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: 33-12 / in Starts: 20-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 6

1933 Pitching Game Log

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1933 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	358	3	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	5	2	0	0	1.00	4.12	35	7	15	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.529	2.35	0.71%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	359	7	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	1.00	4.35	35	8	14	0	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.349	1.62	0.36%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	360	12	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	5.0	9	6	5	1	2	0	1	2.74	4.12	25	5	7	0	0	9	28			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.186	1.49	-0.22%	-3.15	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
4	361	15	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.81	3.71	39	14	9	0	0	10	57			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.259	1.62	0.24%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	362	16	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	BL(3-2)	0	3.1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.55	3.67	16	3	7	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	-0.350	6.23	-0.42%	-0.65	9b 12- 1 out a2	12b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	363	18	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GS-5		5	4.1	7	6	6	5	2	1	0	3.63	4.19	25	5	7	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.262	1.34	-0.22%	-3.57	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out a3
7	364	21	May 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	4.16	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.024	.61	0.03%	0.59	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
8	365	28	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,7-2	6-GF	S(2)	7	4.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.22	4.13	14	6	5	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.205	1.29	0.28%	2.23	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 5
9	366	29	May 22	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	7-GF	W(4-2)	1	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.21	4.03	12	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.147	5.41	0.21%	0.68	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
10	367	30	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	7-GF	W(5-2)	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.02	3.99	12	6	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.240	4.51	0.38%	1.68	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
11	368	31	May 24	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	6-GF(6)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.95	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	0.162	7.70	0.27%	1.58	6t 12- 0 out a3	6t end a 3
12	369	32	May 25	PHA		DET	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	W(6-2)	0	4.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.75	3.96	17	5	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.491	7.69	0.89%	2.23	9t --- 0 out d1	12t end tie
13	370	34	May 27	PHA		DET	W,5-2	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.61	3.96	12	5	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.163	2.36	0.28%	1.68	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
14	371	36	May 30(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	6-GF	W(7-2)	2	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.45	3.83	11	2	5	2	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	0.305	3.42	0.51%	2.69	6b 12- 1 out tie	9b end a 4
15	372	37	May 30(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-8	9-10		-1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.38	3.82	9	3	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.39	0.302	9.84	0.53%	1.14	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	373	38	Jun 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	BS(2)	2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	3.81	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.421	11.88	-1.11%	-1.06	8b 12- 1 out a1	8b end d 1
17	374	42	Jun 5	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(8-2)	2	9.0	11	4	4	0	4	1	0	2.55	3.77	38	11	12	1	0	11	53			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	1	0	0	.81	0.177	1.76	0.23%	1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	375	47	Jun 10(1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	11	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.82	3.96	40	10	13	2	0	11	47			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.087	2.97	-0.16%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	376	50	Jun 13	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.92	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.17	0.01%	0.55	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
20	377	52	Jun 17(2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	7-GF(8)	L(9-3)	3	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.93	3.95	11	2	3	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.252	4.62	-0.39%	-0.86	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
21	378	55	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-6	L(9-4)	1	6.0	9	6	5	3	1	1	0	3.23	4.10	31	7	11	3	0	9	30			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.279	1.86	-0.31%	-2.62	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
22	379	58	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-6	7-GF	S(5)	2	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.14	4.07	10	3	4	3	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.062	.88	0.06%	1.18	7b --3 1 out a5	9b end a 5
