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Dick Groat

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Full name Richard Morrow Groat
Born November 4, 1930, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Died April 27, 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
First Game: June 18, 1952; Final Game: October 1, 1967
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11.5" Weight: 180
Named NL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1960)
Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1960)
Named shortstop on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1963 to 1964)
Ejections: 1959 (1), 1965 (2). Total: 3
SABR Biography

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies

                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1952 PIT N Daily Splits 95 384 38 109 6 1 1 29 19 0 27 1 11 0 6 18 2 4 .284 .319 .313 -0.6 1952 PIT N 1955 PIT N Daily Splits 151 521 45 139 28 2 4 51 38 11 26 1 11 1 0 10 20 0 2 .267 .317 .351 0.9 1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N Daily Splits 142 520 40 142 19 3 0 37 35 3 25 0 17 3 0 9 14 0 3 .273 .317 .321 0.3 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N Daily Splits 125 501 58 158 30 5 7 54 27 1 28 3 14 6 0 11 16 0 1 .315 .350 .437 2.7 1957 PIT N 1958 PIT N Daily Splits 151 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 23 7 32 4 6 5 0 11 21 2 2 .300 .328 .408 1.7 1958 PIT N 1959 PIT N Daily Splits 147 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 32 2 35 2 9 4 0 9 21 0 2 .275 .312 .361 -0.5 1959 PIT N 1960 PIT N Daily Splits 138 573 85 186 26 4 2 50 39 0 35 4 12 1 0 9 7 0 2 .325 .371 .394 3.3 1960 PIT N 1961 PIT N Daily Splits 148 596 71 164 25 6 6 55 40 0 44 1 7 4 0 11 22 0 4 .275 .320 .367 0.8 1961 PIT N 1962 PIT N Daily Splits 161 678 76 199 34 3 2 61 31 1 61 3 5 6 0 13 14 2 1 .294 .325 .361 1.5 1962 PIT N 1963 STL N Daily Splits 158 631 85 201 43 11 6 73 56 2 58 6 7 4 0 10 18 3 1 .319 .377 .450 3.2 1963 STL N 1964 STL N Daily Splits 161 636 70 186 35 6 1 70 44 3 42 0 9 7 0 7 15 2 3 .292 .335 .371 0.1 1964 STL N 1965 STL N Daily Splits 153 587 55 149 26 5 0 52 56 2 50 1 4 7 0 15 11 1 1 .254 .316 .315 -1.4 1965 STL N 1966 PHI N Daily Splits 155 584 58 152 21 4 2 53 40 6 38 5 7 4 0 9 20 2 1 .260 .311 .320 1.5 1966 PHI N 1967 PHI N Daily Splits 10 26 3 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .115 .233 .115 0.0 1967 PHI N 1967 SF N Daily Splits 34 70 4 12 1 1 0 4 6 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 .171 .237 .214 -1.2 1967 SF N 1967 TOT N 44 96 7 15 1 1 0 5 10 1 11 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 .156 .236 .188 -1.2 1967 TOT N Total (14 Years) Splits 1929 7484 829 2138 352 67 39 707 490 39 512 31 122 52 0 133 220 14 27 .286 .330 .366 12.3 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1960 PIT N Daily Splits 7 28 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .214 .286 1960 PIT N 1964 STL N Daily Splits 7 26 3 5 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .192 .300 .308 1964 STL N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 14 54 6 11 3 1 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .204 .259 .296 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1959 NL Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1959 NL 1960 NL Daily Splits 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1960 NL 1962 NL Daily Splits 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .571 .500 1962 NL 1963 NL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1963 NL 1964 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1964 NL Total ( 5 Years) Splits 8 15 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .375 .400 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1952 PIT N Daily Splits SS 94 94 93 819.2 229 272 25 61 1 .952 1955 PIT N Daily Splits SS 149 148 138 1287 330 450 32 107 1 .961 1956 PIT N Daily Splits SS 141 136 129 1205 287 420 34 74 0 .954 1956 PIT N 3B 2 2 1 14 1 4 0 1 0 1.000 1957 PIT N Daily Splits SS 124 122 117 1079 226 380 20 74 0 .968 1957 PIT N 3B 2 2 1 19 0 5 1 0 0 .833 1958 PIT N Daily Splits SS 149 149 149 1322 307 461 20 127 0 .975 1959 PIT N Daily Splits SS 145 145 145 1302 301 473 29 97 0 .964 1960 PIT N Daily Splits SS 136 136 132 1208.1 237 443 24 92 0 .966 1961 PIT N Daily Splits SS 144 143 142 1255.2 235 473 32 117 0 .957 1961 PIT N 3B 1 1 1 9 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1962 PIT N Daily Splits SS 161 161 160 1430.1 314 521 38 126 0 .956 1963 STL N Daily Splits SS 158 157 138 1366.1 257 448 26 91 0 .964 1964 STL N Daily Splits SS 160 160 130 1373 249 499 40 91 0 .949 1965 STL N Daily Splits SS 147 144 134 1281 242 450 27 86 0 .962 1965 STL N 3B 3 3 2 26 0 5 0 1 0 1.000 1966 PHI N Daily Splits SS 139 133 114 1184 260 454 19 79 0 .974 1966 PHI N 3B 20 19 13 146 18 37 1 2 0 .982 1966 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1967 PHI N Daily Splits SS 6 6 5 51 13 23 2 5 0 .947 1967 SF N Daily Splits SS 24 14 9 142.2 18 44 6 10 0 .912 1967 SF N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1967 TOT N SS 30 20 14 193.2 31 67 8 15 0 .925 Total (14 Years) Splits SS 1877 1848 1735 16307 3505 5811 374 1237 2 .961 Total ( 5 Years) 3B 28 27 18 214 21 52 2 4 0 .973 Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1960 PIT N Daily Splits SS 7 7 5 58 12 12 2 2 0 .923 1964 STL N Daily Splits SS 7 7 7 63 11 16 2 6 0 .931 Total ( 2 Years) Splits SS 14 14 12 121 23 28 4 8 0 .927 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1960 NL Daily Splits SS 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1962 NL Daily Splits SS 2 2 0 12 6 6 1 1 0 .923 1963 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 9 2 2 0 2 0 1.000 1964 NL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 4 Years) Splits SS 6 4 1 31 8 10 1 3 0 .947 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 7-15-1959 BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Called third strike 7-18-1965 BOX STL N John Kibler Call at 1B 9-11-1965 BOX STL N John Kibler Called third strike

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 16, 1952).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Diomedes Olivo to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Julio Gotay and Don Cardwell (November 19, 1962).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Bill White and Bob Uecker to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pat Corrales, Art Mahaffey and Alex Johnson (October 27, 1965).

Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to San Francisco Giants (June 22, 1967).

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