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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA		BOS	W,9-8	GS	22	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	GS	20	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	GS	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (5)	May 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	15 (2)	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7		23	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	16	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	19 (2)	May 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	22 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	24 (1)	May 15	PHA	@	DET	W,8-7	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	26 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	40	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
11	28 (1)	May 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GF	16	4.2	0	1	0	1	1
12	30 (1)	May 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	32 (1)	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	33	May 27	PHA		WSH	L,9-10		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	37 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	40 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	42 (1)	Jun 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	44 (1)	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,8-6		22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	46 (1)	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,6-7		26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	48 (1)	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	W,9-8		16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	54 (5)	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,12-7	GS	39	7.2	0	1	0	1	0
22	58 (3)	Jun 20	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	63 (4)	Jun 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	70 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	60	14.2	0	5	0	5	1
25	75 (4)	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS	32	6.0	0	4	0	4	1
26	79 (3)	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	84 (4)	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS	23	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	87 (2)	Jul 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	98 (10)	Aug 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,6-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	110 (11)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7		14	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-9		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	112	Aug 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	113	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	118 (4)	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	119	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,1-8		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	120	Aug 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	126 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	129 (2)	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-7		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	132 (2)	Sep 11	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
40	135 (2)	Sep 13	PHA	@	WSH	T,6-6	GS	19	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	139 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	142 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-3	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	143	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,5-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	148 (4)	Sep 24	PHA		SLB	L,4-6	GS	39	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
45	153 (4)	Oct 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							45gm		197.0	6	55	2	63	3