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Dick
Groat		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 4, 1930 in Usa, PA, WILKINSBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1953 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 10 10 10
1954 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1955 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1956 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1957 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1958 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 4 4 10 10 10
1959 28 TAM AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1960 29 NYG NL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1961 30 NYG NL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1962 31 DET AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1963 32 DET AL $ 1,200,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1964 33 DET AL $ 1,200,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1965 34 DET AL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1966 35 MIN AL $ 1,200,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1967 36 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 21 CIN NL 13 27 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .296 .296 .407 .704 3.0 0.3
    AA   135 559 57 178 34 2 5 49 5 8 52 21 .318 .376 .413 .790 81.7  
1953 22 CIN NL 58 179 16 35 6 0 0 9 0 0 11 12 .196 .242 .229 .471 8.8 0.0
    AAA   80 318 33 95 20 3 2 50 2 3 23 14 .299 .346 .399 .745 41.2  
1954 23 CIN NL 122 406 49 107 26 3 1 33 0 0 24 12 .264 .301 .350 .651 39.4 3.4
1955 24 TAM AL 89 247 23 60 14 4 2 30 0 0 8 11 .243 .267 .356 .624 20.8 1.7
1956 25 TAM AL 14 32 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 .281 .343 .313 .655 3.0 0.2
    AA   135 580 67 170 29 3 12 64 7 2 43 14 .293 .342 .416 .757 80.2  
1957 26 TAM AL 83 190 21 52 7 2 1 25 0 1 11 8 .274 .310 .347 .658 19.1 2.3
1958 27 TAM AL 150 491 67 147 30 2 3 52 0 0 30 19 .299 .339 .387 .726 60.2 11.0
1959 28 TAM AL 150 511 41 141 27 2 4 59 1 0 26 28 .276 .311 .360 .671 55.5 8.5
1960 29 TAM AL 77 147 15 45 11 2 1 17 0 0 2 8 .306 .315 .429 .744 17.4 3.9
  NYG NL 49 169 22 51 11 1 0 12 1 0 13 8 .302 .352 .379 .730 21.1 4.2
  TOT   126 316 37 96 22 3 1 29 1 0 15 16 .304 .335 .402 .737 38.4 8.2
1961 30 NYG NL 110 312 31 76 19 3 0 23 0 0 17 18 .244 .282 .324 .606 25.8 1.8
1962 31 NYG NL 23 66 6 13 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 6 .197 .254 .258 .511 3.6 0.0
  DET AL 128 468 43 130 30 3 1 41 0 0 24 19 .278 .312 .361 .673 50.0 7.1
  TOT   151 534 49 143 34 3 1 42 0 0 29 25 .268 .305 .348 .653 53.6 7.1
1963 32 DET AL 148 617 78 191 25 7 4 55 3 5 19 28 .310 .330 .392 .722 74.3 14.3
1964 33 DET AL 150 546 60 141 33 4 1 43 1 2 17 36 .258 .280 .339 .619 46.2 5.1
1965 34 DET AL 109 443 42 111 29 4 0 24 1 3 32 28 .251 .301 .334 .635 39.5 5.1
1966 35 DET AL 25 104 13 23 4 0 0 4 1 0 6 14 .221 .264 .260 .523 6.1 0.1
  MIN AL 54 91 15 28 5 0 0 6 1 0 6 8 .308 .351 .363 .713 10.5 1.6
  TOT   79 195 28 51 9 0 0 10 2 0 12 22 .262 .304 .308 .612 16.6 1.7
1967 36 MIN AL 90 149 15 49 10 1 0 17 1 3 8 17 .329 .361 .409 .770 18.6 3.4
16 Years Sim 1642 5195 562 1417 293 39 18 454 10 15 262 283 .273 .307 .355 .662 522.8 74.1
1 Years AAA 80 318 33 95 20 3 2 50 2 3 23 14 .299 .343 .399 .742 41.2  
2 Years AA 270 1139 124 348 63 5 17 113 12 10 95 35 .306 .359 .414 .773 161.9  
3 Years Minors 350 1457 157 443 83 8 19 163 14 13 118 49 .304 .356 .411 .767 203.1  
162 Game Average 512 55 139 28 3 1 44 0 1 25 27 .273 .307 .355 .662 51.6  
