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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Team Record in Appearances: 34-16 / in Starts: 20-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 8

1927 Pitching Game Log

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1927 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	91	1	Apr 12	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-8	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	9	8	3	3	6	0	0	4.50	2.00	31	35	0	1	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	2	2.58	-0.41%
2	92	3	Apr 14	PHA	@	NYY	T,9-9	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.86	1.79	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.18%
3	93	5	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-6	W(1-1)	1	6.0	7	5	4	3	0	0	0	4.85	2.81	29	37	2	0	0	25	0	2	0	0	0	1	2.25	-0.36%
4	94	9	Apr 20	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	GS-5		3	5.0	6	3	2	2	5	0	0	4.50	2.50	19	48	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.33	-0.09%
5	95	13	Apr 27	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	5	5	0	0	3.33	2.69	38	71	1	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	0.73%
6	96	15	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,8-7	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	2.60	10		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	9.07	1.14%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
7	97	17	May 2	PHA		BOS	W,6-5	GS-9		2	9.0	12	5	2	1	5	0	0	2.79	2.40	40	53	1	1	0	39	4	0	0	0	0	1	4.99	0.25%
8	98	19	May 5	PHA		BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(2-2)	2	9.0	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.83	2.78	32	62	0	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	1	0	3.70	0.06%
9	99	20	May 7	PHA	@	CLE	L,10-11	7-GF(11)	BL(2-3)	1	4.2	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.92	2.62	20		0	1	2	17	0	0	1	0	0	1	8.41	-0.12%
10	100	23	May 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	W(3-3)	2	9.0	7	3	2	1	8	0	0	2.79	2.39	35	70	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.73	0.87%
11	101	27	May 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-12	GS-1	L(3-4)	3	1.0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.18	2.39	8	31	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.76	-0.53%
12	102	28	May 15	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	2.36	3		0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.03%
13	103	29	May 16	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-8	8-GF	S(2)	0	1.2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.05	2.46	10		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.89	0.16%
14	104	31	May 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(3-5)	2	7.0	7	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.00	2.52	30	52	0	0	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	1	2.66	0.03%
15	105	35	May 26(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(4-5)	6	9.0	9	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.78	2.48	37	67	0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.41	0.93%
16	106	37	May 28(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	6-GF	S(3)	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.65	2.41	14		0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	6.42	0.68%
17	107	38	May 28(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(4)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.62	2.39	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.86	0.37%
18	108	40	May 30(1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-8	CG	W(5-5)	1	9.0	15	8	8	4	11	0	0	3.13	2.29	45	32	1	0	0	41	7	0	0	0	0	0	4.79	0.05%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
19	109	48	Jun 7	PHA		SLB	W,11-9	7-GF	S(5)	7	2.1	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.14	2.32	13		1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.17%
20	110	51	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	2.32	2		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.14	0.34%
21	111	52	Jun 11	PHA		DET	L,5-6	6-8		0	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	2.31	9		0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.25%
22	112	53	Jun 13	PHA		DET	W,7-6	8-GF	W(6-5)	1	2.0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.98	2.28	7		1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.67	-0.18%
23	113	54	Jun 15	PHA		CHW	L,4-6	5-GF	L(6-6)	1	4.2	4	2	0	0	6	0	0	2.85	2.18	19		1	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	4.65	-0.04%
24	114	57	Jun 18	PHA		CHW	W,6-2	GS-9	W(7-6)	2	8.0	8	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.81	2.19	33	60	0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.10	0.27%
25	115	63	Jun 25(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-9	W(8-6)	6	8.0	9	5	5	4	10	0	0	2.99	2.15	34	50	0	0	0	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	3.37	0.58%
26	116	69	Jun 29	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-7)	3	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.06	2.15	26	50	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.05%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	117	71	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	2.15	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.02%
28	118	73	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	W(9-7)	2	9.0	6	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.97	2.07	34	75	0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.58	0.09%
29	119	75	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	L(9-8)	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.02	2.06	5		1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.09%
30	120	78	Jul 8	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	W(10-8)	2	9.0	8	5	3	4	7	1	0	3.02	2.16	41	58	0	1	0	37	0	2	0	0	0	2	.54	0.09%
31	121	80	Jul 10	PHA	@	SLB	W,14-11	6-9	W(11-8)	1	3.1	4	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.13	2.22	18		0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.56	0.03%
32	122	83	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	W(12-8)	2	9.0	11	5	5	3	4	0	1	3.24	2.26	42	46	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.03%
33	123	84	Jul 15(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.20	2.24	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.06%
34	124	85	Jul 15(2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,13-10	6-8	H(1)	-1	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.22	2.25	8		0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.03%
35	125	88	Jul 18	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(12-9)	2	8.0	9	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.33	2.38	34	47	0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.04%
36	126	91	Jul 24(1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,6-9	7-GF(8)	L(12-10)	5	2.0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	2.40	9		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.02%
37	127	94	Jul 26(1)	PHA		DET	L,4-10	GS-6	L(12-11)	1	6.0	7	5	5	2	2	1	1	3.43	2.50	26	38	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.01%
38	128	99	Jul 30	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(13-11)	3	9.0	10	3	2	3	7	0	0	3.36	2.48	39	61	2	1	1	34	3	0	0	0	1	1	.01	0.00%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
39	129	101	Aug 2(2)	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	12-GF(12)	W(14-11)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.35	2.48	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
40	130	104	Aug 4	PHA		CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	L(14-12)	1	8.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.35	2.47	34	55	0	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.00%
41	131	108	Aug 10	PHA		BOS	W,12-2	CG	W(15-12)	5	9.0	4	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.29	2.42	32	78	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	132	115	Aug 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(16-12)	6	9.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.19	2.38	35	71	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
43	133	118	Aug 20	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	9-GF	S(8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	2.37	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
44	134	119	Aug 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-6			0	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.23	2.38	12					11					0
45	135	125	Aug 28	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	GS-7	W(17-12)	6	7.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	0	3.25	2.41	31	49	0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
46	136	129	Sep 3	PHA		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-12)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	3.13	2.35	31	87	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
47	137	134	Sep 8	PHA		DET	W,9-1	CG	W(19-12)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.05	2.33	37	74	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
48	138	138	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,15-5	GS-6	W(20-12)	4	5.1	6	4	4	2	8	0	0	3.13	2.30	22	46	0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
49	139	140	Sep 15	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	8-GF	S(9)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	2.30	8		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
50	140	144	Sep 20(1)	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	GS-		4	8.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.04	2.31	29	70				26					0
51	141	151	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	5-6	L(20-13)	6	2.0	3	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.19	2.40	13		1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							34-16		W-L:20-13,Sv:9,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.4	262.1	251	117	93	79	174	6	2	3.19	2.40	1108	56	13	11	3	997	53	12	2	13	6	23	2.11	5.48%

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