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: 17-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	50	1	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.00	2.35	35						71						34	2	0			0
2	51	4	Apr 23(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	L(1-1)	3	8.0	5	4	1	4	5	0	1	1.06	2.80	33						63						28	1	0			0
3	52	8	Apr 30(1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	GS-		6	7.0	5	5	5	5	3	0	0	2.63	3.14	31						45						26					0
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
4	53	14	May 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-	W(2-1)	5	8.0	8	2	2	4	0	0	0	2.53	3.40	35						54						29					0
5	54	17	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-9	GS-	L(2-2)	3	6.0	11	5	4	3	2	0	1	3.08	3.50	31						31						26					0
6	55	22	May 14(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-		3	7.0	8	4	4	0	0	1	1	3.40	3.73	28						45						27					0
7	56	25	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	2	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.83	3.61	33	14	8	0	1	5	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.81	0.311	1.94	0.44%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	57	30	May 21(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	8	5	5	1	1	2	0	3.30	3.96	27	7	10	1	1	8	36			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.283	1.11	-0.39%	-2.31	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
9	58	31	May 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	5	3	2	1	6	0	0	3.18	3.68	31	13	6	1	2	5	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.020	1.97	-0.03%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	59	37	May 30(2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.92	3.73	35						72						33	1	0			0
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
11	60	40	Jun 4(1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.2	10	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.35	3.83	21	6	2	0	1	10	22			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.287	1.60	-0.35%	-3.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
12	61	42	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	2	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.11	3.81	35						71						31	0	0			0
13	62	47	Jun 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-	W(6-4)	8	8.2	5	1	1	4	3	0	1	2.93	3.80	35						69						29					0
14	63	51	Jun 20(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-5	GS-	L(6-5)	3	6.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.11	3.79	26						42						23					0
15	64	55	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.94	3.72	35						67						32	1	0			0
16	65	58	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-	L(7-6)	3	6.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.02	3.69	28						40						25					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
17	66	63	Jul 2(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-4		3	3.2	7	5	5	0	3	2	1	3.29	3.84	19	2	6	0	1	7	30			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.398	3.41	-0.87%	-3.35	1b start a 3	4b 1-- 2 out d2
18	67	67	Jul 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-	L(7-7)	3	5.0	6	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.30	3.80	23						44						19					0
19	68	71	Jul 9(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-5	L(7-8)	2	5.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.52	3.85	24	9	4	0	0	8	32			1	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.289	1.48	-0.37%	-2.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
20	69	72	Jul 13	CHW	@	DET	L,1-9	GS-2	L(7-9)	3	2.0	7	8	8	3	2	1	0	4.00	3.96	16	3	2	1	0	6	9			0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.485	1.88	-0.58%	-7.05	1b start tie	2b 3 out d7
21	70	79	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GS-	W(8-9)	5	8.1	10	4	3	0	8	0	0	3.96	3.78	35						57						35					0
22	71	85	Jul 23(2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	W(9-9)	3	7.0	7	5	5	3	8	1	0	4.07	3.77	31	5	8	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.008	1.05	0.01%	-2.26	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a5
23	72	89	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-9)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.84	3.69	32	15	9	1	2	4	81			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.371	1.35	0.36%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	73	94	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(10-10)	3	10.0	7	3	1	2	4	0	0	3.67	3.61	41	19	9	1	2	7	72			0	0	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.24	-0.028	1.83	-0.02%	1.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
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
25	74	99	Aug 3(2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GS-7	W(11-10)	2	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.57	3.53	25	13	0	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.177	1.15	0.11%	2.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	75	103	Aug 6(2)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	L(11-11)	2	9.0	6	3	3	1	6	1	1	3.54	3.52	36	16	6	0	0	6	68			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.028	.60	0.01%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	76	109	Aug 13(2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	GS-6	W(12-11)	6	6.0	6	3	0	5	2	0	0	3.43	3.55	29	6	10	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.54	0.096	.04	0.00%	-0.20	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a7
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
28	77	129	Sep 4(1)	CHW		DET	L,2-12	GS-4	L(12-12)	21	4.0	9	8	6	2	2	0	0	3.64	3.55	24	5	6	0	1	9	16			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	.72	-0.434	.00	0.00%	-6.22	1t start tie	4t 3 out d7
29	78	133	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	L,4-5	GS-		2	8.1	10	4	4	3	4	0	1	3.67	3.53	39						48						35					0
30	79	137	Sep 10(2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	W(13-12)	2	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.63	3.55	8	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	0.252	.00	0.00%	0.89	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
31	80	138	Sep 15	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	L(13-13)	4	8.0	10	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.71	3.56	34						45						31	1	1			0
32	81	143	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	GS-	W(14-13)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.63	3.51	26						68						24					0
33	82	147	Sep 25(1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	CG(12)	L(14-14)	4	12.0	11	3	3	3	6	0	1	3.56	3.46	51	23	8	0	1	10	71			0	0	0	43	3	2	1	1	0	1	1.95	0.367	.00	0.00%	2.33	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
34	83	152	Sep 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-11	GS-2	L(14-15)	4	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.72	3.47	14	3	3	0	1	7	21			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.399	.00	0.00%	-4.11	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
							17-17		W-L:14-15	3.4	234.2	237	112	97	71	104	12	8	3.72	3.47	1006	1.64		3%	5%	111	52	0	---%	3	2	0	902	20	7	3	6	0	8	.98	-1.013	1.13	-1.67%	-15.43

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