Career Highs 151 617 78 191 34 7 4 59 3 5 32 36 .329 .361 .409 .770 74.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3624 380 991 207 28 11 317 9 11 186 197 .273 .308 .355 .663 375.1
vs LH   1571 182 426 86 11 7 137 1 4 76 86 .271 .304 .353 .657 159.3
Home 804 2497 286 700 138 22 8 216 5 7 135 132 .280 .316 .363 .679 271.8
Away 838 2698 276 717 155 17 10 238 5 8 127 151 .266 .298 .347 .645 262.5
RISP   1008 0 293 65 5 8 400 0 0 52 42 .291 .318 .389 .707 120.1
Pinch Hitting   156 13 49 11 1 0 14 0 0 2 8 .314 .325 .397 .722 17.9
Close/Late   713 51 187 31 9 3 49 0 0 40 36 .262 .301 .344 .644 71.1
Mar/Apr 252 826 101 216 50 2 2 69 4 2 40 53 .262 .295 .334 .630 77.1
May 263 830 75 241 44 8 3 73 0 1 37 41 .290 .319 .373 .693 93.0
June 251 746 84 214 41 8 2 79 1 1 44 34 .287 .325 .371 .697 86.0
July 263 805 89 222 41 7 5 60 4 1 40 48 .276 .309 .363 .672 86.5
August 308 1012 109 265 60 7 2 90 0 7 51 56 .262 .298 .341 .638 94.7
Sep/Oct 305 976 104 259 57 7 4 83 1 3 50 51 .265 .300 .350 .650 97.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 21 CIN NL SS 5 5 41.0 7 13 0 2 1.000 4.39   0.2
1953 22 CIN NL 2B 58 58 479.3 116 190 3 45 .990 5.75   2.1
1954 23 CIN NL 2B 119 119 959.0 202 392 13 83 .979 5.57   3.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1955 24 TAM AL 2B 82 58 557.0 111 245 8 47 .978 5.75   2.9
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 25 TAM AL 2B 5 3 33.0 9 21 0 5 1.000 8.18   0.5
    SS 5 3 33.0 2 9 1 2 .917 3.00   0.1
    3B 2 1 12.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    1B 2 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1957 26 TAM AL SS 24 15 148.7 20 62 6 12 .932 4.96   0.7
    1B 20 14 133.0 154 16 6 15 .966 11.50   0.3
    2B 16 8 97.3 19 48 2 9 .971 6.20   0.6
    3B 21 7 86.3 6 19 0 2 1.000 2.61   0.4
1958 27 TAM AL 2B 149 147 1240.0 275 531 13 116 .984 5.85   7.7
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1959 28 TAM AL 2B 148 148 1259.7 246 523 9 101 .988 5.49   9.5
    SS 1 0 5.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1960 29 TAM AL 3B 20 16 112.7 2 28 1 3 .968 2.40   0.3
    SS 18 12 87.1 10 29 2 4 .951 4.03   0.4
    2B 10 10 61.9 13 27 0 4 1.000 5.82   0.1
    1B 1 1 4.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
  NYG NL 3B 12 10 137.9 3 34 1 4 .974 2.41   0.6
    SS 11 7 106.6 12 36 3 5 .941 4.05   0.5
    2B 6 6 75.8 15 34 0 6 1.000 5.82   0.6
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
  TOT   3B 32 26 250.6 5 62 2 7 .971 2.41   0.9
      SS 29 19 193.7 22 65 5 9 .946 4.04   0.8
      2B 16 16 137.7 28 61 0 10 1.000 5.82   0.6
      1B 2 1 9.0 10 2 0 2 1.000 12.00   0.0
1961 30 NYG NL 3B 87 85 680.7 37 180 7 7 .969 2.87   2.5
    SS 18 0 39.7 6 17 0 4 1.000 5.22   0.3
    2B 2 2 17.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.24   0.1
1962 31 NYG NL 2B 20 19 140.3 31 61 1 14 .989 5.90   0.7
    SS 2 1 10.4 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.33   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
  DET AL 2B 109 107 978.1 213 422 7 99 .989 5.84   5.3
    SS 8 8 72.3 9 30 1 3 .975 4.85   0.4
    3B 4 2 30.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.1
  TOT   2B 129 126 1118.4 244 483 8 113 .989 5.85   6.0
      SS 10 9 82.7 10 34 1 4 .978 4.79   0.4
      3B 5 2 34.3 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.89   0.1
1963 32 DET AL 2B 144 144 1285.3 301 590 15 126 .983 6.24   6.9
1964 33 DET AL 3B 105 101 891.3 54 220 13 13 .955 2.77   2.6
    2B 45 45 397.7 92 146 3 23 .988 5.39   0.9
