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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
5	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
8	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
9	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	GF	13	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	GF	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
13	13	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	54	9.1	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	14	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
15	15	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	16	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.1	4	1	0	5	1	SS
17	17	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
18	18	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	CG	38	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
19	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
20	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
21	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	2	SS
22	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	GS	28	6.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
23	23	May 13 susp	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
24	24	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	25	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
26	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	28	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
29	29	May 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
30	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
32	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
34	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
35	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	SS
36	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	67	15.0	2	1	2	5	1	SS
38	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	W,3-0	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
40	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
45	45	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	42	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
47	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
48	48	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
50	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
51	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
52	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	7.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
55	55	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	L,2-3	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
56	56	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	3	4	0	7	0
57	57	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	59 (1)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	60	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	GF	0	5.0	3	4	0	7	0
60	64 (3)	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
61	65	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
62	66	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	67	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
64	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
65	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	SS
66	70	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
67	71	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
68	72	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
69	73	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
70	74	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
71	75	Jul 12 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
72	76	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
73	77	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
74	78	Jul 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
75	79	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	5	3	0	8	0
76	80	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
77	81	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
78	82	Jul 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
79	83	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
80	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
81	85	Jul 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
82	97 (11)	Jul 30	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	GF	13	4.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
83	98	Jul 31	PIT		STL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	7	3	1	11	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	99	Aug 1	PIT		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
85	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
86	101	Aug 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
87	102	Aug 4	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
88	103	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	1
89	104	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	105	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	3	1	9	1	SS
91	106	Aug 8	PIT		BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
92	107	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	4	2	10	1	SS
93	108	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
94	109	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
95	110	Aug 12 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
96	111	Aug 12 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
97	112	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
98	113	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
99	114	Aug 15	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
100	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	SS
101	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	117	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
103	118	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	119	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
106	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
107	122	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
108	123	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	36	8.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B SS
109	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
110	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
111	126	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
112	127	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
113	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.1	1	7	0	8	1
115	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	T,1-1	CG	34	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
116	131	Aug 31	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	132	Sep 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
118	133	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
119	134	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
120	135	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
121	136	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
122	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
123	138	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	1
124	139	Sep 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
125	140	Sep 9 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
126	141	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	4	4	0	8	2	SS
127	142	Sep 11	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
128	143	Sep 12	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
129	144	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
130	145	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
131	146	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
132	147	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
133	148	Sep 18	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
134	149	Sep 20	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
135	150	Sep 21	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
136	151	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
137	152	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
138	153	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
139	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
140	155	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
141	156	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
142	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS	31	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
							143gm		1219.0	288	424	34	746	75