Orval Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 196lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS us

Died: April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Citrus Heights, CA

School: Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL)

Debut: May 28, 1940 (Age 20-273d, 8,898th in major league history)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 27, 1949 (Age 29-241d)
vs. CLE 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Orval Leroy Grove

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

ERA

3.78

207

152

1176.2

374

WHIP

1.429

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-15 / in Starts: 15-14
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 79 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	37 (20-11-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	52 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
M Tresh	0

Most Driven In By
W Moses	2
K Farrell	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	84	5 (4)	Apr 22 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.92	-0.075	3.16	-0.15%	-0.67	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	85	9 (3)	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9						P
3	86	13 (3)	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.80	-0.037	2.98	-0.08%	-0.39	P
4	87	18 (4)	May 13 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.37	-0.026	1.36	-0.06%	-0.39	P
5	88	22 (3)	May 20 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.34	-0.049	1.35	-0.12%	-0.81	P
6	89	24 (1)	May 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	1.47	-0.033	6.50	-0.09%	-0.34	P
7	90	29 (4)	May 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	9	1.00	-0.066	2.75	-0.11%	-0.87	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	91	35 (5)	Jun 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.150	.377	9	1.43	-0.031	4.10	-0.05%	-0.32	P
9	92	39 (3)	Jun 6	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.200	.130	.330	9	.86	-0.060	2.37	-0.10%	-0.98	P
10	93	45 (5)	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9						P
11	94	48 (2)	Jun 14	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.172	.226	.207	.433	9						P
12	95	52 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		DET	W,7-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.219	.200	.419	9						P
13	96	54 (1)	Jun 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.219	.200	.419	9						P
14	97	57 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.152	.200	.182	.382	9	.78	-0.072	2.24	-0.12%	-1.09	P
15	98	60 (2)	Jun 27	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	GS-4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.194	.176	.371	9	3.25	-0.088	9.08	-0.15%	-0.76	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	99	66 (5)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.189	.171	.361	9						P
17	100	68 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.175	.158	.333	9	.69	-0.049	1.76	-0.08%	-0.67	P
18	101	75 (6)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.146	.309	9	.87	-0.075	1.46	-0.08%	-1.04	P
19	102	79 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.152	.136	.289	9	.40	-0.029	.78	-0.03%	-0.31	P
20	103	84 (4)	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.111	.167	.133	.300	9						P
21	104	87 (2)	Jul 28	CHW	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.109	.163	.130	.294	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	105	93 (5)	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.173	.143	.316	9	1.11	-0.009	1.91	-0.01%	-0.33	P
23	106	101 (7)	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,2-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.122	.173	.143	.316	9						P
24	107	106 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.196	.137	.334	9	.17	-0.016	.31	-0.02%	-0.08	P
25	108	111 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.186	.130	.316	9	1.40	-0.099	3.13	-0.13%	-0.61	P
26	109	117 (5)	Aug 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.194	.125	.319	9	.64	-0.010	.30	0.00%	-0.17	P
27	110	122 (4)	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.102	.185	.119	.303	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	111	128 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.102	.185	.119	.303	9						P
29	112	132 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.111	.285	9	1.41	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.04	P
30	113	137 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.094	.171	.109	.281	9	2.16	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
31	114	141 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.090	.164	.104	.269	9	1.12	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
32	115	145 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			1	0	0	.100	.171	.114	.285	9						P
33	116	149 (3)	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.099	.169	.113	.282	9						P
							17-15		79	71	4	7	1	0	0	4	4	0	23	2	2		0	3	0	0	.099	.169	.113	.282		.89	-1.110	1.83	-1.38%	-11.68

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