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Orval Grove
Orval Leroy Grove

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 196 lb.

Debut May 28, 1940
Final Game April 27, 1949
Born August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS
Died April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1940 20 CHW AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    6.0    4    2    2   0    4    1   0   0    26       0  3.00  4.42  147 1.333
 1941 21 CHW AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    7.0    9    8    8   2    5    5   0   1    35       0 10.29  4.11   40 2.000
 1942 22 CHW AL   4   6  12   8   4   0   2  0   66.3   77   47   38   1   33   21   1   3   309       0  5.16  3.62   70 1.658
 1943 23 CHW AL  15   9  32  25  18   3   5  2  216.3  192   84   66   9   72   76   4   3   888       1  2.75  3.33  121 1.220
 1944 24 CHW AL  14  15  34  33  11   2   1  0  234.7  237  112   97  11   71  105   8   8  1006       0  3.72  3.43   92 1.313 AS
 1945 25 CHW AL  14  12  33  30  16   4   2  1  217.0  233  100   83  12   68   54   5   6   933       0  3.44  3.33   97 1.387
 1946 26 CHW AL   8  13  33  26  10   1   4  0  205.3  213   96   69  10   78   60   3  10   881       0  3.02  3.40  112 1.417
 1947 27 CHW AL   6   8  25  19   6   1   1  0  135.7  158   78   67  10   70   33   4   3   619       0  4.44  3.67   83 1.681
 1948 28 CHW AL   2  10  32  11   1   0  13  1   87.7  110   64   60   6   42   18   3   4   404       0  6.16  4.24   69 1.734
 1949 29 CHW AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    4    4    4   1    1    1   1   0     8       0 54.00  4.16    8 7.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .463  63  73 207 152  66  11  31  4 1176.7 1237  595  494  62  444  374  29  38  5109       1  3.78  3.50   93 1.429
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  39  28  12   2   5  0  222.7  234  112   93  11   84   70   5   7   967   0   0  3.78  3.50   93 1.429
 Career High     15  15  34  33  18   4  13  2  234.7  237  112   97  12   78  105   8  10  1006   0   1  2.75  4.24  121 1.220

