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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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Standard Pitching

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 26 156 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 42 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 3 888 120 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 91 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 96 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 10 881 113 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 82 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 12 7.500 54.0 13.5 13.5 13.5 1.00
10 Yrs 63 73 .463 3.78 207 152 31 66 11 4 1176.2 1237 595 494 62 444 374 29 1 38 5109 92 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 92 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1940 20 CHW AL 6.0 3 0 2 3.00 4.97 0.22 0.00 109.1 5.19 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .547 .501 $
1941 21 CHW AL 7.0 2 0 8 10.29 4.66 0.14 0.00 101.4 4.58 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .315 .498 $
1942 22 CHW AL 66.1 12 8 47 6.38 4.47 0.09 0.00 99.4 4.36 -15 -1.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .377 .491 $
1943 23 CHW AL 216.1 32 25 84 3.49 3.81 0.07 0.00 101.7 3.80 7 0.8 1.0 -0.2 1.9 20 .525 .505 $
1944 24 CHW AL 234.2 34 33 112 4.30 4.11 0.05 0.00 99.8 4.06 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .479 .496 $ AS
1945 25 CHW AL 217.0 33 30 100 4.15 3.91 -0.13 0.00 99.2 4.00 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .490 .498 $
1946 26 CHW AL 205.1 33 26 96 4.21 4.09 0.15 0.00 98.4 3.87 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.2 0.4 8 .474 .495 $
1947 27 CHW AL 135.2 25 19 78 5.17 4.14 0.06 0.00 100.0 4.08 -16 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .434 .490 $
1948 28 CHW AL 87.2 32 11 64 6.57 4.97 -0.04 0.00 99.8 5.00 -15 -1.5 .9 -0.0 -0.9 -7 .454 .491 $
1949 29 CHW AL 0.2 1 0 4 54.00 4.51 0.34 0.00 90.0 3.75 -4 -0.3 .4 0.1 -0.2 -4 .230 .498 $
10 Seasons 1176.2 207 152 595 4.55 4.11 0.04 0.00 99.9 4.07 -64 -6.2 1.0 -0.7 0.5 18 .470 .496 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 28 CHW AL 32 131 349 64 110 8 1 6 3 1 42 18 .315 .393 .395 .789 .320 138 5 3 10 0 3
1949 29 CHW AL 1 8 6 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .667 .750 1.333 2.083 .750 8 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs 33 139 355 68 114 9 1 7 3 1 43 19 .321 .400 .411 .812 .325 146 5 4 10 0 3
162 Game Avg. 51 215 549 105 176 14 2 11 5 2 66 29 .321 .400 .411 .812 .325 226 8 6 15 0 5
MLB Averages .260 .332 .330 .662 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 28 CHW AL -17.3 -1.6 139 -0.9 2.4 -3.3 1.23 -0.6 -0.2 -9.3 -0.9 1.23 -7.0 2 0 5
1949 29 CHW AL -3.3 -0.3 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .19 -0.4 0.0 -3.7 -0.3 0.19 -3.4 0 0 1
10 Yrs -48.1 -4.5 147 -1.0 2.4 -3.4 1.17 -0.9 0.1 -13.0 -1.2 1.17 -10.4 2 0 6

