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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
2	2	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 16	STL	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
4	4	Apr 17	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 18	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
6	6	Apr 19	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
7	7	Apr 20	STL	@	HOU	L,1-7	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	STL		LAD	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	STL		LAD	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	10	Apr 24	STL		HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
11	11	Apr 25	STL		HOU	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
12	12	Apr 26	STL		HOU	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
13	13	Apr 28	STL		NYM	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	2	SS
14	14	Apr 29	STL		NYM	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
16	16	May 2	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
17	17	May 3	STL		PIT	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
18	18	May 4	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
19	19	May 5	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
20	20	May 6	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	7	1	10	2	SS
21	21	May 7	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
22	22	May 8	STL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 9	STL	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
24	24	May 10 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
25	25	May 10 (2)	STL	@	NYM	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
26	26	May 11	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
27	27	May 12	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
28	28	May 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 15	STL		MLN	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
30	30	May 16	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
31	31	May 17 (1)	STL		MLN	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 17 (2)	STL		MLN	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
33	33	May 19	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
34	34	May 20	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
35	35	May 21	STL		CHC	W,10-3	GS	29	7.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
36	36	May 22	STL	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
37	37	May 23	STL	@	MLN	L,4-8	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
38	38	May 24 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	39	May 24 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	40	May 27	STL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
41	41	May 28	STL		SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
42	42	May 29	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
43	43	May 30	STL		CIN	W,7-1	GS	27	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
44	44	May 31 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
45	45	May 31 (2)	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	47	Jun 3	STL	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
48	48	Jun 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	49	Jun 5	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	1	2	5	0	SS
50	50	Jun 6	STL	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
51	51	Jun 7	STL	@	CIN	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
52	52	Jun 9	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	53	Jun 10 (1)	STL	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
54	54	Jun 10 (2)	STL	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
55	55	Jun 11	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
56	56	Jun 12	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
57	57	Jun 13	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
58	58	Jun 14	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
59	59	Jun 15	STL	@	HOU	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	2	8	0	SS
60	60	Jun 16	STL	@	HOU	W,7-1	GS	28	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
61	61	Jun 17	STL	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
62	62	Jun 18	STL		SFG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
63	63	Jun 19	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
64	64	Jun 20	STL		SFG	L,3-14	GS	36	7.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
65	65	Jun 21	STL		SFG	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
66	66	Jun 23	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
67	67	Jun 24	STL		HOU	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
68	68	Jun 25	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
69	69	Jun 26	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
70	70	Jun 27	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
72	72	Jun 28 (2)	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
73	73	Jun 29	STL		MLN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
74	74	Jun 30	STL		MLN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	75	Jul 1	STL	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
76	76	Jul 2	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
77	77	Jul 3	STL	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
78	78	Jul 4	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
79	79	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
80	80	Jul 9	STL	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	5	7	1	13	3	SS
81	81	Jul 10	STL	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
82	82	Jul 11	STL	@	NYM	W,11-4	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
83	83	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	12.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
84	84	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-5	GS	27	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	85	Jul 14	STL		LAD	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	86	Jul 15	STL		LAD	L,3-13	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
87	87	Jul 16	STL		LAD	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	SS
88	88	Jul 17	STL		NYM	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
89	89	Jul 18	STL		NYM	W,15-7	GS	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
90	90	Jul 19 (1)	STL		NYM	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
91	91	Jul 19 (2)	STL		NYM	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
92	92	Jul 21	STL		PIT	L,4-8	GS	34	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
93	93	Jul 22	STL		PIT	L,2-13	GS	28	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
94	94	Jul 23	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
95	95	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
96	96	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,10-9	GS	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
97	97	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
98	98	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
99	99	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-7	CG	48	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	100	Jul 29	STL	@	CHC	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
101	101	Jul 30	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS
102	102	Jul 31	STL		CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	103	Aug 1	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
104	104	Aug 2	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	SS
105	105	Aug 4	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
106	107 (1)	Aug 6	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
107	108	Aug 7	STL		HOU	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
108	109	Aug 8	STL		HOU	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
109	110	Aug 9	STL		HOU	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
110	111	Aug 10	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
111	112	Aug 11	STL		SFG	L,3-6	GS	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
112	113	Aug 12	STL		SFG	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
113	114	Aug 14	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
114	115	Aug 15	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
115	116	Aug 16 (1)	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
116	117	Aug 16 (2)	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	GS	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
117	118	Aug 17	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
118	119	Aug 18	STL	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	3	1	2	6	1	SS
119	120	Aug 19	STL	@	HOU	L,7-8	CG	47	9.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
120	121	Aug 21	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
121	122	Aug 22	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS
122	123	Aug 23	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
123	124	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
124	125	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS	55	12.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
125	126	Aug 26	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
126	127	Aug 28	STL		LAD	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
127	128	Aug 29	STL		LAD	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
128	129	Aug 30	STL		LAD	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
129	130	Aug 31	STL		LAD	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	131	Sep 1	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
131	132	Sep 2	STL		MLN	W,6-2	GS	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
132	133	Sep 3	STL		MLN	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
133	134	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	7	1	9	3	SS
134	135	Sep 5	STL		CHC	L,5-8	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
135	136	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
136	137	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
137	138	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
138	139	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	47	11.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
139	140	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	SS
140	141	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	143 (1)	Sep 13	STL	@	CHC	W,15-2	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
142	144	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
143	145	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
144	146	Sep 16	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
145	147	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
146	148	Sep 19 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
147	149	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
148	150	Sep 22	STL	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
149	151	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
150	152	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
151	153	Sep 24 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
152	154	Sep 25	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
153	155	Sep 26	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
154	156	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
155	157	Sep 28	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
156	158	Sep 29	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
157	159	Sep 30	STL		PHI	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
158	160	Oct 2	STL		NYM	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	2	8	1	11	0	SS
159	161	Oct 3	STL		NYM	L,5-15	CG	50	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	SS
160	162	Oct 4	STL		NYM	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
							160gm		1373.0	249	499	40	788	91