#26 Dick Groat, Shortstop, 27 yrs, San Francisco Giants Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Dick Groat
11/4/1930 27 USA,PA,WILKINSBURG 6"0 180
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1958 (Automatic) 5 Year(s), 20 Days (880 total Days) 172 Day(s) 6 Year(s), 4 Days (1036 total Days) 6 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Versus RHP | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Talent | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 4 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 1 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 3 (Range), .962 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 7 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/13 | CIN | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/15 | @PHI | W 9-5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/16 | @PHI | W 9-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/17 | @PHI | L 5-10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/18 | @STL | W 7-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/19 | @STL | W 5-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/20 | @STL | W 6-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/22 | CHN | W 8-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/23 | CHN | L 6-12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/24 | CHN | L 6-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 148 | 559 | 178 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 72 | 33 | 18 | .318 | .359 | .392 | .751 | .648 | .073 |
Projected | 156 | 588 | 187 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 66 | 76 | 35 | 19 | .318 | .359 | .392 | .751 | .648 | .073 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 130 | 600 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 78.1 | 5.3 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 192 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .328 | .392 | .427 | .819 |
vs. RHP | 367 | 115 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .313 | .341 | .373 | .714 |
Close/Late | 56 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .509 | .536 | 1.044 |
Scoring Position | 137 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .378 | .416 | .794 |
Pinch Hitting | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 72 | 263 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 11 | .342 | .384 | .422 | .806 |
Road | 76 | 296 | 88 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 18 | 7 | .297 | .335 | .365 | .700 |
March/April | 22 | 76 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | .342 | .375 | .395 | .770 |
May | 28 | 115 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | .348 | .367 | .409 | .775 |
June | 26 | 96 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .292 | .346 | .333 | .679 |
July | 23 | 92 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .293 | .330 | .424 | .754 |
August | 28 | 109 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | .321 | .353 | .413 | .766 |
Sept/Oct | 21 | 71 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .310 | .388 | .366 | .754 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1952 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | NYN |
1953 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | NYN |
1954 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | NYN |
1955 | 143 | 516 | 159 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 80 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .308 | .349 | .393 | .742 | NYN,NL |
1956 | 141 | 568 | 164 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 86 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .327 | .350 | .677 | NYN |
1957 | 128 | 454 | 139 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 57 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | .306 | .341 | .363 | .704 | NYN |
1958 | 148 | 559 | 178 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 72 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .318 | .359 | .392 | .751 | NYN |
Total | 581 | 2132 | 649 | 111 | 12 | 4 | 194 | 301 | 119 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 6 | .304 | .343 | .373 | .717 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1952, AA | 21 | 83 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .367 | .410 | .776 |
1953, AAA | 133 | 535 | 156 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 51 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 3 | .292 | .355 | .402 | .757 |
1954, AAA | 136 | 523 | 173 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 83 | 71 | 48 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .331 | .379 | .453 | .832 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 132 | 130 | 1344 | 87 | 129 | 1462 | 31 | .979 | 1106.0 | 11.90 | | | | |
Shortstop | 11 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .947 | 25.2 | 6.66 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1952... Milestones Had first career hit on 6/18/1952, off Joe Hatten (CHN)... Hit first career homerun on 6/10/1955, off Mike Garcia (SLN)... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1955... Injured on 4/2/1957 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks...
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