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: 12-21 / in Starts: 12-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 3

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	117	2	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	8-GF		99	2.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.00	5.58	13	2	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	.11	-0.004	.26	-0.01%	-1.13	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
2	118	6	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,0-4	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.50	4.08	8	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.008	.12	0.01%	0.88	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
3	119	10	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,0-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.60	3.88	22	11	3	0	0	5	57			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	.89	0.010	1.90	0.01%	0.62	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	120	12	Apr 28(2)	CHW		SLB	L,8-11			0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.67	6												6					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
5	121	17	May 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,10-14	3-3		9	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.65	4.12	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.015	.21	-0.02%	-1.69	3b -2- 2 out d7	3b 3 out d9
6	122	19	May 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.38	4.46	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	.11	0.006	.14	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
7	123	21	May 13	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	2-7		1	5.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.37	4.06	21	17	1	0	0	2		3	2	1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	1	.41	0.071	.43	0.05%	2.00	2b 123 1 out d4	7b 3 out d2
8	124	25	May 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	1.93	4.12	32	14	11	0	0	3	77			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	.71	0.319	.51	0.14%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	125	30	May 24	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	8.0	10	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.25	4.06	34	10	10	0	0	10	52			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.04	-0.015	.42	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	126	34	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	2	1	2	3	0	1	2.00	3.83	34	20	3	0	1	5	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	2	.84	0.217	.41	0.06%	2.31	1b start a 4	9b 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
11	127	40	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS-1	L(2-3)	7	0.2	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	2.76	4.07	10	2	1	0	0	3	22			0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.13	-0.377	.26	-0.05%	-5.28	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d5
12	128	44	Jun 8(2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-2	L(2-4)	2	1.1	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.64	4.22	12	2	2	0	0	5	21			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.338	.06	-0.01%	-4.63	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d4
13	129	49	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	W,9-5	GS-1		5	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.34	4.32	8	2	1	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.349	.11	-0.02%	-3.96	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
14	130	54	Jun 20(2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	3-7		5	4.1	4	2	2	5	1	0	0	4.33	4.43	21	7	4	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.012	.04	0.00%	0.31	3t -23 2 out d4	7t 3 out d6
15	131	57	Jun 23(1)	CHW		PHA	W,8-1	CG	W(3-4)	2	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.84	4.14	35	14	7	0	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.113	.03	0.00%	2.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
16	132	63	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-5)	5	7.1	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.69	4.06	32	9	8	1	2	8	53			1	1	0	27	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.71	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.61	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d2
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	133	67	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	W,8-7	GS-	W(4-5)	2	6.2	7	7	5	5	4	2	0	3.96	4.37	33						35						28					0
18	134	73	Jul 7(1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-6)	4	8.0	10	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.80	4.21	36	11	8	0	0	10	53			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.069	.00	0.00%	0.39	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
19	135	78	Jul 14(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(4-7)	6	8.0	12	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.76	4.08	36	13	9	1	1	12	42			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	-0.280	.01	0.00%	-1.43	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
20	136	83	Jul 17(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-8)	2	7.0	9	6	4	4	0	1	0	3.86	4.23	33	17	7	2	0	5	35			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	2	0	1	.49	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
21	137	90	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(4-9)	6	8.0	13	4	1	3	1	0	0	3.65	4.17	41	19	8	1	3	10	44			0	1	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.14	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
22	138	96	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8		4	8.0	10	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.63	4.08	36	14	7	1	2	9	50			1	0	0	33	0	1	1	2	0	1	1.53	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.50	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
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
23	139	101	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-9)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.37	3.97	27	18	3	1	1	3	82			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	5	0	1	1.37	0.696	.00	0.00%	3.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	140	106	Aug 8(1)	CHW		CLE	L,0-5	GS-	L(5-10)	4	7.1	11	5	3	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.86	33						42						30					0
25	141	112	Aug 13(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.23	3.77	33	21	1	0	0	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	0.592	.00	0.00%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	142	116	Aug 18(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-9		4	8.0	8	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.30	3.87	34	14	9	3	1	6	47			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.203	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start a 1	9b -2- 0 out a1
27	143	122	Aug 24(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-9		5	8.0	7	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.30	3.83	31	12	7	3	0	7	53			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.147	.00	0.00%	0.88	1b start a 1	9b 12- 0 out a3
28	144	128	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG(12)	W(7-10)	3	12.0	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.07	3.74	44	21	12	2	2	8	85			0	2	0	41	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.49	0.880	.00	0.00%	4.13	1b start tie	12b 3 out a1
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
29	145	131	Sep 2(1)	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(7-11)	4	9.0	7	2	2	5	3	1	0	3.01	3.80	35	15	6	1	0	6	63			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	3	0	0	.73	0.059	.00	0.00%	1.94	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
30	146	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-6	L(7-12)	4	5.1	13	7	6	3	1	0	0	3.22	3.81	30	8	5	0	0	13	14			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.07	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-4.63	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d5
31	147	141	Sep 13(1)	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(8-12)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.12	3.77	36						64						34	2	1			0
32	148	148	Sep 21(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,11-10	GS-		7	6.0	7	6	1	2	2	2	0	3.07	3.87	29						44						27					0
33	149	155	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	GS-9	L(8-13)	7	8.2	11	8	3	2	3	0	0	3.07	3.82	38	15	7	0	2	11	41			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	2	0	2	.82	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-3.36	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
							12-21		W-L:8-13	4.2	205.1	213	97	70	79	61	10	3	3.07	3.82	883	2.12		3%	3%	164	51	6	50%	7	9	0	785	27	6	12	27	0	25	1.01	0.521	.14	0.16%	-0.79

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