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: 19-12 / in Starts: 19-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 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	495	2	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6		99	6.0	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.50	4.20	29	11	6	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.006	3.37	0.01%	0.74	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
2	496	10	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	12	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.60	3.54	38	15	7	1	1	8	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.454	4.54	0.80%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	497	16	May 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	L(1-1)	7	8.0	12	5	4	0	2	1	0	3.91	3.81	35						42						35	1	3			0
4	498	21	May 21	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG(11)	L(1-2)	5	11.0	8	4	4	3	7	1	0	3.71	3.85	42	15	10	1	0	7	69			0	1	0	39	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	0.129	3.58	0.18%	2.86	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
5	499	25	May 25	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.35	3.67	34	16	7	0	2	5	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.386	1.40	0.42%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	500	30	May 31(1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		5	7.0	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.42	3.64	32	10	5	0	0	8	50			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.204	3.63	0.36%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
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
7	501	33	Jun 5	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	13	4	4	4	5	0	0	3.51	3.61	44	16	6	1	3	13	46			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.045	1.66	0.05%	1.34	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
8	502	39	Jun 11	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(3-3)	5	8.0	9	6	6	2	11	1	0	3.90	3.52	35	4	9	0	3	9	49			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.194	2.48	-0.25%	-1.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	503	43	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.43	3.57	36	12	13	2	3	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.313	1.30	0.35%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	504	48	Jun 20(1)	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.28	3.44	34	13	6	3	2	6	70			1	1	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.400	3.36	0.66%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	505	51	Jun 24	BOS		DET	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	9	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.37	36	14	6	0	1	9	72			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.213	1.19	0.39%	5.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
12	506	56	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG(12)		4	12.0	8	2	2	8	7	0	0	2.80	3.45	51	24	5	2	0	7	77			0	1	0	43	3	0	0	0	0	1	2.26	0.634	6.50	1.09%	4.84	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
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
13	507	61	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.2	11	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.09	3.53	37	9	11	0	0	11	35			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.016	2.56	-0.02%	-0.52	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
14	508	66	Jul 10(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-2	GS-5	W(7-3)	5	5.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.03	3.51	23	5	8	1	1	7	50			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.202	2.44	0.25%	1.91	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
15	509	73	Jul 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS-7	L(7-4)	6	7.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.15	3.46	27	10	6	1	0	7	49			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.044	2.67	-0.09%	0.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
16	510	78	Jul 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	W(8-4)	3	9.0	10	3	1	1	6	0	0	3.01	3.38	38	13	9	0	5	9	64			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.82	0.213	.79	0.12%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	511	82	Jul 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG(5)	W(9-4)	3	5.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.90	3.33	18	5	8	0	3	2	64			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.193	.95	0.12%	1.91	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
18	512	86	Jul 30	BOS		DET	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	10	4	3	4	6	0	0	2.95	3.32	35	10	7	1	2	8	45			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.081	1.67	-0.06%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
19	513	90	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	W,13-2	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	9	0	0	2.89	3.24	37	10	9	2	2	7	70			0	1	0	35	1	2	0	0	0	1	.62	0.244	.83	0.20%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
20	514	95	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	11	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.95	3.29	38	12	10	2	2	11	52			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.160	3.00	0.21%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
21	515	98	Aug 11(1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-8	GS-9		3	9.0	11	4	3	3	7	1	0	2.95	3.33	41	9	11	2	3	11	55			0	0	0	38	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.01	0.110	2.89	0.19%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	516	104	Aug 15(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS-	L(11-5)	3	7.0	9	7	5	3	3	1	0	3.09	3.41	34						35						31					0
23	517	109	Aug 20	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	L(11-6)	4	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.10	3.40	35	17	6	0	2	7	57			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.20	0.095	.35	0.02%	1.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
24	518	110	Aug 24	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(11-7)	3	12.0	8	4	3	9	4	0	0	3.05	3.49	54	31	3	1	1	7	67			1	1	0	42	2	0	2	0	0	2	1.64	0.403	.25	0.04%	1.13	1b start tie	13b 123 0 out d1
25	519	115	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-7)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	2.92	3.46	32	6	17	0	1	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.649	.07	0.02%	5.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
26	520	119	Sep 1	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO(6)	W(13-7)	3	6.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.84	3.42	22	7	6	0	3	5	66			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.400	.04	0.01%	3.56	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
27	521	124	Sep 6(1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	9	0	0	2.80	3.40	37	8	9	0	0	6	71			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.356	.01	0.00%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
28	522	131	Sep 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.81	3.41	39	13	14	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.71	0.544	.00	0.00%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	523	134	Sep 15	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	L(15-8)	4	6.0	12	5	5	3	4	0	0	2.93	3.41	31	8	5	0	0	11	29			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	2	0	0	1.45	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
30	524	139	Sep 21(1)	BOS		DET	W,12-7	CG	W(16-8)	5	9.0	12	7	4	3	7	2	0	2.97	3.49	43	10	12	1	3	11	45			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	1	0	2	.60	0.214	.00	0.00%	-1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	525	144	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-5	GS-5	L(16-9)	3	4.1	9	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.06	3.49	24	9	7	2	0	7	26			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.51	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
32	526	148	Sep 29(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	W(17-9)	3	9.0	12	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.99	3.45	37	14	7	2	2	11	64			1	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.645	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							19-12		W-L:17-9	3.8	262.0	269	101	87	82	151	9	1	2.99	3.45	1128	1.45		4%	7%	232	56		---%	8	6	0	1032	40	12	4	17	0	19	1.19	6.340	1.79	5.05%	60.58

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