PURCHASED BY COLLECTOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIARichard Morrow Groat (born November 4, 1930 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania) is a former two-sport athlete best known as a shortstop in professional baseball. He played for four National League teams, mainly the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, and was named the 1960 Most Valuable Player after winning the batting title with a .325 average for the champion Pirates. From 1956 to 1962 he teamed with second baseman Bill Mazeroski to give Pittsburgh one of the game's strongest middle infields; he led the NL in double plays a record five times, in putouts four times and in assists twice. At the end of his career he ranked ninth in major league history in games at shortstop (1877) and fourth in double plays (1237), and was among the NL career leaders in putouts (10th, 3505), assists (8th, 5811) and total chances (9th, 9690). Also an excellent basketball player, he was twice an All-American at Duke University and played one season as a guard in the National Basketball Association.
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