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: 4-28 / in Starts: 1-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 7

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	175	2	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-7		99	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.86	3.19	27	13	2	2	0	6	51			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	3	0	0	.86	-0.031	1.89	-0.04%	0.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2	176	5	Apr 25(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	1	2.25	3.20	35						65						33	4	0	0		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
3	177	10	May 1	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-1)	5	4.2	7	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.05	3.05	23	10	3	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.166	1.74	-0.19%	-1.68	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
4	178	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	GS-1	L(1-2)	6	1.0	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.98	3.22	9	2	0	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.337	1.95	-0.30%	-4.46	1b start tie	1b 3 out d5
5	179	18	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS-8		3	8.0	10	3	3	3	1	0	1	4.55	3.43	34	18	1	0	1	10	48			2	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.55	0.133	1.14	0.06%	1.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
6	180	21	May 16(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-4	L(1-3)	3	4.0	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	5.08	4.01	21	4	6	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.223	.47	-0.09%	-1.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
7	181	24	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,2-13	GS-5	L(1-4)	3	5.0	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	5.35	4.59	26	7	9	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.274	.22	-0.06%	-2.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	182	26	May 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	4.56	2	2	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.59	9t 123 1 out d7	9t end d 8
9	183	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	GS-4	L(1-5)	3	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.31	4.51	14	6	4	0	1	3	44			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.144	.29	-0.02%	-1.47	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
10	184	35	May 31(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-2	L(1-6)	4	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.89	4.56	12	3	3	1	0	4	30			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.246	.11	-0.02%	-2.90	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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	185	39	Jun 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	6-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	4.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.11	6b --- 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
12	186	40	Jun 6(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-4	5-5		0	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	4.60	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	-0.150	.18	-0.01%	-1.91	5b 12- 0 out a5	5b -23 1 out a3
13	187	44	Jun 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	3-6		4	2.2	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	6.23	4.69	16	5	3	1	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.199	.05	-0.01%	-4.16	3b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 123 0 out d4
14	188	47	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	6-GF		4	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.75	4.52	14	6	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.108	.03	0.01%	2.05	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
15	189	51	Jun 20(2)	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.64	4.49	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
16	190	52	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	L,6-11	5-7	L(1-7)	1	1.1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.00	4.52	10	2	2	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.36	-0.267	.18	-0.01%	-1.55	5t 123 2 out a2	7t 123 0 out a1
17	191	57	Jun 27(1)	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS-4	L(1-8)	4	3.2	6	6	6	3	2	0	0	6.55	4.49	21	7	3	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.469	.04	-0.01%	-4.06	1t start tie	4t --- 2 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
18	192	66	Jul 5(1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2		S(1)	7	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	6.27	4.56	11												8	0	0	0		0
19	193	67	Jul 5(2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-4		W(2-8)	-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.16	4.50	4												3	0	0	0		0
20	194	68	Jul 6	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.06	4.52	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	195	70	Jul 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-14	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.49	4	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d12	8b end d13
22	196	72	Jul 10	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5			1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.06	4.49	9												7	0	0	0		0
23	197	80	Jul 19(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-8	L(2-9)	8	7.1	7	5	5	3	2	1	0	6.07	4.56	30	10	10	3	0	5	43			1	0	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.14	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a1
24	198	84	Jul 22(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-3	8-8		2	0.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.19	4.64	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.85	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 123 0 out d2
25	199	90	Jul 25(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-7	4-GF(8)	L(2-10)	2	5.0	6	4	4	1	0	2	0	6.26	4.90	21	9	5	1	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.65	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-1.37	4b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 4
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
26	200	109	Aug 15(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	8-GF		20	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	4.84	6	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.02	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
27	201	116	Aug 23	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-11	7-7		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.02	4.82	4	1	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	7b 12- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d7
28	202	119	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	4.81	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.24	8b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
29	203	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-10	6-7		0	1.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6.01	4.85	7	2	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.09	6b -2- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				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
30	204	134	Sep 10	CHW		SLB	L,7-10			13	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	6.16	4.83	6												5	0	0	0		0
31	205	143	Sep 19(2)	CHW		WSH	L,6-8			8	3.2	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	6.00	4.79	19												17	1	0	0		0
32	206	151	Oct 1(1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-4			11	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.93	4.77	4												4	0	0	0		0
							4-28		W-L:2-10,Sv:1	3.1	88.0	110	64	58	42	18	6	3	5.93	4.77	404	1.75		5%	2%	82	38	13	31%	3	2	1	349	18	6	1	10	0	8	.99	-2.456	.55	-0.69%	-22.89

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