Lefty Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD us

Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH

Buried: Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, MD

High School: Central HS (Lonaconing, MD)

Debut: April 14, 1925 (Age 25-039d, 6,153rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 41-206d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1947. (Voted by BBWAA on 123/161 ballots)
View Lefty Grove's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Robert Moses Grove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.8

300

141

ERA

3.06

616

457

3940.2

2266

WHIP

1.278

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-21 / in Starts: 16-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 95 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	60 (27-20-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 95 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (31-19-11)

Most Driven In
J Poole	3
J Dykes	2
D Barbee	1
B Miller	1
B Wambsganss	0
C Galloway	0

Most Driven In By
M Bishop	2
M Cochrane	1
W French	1
S Hale	1

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	46	4 (3)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	47	6 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.71	-0.019	1.35	-0.02%	-0.15	P
3	48	10 (3)	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
4	49	14 (3)	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.48	-0.047	2.38	-0.05%	-0.17	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	50	19 (4)	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	9	.83	-0.051	1.01	-0.04%	0.36	P
6	51	23 (3)	May 7	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	9	.96	-0.054	1.53	-0.05%	0.19	P
7	52	26 (2)	May 11	PHA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.23	-0.029	.54	-0.04%	-1.81	P
8	53	30 (3)	May 15	PHA		DET	W,8-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1		0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	.69	0.068	1.68	0.10%	0.03	P
9	54	33 (2)	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	GS-9	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.250	.523	9	1.09	0.159	3.04	0.27%	1.13	P
10	55	38 (4)	May 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,12-17	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.227	.477	9	.76	-0.045	1.45	-0.05%	-1.18	P
11	56	42 (3)	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.200	.422	9	.60	-0.049	1.63	-0.08%	-0.60	P
12	57	46 (3)	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.179	.379	9	1.48	-0.111	4.12	-0.19%	-0.78	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	58	49 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.194	.172	.366	9	.06	-0.002	.15	0.00%	-0.24	P
14	59	50	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.118	.167	.147	.314	9	.59	-0.078	1.40	-0.11%	-1.85	P
15	60	53 (2)	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.108	.154	.135	.289	9	.79	-0.060	2.60	-0.12%	-0.44	P
16	61	56 (2)	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.140	.122	.261	9	1.68	-0.170	3.61	-0.22%	-1.05	P
17	62	60 (3)	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	W,12-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.136	.119	.255	9	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.11	P
18	63	62 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.149	.178	.327	9	.72	0.068	1.53	0.09%	0.70	P
19	64	65 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.109	.146	.174	.320	9	1.03	-0.026	1.86	-0.03%	-0.32	P
20	65	69 (3)	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.102	.137	.163	.301	9	.41	-0.027	.48	-0.02%	-0.65	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	66	72 (2)	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.135	.160	.295	9	1.05	-0.028	.87	-0.01%	-0.26	P
22	67	76 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		1		0	0	.093	.125	.148	.273	9	1.47	-0.099	2.61	-0.11%	-1.40	P
23	68	77	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.125	.148	.273	9	.21	0.004	.49	0.01%	-0.12	P
24	69	82 (4)	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	W,17-14	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.091	.123	.145	.268	9	.84	-0.034	2.19	-0.05%	-0.49	P
25	70	83	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.089	.121	.143	.264	9	.69	-0.019	1.94	-0.03%	-0.12	P
26	71	87 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.117	.138	.255	9	.83	-0.043	2.68	-0.08%	-0.36	P
27	72	92 (4)	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.113	.133	.246	9	.99	-0.051	1.75	-0.06%	-0.44	P
28	73	94 (1)	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	6-GF(10)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.125	.131	.256	9	1.61	-0.017	1.38	-0.01%	-0.56	P
29	74	98 (3)	Jul 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.078	.119	.125	.244	9	.88	-0.067	.43	-0.02%	-0.74	P
30	75	100 (1)	Jul 31	PHA	@	DET	W,9-6	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.078	.132	.125	.257	9	1.01	0.015	.14	0.00%	0.34	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	76	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.130	.123	.254	9	.12	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.41	P
32	77	106 (3)	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.074	.125	.118	.243	9	.84	0.041	.05	0.00%	-0.10	P
33	78	111 (4)	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.072	.123	.116	.239	9	.97	-0.025	.14	0.00%	-0.24	P
34	79	115 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.132	.125	.257	9	.94	0.016	.41	0.00%	0.25	P
35	80	117 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.130	.123	.253	9	.11	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.35	P
36	81	120 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-4	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.130	.123	.253	9						P
37	82	122 (1)	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.080	.127	.120	.247	9	1.08	-0.040	.33	-0.01%	-0.63	P
38	83	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.146	.130	.276	9	.37	0.050	.12	0.01%	1.02	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	84	129 (4)	Sep 1	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.146	.130	.276	9						P
40	85	131 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.157	.141	.298	9	.37	0.014	.35	0.01%	0.28	P
41	86	133 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.157	.141	.298	9						P
42	87	135 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.157	.141	.298	9						P
43	88	138 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.099	.151	.136	.287	9	1.86	-0.148	.00	0.00%	-1.17	P
44	89	142 (3)	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.099	.151	.136	.287	9						P
45	90	150 (7)	Sep 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.099	.151	.136	.287	9						P
							24-21		95	81	6	8	1	1	0	7	5	0	42	0	7		2		0	0	.099	.151	.136	.287		.88	-0.914	1.42	-0.92%	-12.48

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