23	380	60	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(10-4)	1	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.04	3.91	35	12	9	0	0	6	71			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.06	0.293	2.13	0.35%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	381	66	Jun 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.88	3.83	37	11	13	0	4	8	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.457	1.64	0.36%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	382	70	Jul 2(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	BW(12-4)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.83	3.82	8	2	4	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.25	0.093	5.36	0.07%	0.57	9b 1-- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
26	383	78	Jul 10(1)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(13-4)	7	11.0	12	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.72	3.74	47	17	11	2	2	12	66			1	0	0	42	0	0	0	2	0	2	2.15	0.626	1.19	0.21%	4.14	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
27	384	84	Jul 15	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(14-4)	4	11.0	9	2	2	0	2	2	0	2.63	3.84	39	9	19	0	0	9	73			0	2	0	39	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.467	.78	0.16%	4.14	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
28	385	88	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(15-4)	4	10.0	10	5	5	3	5	1	0	2.76	3.86	41	11	12	0	1	10	54			0	2	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.404	.54	0.10%	0.58	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
29	386	92	Jul 24(1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	L(15-5)	3	9.0	11	5	4	0	1	0	1	2.83	3.81	39	14	15	1	1	8	48			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.57	-0.160	.45	-0.08%	0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
30	387	96	Jul 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-6	L(15-6)	4	6.0	8	4	4	5	3	0	0	2.95	3.83	31	9	6	0	3	8	38			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.138	.11	-0.01%	-0.59	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	388	99	Aug 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	5	6	0	0	2.79	3.80	35	11	8	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.334	.09	0.02%	4.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
32	389	103	Aug 8	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	W(17-6)	4	9.0	14	6	5	0	6	0	0	2.91	3.69	42	11	11	0	0	14	43			0	0	0	42	5	1	0	0	0	2	1.31	0.223	.17	0.02%	-0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	390	105	Aug 12(1)	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	GS-5		3	5.0	7	6	4	1	1	1	0	3.02	3.74	22	10	3	0	0	7	33			0	2	1	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.238	.06	-0.01%	-3.21	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
34	391	109	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	W(18-6)	2	9.0	9	7	4	4	3	1	0	3.07	3.80	45	22	7	1	1	9	46			0	0	0	40	4	1	0	0	0	4	1.59	0.201	.06	0.00%	-1.73	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
35	392	114	Aug 20(1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	L(18-7)	4	8.2	11	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.16	3.76	40	5	16	1	0	11	44			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.248	.01	0.00%	-0.18	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 2 out d1
36	393	118	Aug 24(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	3.33	3.74	26	8	7	2	0	7	34			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-2.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
37	394	123	Aug 27(2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-5		2	5.0	7	7	5	1	0	0	1	3.46	3.75	24	8	7	2	0	7	28			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.08	-0.462	.00	0.00%	-4.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	395	127	Sep 2(1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	W(19-7)	5	9.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	3.36	3.73	37	9	19	2	0	6	64			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.92	0.193	.00	0.00%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
39	396	131	Sep 6	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	W(20-7)	3	9.0	13	4	1	2	2	0	0	3.27	3.71	39	13	9	0	3	13	51			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.68	0.323	.00	0.00%	1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
40	397	134	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	7-GF	S(6)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.23	3.68	10	3	4	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.68	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
41	398	135	Sep 11(1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(21-7)	1	9.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.22	3.68	36	9	11	0	2	9	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.24	0.284	.00	0.00%	2.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
42	399	139	Sep 16(1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(22-7)	4	9.0	8	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.10	3.62	36	11	6	0	4	8	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.481	.00	0.00%	5.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
43	400	143	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(23-7)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.03	3.56	35	10	10	2	0	8	72			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.72	0.660	.00	0.00%	4.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
44	401	146	Sep 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-4	5-GF	W(24-7)	3	5.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.01	3.55	20	4	11	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.74	5b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 7
45	402	147	Sep 27(1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-7	CG	L(24-8)	2	9.0	13	7	7	4	6	1	1	3.14	3.59	42	13	5	0	0	13	35			1	1	0	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	.68	0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out d7
							33-12		W-L:24-8,Sv:6,BSv:3	2.8	275.1	280	113	96	83	114	12	4	3.14	3.59	1172	0.96		4%	3%	275	52	10	60%	6	10	1	1074	48	8	1	19	0	23	1.25	5.527	1.27	3.35%	39.05

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