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: 10-15 / in Starts: 8-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	150	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-5		99	4.2	5	3	3	6	2	0	0	5.79	5.68	25	7	5	0	1	5	38			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.016	3.35	0.03%	-0.34	1b start a 3	5b 123 2 out a3
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
2	151	15	May 4(2)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	12	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.98	3.85	31	13	10	0	0	4	79			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.705	4.31	1.35%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	152	18	May 9	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.59	3.69	36	19	6	1	0	7	67			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.514	4.93	1.02%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	153	23	May 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-3	L(2-1)	4	3.0	8	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.16	3.92	18	4	3	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.272	2.28	-0.39%	-3.51	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
5	154	28	May 18(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	2.94	3.92	32	14	5	0	0	8	55			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.31	0.013	2.77	0.02%	1.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	155	33	May 24	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-8		5	8.0	6	3	3	8	3	0	0	3.02	4.12	37	18	2	0	0	6	53			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.015	3.33	-0.03%	0.87	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
7	156	38	May 29	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(3-2)	4	6.2	9	4	2	5	3	0	0	2.98	4.10	34						42						28					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
8	157	42	Jun 2(2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	6-7	H(1)	3	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.10	4.13	6	1	1	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	-0.082	3.25	-0.07%	-0.56	6t 12- 1 out a2	7t 12- 1 out a1
9	158	44	Jun 4	CHW		PHA	L,3-10	GS-8		1	7.1	8	3	3	3	1	0	1	3.18	4.12	32	14	5	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.46	0.056	2.36	0.05%	0.90	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
10	159	50	Jun 9	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GS-3		4	2.2	7	8	8	3	1	1	0	4.25	4.39	18	3	4	1	1	7	10			0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	-0.569	1.85	-0.56%	-6.88	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d6
11	160	55	Jun 15(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	L(3-3)	5	8.2	11	8	8	7	4	1	0	4.76	4.56	43						27						35	0	0			0
12	161	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-4)	12	7.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.68	4.50	27	4	14	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	1	.54	-0.119	.61	-0.08%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
13	162	69	Jul 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	GS-	L(3-5)	3	3.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.85	4.59	15						38						13					0
14	163	74	Jul 6(2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-5	GS-3	L(3-6)	3	2.2	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	5.13	4.83	15	3	2	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.338	.60	-0.15%	-3.40	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d3
15	164	76	Jul 10(2)	CHW		WSH	L,2-7	7-7		3	0.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	5.11	4.90	5	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.063	.14	-0.01%	-2.69	7t 1-- 0 out d3	7t 123 1 out d5
16	165	86	Jul 20(1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	9-9		9	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.22	4.90	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.14	-0.195	.01	0.00%	-1.60	9t 1-- 0 out a3	9t 12- 0 out a2
17	166	91	Jul 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-12	4-6		4	2.2	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	5.27	4.90	14	4	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-2.72	4b -23 1 out d4	6b 3 out d9
18	167	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	4-7		3	4.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.03	4.83	15	9	2	1	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.47	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.71	4b 123 0 out d1	7b 3 out d3
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
19	168	100	Aug 2	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-1	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.66	4.63	35	13	10	1	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.272	.00	0.00%	3.06	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
20	169	106	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-5	L(4-7)	6	5.0	10	6	5	3	1	1	0	4.87	4.73	28	10	4	0	0	10	23			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.376	.00	0.00%	-3.58	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d4
21	170	121	Aug 24(2)	CHW		NYY	L,6-16	6-GF(7)		14	2.0	6	7	6	4	0	0	0	5.30	4.81	17	5	2	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	.16	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-6.12	6t --- 0 out d4	7t end d11
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
22	171	130	Sep 3(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	W(5-7)	9	9.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	5.11	4.90	34	17	8	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.06	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
23	172	137	Sep 10	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(5-8)	6	8.0	5	3	1	3	2	0	1	4.85	4.82	34	12	11	2	0	5	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	2	2	0	3	.71	-0.074	.00	0.00%	0.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
24	173	142	Sep 15(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS-9	W(6-8)	4	8.0	11	3	0	3	2	0	0	4.55	4.73	36	12	9	0	2	10	53			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.16	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.60	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a3
25	174	154	Sep 27(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS-		11	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	1	2	4.44	4.78	30						54						26					0
							10-15		W-L:6-8,Hld:1	4.3	135.2	157	78	67	70	33	10	4	4.44	4.78	619	1.72		3%	1%	124	47	9	67%	2	2	0	533	20	3	6	15	0	7	1.01	-0.470	1.63	1.19%	-13.87

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