1965 34 DET AL 3B 69 65 584.0 37 133 5 14 .971 2.62   1.9
    2B 45 41 346.0 75 129 2 27 .990 5.31   1.2
    SS 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 35 DET AL 3B 16 11 180.1 8 38 2 4 .958 2.30   0.1
    SS 3 3 42.2 8 17 1 5 .962 5.33   0.1
    2B 1 0 5.5 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.0
  MIN AL 3B 34 24 158.9 7 33 2 3 .952 2.27   0.5
    SS 8 6 37.2 7 15 1 5 .957 5.32   0.2
    2B 1 0 4.8 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.0
  TOT   3B 50 35 339.0 15 71 4 7 .956 2.28   0.7
      SS 11 9 79.4 15 32 2 10 .959 5.33   0.3
      2B 2 0 10.3 1 4 0 2 1.000 4.37   0.0
1967 36 MIN AL 3B 28 23 216.0 11 58 3 4 .958 2.88   0.7
    SS 21 7 78.7 11 35 0 5 1.000 5.26   0.6
    2B 8 1 18.0 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.50   0.1
  2B 968 916 7955.7 1725 3376 76 709 .985 5.77   42.3
  3B 400 346 3103.2 168 754 34 55 .964 2.67   9.7
  SS 130 67 711.4 94 269 15 48 .960 4.59   3.5
  1B 25 15 146.0 170 18 6 18 .969 11.59   0.4
Career Totals   1523 1344 11916.4 2157 4417 131 830 .980 4.97   55.9
Career Highs   150 148 1289.0 301 590 16 126 1.000 6.65    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1956 25 TAM AL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1958 27 TAM AL 7 24 3 7 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .292 .346 .417 .763
1959 28 TAM AL 12 38 1 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .132 .175 .211 .386
1960 29 NYG NL 4 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176 .176 .176 .353
1962 31 DET AL 5 22 3 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .455 .455 .591 1.045
1963 32 DET AL 7 29 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .207 .207 .276 .483
1964 33 DET AL 7 20 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .250 .333 .350 .683
Career Post-Season Batting 47 153 9 37 11 1 0 14 0 0 7 13 .242 .273 .327 .600
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1958-9-.299
1963-6-.310
 At-Bats
1963-2-617
 Hits
1963-2-191
 Singles
1963-1-155
 Doubles
1964-7-33
 Triples
1963-5-7
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  8. Ron Cash (893)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1952
Injured on 3/15/1952 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1952, off Mel Parnell (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/20/1954, off Earl Johnson (MIN)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: RF Gus Bell, 2B Dick Groat, CF Faye Throneberry, LF Bob Skinner, C Harry Chiti. Going to CIN: 2B Pee wee Reese)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/14/1955
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
6/1/1958: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1959, hitting .500 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/25/1960
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (N) on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: 2B Dick Groat, P Jackie Collum. Going to TAM: 3B Bobo Osborne, P Jack Fisher, P Dallas Green)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: 1B John Herrnstein, 2B Don Hoak. Going to DET: RF Wally Post, C Ed Bailey, 3B Dick Groat)
5/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 7/17/1963
4/2/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 5/1/1966 (Going to MIN: 3B Dick Groat, P Raul Sanchez. Going to DET: P Jerry Davie)
7/31/1967: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $370,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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