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	22-13 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	1 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 107 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	79 (40-26-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 107 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	71 (36-22-12)

Most Driven In
B Dahlgren	1
O Melillo	1
R Ferrell	1
B Werber	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Werber	2
M Almada	1
D Williams	1
Self	1

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 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	425	4 (3)	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.00	-0.054	3.06	-0.10%	-0.57	P
2	426	9 (4)	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.82	-0.065	2.99	-0.14%	-0.60	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
3	427	13 (3)	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	428	16 (2)	May 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	9	1.29	0.074	4.43	0.15%	0.65	P
5	429	25 (8)	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.400	.143	.543	9	1.66	0.120	5.01	0.22%	0.75	P
6	430	29 (3)	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.429	.300	.729	9	.59	0.085	1.81	0.15%	0.61	P
7	431	33 (3)	May 28	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.471	.500	.971	9	.66	0.097	1.54	0.14%	0.79	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
8	432	37 (3)	Jun 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.381	.375	.756	9	.68	-0.079	2.07	-0.14%	-1.58	P
9	433	41 (3)	Jun 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.158	.333	.316	.649	9	1.12	-0.099	2.75	-0.15%	-0.97	P
10	434	46 (4)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.286	.261	.547	9	1.02	-0.195	2.73	-0.32%	-2.69	P
11	435	50 (3)	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.276	.250	.526	9	.83	-0.026	2.07	-0.04%	-0.82	P
12	436	52 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.267	.240	.507	9	1.31	-0.023	2.79	-0.03%	-0.24	P
13	437	57 (4)	Jun 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG(6)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.281	.231	.512	9	.69	0.003	.84	0.00%	0.02	P
14	438	61 (3)	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.281	.231	.512	9						P
15	439	63 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0		0	0	.107	.265	.214	.479	9	1.32	-0.124	1.58	-0.09%	-1.35	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
16	440	69 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.237	.188	.424	9	1.31	-0.136	3.35	-0.21%	-1.29	P
17	441	72 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.231	.182	.413	9	2.35	-0.064	3.61	-0.06%	-0.28	P
18	442	75 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.256	.216	.472	9	1.63	0.084	2.70	0.08%	0.80	P
19	443	82 (6)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.239	.200	.439	9	.77	-0.076	.95	-0.06%	-1.28	P
20	444	86 (3)	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,7-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.245	.190	.435	9	1.27	-0.055	1.18	-0.03%	-0.39	P
21	445	90 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG(15)	7	6	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	1		0		0	0	.125	.236	.250	.486	9	2.58	-0.155	2.02	-0.07%	0.82	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
22	446	96 (5)	Aug 3	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.220	.231	.451	9	1.58	-0.214	1.22	-0.10%	-1.30	P
23	447	100 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.111	.213	.222	.435	9	1.65	-0.086	1.01	-0.03%	-0.59	P
24	448	103 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.105	.203	.211	.414	9						P
25	449	107 (3)	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.191	.197	.388	9	.64	-0.071	.29	-0.02%	-1.34	P
26	450	114 (6)	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.092	.192	.185	.376	9	.73	-0.079	.13	-0.01%	-1.00	P
27	451	119 (4)	Aug 24	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.184	.176	.361	9	1.03	-0.082	.10	-0.01%	-0.69	P
28	452	123 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.177	.169	.346	9	1.08	-0.087	.01	0.00%	-0.58	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
29	453	127 (3)	Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(14)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.080	.188	.160	.348	9	1.85	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-1.20	P
30	454	130 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.090	.193	.167	.360	9	1.17	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
31	455	135 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.090	.193	.167	.360	9						P
32	456	136	Sep 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.088	.198	.163	.360	9	1.61	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
33	457	142 (5)	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.194	.159	.352	9	1.02	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.76	P
34	458	146 (3)	Sep 19	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.188	.153	.340	9	1.42	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
35	459	150 (3)	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.080	.198	.148	.346	9	.74	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							22-13		107	88	5	7	1	1	1	5	13	0	51	0	6		0		0	0	.080	.198	.148	.346		1.24	-1.919	1.47	-0.85%	-17.41

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