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1942 22 CHW AL 12 8 3 5 0 0 0 3 5 .375 0 0 4 0 3 38% 42.1 73 15 2 5 2.7 6.4
1943 23 CHW AL 32 25 14 9 2 2 4 14 11 .560 0 0 18 3 17 68% 55.6 85 14 12 9 4.5 8.1
1944 24 CHW AL 34 33 13 15 5 1 6 16 17 .485 0 0 11 2 18 55% 51.6 81 9 20 7 3.4 7.1
1945 25 CHW AL 33 30 14 11 5 2 3 15 14 .517 0 0 16 4 16 53% 50.3 78 18 14 11 4.0 7.0
1946 26 CHW AL 33 26 8 13 5 1 9 12 14 .462 0 0 10 1 19 73% 51.0 85 14 6 10 4.0 7.2
1947 27 CHW AL 25 19 6 8 5 0 3 8 11 .421 0 0 6 1 12 63% 46.4 79 10 5 9 3.8 6.6
1948 28 CHW AL 32 11 1 8 2 0 0 1 10 .091 1 0 1 0 3 27% 38.4 65 23 10 6 5 4 3.0 3.3 4.9
7 Yrs 201 152 59 69 24 6 25 69 82 .457 1 0 66 11 88 58% 50 85 9 10 6 64 55 3.8 3.3 7.0
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 115 -20 4.3 4.8 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1940 20 CHW AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6.0
1941 21 CHW AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10.5
1942 22 CHW AL 12 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 11.3
1943 23 CHW AL 32 7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 5.9
1944 24 CHW AL 34 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
1945 25 CHW AL 33 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.7
1946 26 CHW AL 33 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 7.4
1947 27 CHW AL 25 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5.0
1948 28 CHW AL 32 21 13 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 33% 1.225 2 0 5 2 0 6 3 5 9 5 3 4 4.8
1949 29 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 .192 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
10 Yrs 207 55 31 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 7 3 43% 1.166 2 0 6 2 0 7 4 5 31 10 4 7 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1940 20 CHW AL 26 0.0% 3.9% 15.4% 81%
1941 21 CHW AL 35 5.7% 14.3% 14.3% 60%
1942 22 CHW AL 309 0.3% 6.8% 10.7% 2.9% 12% 81%
1943 23 CHW AL 892 1.0% 8.5% 8.1% 3.5% 16% 81%
1944 24 CHW AL 1006 1.1% 10.4% 7.1% 2.5% 11% 78%
1945 25 CHW AL 933 1.3% 5.8% 7.3% 3.2% 13% 84%
1946 26 CHW AL 881 1.1% 6.8% 8.9% 2.3% 9% 81%
1947 27 CHW AL 619 1.6% 5.3% 11.3% 2.9% 11% 79%
1948 28 CHW AL 404 53% 4.6% 13.7% 32.1% 11.5% 14% 1.61 248% 38 5 13%
1949 29 CHW AL 8 50% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 25.0% 50% 50% 1 0 0%
10 Yrs 5113 53% 1.3% 7.7% 9.2% 3.1% 12% 1.64 85% 39 5 13%
MLB Averages 48% 1.5% 9.9% 9.9% 3.5% 14% 0.95 84% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1940 20 CHW AL 4 0 0
1941 21 CHW AL 9 2 1
1942 22 CHW AL 77 1 3
1943 23 CHW AL 192 9 3
1944 24 CHW AL 237 11 8
1945 25 CHW AL 233 12 6
1946 26 CHW AL 213 10 10
1947 27 CHW AL 158 10 3
1948 28 CHW AL 131 110 6 0 6 2 0 0 2 14 9 1 64% 3 4 1 59 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 273
1949 29 CHW AL 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 139 1237 62 0 6 3 0 0 3 16 10 1 63% 3 38 1 63 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 273
MLB Averages 53% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

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 26 156 1.333 6.0 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25 156
1941 21 0 0 6.92 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.0 13 10 10 2 9 6 0 0 1 61 65 1.692 9.0 1.4 6.2 4.2 0.67 65
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 69 1.664 10.2 0.3 4.8 3.1 0.64 69
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 95 1.327 8.8 0.4 3.1 3.5 1.12 95
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 96 1.400 9.3 0.5 3.3 2.9 0.89 96
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 92 1.429 9.5 0.5 3.4 2.9 0.84 92

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 1.29 7.0 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0.857 3.9 3.9 1.3 0.33 0.0 3
1941 21 0 0 9.00 7.0 9 8 7 2 5 5 0 2.000 11.6 6.4 6.4 1.00 2.6 2
1942 22 2 5 .286 5.61 69.0 84 48 43 1 36 22 1 1.739 11.0 4.7 2.9 0.61 0.1 12
1943 23 13 10 .565 3.37 211.0 215 88 79 10 81 74 4 1.403 9.2 3.5 3.2 0.91 0.4 32
1944 24 12 14 .462 4.25 235.0 259 123 111 12 78 105 9 1.434 9.9 3.0 4.0 1.35 0.5 34
1945 25 11 12 .478 4.31 213.0 265 113 102 14 77 53 6 1.606 11.2 3.3 2.2 0.69 0.6 33
1946 26 12 10 .545 3.66 199.0 236 90 81 11 86 58 3 1.618 10.7 3.9 2.6 0.67 0.5 33
1947 27 5 9 .357 5.22 131.0 171 84 76 11 76 32 4 1.885 11.7 5.2 2.2 0.42 0.8 25
1948 28 3 6 .333 6.03 88.0 112 66 59 6 43 18 3 1.761 11.5 4.4 1.8 0.42 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 Yrs 58 66 .468 4.36 1161.0 1358 625 563 68 486 369 31 1.588 10.5 2.9 0.76 0.5 207

* 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%)

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  0.438 (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  1,006 (7th)

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (901), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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