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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Team Record in Appearances: 4-8 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 9, Entered with runners on base: 0

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	6	17	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	2-GF	L(0-1)	99	7.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.52	2.20	33	17	3	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.45	-0.339	1.13	-0.16%	0.36	2b --- 0 out d4	9b end d 1
2	7	25	May 10(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7		W(1-1)	7	4.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.09	2.41	17												16					0
3	8	31	May 18	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	9	5	3	3	3	0	0	3.05	2.41	39	19	6	1	0	8	53			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.039	.91	-0.02%	-0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	9	36	May 24(2)	CHW		DET	L,0-14	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.1	7	6	4	3	1	0	0	3.96	2.63	24	13	0	0	0	7	27			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.268	.50	-0.08%	-4.56	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
5	10	40	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-8	L(2-3)	3	7.1	8	5	4	4	5	0	0	4.18	2.57	32	17	0	0	0	6	45			1	1	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.012	.68	0.00%	0.34	1b start a 2	8b 123 1 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
6	11	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(3-3)	8	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	1	0	3.48	2.94	34	18	10	2	2	2	73			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.530	.21	0.06%	3.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	12	56	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	9	9.0	8	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.04	2.91	39	15	9	1	2	8	66			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.53	0.538	.18	0.04%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	13	61	Jun 21(2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-7	GS-4	L(4-4)	4	3.2	10	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.83	2.87	22	6	4	0	2	10	17			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.320	.13	-0.03%	-4.57	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d6
9	14	65	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	L(4-5)	5	9.0	9	7	5	6	2	0	1	4.00	3.02	42	12	12	1	0	9	41			0	1	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	.94	-0.279	.21	-0.04%	-2.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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
10	15	70	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	GS-1	L(4-6)	3	0.0	5	7	5	1	0	0	0	4.71	3.07	7	1	0	0	0	5	15			0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.31	-0.435	.07	-0.01%	-6.47	1t start tie	1t -23 0 out d5
11	16	73	Jul 4(2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	7-9		2	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.04	13	9	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.071	.01	0.00%	1.39	7t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
12	17	75	Jul 5(2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-13			0	0.1	3	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.16	3.17	7												3					0
							4-8		W-L:4-6	4.8	66.1	77	47	38	33	21	1	1	5.16	3.17	309	2.89		4%	4%	63	42	0	---%	2	3	0	272	13	3	4	3	0	8	1.21	-0.553	.47	-0.25%	-10.59

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