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Lefty Grove
Robert Moses Grove
last name Groves

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD
High School: Valley (Valley, MD) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Final Game: September 28, 1941
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1947 (123/161 ballots).
Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1925	25	PHA	AL	45	68	65	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	26	.123	.136	.123	.259	-36	8		0	2			1
1926	26	PHA	AL	45	95	81	6	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	42	.099	.151	.136	.287	-27	11		0	9			1	MVP-8
1927	27	PHA	AL	51	97	80	8	10	1	0	2	8	1	0	8	30	.125	.205	.213	.417	6	17		0	9			1
1928	28	PHA	AL	39	104	88	10	15	2	1	1	6	0	0	10	41	.170	.263	.250	.513	34	22		1	5			1
1929	29	PHA	AL	42	116	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	0	0	6	33	.216	.259	.275	.534	35	28		0	8			1
1930	30	PHA	AL	50	121	110	11	22	3	2	2	17	0	0	7	46	.200	.248	.318	.566	40	35		0	4			1
1931	31	PHA	AL	41	122	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	0	0	3	48	.200	.220	.226	.446	15	26		0	4			1	MVP-1
1932	32	PHA	AL	44	116	107	10	18	1	0	4	12	0	0	5	51	.168	.205	.290	.495	25	31		0	4			1	MVP-14
1933	33	PHA	AL	45	113	105	9	9	4	0	1	7	0	0	4	43	.086	.119	.152	.272	-29	16		0	4			1	AS,MVP-5
1934	34	BOS	AL	22	42	37	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	13	.162	.205	.270	.475	19	10		0	3			1
1935	35	BOS	AL	35	108	89	5	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	13	49	.079	.196	.146	.342	-13	13		0	6			1	AS,MVP-14
1936	36	BOS	AL	35	99	80	5	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	6	34	.138	.207	.188	.394	-4	15		1	12			1	AS,MVP-15
1937	37	BOS	AL	32	109	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	12	39	.143	.243	.154	.397	1	14		0	6			1	AS
1938	38	BOS	AL	24	68	54	8	8	0	0	0	8	0	0	7	25	.148	.246	.148	.394	-1	8		0	7			1	AS,MVP-21
1939	39	BOS	AL	25	85	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	9	26	.134	.237	.179	.416	6	12	0	0	9			1	AS,MVP-15
1940	40	BOS	AL	23	61	53	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	29	.151	.196	.208	.404	3	11	0	0	5			1
1941	41	BOS	AL	21	55	45	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	18	.111	.184	.156	.339	-10	7	1	0	6			1
17 Seasons				619	1579	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103
162 Game Avg.				162	413	358	31	53	7	1	4	32	0	0	27	155	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	74		1	27
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
PHA (9 yrs)				402	952	853	78	135	18	4	11	86	1	0	49	360	.158	.205	.227	.432	10	194		1	49
BOS (8 yrs)				217	627	516	41	67	9	1	4	35	0	1	56	233	.130	.216	.174	.391	-1	90	1	1	54

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1925	25	PHA	AL	68	59	1	0.4	121	.205	.123	.308	.136	.380	.123	.432	.259	.812	-36	.012	-14.2	-1.4	.158	.015	.000
1926	26	PHA	AL	95	82	2	0.6	115	.205	.099	.297	.151	.370	.136	.417	.287	.787	-27	.026	-16.2	-1.6	.219	.099	.037
1927	27	PHA	AL	97	79	4	1.4	116	.167	.125	.300	.205	.369	.213	.422	.417	.791	6	.088	-12.2	-1.2	.371	.200	.088	1.3
1928	28	PHA	AL	104	78	6	2.0	111	.304	.170	.292	.263	.358	.250	.415	.513	.773	34	.177	-8.9	-0.9	.452	.193	.080	.0
