PIT		STL	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
72	133	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	134	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
74	135	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	3	3	0	6	3
75	136	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	5	5	0	10	2
76	137	Sep 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	138	Sep 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	7	3	0	10	1
78	139	Sep 6	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.1	2	2	0	4	1	SS
79	140	Sep 7	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
80	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
81	142	Sep 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
82	143	Sep 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
83	144	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
84	145	Sep 12 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-16	CG	49	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
85	146	Sep 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
86	147	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
87	148	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
88	149	Sep 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
89	150	Sep 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
90	151	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
91	152	Sep 21	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
92	153	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	154	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	155	Sep 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
							94gm		819.2	229	272	25	526	61