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Categories: 1959 National League All-Stars | 1960 National League All-Stars | 1962 National League All-Stars | 1963 National League All-Stars | 1964 National League All-Stars | Philadelphia Phillies players | Pittsburgh Pirates players | San Francisco Giants players | St. Louis Cardinals players | Major league shortstops | 1930 births
Dick Groat
Richard Morrow Groat (born November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1952, 1955-62), St. Louis Cardinals (1963-65), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-67) and San Francisco Giants (1967). He batted and threw right-handed.
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Career
In a fourteen-season career, Groat compiled a .286 batting average with 39 home runs and 707 RBI in 1929 games.
Highlights
- 5-time All-Star (1959-60, 1962-64)
- National League MVP (1960)
- 2nd in NL MVP vote (1963, behind Sandy Koufax)
- NL batting champion (.325, 1960)
- Led NL in singles (160, 1954)
- Led NL in doubles (43, 1963)
- 4 times hit .300 or higher (1957-58, 1960, 1963)
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Categories: 1959 National League All-Stars | 1960 National League All-Stars | 1962 National League All-Stars | 1963 National League All-Stars | 1964 National League All-Stars | Philadelphia Phillies players | Pittsburgh Pirates players | San Francisco Giants players | St. Louis Cardinals players | Major league shortstops | 1930 births
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