1929	29	PHA	AL	116	88	7	2.1	116	.309	.216	.297	.259	.364	.275	.429	.534	.793	35	.174	-10.4	-1.0	.425	.118	.059	.0
1930	30	PHA	AL	121	92	9	2.6	119	.323	.200	.300	.248	.365	.318	.441	.566	.806	40	.216	-11.1	-1.0	.477	.182	.118	.0
1931	31	PHA	AL	122	96	6	1.7	113	.343	.200	.294	.220	.362	.226	.420	.446	.782	15	.122	-15.0	-1.5	.315	.052	.026
1932	32	PHA	AL	116	93	6	1.7	114	.269	.168	.290	.205	.361	.290	.426	.495	.788	25	.125	-13.1	-1.3	.404	.168	.121	.0
1933	33	PHA	AL	113	100	2	0.5	107	.131	.086	.282	.119	.354	.152	.406	.272	.760	-29	.018	-20.1	-2.0	.208	.105	.067	.0
1934	34	BOS	AL	42	34	2	1.6	116	.217	.162	.294	.205	.369	.270	.424	.475	.793	19	.106	-4.9	-0.5	.387	.162	.108	.0
1935	35	BOS	AL	108	88	3	0.9	117	.154	.079	.296	.196	.370	.146	.428	.342	.797	-13	.042	-16.2	-1.6	.317	.213	.067	.0
1936	36	BOS	AL	99	81	3	1.0	127	.239	.138	.306	.207	.383	.188	.450	.394	.833	-4	.040	-14.1	-1.3	.319	.125	.050
1937	37	BOS	AL	109	84	3	0.9	120	.250	.143	.295	.243	.371	.154	.439	.397	.810	1	.041	-14.5	-1.4	.333	.143	.011
1938	38	BOS	AL	68	53	2	1.0	123	.276	.148	.296	.246	.376	.148	.442	.394	.818	-1	.045	-8.9	-0.8	.326	.130	.000
1939	39	BOS	AL	85	67	3	1.2	117	.200	.134	.291	.237	.367	.179	.431	.416	.798	6	.066	-10.1	-1.0	.362	.179	.045	.0
1940	40	BOS	AL	61	51	2	1.0	114	.304	.151	.284	.196	.358	.208	.431	.404	.788	3	.054	-8.1	-0.8	.283	.094	.057	.0
1941	41	BOS	AL	55	47	1	0.6	108	.185	.111	.278	.184	.355	.156	.410	.339	.764	-10	.020	-7.4	-0.7	.268	.133	.044
17 Seasons				1579	1272	62	1.3	116	.246	.148	.295	.209	.366	.207	.427	.417	.793	6	.078	-205.4	-19.7	.334	.137	.060	1.9
162 Game Avg.				413	333	16	1.3	116	.246	.148	.295	.209	.366	.207	.427	.417	.793	6	.078	-205.4	-19.7	.334	.137	.060
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
PHA (9 yrs)				952	767	43	1.5	114	.257	.158	.295	.205	.364	.227	.423	.432	.787	10	.102	-121.2	-11.8	.341	.128	.069	1.8
BOS (8 yrs)				627	505	19	1.0	119	.226	.130	.294	.216	.370	.174	.433	.391	.803	-1	.047	-84.2	-8.0	.324	.151	.045	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1929	29	PHA	AL	WS	CHC	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1930	30	PHA	AL	WS	STL	W	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931	31	PHA	AL	WS	STL	L	3	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons (3 Series)							8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 WS							8	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1933	PHA	AL	33		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1935	BOS	AL	35		DNP
1936	BOS	AL	36	as P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1937	BOS	AL	37		DNP
1938	BOS	AL	38		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1939	BOS	AL	39		DNP
6 Seasons (3 Appearances)					2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1925	25	45	68	65	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	26	.123	.136	.123	.259	-36	8		0	2
1926	26	90	163	146	9	16	1	1	0	9	0	0	6	68	.110	.145	.130	.275	-31	19		0	11
1927	27	141	260	226	17	26	2	1	2	17	1	0	14	98	.115	.167	.159	.326	-18	36		0	20
1928	28	180	364	314	27	41	4	2	3	23	1	0	24	139	.131	.195	.185	.379	-3	58		1	25
1929	29	222	480	416	40	63	7	2	4	38	1	0	30	172	.151	.210	.207	.417	6	86		1	33
1930	30	272	601	526	51	85	10	4	6	55	1	0	37	218	.162	.218	.230	.448	13	121		1	37
