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Richard Morrow Groat

First name: Dick

Last name: Groat

Birthdate: 1930-11-04

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: groad101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1952	PIT	5.4	1.8	7.1	0.1	2.2	5.0	7
1955	PIT	7.4	2.8	10.1	-0.3	2.7	7.5	8
1956	PIT	7.6	2.6	10.2	0.7	3.7	6.5	11
1957	PIT	7.0	2.4	9.3	3.8	6.6	2.8	20
1958	PIT	8.0	2.7	10.7	3.7	6.9	3.9	21
1959	PIT	8.1	2.7	10.8	2.4	5.6	5.2	17
1960	PIT	7.8	2.5	10.3	6.0	9.1	1.3	27
1961	PIT	8.2	2.6	10.8	0.6	3.8	7.0	11
1962	PIT	9.3	3.0	12.3	2.4	6.0	6.2	18
1963	SLN	8.8	2.8	11.6	7.5	10.9	0.7	33
1964	SLN	8.8	2.8	11.6	2.0	5.4	6.2	16
1965	SLN	8.3	2.7	11.0	1.5	4.7	6.3	14
1966	PHI	8.0	2.7	10.7	2.0	5.2	5.6	15
1967	PHI	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0
1967	SFN	1.0	0.3	1.3	-0.7	-0.4	1.6	-1
Career		104.1	34.5	138.3	31.7	72.6	66.2	217

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1952	PIT	415	-12	-15	3	0	-2	-2	-2	5	-18	9.2	-2.0	0.5	0.1	-1.4	11
1955	PIT	572	-17	-16	-2	0	-1	-1	-11	7	-31	9.3	-3.3	0.7	0.2	-2.4	10
1956	PIT	575	-18	-17	3	-3	0	-1	-1	6	-19	8.8	-2.2	0.6	0.2	-1.4	18
1957	PIT	551	9	11	-3	1	0	1	1	5	11	9.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.9	19
1958	PIT	621	-5	-3	3	3	0	1	2	6	6	9.0	0.7	0.6	0.2	1.5	23
1959	PIT	641	-16	-15	4	4	-2	-1	4	6	-6	9.3	-0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	25
1960	PIT	629	10	10	1	2	3	-1	14	6	29	9.3	3.1	0.6	0.2	3.9	33
1961	PIT	648	-13	-13	-1	-1	-2	0	-6	6	-23	9.6	-2.4	0.6	0.2	-1.6	14
1962	PIT	723	-13	-13	2	3	0	0	-1	7	-9	9.1	-1.0	0.7	0.2	-0.1	22
1963	SLN	704	33	27	1	-2	1	-1	13	7	39	9.2	4.2	0.7	0.2	5.1	35
1964	SLN	696	1	-6	-2	3	1	-2	-6	7	-12	9.2	-1.3	0.7	0.2	-0.4	16
1965	SLN	655	-13	-16	0	0	2	2	-3	6	-15	9.3	-1.6	0.6	0.2	-0.8	18
1966	PHI	640	-17	-16	-1	1	0	0	7	6	-9	9.0	-1.0	0.6	0.2	-0.2	28
1967	PHI	31	-3	-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	-1	8.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	3
1967	SFN	78	-6	-6	0	0	0	0	-3	1	-9	8.4	-1.1	0.1	0.0	-1.0	-1
Career		8,179	-80	-91	8	11	0	-5	10	81	-67	-	-7.4	8.1	2.5	3.2	274

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1952	PIT	SS	2307	418	-2.0	-1	-1	-5	-4	-0.5	-0.8	-1	-2
1955	PIT	SS	3595	633	-17.0	-16	-12	-47	-33	0.2	0.4	1	-11
1956	PIT	3B	45	7	0.0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0.0	0	0
1956	PIT	SS	3184	596	-1.0	-1	-1	28	20	0.8	-1.0	0	-1
1957	PIT	3B	71	10	-2.0	-2	-1	-2	0	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1957	PIT	SS	3524	640	2.0	3	2	15	21	-0.3	0.6	0	2
1958	PIT	SS	4151	739	-4.0	-3	-2	-5	-6	1.2	3.2	4	2
1959	PIT	SS	4159	776	-1.0	1	1	-3	-11	1.5	1.4	3	4
1960	PIT	SS	3788	741	16.0	17	12	58	38	3.5	-1.3	2	14
1961	PIT	3B	24	4	1.0	1	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1
1961	PIT	SS	4076	779	-16.0	-15	-11	-3	14	2.1	1.4	4	-7
1962	PIT	SS	4455	875	-5.0	-4	-3	22	21	2.6	-0.7	2	-1
1963	SLN	SS	4088	770	10.0	15	10	12	6	1.2	1.7	3	13
1964	SLN	SS	4274	823	-12.0	-9	-6	-16	-6	0.1	-0.1	0	-6
1965	SLN	3B	74	10	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0.2	0.0	0	-1
1965	SLN	SS	3921	715	-2.0	0	0	-19	4	0.1	-2.1	-2	-2
1966	PHI	1B	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1966	PHI	3B	433	70	3.0	3	2	6	3	0.2	0.0	0	2
1966	PHI	SS	3646	713	11.0	10	6	25	34	0.0	-1.1	-1	5
1967	SFN	2B	4	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1967	SFN	SS	390	71	-5.0	-5	-3	-9	-5	0.2	0.2	0	-3
1967	PHI	SS	153	33	2.0	2	1	4	4	0.5	0.4	1	2
		1B	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
		2B	4	1	0.0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
		3B	647	101	1.0	1	1	4	4	0.5	0.0	0	1
		SS	49711	9322	-24.0	-6	-7	57	97	13.2	2.2	16	9

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1960	PIT	0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.8	-1
1964	SLN	0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0
Career		0.8	0.2	1.0	-0.6	-0.2	1.4	-1

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	Fld	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM
1960	PIT	28	-3	-3	0	-2	-1	-6	11.6	-0.5	-0.5
1964	SLN	30	-1	-1	-1	0	-1	-3	9.9	-0.3	-0.3
Career		58	-4	-4	-1	-2	-2	-9	-	-0.8	-0.8

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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