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: 17-6 / in Starts: 17-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	551	1	Apr 20	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	2	1	2	5	1	0	1.13	3.72	32	7	11	2	2	7	65			0	1	0	30	1	1	1	2	0	2	.84	0.126	2.19	0.20%	2.67	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	552	7	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS-7		8	6.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.93	3.02	22	10	5	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.06	0.193	2.63	0.29%	2.03	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a1
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
3	553	12	May 6	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.74	3.20	36	13	10	0	1	8	58			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.439	5.22	0.95%	1.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
4	554	16	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-	W(2-1)	7	11.1	9	4	4	5	3	0	0	2.88	3.26	47						62						42					0
5	555	23	May 21	BOS		DET	W,8-3	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.91	3.15	38	19	3	1	1	9	58			1	0	0	35	2	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.291	3.50	0.62%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	556	28	May 27(1)	BOS		WSH	W,11-4	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	11	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.10	3.24	39	13	10	3	0	11	46			0	0	0	35	2	2	0	2	0	0	.38	0.200	1.13	0.36%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	557	37	Jun 4(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(5-1)	7	9.0	7	1	1	5	2	0	0	2.79	3.33	39	18	8	0	0	6	66			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.62	0.476	3.61	0.64%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
8	558	43	Jun 11(1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	L(5-2)	6	8.2	9	7	5	3	0	1	0	3.09	3.55	38	14	13	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.75	-0.482	4.27	-0.71%	-1.67	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d2
9	559	50	Jun 18(2)	BOS		CLE	W,5-3	CG(8)	W(6-2)	6	8.0	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.12	3.53	36	11	11	1	3	7	51			2	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.221	1.45	0.16%	1.90	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
10	560	55	Jun 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-2)	7	9.0	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.79	3.42	37	11	11	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.490	.88	0.26%	4.88	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
11	561	59	Jul 2(1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(8-2)	5	9.0	6	3	3	5	4	1	0	2.81	3.55	36	10	11	2	0	6	62			3	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.182	1.53	0.16%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	562	67	Jul 9(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-6		6	6.0	10	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.91	3.54	30	8	7	0	0	10	39			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.026	4.41	-0.06%	0.50	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
13	563	71	Jul 16(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	W(9-2)	6	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.84	3.51	32	15	7	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.288	2.20	0.58%	3.67	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
14	564	83	Jul 25(1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(10-2)	8	9.0	8	2	1	2	3	0	0	2.70	3.44	36	12	11	2	3	8	66			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.480	3.50	0.74%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
15	565	91	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(11-2)	6	9.0	10	5	5	2	5	1	0	2.86	3.45	39	12	13	0	4	7	50			1	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	1	.94	0.169	1.43	0.15%	0.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	566	98	Aug 8	BOS		PHA	W,9-2	CG	W(12-2)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.80	3.49	36	11	12	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	.65	0.306	1.25	0.36%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	567	106	Aug 17	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(13-2)	8	9.0	10	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.69	3.37	35	8	12	1	5	10	68			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.262	1.45	0.29%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
18	568	115	Aug 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-9	GS-6		7	6.0	9	2	0	2	2	0	0	2.59	3.35	27	8	7	1	0	8	50			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.106	.94	0.06%	1.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	569	122	Aug 31	BOS	@	DET	L,4-11	GS-5	L(13-3)	5	5.0	6	5	4	3	2	0	0	2.73	3.36	25	4	11	1	2	5	36			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	3	2	.77	-0.221	.10	-0.02%	-1.85	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
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
20	570	129	Sep 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(13-4)	5	8.0	7	2	1	3	5	1	0	2.66	3.39	36	13	13	0	2	2	64			1	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.39	0.161	.02	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	571	137	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-4)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.52	3.27	32	11	10	2	2	4	86			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.68	0.814	.00	0.00%	5.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	572	144	Sep 20	BOS		SLB	L,8-11	GS-		6	7.0	11	4	3	2	2	0	1	2.57	3.27	34						41						30					0
23	573	149	Sep 28(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	W(15-4)	7	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.54	3.22	36	11	9	1	1	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.436	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							17-6		W-L:15-4	6.3	191.0	180	63	54	58	81	8	1	2.54	3.22	798	1.17		4%	6%	146	59		---%	11	7	0	724	27	6	1	18	5	14	1.10	4.911	2.01	5.03%	48.84

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