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	19-12 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 108 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	72 (42-21-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 108 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (36-23-12)

Most Driven In
E McNair	2
P Higgins	2
F Gaffke	1
G Desautels	1
B Chapman	0

Most Driven In By
J Cronin	2
B Mills	1
B Chapman	1
J Foxx	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	495	2 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.49	-0.014	1.35	-0.02%	-0.13	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
2	496	10 (7)	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	9	.89	0.044	2.61	0.08%	0.64	P
3	497	16 (5)	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.000	.375	.000	.375	9						P
4	498	21 (4)	May 21	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG(11)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.417	.222	.639	9	1.62	-0.036	3.67	-0.05%	0.15	P
5	499	25 (3)	May 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.24	-0.010	.44	-0.01%	0.07	P
6	500	30 (4)	May 31 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.214	.353	.214	.567	9	.75	-0.042	2.19	-0.07%	-0.59	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
7	501	33 (2)	Jun 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.318	.211	.529	9	.85	0.087	1.72	0.11%	-0.29	P
8	502	39 (5)	Jun 11	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.269	.174	.443	9	1.66	-0.267	3.61	-0.35%	-2.10	P
9	503	43 (3)	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.300	.160	.460	9	.28	-0.009	.52	-0.01%	-0.43	P
10	504	48 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.303	.179	.482	9	.51	-0.026	1.40	-0.04%	-0.27	P
11	505	51 (2)	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.297	.188	.485	9	.46	0.095	1.39	0.17%	0.37	P
12	506	56 (4)	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.194	.293	.194	.487	9	1.34	-0.044	3.84	-0.08%	-0.81	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
13	507	61 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.295	.184	.480	9	1.13	-0.065	2.51	-0.09%	-0.50	P
14	508	66 (4)	Jul 10 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.195	.298	.195	.493	9	.57	0.019	1.17	0.02%	0.16	P
15	509	73 (6)	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.286	.186	.472	9	1.86	-0.113	6.16	-0.22%	-1.03	P
16	510	78 (4)	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.283	.174	.457	9	.64	-0.052	.61	-0.03%	-0.73	P
17	511	82 (3)	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.273	.167	.439	9	.42	-0.022	.45	-0.01%	-0.51	P
18	512	86 (3)	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.263	.160	.423	9	1.47	-0.088	1.94	-0.07%	-0.97	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
19	513	90 (3)	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2		0		0	0	.151	.250	.151	.401	9	.33	-0.030	.44	-0.02%	-1.26	P
20	514	95 (4)	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.250	.158	.408	9	1.14	-0.098	2.47	-0.13%	-0.62	P
21	515	98 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.153	.254	.153	.406	9	1.51	-0.043	4.33	-0.07%	-0.14	P
22	516	104 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.145	.243	.145	.388	9						P
23	517	109 (4)	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.250	.156	.406	9	.90	-0.038	.26	-0.01%	-0.34	P
24	518	110	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(13)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.260	.176	.436	9	1.88	-0.011	.29	0.00%	0.30	P
25	519	115 (4)	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.155	.250	.169	.419	9	1.05	-0.101	.06	0.00%	-1.42	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
26	520	119 (3)	Sep 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.151	.244	.164	.408	9	1.30	-0.086	.04	0.00%	-1.00	P
27	521	124 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.244	.158	.402	9	.83	-0.032	.01	0.00%	-0.49	P
28	522	131 (6)	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.138	.233	.150	.383	9	1.34	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-1.96	P
29	523	134 (2)	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.226	.145	.370	9	1.23	-0.122	.00	0.00%	-1.37	P
30	524	139 (4)	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		DET	W,12-7	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.235	.159	.394	9	.55	-0.020	.00	0.00%	0.35	P
31	525	144 (4)	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.232	.157	.390	9	.83	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
32	526	148 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.235	.154	.389	9	.68	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
							19-12		108	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	11	0	39	0	6		0		0	0	.143	.235	.154	.389		.97	-1.320	1.42	-0.92%	-15.35

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