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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS	31	6.0	0	3	1	4	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	T,9-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	9 (3)	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	13 (3)	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	15 (1)	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (1)	May 2	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	19 (1)	May 5	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
9	20	May 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,10-11	GF	20	4.2	1	2	0	3	0
10	23 (2)	May 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	27 (3)	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-12	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	28	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	29	May 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-8	GF	10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
14	31 (1)	May 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	0	3	2	5	0
15	35 (3)	May 26 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
16	37 (1)	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	38	May 28 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	48 (7)	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,11-9	GF	13	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
20	51 (2)	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
21	52	Jun 11	PHA		DET	L,5-6		9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	53	Jun 13	PHA		DET	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	54	Jun 15	PHA		CHW	L,4-6	GF	19	4.2	0	1	1	2	0
24	57 (2)	Jun 18	PHA		CHW	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
25	63 (5)	Jun 25 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	69 (5)	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	71 (1)	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
28	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	75 (1)	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
30	78 (2)	Jul 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	80 (1)	Jul 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,14-11		18	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
32	83 (2)	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	84	Jul 15 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	85	Jul 15 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,13-10		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	88 (2)	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	91 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-9	GF	9	2.0	0	3	1	4	0
37	94 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	PHA		DET	L,4-10	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	99 (4)	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	101 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	104 (2)	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
41	108 (3)	Aug 10	PHA		BOS	W,12-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	115 (6)	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	118 (2)	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	119	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-6		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	125 (5)	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	129 (3)	Sep 3	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	134 (4)	Sep 8	PHA		DET	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	138 (3)	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,15-5	GS	22	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
49	140 (1)	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
50	144 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	GS	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	151 (6)	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
							51gm		262.0	8	55	9	72	2