Dick Groat

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Full Name: Richard Morrow Groat	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/180	First Game: June 19, 1952
Birthdate: November 4, 1930	Final Game: October 1, 1967
Birthplace: Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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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.

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[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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