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Pirates, Cardinals star Dick Groat dies at 92
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Dick Groat, a shortstop who helped win the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1964, dies Thursday at age 92. AP FILE - photo by Gene J. Puskar
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Before Bo Jackson knew everything, before Deion Sanders introduced Prime Time, there was Dick Groat. A wiry shortstop with a slick glove and a lightning-quick guard with a lethal set shot, Groat was a star on the baseball diamond and the basketball court in the 1950s, long before Jackson and Sanders made major sports multitasking a thing. Groat, who parlayed a spectacular hoops career at Duke into a brief stint in the NBA before becoming an All-Star and the 1960 National League MVP while playing baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, died Thursday.