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 20 CHW AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1941 21 CHW AL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1942 22 CHW AL  12   22    2    5   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   5  .227  .227  .364   66    8   3           0   0
 1943 23 CHW AL  32   66    9   12   0  0   0    7   0  0  11  22  .182  .308  .182   45   12   7           1   0
 1944 24 CHW AL  34   77    4    8   1  1   0    4   0  0   5  25  .104  .159  .143  -13   11   4           0   1 AS
 1945 25 CHW AL  33   71    4    7   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  23  .099  .169  .113  -17    8   2           2   3
 1946 26 CHW AL  33   65    2    7   0  1   0    2   0  2   5  27  .108  .171  .138  -11    9   3           0   2
 1947 27 CHW AL  25   48    2    7   2  0   0    1   0  0   5  16  .146  .226  .188   18    9   1           0   1
 1948 28 CHW AL  32   21    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .095  .136  .095  -37    2   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     207  373   23   48   4  2   1   19   0  2  31 128  .129  .201  .158    4   59  21   0   0   3   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        292   18   38   3  2   1   15   0  2  24 100  .129  .201  .158    4   46  16   0   0   2   7
 Career High     34   77    9   12   2  1   1    7   0  2  11  27                          12   7   0   0   2   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 20 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   112| .000  .280| .000  .354| .000  .425| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1941 21 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   106| .000  .274| .000  .351| .000  .404| .000  .755|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1942 22 CHW AL   25   20    2   2.7    93| .227  .263| .227  .337| .364  .368| .591  .706|  66  .313  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1943 23 CHW AL   85   61    4   1.8    87| .182  .256| .308  .330| .182  .353| .490  .684|  45  .201  -4.2  -0.5   0%
 1944 24 CHW AL   86   74    2   0.7    91| .104  .267| .159  .334| .143  .364| .302  .698| -13  .042 -11.6  -1.3   0%
 1945 25 CHW AL   79   69    1   0.4    86| .099  .258| .169  .330| .113  .351| .282  .680| -17  .015 -10.6  -1.2   0%
 1946 26 CHW AL   73   65    1   0.4    92| .108  .259| .171  .332| .138  .372| .309  .705| -11  .014  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1947 27 CHW AL   54   43    2   1.2    93| .146  .258| .226  .337| .188  .371| .414  .708|  18  .098  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1948 28 CHW AL   23   22    0   0.0   103| .095  .269| .136  .354| .095  .389| .231  .743| -37  .000  -4.2  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      428  357   12   0.9    91| .129  .261| .201  .334| .158  .364| .359  .698|   4  .060 -47.8  -5.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 20 CHW AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.50 2.10 0 6.0 1941 21 CHW AL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 3.86 2.19 0 7.0 1942 22 CHW AL P 12 8 16 1 1 .960 .956 2.00 1.30 3.26 2.31 8 66.3 1943 23 CHW AL P 32 21 43 1 0 .985 .962 2.00 1.27 2.66 2.27 25 216.3 1944 24 CHW AL P 34 6 64 3 3 .959 .960 2.06 1.14 2.68 2.09 33 234.7 AS 1945 25 CHW AL P 33 12 55 5 3 .931 .954 2.03 1.28 2.78 2.24 30 217.0 1946 26 CHW AL P 33 8 49 4 5 .934 .952 1.73 1.01 2.50 2.01 26 205.3 1947 27 CHW AL P 25 11 19 1 1 .968 .955 1.20 0.95 1.99 1.92 19 135.7 1948 28 CHW AL P 32 5 26 3 1 .912 .963 0.97 0.91 3.18 2.02 11 87.7 1949 29 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.57 0 0.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 20 CHW AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.07 1.50 2.10 0 6.0 1941 21 CHW AL P 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.15 3.86 2.19 0 7.0 1942 22 CHW AL P 12 8 16 1 1 .960 .956 2.00 1.30 3.26 2.31 8 66.3 1943 23 CHW AL P 32 21 43 1 0 .985 .962 2.00 1.27 2.66 2.27 25 216.3 1944 24 CHW AL P 34 6 64 3 3 .959 .960 2.06 1.14 2.68 2.09 33 234.7 1945 25 CHW AL P 33 12 55 5 3 .931 .954 2.03 1.28 2.78 2.24 30 217.0 1946 26 CHW AL P 33 8 49 4 5 .934 .952 1.73 1.01 2.50 2.01 26 205.3 1947 27 CHW AL P 25 11 19 1 1 .968 .955 1.20 0.95 1.99 1.92 19 135.7 1948 28 CHW AL P 32 5 26 3 1 .912 .963 0.97 0.91 3.18 2.02 11 87.7 1949 29 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 2.57 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 207 72 275 18 14 .951 .958 1.68 1.11 2.65 2.13 152 1176.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 207 72 275 18 14 .951 .958 1.68 1.11 2.65 2.12 152 1177
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1944   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1944

Wins
1943 AL-15-7
1944 AL-14-8

Won-Loss %
1943 AL-.625-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1945 AL-2.82-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1944 AL-4.03-9

Innings
1944 AL-234.7-7

Strikeouts
1944 AL-105-9

Games Started
1944 AL-33-4
1945 AL-30-6

Comp. Games
1943 AL-18-3

Shutouts
1943 AL-3-5
1945 AL-4-4

Home Runs Allow.
1944 AL-11-10
1945 AL-12-2

Hits Allowed
1944 AL-237-5
1945 AL-233-6

SO to Walk
1944 AL-1.48-10

Losses
1944 AL-15-3
1945 AL-12-9
1946 AL-13-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1944 AL-97-2
1945 AL-83-8

Wild Pitches
1944 AL-8-2
1945 AL-6-3
1946 AL-10-1

Hit Batsmen
1943 AL-4-10
1944 AL-8-2
1945 AL-5-7
1947 AL-4-5

Batters Faced
1944 AL-1006-7

Youngest Player
1940 AL-20-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1125) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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