1931	31	313	723	641	59	108	13	4	6	67	1	0	40	266	.168	.218	.229	.448	14	147		1	41
1932	32	357	839	748	69	126	14	4	10	79	1	0	45	317	.168	.217	.238	.455	15	178		1	45
1933	33	402	952	853	78	135	18	4	11	86	1	0	49	360	.158	.205	.227	.432	10	194		1	49
1934	34	424	994	890	82	141	19	4	12	90	1	0	51	373	.158	.205	.229	.434	10	204		1	52
1935	35	459	1102	979	87	148	20	5	13	95	1	0	64	422	.151	.204	.222	.426	8	217		1	58
1936	36	494	1201	1059	92	159	24	5	13	100	1	0	70	456	.150	.204	.219	.423	7	232		2	70
1937	37	526	1310	1150	98	172	25	5	13	106	1	0	82	495	.150	.207	.214	.421	7	246		2	76
1938	38	550	1378	1204	106	180	25	5	13	114	1	0	89	520	.150	.209	.211	.420	6	254		2	83
1939	39	575	1463	1271	109	189	25	5	14	119	1	0	98	546	.149	.211	.209	.420	6	266	0	2	92
1940	40	598	1524	1324	113	197	25	5	15	121	1	1	101	575	.149	.210	.209	.419	6	277	0	2	97
1941	41	619	1579	1369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	1	105	593	.148	.209	.207	.417	6	284	1	2	103

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1925	25	47	69	68	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	27	.118	.130	.118	.248	1	45
1926	26	47	87	83	4	6	1	1	0	4	0	4	44	.072	.115	.108	.223	1	45
1927	27	53	91	83	7	10	1	0	2	7	1	8	31	.120	.198	.205	.403	3	51
1928	28	41	103	92	9	15	2	1	1	6	0	10	43	.163	.252	.239	.492	5	39
1929	29	44	112	106	11	21	3	0	1	13	0	6	35	.198	.241	.255	.496	6	42
1930	30	53	119	113	9	20	3	2	2	14	0	6	48	.177	.218	.292	.511	7	50
1931	31	43	121	118	7	22	3	0	0	11	0	3	50	.186	.207	.212	.418	5	41
1932	32	46	116	111	8	17	1	0	4	10	0	5	54	.153	.190	.270	.460	5	44
1933	33	48	116	112	10	10	4	0	1	8	0	4	46	.089	.121	.152	.272	2	45
1934	34	23	41	39	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	2	14	.154	.195	.256	.452	2	22
1935	35	37	104	93	4	6	1	1	1	4	0	11	52	.065	.163	.129	.292	2	35
1936	36	37	87	81	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	5	36	.111	.172	.148	.321	2	35
1937	37	33	106	94	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	12	40	.138	.236	.149	.385	3	32
1938	38	25	66	58	9	9	0	0	0	9	0	8	26	.155	.258	.155	.413	2	24
1939	39	26	77	69	2	8	0	0	1	4	0	8	27	.116	.208	.159	.367	2	25
1940	40	24	58	55	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	3	30	.145	.190	.200	.390	2	23
1941	41	22	51	47	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	4	19	.106	.176	.149	.325	1	21
17 Seasons		649	1524	1422	106	193	26	5	15	109	1	100	622	.136	.194	.193	.386	51	619
162 Game Avg.		162	380	355	26	48	6	1	4	27	0	25	155	.136	.194	.193	.386	13	619
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1933 * 1935 1936 (P) 1937 1938 * 1939	Awards (yr-lg-award) 1930-AL-Triple Crown 1931-AL-MVP 1931-AL-Triple Crown	MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr) 1926-AL-8-19% 1931-AL-1-98% 1932-AL-14-10% 1933-AL-5-44% 1935-AL-14-10% 1936-AL-15-6% 1938-AL-21-2% 1939-AL-15-5% 1 MVP 1.94 Career Shares (91st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1926 AL--42--10th
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1936 AL--12--5th	Oldest s c a p y 1937 AL--born 1900-03-06--9th 1938 AL--born 1900-03-06--4th 1939 AL--born 1900-03-06--3rd 1940 AL--born 1900-03-06--1st 1941 AL--born 1900-03-06--1st

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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