Orval Grove
Orval Leroy Grove
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1940
Final Game: April 27, 1949
Died: April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1940 20 CHW AL 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 26 147 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25
1941 21 CHW AL 0 0 10.29 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 8 8 2 5 5 0 0 1 35 40 2.000 11.6 2.6 6.4 6.4 1.00
1942 22 CHW AL 4 6 .400 5.16 12 8 2 4 0 0 66.1 77 47 38 1 33 21 1 0 3 309 70 1.658 10.4 0.1 4.5 2.8 0.64
1943 23 CHW AL 15 9 .625 2.75 32 25 5 18 3 2 216.1 192 84 66 9 72 76 4 1 3 888 121 1.220 8.0 0.4 3.0 3.2 1.06
1944 24 CHW AL 14 15 .483 3.72 34 33 1 11 2 0 234.2 237 112 97 11 71 105 8 0 8 1006 92 1.313 9.1 0.4 2.7 4.0 1.48 AS
1945 25 CHW AL 14 12 .538 3.44 33 30 2 16 4 1 217.0 233 100 83 12 68 54 5 0 6 933 97 1.387 9.7 0.5 2.8 2.2 0.79
1946 26 CHW AL 8 13 .381 3.02 33 26 4 10 1 0 205.1 213 96 69 10 78 60 3 0 10 881 112 1.417 9.3 0.4 3.4 2.6 0.77
1947 27 CHW AL 6 8 .429 4.44 25 19 1 6 1 0 135.2 158 78 67 10 70 33 4 0 3 619 83 1.681 10.5 0.7 4.6 2.2 0.47
1948 28 CHW AL 2 10 .167 6.16 32 11 13 1 0 1 87.2 110 64 60 6 42 18 3 0 4 404 69 1.734 11.3 0.6 4.3 1.8 0.43
1949 29 CHW AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 8 7.500 54.0 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.00
10 Seasons 63 73 .463 3.78 207 152 31 66 11 4 1176.2 1237 595 494 62 444 374 29 1 38 5109 93 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .463 3.78 39 29 6 13 2 1 223 234 113 94 12 84 71 5 0 7 968 93 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1944 CHW AL 24

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1940 20 0 0 3.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 26 147 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25 147
1941 21 0 0 6.92 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 13 10 10 2 9 6 0 0 1 61 61 1.692 9.0 1.4 6.2 4.2 0.67 61
1942 22 4 6 .400 5.45 17 8 5 4 0 0 79.1 90 57 48 3 42 27 1 0 4 370 68 1.664 10.2 0.3 4.8 3.1 0.64 68
1943 23 19 15 .559 3.47 49 33 10 22 3 2 295.2 282 141 114 12 114 103 5 1 7 1258 99 1.339 8.6 0.4 3.5 3.1 0.90 99
1944 24 33 30 .524 3.58 83 66 11 33 5 2 530.1 519 253 211 23 185 208 13 1 15 2264 96 1.327 8.8 0.4 3.1 3.5 1.12 96
1945 25 47 42 .528 3.54 116 96 13 49 9 3 747.1 752 353 294 35 253 262 18 1 21 3197 96 1.345 9.1 0.4 3.0 3.2 1.04 96
1946 26 55 55 .500 3.43 149 122 17 59 10 3 952.2 965 449 363 45 331 322 21 1 31 4078 99 1.360 9.1 0.4 3.1 3.0 0.97 99
1947 27 61 63 .492 3.56 174 141 18 65 11 3 1088.1 1123 527 430 55 401 355 25 1 34 4697 97 1.400 9.3 0.5 3.3 2.9 0.89 97
1948 28 63 73 .463 3.75 206 152 31 66 11 4 1176.0 1233 591 490 61 443 373 28 1 38 5101 93 1.425 9.4 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84 93
1949 29 63 73 .463 3.78 207 152 31 66 11 4 1176.2 1237 595 494 62 444 374 29 1 38 5109 93 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84 93

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1940 20 0 0 3.00 6.0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 1.333 6.0 6.0 1.5 0.25 0.0 3
1941 21 0 0 10.29 7.0 9 9 8 2 5 5 0 2.000 11.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 2.6 2
1942 22 2 5 .286 5.48 69.0 83 47 42 1 36 22 1 1.725 10.8 4.7 2.9 0.61 0.1 12
1943 23 14 9 .609 3.31 212.0 213 87 78 10 80 74 4 1.382 9.0 3.4 3.1 0.93 0.4 32
1944 24 12 14 .462 4.16 236.0 258 121 109 12 77 106 9 1.419 9.8 2.9 4.0 1.38 0.5 34
1945 25 11 12 .478 4.25 214.0 263 112 101 14 77 53 6 1.589 11.1 3.2 2.2 0.69 0.6 33
1946 26 12 10 .545 3.66 199.0 234 90 81 11 86 58 3 1.608 10.6 3.9 2.6 0.67 0.5 33
1947 27 5 9 .357 5.11 132.0 169 83 75 11 75 32 4 1.848 11.5 5.1 2.2 0.43 0.8 25
1948 28 3 6 .333 5.97 89.0 111 66 59 6 42 18 3 1.719 11.2 4.2 1.8 0.43 0.6 32
1949 29 0 0 36.00 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 5.000 36.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 9.0 1
10 Seasons 59 65 .476 4.32 1165.0 1348 621 559 68 483 370 31 1.572 10.4 2.9 0.77 0.5 207

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1944

Wins s c a p y
1943 AL--15--7th
1944 AL--14--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1943 AL--.625--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL--2.820--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL--4.027--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL--234.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 AL--105--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL--33--4th
1945 AL--30--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1943 AL--18--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1943 AL--3--5th
1945 AL--4--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 AL--11--10th
1945 AL--12--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL--237--5th
1945 AL--233--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 AL--1.479--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL--.438--10th

Losses s c a p y
1944 AL--15--3rd
1945 AL--12--9th
1946 AL--13--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1944 AL--97--2nd
1945 AL--83--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1944 AL--8--2nd
1945 AL--6--3rd
1946 AL--10--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1943 AL--4--10th
1944 AL--8--2nd
1945 AL--5--7th
1947 AL--4--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL--1006--7th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Vern Bickford (958)
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