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Orval Grove

Orval Leroy Grove

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

Born: August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS(All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1940
Team: WhiteSox 1940-1949

Final Game: April 27, 1949
Died: April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1940 20 CHW AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1941 21 CHW AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 22 CHW AL 12 25 22 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .227 .227 .364 .591 67 8 0 0 3 1
1943 23 CHW AL 32 85 66 9 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 11 22 .182 .308 .182 .490 45 12 0 1 7 1
1944 24 CHW AL 34 86 77 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 5 25 .104 .159 .143 .301 -13 11 1 0 4 1 AS
1945 25 CHW AL 33 79 71 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 23 .099 .169 .113 .282 -17 8 3 2 2 1
1946 26 CHW AL 33 74 65 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 27 .108 .171 .138 .310 -11 9 2 0 3 1
1947 27 CHW AL 25 54 48 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 .146 .226 .188 .414 18 9 1 0 1 1
1948 28 CHW AL 32 23 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .095 .136 .095 .232 -37 2 2 0 1 1
1949 29 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Yrs 207 429 373 23 48 4 2 1 19 0 2 31 128 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 59 9 3 21
162 Game Avg. 162 336 292 18 38 3 2 1 15 0 2 24 100 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 46 7 2 16

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1940 20 CHW AL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1941 21 CHW AL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .480 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1942 22 CHW AL 12 25 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .512 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1943 23 CHW AL 32 85 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1944 24 CHW AL 34 86 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1 AS
1945 25 CHW AL 33 79 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1946 26 CHW AL 33 74 -10 -1 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1947 27 CHW AL 25 54 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1948 28 CHW AL 32 23 -4 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
1949 29 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
10 Seasons 207 429 -48 -0 -0 0 40 -9 -1.0 10 1 -0.9 .495 .499 -0.9 -0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1940 20 CHW AL 1 1 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .280 .000 .354 .000 .425 .000 .779 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1941 21 CHW AL 2 2 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .000 .351 .000 .404 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1942 22 CHW AL 25 20 2 2.7 92 .250 .227 .262 .227 .336 .364 .367 .591 .703 67 .313 -1.2 -0.1 .471 .136 .136 .0
1943 23 CHW AL 85 61 4 1.8 86 .273 .182 .255 .308 .329 .182 .352 .490 .681 45 .201 -4.1 -0.4 .444 .167 .000
1944 24 CHW AL 86 74 2 0.7 90 .154 .104 .266 .159 .332 .143 .363 .301 .695 -13 .042 -11.6 -1.2 .229 .104 .039
1945 25 CHW AL 79 69 1 0.4 86 .146 .099 .258 .169 .330 .113 .351 .282 .680 -17 .015 -10.6 -1.2 .209 .070 .014
1946 26 CHW AL 74 65 1 0.4 92 .184 .108 .259 .171 .333 .138 .372 .310 .705 -11 .014 -9.9 -1.0 .194 .077 .031
1947 27 CHW AL 54 43 2 1.2 92 .219 .146 .257 .226 .336 .188 .369 .414 .705 18 .098 -5.2 -0.5 .333 .146 .042
1948 28 CHW AL 23 22 0 0.0 102 .167 .095 .268 .136 .353 .095 .388 .232 .740 -37 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .143 .048 .000
10 Yrs 429 357 12 0.9 90 .193 .129 .260 .201 .333 .158 .363 .360 .696 4 .060 -47.5 -5.1 .271 .107 .029 .0
162 Game Avg. 336 279 9 0.9 90 .193 .129 .260 .201 .333 .158 .363 .360 .696 4 .060 -47.5 -5.1 .271 .107 .029

All-Star Batting

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
1944 CHW AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1940 20 CHW AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1941 21 CHW AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1942 22 CHW AL 25 4.0% 20.0% 0.0% 4.0% 20% 4.4 22.0 22.0 64%
1943 23 CHW AL 85 0.0% 25.9% 12.9% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 9.4 52%
1944 24 CHW AL 86 0.0% 29.1% 5.8% 2.3% 25% 5.00 3.1 19.3 60%
1945 25 CHW AL 79 0.0% 29.1% 5.1% 1.3% 14% 5.75 3.1 17.8 61%
1946 26 CHW AL 74 0.0% 36.5% 6.8% 1.4% 14% 5.40 2.4 32.5 51%
1947 27 CHW AL 54 0.0% 29.6% 9.3% 3.7% 29% 3.20 3.0 48.0 59%
1948 28 CHW AL 23 0.0% 39.1% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.3 1.50 52%
10 Yrs 429 0.2% 29.8% 7.2% 1.6% 15% 4.13 2.9 373.0 19.6 1.50 57%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.2% 9.2% 6.0% 26% 1.00 9.7 65.4 8.6 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1940 20 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 21 CHW AL -0.6 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 22 CHW AL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 23 CHW AL -4.1 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 24 CHW AL -11.6 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 25 CHW AL -10.6 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 26 CHW AL -9.9 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 27 CHW AL -5.3 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 28 CHW AL -4.2 -0.4 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.00 -0.1 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 -1.6 0
1949 29 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -47.6 -5.1 8 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.00 -0.1 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 -1.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 28 CHW AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 0 0 27% 2 0 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 28 CHW AL 23 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 23 50% 48 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 9 300% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 52% 649% 70% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

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
1940 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1941 21 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 22 17 28 25 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .320 .520 45 8 0 0 3
1943 23 49 113 91 11 17 0 0 1 8 0 0 11 28 .187 .282 .220 .501 46 20 0 1 10
1944 24 83 199 168 15 25 1 1 1 12 0 0 16 53 .149 .227 .185 .412 20 31 1 1 14
1945 25 116 278 239 19 32 2 1 1 16 0 0 20 76 .134 .210 .163 .373 9 39 4 3 16
1946 26 149 352 304 21 39 2 2 1 18 0 2 25 103 .128 .202 .158 .360 5 48 6 3 19
1947 27 174 406 352 23 46 4 2 1 19 0 2 30 119 .131 .205 .162 .367 7 57 7 3 20
1948 28 206 429 373 23 48 4 2 1 19 0 2 31 128 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 59 9 3 21
1949 29 207 429 373 23 48 4 2 1 19 0 2 31 128 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 59 9 3 21

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1940 20 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1941 21 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1942 22 13 27 24 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 .250 .250 .375 .625 2 12
1943 23 34 90 70 11 13 0 0 0 8 0 12 23 .186 .313 .186 .499 4 32
1944 24 36 91 81 5 9 1 1 0 5 0 6 26 .111 .172 .148 .321 2 34
1945 25 35 83 75 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 4 24 .093 .160 .107 .267 1 33
1946 26 34 78 69 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 6 28 .116 .187 .145 .332 2 33
1947 27 26 56 50 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 5 17 .140 .218 .180 .398 2 25
1948 28 33 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 32
9 Yrs 216 452 394 27 50 4 2 1 22 0 34 133 .127 .202 .155 .357 13 206
162 Game Avg. 162 339 296 20 38 3 2 1 17 0 26 100 .127 .202 .155 .357 10 206

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)

All-Star Games
1944

Youngest s c a p y
1940 AL  born 1919-08-29 (8th)

             

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