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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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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

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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
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 66 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 73 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 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 207 428 373 23 48 4 2 1 19 0 2 31 128 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 59 9 3 21 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 335 292 18 38 3 2 1 15 0 2 24 100 .129 .201 .158 .360 4 46 7 2 16

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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
1940 CHW AL 20 P 3 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 1.07
1941 CHW AL 21 P 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 1.15
1942 CHW AL 22 P 12 25 8 16 1 1 .960 2.00 .956 1.30
1943 CHW AL 23 P 32 65 21 43 1 0 .985 2.00 .962 1.27
1944 CHW AL 24 P 34 73 6 64 3 3 .959 2.06 .960 1.14 AS
1945 CHW AL 25 P 33 72 12 55 5 3 .931 2.03 .956 1.28
1946 CHW AL 26 P 33 61 8 49 4 5 .934 1.73 .952 1.01
1947 CHW AL 27 P 25 31 11 19 1 1 .968 1.20 .955 0.95
1948 CHW AL 28 P 32 34 5 26 3 1 .912 0.97 .965 0.91
1949 CHW AL 29 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
10 Seasons P 207 365 72 275 18 14 .951 1.68 .958 1.11
10 Seasons TOT 207 365 72 275 18 14 .951 1.68 .909 1.11

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

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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  7. Dick Fowler (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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