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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-29 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 8

1925 Pitching Game Log

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1925 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	1	1	Apr 14	PHA		BOS	W,9-8	GS-4		99	3.2	6	5	4	4	0	0	1	9.82	6.29	22	27	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	1	1	3.43	-0.34%
2	2	4	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	GS-4		2	3.1	4	3	3	5	5	0	1	9.00	5.48	20	40	1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.48	-0.42%
3	3	6	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	GS-8	L(0-1)	3	8.0	7	6	4	6	4	0	0	6.60	4.40	32	46	1	5	2	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.95	-0.26%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	4	12	May 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	6-7		9	2.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	6.35	4.37	8		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.00%
5	5	15	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	5-8	W(1-1)	2	4.0	4	4	4	6	3	1	1	6.86	5.29	23		0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	-0.88%
6	6	16	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	L(1-2)	0	4.0	8	6	6	4	2	0	0	7.92	5.12	24	20	0	1	0	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.85%
7	7	19	May 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-5	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	7.07	4.84	11		0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.16	1.42%
8	8	22	May 13	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1			3	1.2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	6.67	4.86	9					6					0
9	9	24	May 15	PHA	@	DET	W,8-7	6-GF	W(2-2)	1	4.0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	5.88	4.45	15		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.11	1.53%
10	10	26	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	6-GF(14)	L(2-3)	2	8.1	6	3	3	9	6	1	0	5.36	4.67	40		2	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.73	0.36%
11	11	28	May 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	5-GF	W(3-3)	1	4.2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.01	4.47	16		0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.69	0.98%
12	12	30	May 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.07	4.51	12		0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	0.02%
13	13	32	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS-5	L(3-4)	2	5.0	5	6	6	4	2	0	0	5.60	4.45	23	31	0	0	0	18	0	1	1	1	1	0	3.48	-1.05%
14	14	33	May 27	PHA		WSH	L,9-10	6-8		0	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.46	4.28	12		0	1	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	5.44	0.19%
15	15	37	May 30(1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-7	CG	W(4-4)	2	9.0	9	7	4	6	9	2	0	5.27	4.39	42	50	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	2	2.72	0.83%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
16	16	40	Jun 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	5.29	4.49	9		0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.13	-0.05%
17	17	42	Jun 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	5-6		1	2.0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	5.27	4.60	10		0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.12	-0.01%
18	18	44	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,8-6	4-9	W(5-4)	1	5.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.28	4.38	22		0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.17	0.41%
19	19	46	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,6-7	3-8		2	6.0	7	4	4	3	2	1	0	5.33	4.44	26		0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	3.79	-0.27%
20	20	48	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	W,9-8	4-7		1	3.1	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.55	4.52	16		1	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.03	-1.03%
21	21	54	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,12-7	GS-8	W(6-4)	5	7.2	10	7	7	8	3	0	0	5.77	4.52	39	26	0	0	1	31	2	1	0	2	0	1	3.47	-0.35%
22	22	58	Jun 20	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	7.0	11	5	4	2	3	0	0	5.73	4.36	33	38	0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.30	-0.32%
23	23	63	Jun 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	CG	L(7-5)	5	9.0	10	5	5	5	7	2	1	5.67	4.46	41	49	1	1	1	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.00	-0.81%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
24	24	70	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(15)	L(7-6)	7	14.2	14	1	1	5	10	0	0	5.06	4.14	60	87	1	1	0	52	1	0	2	2	0	0	10.62	3.40%
25	25	75	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	6.0	12	6	5	3	1	0	0	5.18	4.11	32	24	1	1	1	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	3.16	-0.54%
26	26	79	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	4	3	5	3	0	0	5.03	4.05	39	57	1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.56	0.42%
27	27	84	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-4	L(8-8)	3	4.0	8	6	4	2	5	0	0	5.15	3.97	23	29	1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.86	-1.09%
28	28	87	Jul 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	8-8	L(8-9)	2	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	5.19	4.02	6		0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	17.15	-0.82%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
29	29	98	Aug 6(1)	PHA		CLE	L,6-9	3-3		15	0.1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.17	4.06	3		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.86	-0.18%
30	30	110	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	2-5		11	4.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.03	4.03	14		0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.39%
31	31	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-9	7-8		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.96	3.99	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.05%
32	32	112	Aug 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	7-GF	BL(8-10)	0	1.2	3	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.03	4.05	8		0	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	17.53	-3.48%
33	33	113	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.04	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	0.00%
34	34	118	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	6-GF(8)		4	2.2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.91	3.99	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.00%
35	35	119	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,1-8	3-4		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.85	3.97	9		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.08%
36	36	120	Aug 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	4-5		0	1.1	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.81	3.98	8		0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.14%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
37	37	126	Sep 7(1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	L(8-11)	8	8.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.68	4.00	35	57	1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.47	0.53%
38	38	129	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	7-8	H(1)	1	1.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.00	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	-0.17%
39	39	132	Sep 11	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(9-11)	1	9.0	11	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.57	3.89	36	59	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.86	0.42%
40	40	135	Sep 13	PHA	@	WSH	T,6-6	GS-4		1	3.0	4	5	5	6	1	0	0	4.74	3.95	19	26	1	1	1	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.25%
41	41	139	Sep 16(2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.82	3.93	6		1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.01%
42	42	142	Sep 18(2)	PHA		DET	W,7-3	GS-5	W(10-11)	1	4.0	1	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.86	3.95	17	45	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.01%
43	43	143	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,5-9	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.81	3.93	8		1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
44	44	148	Sep 24	PHA		SLB	L,4-6	GS-10		4	10.0	8	4	4	1	3	0	0	4.75	3.82	39	62	2	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
45	45	153	Oct 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(10-12)	8	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.82	3.82	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							15-29		W-L:10-12,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.4	196.0	207	120	105	131	115	11	4	4.82	3.82	900	43	17	16	7	737	30	9	5	19	7	12	5.15	-2.29%

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