Dick Groat

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1952-1967 (1952-1967)
Proper Name
Richard Morrow Groat
Positions
SS (1877) ... 3B (27) ... 1B (1) ... 2B (1)
Height / Weight
6-0 / 180
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
Death Date
April 27,2023   Age:  92.174
High School
Swissvale (Swissvale,PA)
Colleges
Duke University (Durham,NC)
Drafted/Signed
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
groad101
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[1953] Did not play due to Military Service   [1954] Did not play due to Military Service   [1960] Winner of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (Character and Integrity) ... World Series Champion with Pittsburgh Pirates   [1964] World Series Champion with St. Louis Cardinals   [1975] Inducted into the Duke University Athletics Hall of Fame   [2023] Inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Athletics Hall of Fame

Batting Statistics

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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agepostbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1952Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2421SS9195384381096112924192711100181204158101.284.319.313.632.073.029.0004.586.511.42384.00
1955Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2424SS91151521451392824510238261111112018357234105.267.317.351.668.154.084.2746.644.550.68130.25
1956Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2425SS8814252040142193037033525017331416757522120.273.317.321.638.110.048.2856.094.350.710.00
1957Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2426SS10912550158158305754012728314611621955142116.315.350.437.787.174.122.3204.905.081.0471.57
1958Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2427SS1011515846717536936622233246572123862248127.300.328.408.736.147.108.3103.705.141.39194.67
1959Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2428SS941475937416322755102323529422121464034129.275.312.361.673.137.086.2845.005.471.09118.60
1960Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2429SS1091385738518626425002393541210722662932154.325.371.394.765.134.069.3436.205.560.90286.50
1961Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2430SS951485967116425665504404417402221964837127.275.320.367.687.153.092.2876.176.791.1099.33
1962Pittsburgh PiratesNLMLBPIT2431SS961616787619934326121316135611424572339160.294.325.361.686.115.067.3174.298.441.97339.00
1963St. Louis CardinalsNLMLBSLN2432SS12115863185201431167331565867421828470460141.319.377.450.827.223.131.3427.958.241.04105.17
1964St. Louis CardinalsNLMLBSLN2433SS1021616367018635617023444209731523669642144.292.335.371.706.146.079.3086.326.030.95636.00
1965St. Louis CardinalsNLMLBSLN2434SS941535875514926505211565014721118565531118.254.316.315.631.157.061.2748.557.630.890.00
1966Philadelphia PhilliesNLMLBPHI2435SS931555845815221425321403857462018764027125.260.311.320.631.130.060.2746.255.940.95292.00
1967Philadelphia PhilliesNLMLBPHI2436SS68*102633000100440100033103.115.233.115.348.154.000.13612.9012.901.000.00
1967San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN2036SS68*347041211040067020131578210.171.237.214.451.129.043.1907.698.971.170.00
Tot:MLB (14 yrs) MLB     19297484829213835267397071427490512311225239220274181794581680.286.330.366.696.144.081.3015.996.261.04191.90
Tot:NL (14 yrs) NL     19297484829213835267397071427490512311225239220274181794581680.286.330.366.696.144.081.3015.996.261.04191.90
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB     162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1959National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28100000000000010000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1959National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28110000000000000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1960National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar29110000000000000010100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1960National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar29100000000000000000000.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.000.000.000.00
1960Pittsburgh PiratesWorld SeriesPlayoffs2972836200200010000082824.214.214.286.500.071.072.2220.003.570.000.00
1962National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar31131100010000000001301.333.333.333.666.000.000.3330.000.000.000.00
1962National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar31130200020000100002402.667.750.6671.417.000.000.6670.000.000.000.00
1963National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar32140100010001000001401.250.250.250.500.000.000.3330.0025.000.000.00
1964National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar33130110010001000002310.333.333.6671.000.333.334.5000.0033.330.000.00
1964St. Louis CardinalsWorld SeriesPlayoffs3372635110100430000083023.192.300.308.608.269.116.21713.3310.000.750.00
Tot:AllStar (5 Yrs) AllStar 81515100500021100161714.333.375.400.775.067.067.3850.0011.76
Tot:Playoffs (2 Yrs) Playoffs 14546113103004400000165847.204.259.296.555.167.093.2206.906.901.00

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