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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	STL	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
3	3	Apr 13	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 14 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	46	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
5	5	Apr 14 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
6	6	Apr 16	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 17	STL		PIT	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
8	8	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
9	9	Apr 19	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
10	10	Apr 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	4	5	0	9	2	SS
12	12	Apr 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
13	13	Apr 22	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
14	14	Apr 23	STL	@	HOU	W,15-0	GS	17	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
15	15	Apr 24	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 25	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	17	Apr 26	STL	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
18	18	Apr 27	STL	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
19	19	Apr 28	STL	@	LAD	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
20	20	Apr 30	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	STL		CHC	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 2	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
23	23	May 3	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
24	24	May 4	STL	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
25	25	May 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
26	26	May 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 7	STL		LAD	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
28	28	May 8	STL		LAD	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	29	May 9	STL		LAD	W,10-7	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	30	May 10	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
31	31	May 11	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
32	32	May 12 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
33	33	May 12 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
34	34	May 14	STL	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
35	35	May 15	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	SS
36	36	May 16	STL	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	4	1	11	1	SS
37	37	May 17	STL		CIN	W,11-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
38	38	May 18	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	54	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
39	39	May 19	STL		CIN	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
40	40	May 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
41	41	May 22	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	50	10.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	42	May 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
43	43	May 24	STL		NYM	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
44	44	May 25	STL		NYM	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
45	45	May 26 (1)	STL		NYM	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
46	46	May 26 (2)	STL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
47	47	May 28	STL		HOU	W,8-7	CG	39	10.0	6	3	0	9	3	SS
48	48	May 29	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
49	49	May 30	STL		HOU	W,9-5	GS	18	5.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
50	50	May 31	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	51	Jun 1	STL		SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
52	52	Jun 2	STL		SFG	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
53	53	Jun 5	STL	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
54	54	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
55	55	Jun 7	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
56	56	Jun 8	STL	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
57	57	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,10-4	GS	27	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
59	59	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
60	60	Jun 12	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
61	61	Jun 13	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
62	62	Jun 14	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
63	63	Jun 16 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	6	6	0	12	2	SS
64	64	Jun 16 (2)	STL		PIT	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
65	65	Jun 17	STL		NYM	W,8-1	GS	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	SS
66	66	Jun 18	STL		NYM	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
67	67	Jun 19	STL		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
68	68	Jun 21	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
69	69	Jun 22	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
70	70	Jun 23	STL		LAD	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
71	71	Jun 24	STL		SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
72	72	Jun 25	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
73	73	Jun 26	STL		SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	74	Jun 28	STL	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
75	75	Jun 29	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
76	76	Jun 30	STL	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	77	Jul 1	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	50	10.2	3	6	0	9	0	SS
78	78	Jul 2	STL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
79	79	Jul 3	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
80	80	Jul 4	STL	@	LAD	L,7-10	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
81	81	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
82	82	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
83	83	Jul 7 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	62	14.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	84	Jul 7 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
85	85	Jul 11 (1)	STL		MLN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
86	86	Jul 11 (2)	STL		MLN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
87	87	Jul 12	STL		MLN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
88	88	Jul 13	STL		MLN	L,5-7	GS	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	3	SS
89	89	Jul 14 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
90	90	Jul 14 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
91	91	Jul 15	STL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
92	92	Jul 16	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
93	93	Jul 17	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
94	94	Jul 18	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
95	95	Jul 19	STL		HOU	W,7-2	GS	31	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
96	96	Jul 20	STL		HOU	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
97	97	Jul 21	STL		HOU	W,9-4	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
98	98	Jul 23	STL	@	MLN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
99	99	Jul 24	STL	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
100	100	Jul 25	STL	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
101	101	Jul 26	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
102	102	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
103	103	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
104	104	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,11-16	CG	46	8.0	1	8	0	9	0	SS
105	105	Jul 30	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
106	106	Jul 31	STL		CIN	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	107	Aug 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
108	108	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
109	109	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
110	110	Aug 4 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
111	111	Aug 4 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
112	112	Aug 6	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
113	113	Aug 7	STL	@	NYM	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
114	114	Aug 8	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
115	115	Aug 9	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
116	116	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
117	117	Aug 11	STL	@	MLN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
118	118	Aug 13	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
119	119	Aug 14	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
120	120	Aug 15	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
121	121	Aug 16	STL		SFG	W,13-0	GS	24	7.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
122	122	Aug 17	STL		SFG	W,8-7	CG	48	10.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
123	123	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
124	124	Aug 20	STL	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
125	125	Aug 21	STL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	62	15.2	4	4	0	8	0	SS
126	126	Aug 22	STL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
127	127	Aug 23	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
128	128	Aug 24	STL	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
129	129	Aug 25	STL	@	HOU	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
130	130	Aug 26	STL	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
131	131	Aug 27	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
132	132	Aug 28	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
133	133	Aug 30	STL	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
134	134	Aug 31	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	42	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
135	135	Sep 1	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
136	136	Sep 2 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
137	137	Sep 2 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
138	138	Sep 3	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
139	139	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
140	140	Sep 5	STL		NYM	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
141	141	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
142	146 (4)	Sep 10	STL		CHC	W,8-0	GS	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
143	147	Sep 11	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
144	148	Sep 12	STL		CHC	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
145	149	Sep 13	STL		MLN	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	150	Sep 14	STL		MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
147	151	Sep 15 (1)	STL		MLN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
148	152	Sep 15 (2)	STL		MLN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	3	SS
149	153	Sep 16	STL		LAD	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
150	154	Sep 17	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
151	155	Sep 18	STL		LAD	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
152	156	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
153	157	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
154	158	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
155	159	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
156	160	Sep 27	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
157	161	Sep 28	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
158	162	Sep 29	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
							158gm		1366.1	257	448	26	731	91