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 (May 5)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	2	4	1	SS
3	3	Apr 16	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
5	9 (4)	Apr 24 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
6	10	Apr 24 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
7	11	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	12	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
9	13	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
10	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	4	0	10	3	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15	May 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
12	16	May 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	2
13	17	May 2	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
14	18	May 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
15	19	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
16	20	May 5	PIT		MLN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
17	21	May 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	22	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	4	6	1	11	2
19	23	May 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
20	24	May 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
22	26	May 11	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
23	27	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
24	28	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	29	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
26	30	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
27	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	32	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	6	0	11	3	SS
29	33	May 20	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	34	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	35	May 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	36	May 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
33	37	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
34	38	May 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
35	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
36	40	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	51	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
37	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	SS
38	42	May 29 susp	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
39	43	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	SS
40	44	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
41	45	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	5	1	11	1	SS
43	47	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
44	48	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
45	49	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
46	50	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
47	51	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
48	52	Jun 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
49	53	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
50	54	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	SS
51	55	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
52	56	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
53	57	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-6	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
54	58	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
55	59	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
56	60	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	61	Jun 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
59	63	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
60	64	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
62	66	Jun 21	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	67	Jun 22	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-6	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
64	69 (1)	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	GF	17	4.0	0	0	2	2	0	SS
65	70	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
67	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
68	73	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	74	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
70	75	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
71	76	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
72	77	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
73	78	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
74	79	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	11.0	3	2	1	6	0
75	80	Jul 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
76	81	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
77	82	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
78	83	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
79	84	Jul 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
80	85	Jul 9	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
81	86	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
82	87	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
83	88	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19	CG	61	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
84	89	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	90	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
86	91	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	CG	0	12.0	5	5	0	10	2
87	92	Jul 17 susp	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	93	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GS	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
89	94	Jul 20	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	SS
90	95	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	96	Jul 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	97	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
93	98	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	99	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	6	0	6	1
95	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
96	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
98	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	CG	50	8.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
99	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
100	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
101	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	48	8.2	4	2	0	6	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
103	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
104	109	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
105	110	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	53	11.2	2	5	0	7	1	SS
106	111	Aug 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
107	112	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	113	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
109	114	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
110	115	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
111	116	Aug 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
112	117	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
113	118	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
114	119	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
115	120	Aug 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
116	121	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
117	122	Aug 19	PIT		NYG	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
118	123	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	CG	64	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
119	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
120	125	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
121	126	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
122	127	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	SS
123	128	Aug 27	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
124	129	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
125	130	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
126	131	Aug 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
127	132	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	133	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	7	1	11	0	SS
129	134	Sep 2	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	3	0	8	3	SS
130	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
131	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
132	137	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	41	10.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
133	138	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
134	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	140	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
137	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
139	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
140	145	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
141	146	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
142	147	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
143	148	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
144	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
146	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	4	2	8	1
147	152	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
148	153	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
149	154	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
							149gm		1288.0	330	450	32	812	107