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	40-10 / in Starts: 26-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 121 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	83 (46-22-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 121 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	81 (41-25-15)

Most Driven In
J Dykes	9
J Boley	2
D Williams	2
Self	2
B Miller	1
J Foxx	1
E McNair	0

Most Driven In By
M Haas	4
M Bishop	2
A Simmons	2
Self	2
D Williams	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 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	223	1	Apr 15	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.43	-0.038	1.08	-0.06%	-0.72	P
2	224	5 (3)	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.83	0.030	2.23	0.05%	0.37	P
3	225	7 (1)	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	1.20	-0.069	3.81	-0.13%	-0.85	P
4	226	9 (1)	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9						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	227	12 (2)	May 1	PHA		DET	W,19-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.455	.636	9	.12	-0.017	.29	-0.03%	0.44	P
6	228	16 (3)	May 5	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.333	.467	9	2.01	-0.230	7.01	-0.48%	-1.07	P
7	229	20 (3)	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.158	.316	.474	9	.56	-0.014	2.49	-0.04%	0.20	P
8	230	28 (7)	May 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.286	.468	9	.97	-0.029	4.57	-0.08%	-0.19	P
9	231	29	May 21 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,15-7	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.217	.286	.503	9	.02	0.000	.06	0.00%	0.60	P
10	232	32 (2)	May 22 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,13-20	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.217	.286	.503	9						P
11	233	36 (3)	May 26	PHA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.222	.280	.502	9	.62	-0.065	2.08	-0.13%	-0.54	P
12	234	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.148	.207	.259	.466	9	.80	-0.050	4.29	-0.16%	-0.61	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	235	42 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.207	.259	.466	9						P
14	236	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.212	.258	.470	9	1.02	-0.095	5.04	-0.28%	-0.59	P
15	237	47 (3)	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.235	.281	.517	9	1.21	0.036	6.07	0.11%	0.40	P
16	238	50 (2)	Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.229	.273	.501	9	1.95	-0.051	10.05	-0.16%	-0.19	P
17	239	51	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.243	.286	.529	9	1.09	0.073	7.25	0.29%	0.80	P
18	240	55 (3)	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.244	.282	.526	9	.25	-0.002	1.14	0.00%	-0.28	P
19	241	58 (2)	Jun 19	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.262	.489	9	.50	-0.042	3.06	-0.15%	-0.78	P
20	242	62 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.234	.250	.484	9	1.10	-0.026	5.89	-0.08%	-0.21	P
21	243	67 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-8	GS-5	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.265	.348	.613	9	.78	0.130	4.21	0.42%	1.64	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
22	244	72 (4)	Jul 1	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG(5)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.275	.340	.615	9	.61	0.005	3.32	0.02%	-0.07	P
23	245	75 (2)	Jul 3	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.275	.340	.615	9						P
24	246	76	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.278	.340	.618	9	1.22	0.034	6.81	0.12%	0.40	P
25	247	86 (9)	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	8-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.346	.632	9	2.61	0.027	14.55	0.09%	0.20	P
26	248	88 (1)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-7	GS-3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.298	.358	.657	9	.77	0.022	4.10	0.07%	0.40	P
27	249	89	Jul 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.298	.358	.657	9						P
28	250	92 (2)	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.295	.368	.664	9	1.66	0.038	8.45	0.12%	0.52	P
29	251	94 (1)	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.290	.362	.652	9	4.35	-0.141	20.87	-0.41%	-0.85	P
30	252	97 (2)	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		0		0	0	.230	.277	.344	.621	9	.23	-0.023	.95	-0.06%	-1.57	P
31	253	102 (4)	Jul 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.290	.375	.665	9	.78	0.040	4.77	0.15%	0.92	P
32	254	103	Jul 31	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.290	.375	.665	9						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
33	255	105 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.300	.400	.700	9	2.51	0.424	5.88	0.60%	1.10	P
34	256	107 (1)	Aug 4	PHA		BOS	W,13-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.297	.435	.732	9	.43	0.113	1.05	0.17%	1.08	P
35	257	111 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.286	.417	.702	9	.87	-0.070	2.45	-0.12%	-1.16	P
36	258	116 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.272	.395	.666	9	.59	-0.012	1.12	-0.01%	-1.08	P
37	259	120 (3)	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.274	.392	.666	9	1.33	0.086	2.58	0.10%	1.09	P
38	260	123 (2)	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.273	.386	.658	9	.63	0.052	.96	0.05%	0.04	P
39	261	128 (4)	Aug 25	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.283	.391	.673	9	1.79	-0.016	4.74	-0.03%	0.54	P
40	262	129	Aug 26	PHA		WSH	W,10-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.283	.391	.673	9						P
41	263	131 (1)	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.278	.374	.652	9	.42	-0.061	.75	-0.07%	-2.08	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
42	264	133 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.276	.370	.645	9	.61	-0.016	.75	-0.01%	-0.19	P
43	265	135 (1)	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.223	.270	.362	.632	9	1.48	-0.085	2.93	-0.10%	-0.94	P
44	266	136	Sep 4	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	7-GF(15)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.269	.357	.626	9	2.09	-0.121	2.18	-0.08%	-0.50	P
45	267	138 (1)	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.267	.354	.620	9	2.38	-0.066	2.55	-0.04%	-0.29	P
46	268	140 (1)	Sep 9	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.259	.343	.602	9	.50	-0.044	.35	-0.02%	-0.67	P
47	269	142 (1)	Sep 13	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	5-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.261	.337	.598	9	.18	0.012	.08	0.00%	-0.37	P
48	270	144 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.252	.324	.576	9	.75	-0.080	.07	0.00%	-0.79	P
49	271	147 (2)	Sep 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-10	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.250	.321	.571	9	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
50	272	154 (6)	Sep 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0	0	.200	.248	.318	.566	9						P
							40-10		121	110	11	22	3	2	2	17	7	0	46	0	3		0		0	0	.200	.248	.318	.566		.92	-0.346	3.26	-0.39%	-6.15

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