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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. CAREER In a fourteen-season career, Groat compiled a .286 Batting Average with 39 Home Run s and 707 RBI in 1929 Games . HIGHLIGHTS
BASKETBALL Groat played College Basketball for Duke University . He was twice (1951 and 1952) an All-American, and was named the UPI National Player of the Year in 1952 after setting an NCAA record with 839 points. On May 1 of that year, his #10 was the first jersey to be retired in the rafters of Cameron Indoor Stadium , and it remained the only jersey retired until 1980. After college, Groat spent 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. Groat currently serves as a radio color analyst for University Of Pittsburgh men's basketball games. QUOTATIONS "Batting against Don Drysdale was the same as making a date with a dentist." SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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