Dick Groat stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
- NL MVP
- 1960
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
- NL MVP
- 1960
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,929
- AB
- 7,484
- R
- 829
- H
- 2,138
- HR
- 39
- RBI
- 707
- SB
- 14
- AVG
- .286
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | 95 | 384 | 38 | 109 | 1 | 29 | 2 | .284 |
| 1955 | PIT | 151 | 521 | 45 | 139 | 4 | 51 | 0 | .267 |
| 1956 | PIT | 142 | 520 | 40 | 142 | 0 | 37 | 0 | .273 |
| 1957 | PIT | 125 | 501 | 58 | 158 | 7 | 54 | 0 | .315 |
| 1958 | PIT | 151 | 584 | 67 | 175 | 3 | 66 | 2 | .300 |
| 1959 | PIT | 147 | 593 | 74 | 163 | 5 | 51 | 0 | .275 |
| 1960 | PIT | 138 | 573 | 85 | 186 | 2 | 50 | 0 | .325 |
| 1961 | PIT | 148 | 596 | 71 | 164 | 6 | 55 | 0 | .275 |
| 1962 | PIT | 161 | 678 | 76 | 199 | 2 | 61 | 2 | .294 |
| 1963 | STL | 158 | 631 | 85 | 201 | 6 | 73 | 3 | .319 |
| 1964 | STL | 161 | 636 | 70 | 186 | 1 | 70 | 2 | .292 |
| 1965 | STL | 153 | 587 | 55 | 149 | 0 | 52 | 1 | .254 |
| 1966 | PHI | 155 | 584 | 58 | 152 | 2 | 53 | 2 | .260 |
| 1967 |  PHI/SF | 44 | 96 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .156 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- AB
- 54
- R
- 6
- H
- 11
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 3
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .204
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 8,179
- TB
- 2,741
- XBH
- 458
- HBP
- 31
- IBB
- 39
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | 415 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 572 | 183 | 34 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 575 | 167 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 551 | 219 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 622 | 238 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 640 | 214 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 629 | 226 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 648 | 219 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 723 | 245 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | 704 | 284 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL | 696 | 236 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | STL | 655 | 185 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | PHI | 640 | 187 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | PHI/SF | 109 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 33.4
- RC
- 955.3
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .081
- SECA
- .144
- BB/K
- 0.96
- AB/HR
- 191.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | PIT | -0.3 | 39.6 | 3.7 | .029 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 384 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 0.6 | 61.3 | 4.2 | .084 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 130.3 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 0.4 | 56.3 | 3.8 | .048 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 4.1 | 79.2 | 5.9 | .122 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 71.6 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 3.5 | 80.4 | 5.1 | .108 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 194.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 1.4 | 69.7 | 4.2 | .086 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 118.6 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 6.0 | 87.3 | 5.9 | .070 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 286.5 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 1.7 | 72.7 | 4.4 | .092 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 99.3 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 2.6 | 83.4 | 4.6 | .068 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 339 | 0 |
| 1963 | STL | 6.8 | 111.2 | 6.8 | .132 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 105.2 | 0 |
| 1964 | STL | 2.3 | 83.6 | 4.8 | .079 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 636 | 0 |
| 1965 | STL | 2.5 | 64.6 | 3.9 | .061 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | PHI | 2.2 | 62.9 | 3.8 | .060 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 292 | 0 |
| 1967 | PHI/SF | -0.4 | 3.8 | 1.2 | .031 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Dick Groat's career stats?
Dick Groat played 14 seasons for the Pirates, the Cardinals and the Phillies. He was a career .286 hitter with 2,138 hits, 39 home runs and 707 RBI. His best season was 1960: a .325 batting average, 2 home runs and 50 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1952 to 1967
Championships ×2
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
All-time career rank
- 216th in hits (2,138)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.