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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	T,10-10	CG	53	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 13	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
3	3	Apr 14	STL	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
4	4	Apr 15	STL		CIN	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
5	5	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	STL		CIN	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
7	7	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
8	8	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
11	11	Apr 27	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
12	12	Apr 28	STL	@	MLN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
13	13	Apr 29	STL	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
14	14	Apr 30	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
16	16	May 2 (1)	STL		PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
17	17	May 2 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
18	18	May 3	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
19	19	May 4	STL		SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
20	20	May 5	STL		SFG	L,5-10	CG	50	10.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
21	21	May 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
22	22	May 8	STL	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
23	24 (1)	May 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	45	9.2	3	4	0	7	0	SS
24	25	May 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
25	26	May 12	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
26	27	May 14	STL	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
27	28	May 15	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
28	29	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
29	30	May 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
30	31	May 17	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
31	32	May 18	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
32	33	May 19	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	0	SS
33	34	May 20	STL		PHI	W,12-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
34	35	May 21	STL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
35	36	May 22	STL		NYM	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
36	37	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-7	CG	49	12.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
37	38	May 24	STL	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	39	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	40	May 26	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
40	41	May 27	STL	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
41	42	May 28	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	49	11.1	4	3	0	7	1	SS
42	43	May 29	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	SS
43	44	May 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
44	45	May 31	STL	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
46	47	Jun 2	STL		LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
47	48	Jun 3	STL		LAD	L,10-11	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	49	Jun 4	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
49	50	Jun 5	STL		HOU	W,4-3	CG	47	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
50	51	Jun 6	STL		HOU	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
51	52	Jun 8	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
52	53	Jun 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
53	54	Jun 10	STL		CIN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
54	55	Jun 11	STL		MLN	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
55	56	Jun 12	STL		MLN	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
56	57	Jun 13 (1)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
57	58	Jun 13 (2)	STL		MLN	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	59	Jun 14	STL		PIT	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
59	60	Jun 15	STL		PIT	L,6-10	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
60	64 (3)	Jun 19	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	3	SS
61	65	Jun 20	STL	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	SS
62	66	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
63	67	Jun 22 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
64	68	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
65	69	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
66	70	Jun 25	STL		CHC	L,4-12	CG	52	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
67	71	Jun 26	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
68	72	Jun 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,8-0	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
69	73	Jun 27 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
70	74	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
71	75	Jun 29	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
72	76	Jun 30	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	77	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	7	1	9	1	SS
74	78	Jul 2	STL	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
75	79	Jul 3	STL	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
76	80	Jul 4	STL	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	81	Jul 5	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	46	12.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
78	82	Jul 6	STL		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
79	83	Jul 7	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	51	13.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
80	84	Jul 9	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
81	85	Jul 10	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	6	1	7	0	SS
82	86	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
83	87	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
84	88	Jul 15	STL		NYM	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
85	89	Jul 16	STL		NYM	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	90	Jul 17	STL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
87	91	Jul 18	STL		PHI	W,3-1	GS	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
88	92	Jul 19	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
89	93	Jul 20	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
90	94	Jul 21	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
91	95	Jul 22	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
92	96	Jul 23	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
93	97	Jul 24	STL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
94	98	Jul 25	STL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
95	99	Jul 26	STL	@	SFG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
96	100	Jul 27	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
97	101	Jul 28	STL	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
98	102	Jul 30	STL		LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
99	103	Jul 31	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	104	Aug 1	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
101	105	Aug 2	STL		LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	106	Aug 3 (1)	STL		HOU	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	107	Aug 3 (2)	STL		HOU	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
104	108	Aug 4	STL		HOU	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
105	109	Aug 5	STL		HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
106	110	Aug 6	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
107	111	Aug 7	STL		SFG	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
108	112	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
109	113	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
110	114	Aug 11	STL	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
111	115	Aug 12	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	52	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
112	116	Aug 13	STL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
113	117	Aug 14	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
114	118	Aug 15	STL		CIN	W,12-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
115	119	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
116	120	Aug 17	STL		MLN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
117	121	Aug 18	STL		MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
118	122	Aug 19	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
119	123	Aug 20	STL	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
120	124	Aug 21	STL	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
121	125	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
122	126	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
123	127	Aug 23	STL		CHC	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
124	128	Aug 24	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
125	129	Aug 25	STL		CHC	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	SS
126	130	Aug 26	STL		CHC	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
127	131	Aug 27	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	19	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS
128	133 (1)	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
129	134	Aug 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	135	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
131	136	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
132	137	Sep 3	STL		NYM	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
133	138	Sep 5 (1)	STL		NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
134	140 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
135	141	Sep 6 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-10	GF	12	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH SS
136	142	Sep 8	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
137	143	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	11.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
138	144	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
139	145	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
140	146	Sep 15	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
141	147	Sep 16	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
142	148	Sep 17	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
143	149	Sep 18	STL		LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	150	Sep 19	STL		LAD	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
145	153 (2)	Sep 24	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
146	154	Sep 25	STL	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
147	155	Sep 26	STL	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
148	156	Sep 27	STL	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
149	157	Sep 28	STL	@	SFG	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
150	158	Sep 29	STL	@	SFG	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
							150gm		1307.0	242	455	27	724	87