Dick Groat
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[edit] Biography
Dick Groat (Richard Morrow Groat) was born on November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on June 19, 1952 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .284 with 1 home run and 29 RBI. Groat played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Dick Groat's best season was 1963, when he hit for a .319 average and knocked in 73 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | N | 95 | 384 | 38 | 109 | 1 | 29 | .284 | .319 | .313 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| 1955 | PIT | N | 151 | 521 | 45 | 139 | 4 | 51 | .267 | .317 | .351 | 28 | 2 | 38 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 1956 | PIT | N | 142 | 520 | 40 | 142 | 0 | 37 | .273 | .317 | .321 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 1957 | PIT | N | 125 | 501 | 58 | 158 | 7 | 54 | .315 | .350 | .437 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 1958 | PIT | N | 151 | 584 | 67 | 175 | 3 | 66 | .300 | .328 | .408 | 36 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 1959 | PIT | N | 147 | 593 | 74 | 163 | 5 | 51 | .275 | .312 | .361 | 22 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 1960 | PIT | N | 138 | 573 | 85 | 186 | 2 | 50 | .325 | .371 | .394 | 26 | 4 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1961 | PIT | N | 148 | 596 | 71 | 164 | 6 | 55 | .275 | .320 | .367 | 25 | 6 | 40 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 1962 | PIT | N | 161 | 678 | 76 | 199 | 2 | 61 | .294 | .325 | .361 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 1963 | STL | N | 158 | 631 | 85 | 201 | 6 | 73 | .319 | .377 | .450 | 43 | 11 | 56 | 58 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 1964 | STL | N | 161 | 636 | 70 | 186 | 1 | 70 | .292 | .335 | .371 | 35 | 6 | 44 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 1965 | STL | N | 153 | 587 | 55 | 149 | 0 | 52 | .254 | .316 | .315 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 1966 | PHI | N | 155 | 584 | 58 | 152 | 2 | 53 | .260 | .311 | .320 | 21 | 4 | 40 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 1967 | SF | N | 34 | 70 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .171 | .237 | .214 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1967 | PHI | N | 10 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .115 | .233 | .115 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | TOT | N | 44 | 96 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .156 | .236 | .188 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1929 | 7484 | 829 | 2138 | 39 | 707 | .286 | .330 | .366 | 352 | 67 | 490 | 512 | 31 | 122 | 14 | 39 | 220 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | N | SS | 94 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 272 | 25 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1955 | PIT | N | SS | 149 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 450 | 32 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 |
| 1956 | PIT | N | SS | 141 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 420 | 34 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .954 |
| 1956 | PIT | N | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | PIT | N | 3B | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1957 | PIT | N | SS | 124 | 122 | 1080 | 226 | 380 | 20 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .968 |
| 1958 | PIT | N | SS | 149 | 149 | 1322 | 307 | 461 | 20 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1959 | PIT | N | SS | 145 | 145 | 1302 | 301 | 473 | 29 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1960 | PIT | N | SS | 136 | 136 | 1207.1 | 237 | 443 | 24 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1961 | PIT | N | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | PIT | N | SS | 144 | 143 | 1255.2 | 235 | 473 | 32 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1962 | PIT | N | SS | 161 | 161 | 1430.1 | 314 | 521 | 38 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .956 |
| 1963 | STL | N | SS | 158 | 157 | 1366.1 | 257 | 448 | 26 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1964 | STL | N | SS | 160 | 160 | 1373 | 249 | 499 | 40 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .949 |
| 1965 | STL | N | SS | 147 | 144 | 1281 | 242 | 450 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1965 | STL | N | 3B | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1966 | PHI | N | SS | 139 | 133 | 1184 | 260 | 454 | 19 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1966 | PHI | N | 3B | 20 | 19 | 146 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .982 |
| 1966 | PHI | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1967 | SF | N | SS | 24 | 14 | 142.2 | 18 | 44 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .912 |
| 1967 | SF | N | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1967 | PHI | N | SS | 6 | 6 | 51 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1967 | TOT | N | SS | 30 | 20 | 193.2 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .925 |
| Total | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Total | SS | 1877 | 1470 | 12995.1 | 3505 | 5811 | 374 | 1237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .961 | ||
| Total | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Total | 3B | 28 | 25 | 200 | 21 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .973 |
[edit] Transactions
- 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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