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	18-7 / in Starts: 17-6
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	58 (26-20-12) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
J Tabor	2
T Williams	1
J Cronin	1
Self	1
G Desautels	0
J Vosmik	0

Most Driven In By
Self	1
J Vosmik	1
B Doerr	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	551	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	9	.85	0.028	2.21	0.04%	0.15	P
2	552	7 (5)	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.500	.800	.500	1.300	9	1.60	0.108	4.00	0.16%	0.87	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	553	12 (4)	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.667	.400	1.067	9	.72	0.036	2.59	0.08%	0.29	P
4	554	16 (3)	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.182	.400	.182	.582	9						P
5	555	23 (6)	May 21	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.421	.429	.850	9	.45	0.057	1.60	0.12%	1.13	P
6	556	28 (4)	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.478	.471	.949	9	.22	0.016	.66	0.03%	1.67	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	557	37 (8)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.300	.462	.450	.912	9	.88	-0.024	1.96	-0.03%	-0.45	P
8	558	43 (5)	Jun 11 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.433	.417	.850	9	1.62	-0.045	3.94	-0.07%	-0.05	P
9	559	50 (6)	Jun 18 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG(8)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	.259	.394	.370	.764	9	.94	-0.058	1.15	-0.04%	-0.46	P
10	560	55 (4)	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.323	.674	9	.78	-0.153	.68	-0.08%	-2.72	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
11	561	59 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	.212	.333	.303	.636	9	1.23	-0.122	1.83	-0.11%	-1.39	P
12	562	67 (7)	Jul 9 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.317	.286	.603	9	1.09	-0.058	4.32	-0.14%	-0.54	P
13	563	71 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.283	.250	.533	9	.48	-0.079	1.61	-0.16%	-2.44	P
14	564	83 (11)	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.286	.256	.542	9	1.36	-0.053	3.47	-0.08%	-0.37	P
15	565	87 (3)	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	L,7-12	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.280	.250	.530	9	2.94	-0.084	7.35	-0.13%	-0.62	PH
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
16	566	91 (3)	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.174	.283	.239	.522	9	1.00	-0.007	1.51	-0.01%	-0.77	P
17	567	98 (6)	Aug 8	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	.167	.273	.229	.502	9	.50	-0.042	.97	-0.05%	-1.30	P
18	568	106 (7)	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.157	.259	.216	.474	9	.63	-0.087	1.16	-0.10%	-1.55	P
19	569	115 (8)	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.151	.250	.208	.458	9	.93	-0.049	.92	-0.03%	-0.47	P
20	570	122 (6)	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.242	.200	.442	9	.87	-0.046	.12	0.00%	-0.49	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
21	571	129 (6)	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.231	.190	.420	9	.91	-0.073	.01	0.00%	-0.58	P
22	572	137 (7)	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.265	.203	.468	9	.91	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.12	P
23	573	144 (6)	Sep 20	BOS		SLB	L,8-11	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.145	.254	.194	.447	9						P
24	574	148 (3)	Sep 24	BOS		PHA	W,9-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.190	.440	9	2.68	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
25	575	149	Sep 28 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.237	.179	.416	9	1.07	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-2.16	P
							18-7		85	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	9	0	28	0	9		1	0	0	0	.134	.237	.179	.416		.94	-0.846	1.71	-0.58%	-11.49

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