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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1926 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	GS	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	14 (3)	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (4)	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	23 (3)	May 7	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	26 (2)	May 11	PHA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
8	30 (3)	May 15	PHA		DET	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	33 (2)	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	38 (4)	May 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,12-17	GS	25	4.1	0	0	1	1	0
11	42 (3)	May 28 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	46 (3)	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	49 (2)	Jun 2 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	50	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	53 (2)	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	56 (2)	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	43	10.2	0	2	0	2	0
17	60 (3)	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	W,12-9	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	62 (1)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	65 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-8	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	69 (3)	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	72 (2)	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	GS	23	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	76 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	77	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	82 (4)	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	W,17-14	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	83	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	87 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
27	92 (4)	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	94 (1)	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	GF	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	98 (3)	Jul 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	100 (1)	Jul 31	PHA	@	DET	W,9-6	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	GF	20	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	106 (3)	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	111 (4)	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	115 (3)	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
35	117 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	120 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,2-4		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
37	122 (1)	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
38	124 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	GS	20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	129 (4)	Sep 1	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	131 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	133 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	135 (1)	Sep 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	138 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
44	142 (3)	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
45	150 (7)	Sep 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0
							45gm		258.0	6	53	3	62	3