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.

Basketball

Groat was also a professional basketball player, spending one season as a guard with the Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association. In 26 games, he averaged 11.9 points, but his basketball career was cut short by military service; when his enlistment was up, he returned to the Pirates but not to the Pistons.

Related Topics:
Fort Wayne Pistons - National Basketball Association

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Groat currently serves as a color analyst for University of Pittsburgh basketball games.

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