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.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS	17	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	12 (2)	May 1	PHA		DET	W,19-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	16 (3)	May 5	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	20 (3)	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
8	28 (7)	May 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	29	May 21 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,15-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	32 (2)	May 22 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,13-20		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
11	36 (3)	May 26	PHA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
12	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	GS	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	47 (3)	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	12	1.1	0	2	0	2	0
16	50 (2)	Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	51	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	55 (3)	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	58 (2)	Jun 19	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	62 (3)	Jun 23 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
21	67 (4)	Jun 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-8	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	72 (4)	Jul 1	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 3	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GF	2	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
24	76	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	29	6.2	1	0	0	1	0
25	86 (9)	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	GF	17	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
26	88 (1)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-7	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	89	Jul 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-8	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	92 (2)	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	94 (1)	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	97 (2)	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	102 (4)	Jul 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	103	Jul 31	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	105 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	107 (1)	Aug 4	PHA		BOS	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	111 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	116 (4)	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	120 (3)	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	123 (2)	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
39	128 (4)	Aug 25	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	129	Aug 26	PHA		WSH	W,10-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	131 (1)	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	133 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	135 (1)	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	136	Sep 4	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	GF	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	138 (1)	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	140 (1)	Sep 9	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	142 (1)	Sep 13	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	GF	16	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	144 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	147 (2)	Sep 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-10	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	154 (6)	Sep 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	GF	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
							50gm		291.0	6	53	2	61	1