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: 12-10 / in Starts: 12-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	574	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.11	29	11	14	0	3	0	87			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	0.858	4.28	1.41%	4.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	575	6	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,6-9	GS-6		7	6.0	9	5	3	1	1	1	0	1.80	3.40	27	16	0	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.190	4.03	-0.37%	-1.50	1t start tie	6t 3 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	576	12	May 1	BOS		CHW	W,12-4	GS-5		6	4.0	7	4	4	4	1	2	0	3.32	5.21	21	7	5	3	0	4	29			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.004	2.44	-0.01%	-2.07	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out a4
4	577	17	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	5	7.1	12	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.76	5.50	35	7	12	5	0	10	40			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.011	3.15	0.03%	0.07	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
5	578	23	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-6		6	6.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.45	5.13	29	9	8	1	1	6	36			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.52	-0.195	7.07	-0.54%	-1.60	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
6	579	25	May 20	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	GS-6		5	6.0	7	6	6	4	4	2	0	5.17	5.58	29	10	4	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.292	5.52	-0.95%	-2.33	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
7	580	31	May 30(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-5	L(2-1)	9	5.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	1	5.40	5.67	20	4	7	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.191	3.47	-0.60%	-1.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
8	581	39	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.64	5.35	33	11	9	0	2	5	75			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.376	4.27	0.96%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	582	46	Jun 16(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7		9	7.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.55	5.24	25	12	5	0	0	4	59			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.022	3.45	0.07%	0.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
10	583	54	Jun 23(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(3-2)	6	8.0	10	4	4	1	5	2	0	4.54	5.25	35	11	8	0	0	10	50			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.025	5.81	-0.08%	0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
11	584	61	Jun 30(1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GS-	W(4-2)	6	8.2	13	5	4	3	3	1	0	4.50	5.21	42						40						39					0
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
12	585	71	Jul 7(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(5-2)	6	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.13	4.90	33	13	10	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.45	0.208	1.53	0.42%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
13	586	76	Jul 14(1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8		6	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.16	4.84	31	12	3	0	0	9	51			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	.98	0.013	2.34	0.02%	0.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	587	83	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	L,6-9	GS-2		5	1.0	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	4.50	5.12	10	3	2	1	0	4	26			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.361	5.29	-1.13%	-4.44	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out d3
15	588	92	Jul 28(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-10	GS-5		7	5.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.55	5.06	21	13	1	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.101	1.52	0.09%	-0.14	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
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
16	589	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	W(6-2)	6	9.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.42	5.05	38	20	8	1	2	5	58			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.234	1.72	0.25%	2.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	590	107	Aug 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(6-3)	6	8.0	11	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.27	4.88	32	6	11	0	4	11	54			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.98	0.170	1.68	0.18%	2.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
18	591	128	Sep 2(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(13)	L(6-4)	21	12.1	8	1	1	6	4	0	0	3.93	4.78	51	14	21	1	9	6	81			0	0	0	43	1	0	2	0	0	1	2.12	0.769	1.09	0.24%	4.19	1b start tie	13b 123 1 out d1
19	592	133	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.87	4.80	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.084	1.16	0.08%	1.17	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
20	593	135	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG(13)	W(7-4)	2	13.0	10	5	5	7	3	1	0	3.83	4.83	59	28	12	1	1	9	63			0	0	0	48	2	0	2	1	0	4	2.33	0.549	1.47	0.21%	2.94	1b start tie	13b 3 out a1
21	594	143	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-11	GS-2	L(7-5)	7	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.96	4.79	11	4	1	0	1	5	35			0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.176	.01	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
22	595	146	Sep 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(7-6)	3	8.0	8	6	4	4	4	2	0	3.99	4.89	36	11	9	0	3	8	46			1	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	2	.91	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
							12-10		W-L:7-6	5.9	153.1	159	73	68	50	61	20	1	3.99	4.89	653	1.47		3%	7%	129	50	0	---%	2	4	0	590	23	8	4	14	0	13	1.20	1.707	2.83	0.27%	10.83

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