Dick Groat, a two-sport star who went from All-American guard in basketball to a brief stint in the NBA to ultimately an All-Star shortstop and the 1960 National League MVP while playing baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, has died. He was 92.
Groat's family said in a statement that he died Thursday at UMPC Presbyterian Hospital due to complications from a stroke."We are deeply saddened by the loss of such a beloved member of the Pirates family and Pittsburgh community," Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting said in a statement, calling Groat "a great player and an even better person."
While Groat said basketball was his first love, a stint in the military during the mid-1950s redirected the arc of his athletic career. Groat finished with 2,138 career hits during a major league career that spanned from 1952-67. The Pirates announced last week that Groat would be inducted into the team's recently established Hall of Fame later this summer.
Groat relented and became one of the most consistent shortstops of his era. He played in eight All-Star games and during Pittsburgh's improbable run to a World Series title in 1960, it was Groat and not future baseball Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski who spearheaded the Pirates' unlikely rise from perennial also-ran to championship club.
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