Lefty Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD us

Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH

Buried: Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, MD

High School: Central HS (Lonaconing, MD)

Debut: April 14, 1925 (Age 25-039d, 6,153rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 41-206d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1947. (Voted by BBWAA on 123/161 ballots)
View Lefty Grove's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Robert Moses Grove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.8

300

141

ERA

3.06

616

457

3940.2

2266

WHIP

1.278

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-29 / in Starts: 7-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 68 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	51 (29-16-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 68 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	46 (23-14-8)

Most Driven In
C Galloway	2
J Poole	1
J Dykes	1

Most Driven In By
F Welch	1
B Lamar	1
S Hale	1

1925 Batting Game Log

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1925 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	1	Apr 14	PHA		BOS	W,9-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.49	-0.013	1.29	-0.02%	-0.13	P
2	2	4 (2)	Apr 17	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.78	-0.020	2.46	-0.04%	-0.41	P
3	3	6 (1)	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,2-6	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.50	-0.062	4.98	-0.12%	-0.61	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	4	12 (5)	May 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
5	5	15 (2)	May 4	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-7	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.36	-0.138	7.89	-0.28%	-0.80	P
6	6	16	May 5	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.037	2.43	-0.08%	-0.45	P
7	7	19 (2)	May 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.01	-0.027	4.76	-0.08%	-0.27	P
8	8	22 (2)	May 13	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	9	24 (1)	May 15	PHA	@	DET	W,8-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.54	-0.015	2.36	-0.04%	-0.12	P
10	10	26 (1)	May 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	6-GF(14)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.55	-0.207	13.69	-0.67%	-0.98	P
11	11	28 (1)	May 20	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.38	-0.073	6.45	-0.20%	-0.71	P
12	12	30 (1)	May 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	3.72	-0.117	17.41	-0.33%	-0.68	P
13	13	32 (1)	May 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-11	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.92	-0.041	6.05	-0.16%	-0.59	P
14	14	33	May 27	PHA		WSH	L,9-10	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
15	15	37 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-7	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9	.56	0.009	2.68	0.02%	0.48	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	16	40 (2)	Jun 1	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9						P
17	17	42 (1)	Jun 3	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-4	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	9						P
18	18	44 (1)	Jun 5	PHA		DET	W,8-6	4-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	9	1.50	0.064	7.15	0.18%	0.12	P
19	19	46 (1)	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,6-7	3-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.61	0.005	2.95	0.01%	0.01	P
20	20	48 (1)	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	W,9-8	4-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.160	.160	.320	9	1.00	-0.030	5.62	-0.10%	-0.28	P
21	21	54 (5)	Jun 16	PHA		CLE	W,12-7	GS-8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.172	.143	.315	9	.25	0.026	1.31	0.08%	-0.29	P
22	22	58 (3)	Jun 20	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.161	.133	.295	9	.86	-0.049	4.37	-0.15%	-0.48	P
23	23	63 (4)	Jun 26	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.147	.121	.268	9	1.02	-0.094	8.99	-0.50%	-1.09	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	70 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(15)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.128	.105	.233	9	1.67	-0.222	8.27	-0.66%	-1.04	P
25	25	75 (4)	Jul 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.122	.100	.222	9	1.06	-0.055	4.94	-0.15%	-0.61	P
26	26	79 (3)	Jul 14	PHA	@	DET	W,12-4	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.130	.111	.242	9	.31	0.005	1.59	0.01%	-1.14	P
27	27	84 (4)	Jul 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9	2.05	-0.113	11.35	-0.38%	-1.12	P
28	28	87 (2)	Jul 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	29	98 (10)	Aug 6 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,6-9	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.125	.106	.231	9						P
30	30	110 (11)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	2-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.122	.104	.227	9	1.19	-0.031	7.35	-0.11%	-0.35	P
31	31	111	Aug 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,8-9	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.122	.104	.227	9						P
32	32	112	Aug 20	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.120	.102	.222	9	.81	-0.022	5.64	-0.09%	-0.28	P
33	33	113	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.102	.120	.102	.222	6						P
34	34	118 (4)	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.118	.100	.218	9	.04	-0.001	.28	-0.01%	-0.13	P
35	35	119	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	L,1-8	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.118	.100	.218	9						P
36	36	120	Aug 29	PHA	@	DET	L,5-9	4-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.118	.100	.218	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	37	126 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.132	.115	.247	9	.70	0.009	2.67	0.02%	0.16	P
38	38	129 (2)	Sep 9	PHA		WSH	W,9-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.130	.113	.243	8	.55	-0.005	.82	-0.01%	-0.23	P
39	39	132 (2)	Sep 11	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.107	.123	.107	.230	9	1.15	-0.088	1.28	-0.06%	-1.10	P
40	40	135 (2)	Sep 13	PHA	@	WSH	T,6-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.119	.103	.222	9	1.62	-0.080	1.77	-0.05%	-0.78	P
41	41	139 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.103	.119	.103	.222	9						P
42	42	142 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	PHA		DET	W,7-3	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.117	.131	.117	.248	9	.63	-0.001	.13	0.00%	0.69	P
43	43	143	Sep 19	PHA		DET	L,5-9	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.129	.115	.244	9	.89	-0.028	.14	0.00%	-0.28	P
44	44	148 (4)	Sep 24	PHA		SLB	L,4-6	GS-10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.136	.123	.259	9	1.07	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
45	45	153 (4)	Oct 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.123	.136	.123	.259	9						P
							15-29		68	65	3	8	0	0	0	4	1	0	28	0	2		0		0	0	.123	.136	.123	.259		1.10	-1.539	4.60	-3.94%	-14.35

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