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Dick Groat played 14 major-league seasons (1952-1967) as a SS (1,877), 3B (27), 1B (1), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 22 | PIT | 95 | 384 | 38 | 109 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 27 | .284 | .632 | 82 |
| 1955 | 25 | PIT | 151 | 521 | 45 | 139 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 38 | 26 | .267 | .669 | 82 |
| 1956 | 26 | PIT | 142 | 520 | 40 | 142 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 35 | 25 | .273 | .638 | 78 |
| 1957 | 27 | PIT | 125 | 501 | 58 | 158 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 28 | .315 | .787 | 117 |
| 1958 | 28 | PIT | 151 | 584 | 67 | 175 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 23 | 32 | .300 | .735 | 100 |
| 1959 | 29 | PIT | 147 | 593 | 74 | 163 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 32 | 35 | .275 | .673 | 86 |
| 1960 | 30 | PIT | 138 | 573 | 85 | 186 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 39 | 35 | .325 | .766 | 117 |
| 1961 | 31 | PIT | 148 | 596 | 71 | 164 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 40 | 44 | .275 | .687 | 88 |
| 1962 | 32 | PIT | 161 | 678 | 76 | 199 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 31 | 61 | .294 | .686 | 91 |
| 1963 | 33 | SLN | 158 | 631 | 85 | 201 | 6 | 73 | 3 | 56 | 58 | .319 | .827 | 146 |
| 1964 | 34 | SLN | 161 | 636 | 70 | 186 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 44 | 42 | .292 | .706 | 106 |
| 1965 | 35 | SLN | 153 | 587 | 55 | 149 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 56 | 50 | .254 | .632 | 85 |
| 1966 | 36 | PHI | 155 | 584 | 58 | 152 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 40 | 38 | .260 | .631 | 82 |
| 1967 | 37 | PHI|SFN | 44 | 96 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .156 | .423 | 27 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | SS | 94 | 0 | 229 | 272 | 25 | 61 |
| 1955 | SS | 149 | 148 | 330 | 450 | 32 | 107 |
| 1956 | SS | 141 | 136 | 287 | 420 | 34 | 74 |
| 1956 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | SS | 123 | 122 | 226 | 380 | 20 | 74 |
| 1957 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | SS | 149 | 149 | 307 | 461 | 20 | 127 |
| 1959 | SS | 145 | 145 | 301 | 473 | 29 | 97 |
| 1960 | SS | 136 | 136 | 237 | 443 | 24 | 92 |
| 1961 | SS | 144 | 143 | 235 | 473 | 32 | 117 |
| 1961 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | SS | 161 | 161 | 314 | 521 | 38 | 126 |
| 1963 | SS | 158 | 157 | 257 | 448 | 26 | 91 |
| 1964 | SS | 160 | 160 | 249 | 499 | 40 | 91 |
| 1965 | SS | 148 | 144 | 242 | 450 | 27 | 86 |
| 1965 | 3B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1966 | SS | 139 | 133 | 260 | 454 | 19 | 79 |
| 1966 | 3B | 20 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | SS | 30 | 20 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dick Groat won: MVP 1960 (NL), TSN All-Star 1963 (NL), TSN All-Star 1964 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1963, 1962, 1960, 1957, 1952.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 13 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 276 / 336 | 16 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 7 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 190 / 280 | 4 |
Dick Groat ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #86 | shortstops | 1963 | 146 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.