Lefty Grove
Robert Moses Grove
last name Groves
Hall of Famer
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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1925 PHA AL 25 P 45 63 6 55 2 3 .968 1.36 .960 1.40
1926 PHA AL 26 P 45 62 6 53 3 3 .952 1.31 .956 1.39 MVP-8
1927 PHA AL 27 P 51 72 8 55 9 2 .875 1.24 .962 1.40
1928 PHA AL 28 P 39 47 6 40 1 0 .979 1.18 .955 1.37
1929 PHA AL 29 P 42 46 3 41 2 0 .957 1.05 .959 1.29
1930 PHA AL 30 P 50 61 6 53 2 1 .967 1.18 .944 1.18
1931 PHA AL 31 P 41 49 2 47 0 1 1.000 1.20 .951 1.19 MVP-1
1932 PHA AL 32 P 44 50 3 46 1 1 .980 1.11 .958 1.21 MVP-14
1933 PHA AL 33 P 45 69 9 58 2 5 .971 1.49 .959 1.18 AS,MVP-5
1934 BOS AL 34 P 22 23 3 18 2 1 .913 0.95 .957 1.11
1935 BOS AL 35 P 35 66 1 63 2 6 .970 1.83 .948 1.12 AS,MVP-14
1936 BOS AL 36 P 35 54 3 49 2 0 .963 1.49 .956 1.04 AS,MVP-15
1937 BOS AL 37 P 32 50 6 43 1 1 .980 1.53 .952 1.09 AS
1938 BOS AL 38 P 24 29 0 29 0 0 1.000 1.21 .948 1.12 AS,MVP-21
1939 BOS AL 39 P 23 24 0 21 3 2 .875 0.91 .954 0.98 AS,MVP-15
1940 BOS AL 40 P 22 38 1 34 3 0 .921 1.59 .958 1.05
1941 BOS AL 41 P 21 22 2 17 3 0 .864 0.90 .964 1.16
17 Seasons P 616 825 65 722 38 26 .954 1.28 .955 1.22
17 Seasons TOT 616 825 65 722 38 26 .954 1.28 .909 1.22
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1925 PHA AL 25 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1926 PHA AL 26 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1927 PHA AL 27 51 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928 PHA AL 28 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 PHA AL 29 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 PHA AL 30 50 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 PHA AL 31 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1932 PHA AL 32 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1933 PHA AL 33 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 BOS AL 34 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1935 BOS AL 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 BOS AL 36 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1937 BOS AL 37 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 BOS AL 38 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 BOS AL 39 25 25 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 BOS AL 40 23 23 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BOS AL 41 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 619 619 619 616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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