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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	7 (3)	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
3	12 (4)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	15 (2)	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
5	16	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	18 (1)	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GS	25	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
7	21 (2)	May 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	28 (6)	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,7-2	GF	14	4.0	0	4	0	4	0
9	29	May 22	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	30	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	31	May 24	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	32	May 25	PHA		DET	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	34 (1)	May 27	PHA		DET	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	GF	11	3.2	1	1	0	2	1
15	37	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-8		9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	38	Jun 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	42 (3)	Jun 5	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
18	47 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	50 (2)	Jun 13	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	52 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	55 (2)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	58 (2)	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-6	GF	10	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
23	60 (1)	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	66 (5)	Jun 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	70 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	78 (7)	Jul 10 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	84 (5)	Jul 15	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	88 (3)	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	92 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	96 (3)	Jul 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	99 (2)	Aug 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	103 (3)	Aug 8	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	105 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	GS	22	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	109 (3)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	114 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
36	118 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	123 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	127 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	131 (3)	Sep 6	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
40	134 (2)	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	135	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
42	139 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	143 (3)	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	146 (2)	Sep 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-4	GF	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	147	Sep 27 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
							45gm		275.0	9	58	2	69	5