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: 40-10 / in Starts: 26-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 10

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	223	1	Apr 15	PHA		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	1	3	9	0	0	1.00	1.86	36	9	9	2	1	6	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	.96	0.289	2.42	0.44%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	224	5	Apr 22	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-6	GS-3		6	2.1	8	6	6	2	4	1	0	5.56	3.03	17	2	1	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.527	3.37	-0.85%	-5.50	1b start a 3	3b 1-3 1 out d1
3	225	7	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-6		3	6.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.15	2.45	28	8	5	0	2	8	57			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.290	4.41	0.55%	2.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
4	226	9	Apr 28	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.93	2.26	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	0.227	6.83	0.33%	0.58	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	227	12	May 1	PHA		DET	W,19-2	CG	W(2-0)	2	9.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	0	3.29	2.01	35	5	12	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.142	.77	0.22%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a17
6	228	16	May 5	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(3-0)	3	12.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.97	2.12	43	9	19	8	0	7	80			0	1	1	40	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.38	0.935	4.84	1.96%	4.72	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
7	229	20	May 9	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	10	4	2	2	4	1	0	2.79	2.48	36	17	4	0	0	9	57			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	3	0	1	.87	0.208	3.90	0.56%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	230	28	May 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-0)	8	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.35	2.31	33	10	9	0	2	5	84			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.918	6.96	2.61%	5.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	231	29	May 21(1)	PHA		NYY	W,15-7	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.43	2.48	10	1	3	1	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.004	.37	0.01%	0.29	8t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 8
10	232	32	May 22(2)	PHA		NYY	L,13-20	7-8		0	1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.52	2.56	8	1	2	0	0	2		1	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.017	4.22	-0.05%	0.02	7t -2- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d3
11	233	36	May 26	PHA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	8	5	3	3	8	1	2	2.58	2.77	39	9	9	3	2	8	60			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	2	.76	0.308	2.55	0.62%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	234	39	May 30(1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	GS-9		3	9.0	9	6	5	4	6	0	0	2.86	2.78	39	7	13	0	2	9	49			1	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.213	5.37	-0.68%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	235	42	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.84	2.77	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	0.132	18.12	0.49%	1.30	9b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
14	236	43	Jun 3	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	GS-9	W(7-0)	1	8.1	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.67	2.76	35	9	11	3	1	7	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.388	6.58	1.16%	3.64	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
15	237	47	Jun 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-2		3	1.1	7	4	4	0	0	0	1	3.03	2.80	12	4	1	0	1	6	24			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.357	7.09	-1.07%	-3.82	1b start a 2	2b 12- 1 out d1
16	238	50	Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	L(7-1)	2	1.2	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.08	2.86	9	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.04	-0.018	20.81	-0.05%	0.72	10b 12- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
17	239	51	Jun 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-2)	0	7.0	10	3	2	2	5	0	0	3.04	2.81	32	5	10	3	0	10	50			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.21	0.026	8.06	0.10%	1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
18	240	55	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.87	2.71	33	9	12	2	1	4	81			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	2	.48	0.295	2.19	0.80%	4.62	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
19	241	58	Jun 19	PHA		CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.80	2.64	36	13	7	1	0	11	62			0	1	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.439	5.68	1.61%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	242	62	Jun 23(1)	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(10-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	0	0	2.67	2.50	33	6	10	1	0	5	83			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.677	7.52	2.18%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	243	67	Jun 27(1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-8	GS-5	L(10-3)	3	5.0	8	7	2	1	4	0	0	2.71	2.48	26	9	4	0	1	8	36			1	2	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	4	.93	-0.290	5.02	-0.95%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	244	72	Jul 1	PHA		DET	W,4-1	CG(5)	W(11-3)	3	5.0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.67	2.49	17	4	7	2	1	1	62			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	.84	0.192	4.54	0.62%	2.22	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
23	245	75	Jul 3	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	2.49	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	0.195	27.54	0.92%	0.64	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
24	246	76	Jul 4(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7		0	6.2	8	5	4	2	4	0	0	2.79	2.50	29	5	10	0	1	8	42			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.29	-0.009	7.18	-0.03%	-0.41	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a1
25	247	86	Jul 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-7	8-GF(11)	BW(12-3)	9	3.2	2	1	0	3	4	0	0	2.72	2.51	17	3	5	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.67	-0.121	20.44	-0.40%	0.53	8b 1-- 1 out a1	11b end a 2
26	248	88	Jul 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-7	GS-2		1	2.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.86	2.60	13	1	3	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.70	0.010	3.72	0.03%	-1.82	1b start a 2	2b 3 out a6
27	249	89	Jul 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-8	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	2.60	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.024	2.33	0.08%	0.27	9b 1-3 1 out a5	9b end a 4
28	250	92	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	W(13-3)	2	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.86	2.59	35	11	7	1	1	8	62			1	0	0	32	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.14	0.356	5.79	1.09%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
29	251	94	Jul 22	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	7-GF(8)	BL(13-4)	1	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.94	2.57	10	3	1	0	1	4		1	1	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.268	7.16	-0.77%	-1.11	7b -2- 0 out a1	8b end d 2
30	252	97	Jul 25	PHA	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	W(14-4)	2	9.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.83	2.56	34	16	10	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	2	.26	0.159	1.07	0.40%	4.68	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a13
31	253	102	Jul 30	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	W(15-4)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.89	2.57	40	14	10	0	1	10	53			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	1	1	1.11	0.278	6.82	1.03%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	254	103	Jul 31	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	S(6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	2.57	3	1	2	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.18	0.475	26.09	1.44%	1.13	9b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	255	105	Aug 2(2)	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	9-GF	BW(16-4)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.57	4	1	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.71	-0.028	11.02	-0.04%	0.06	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end tie
34	256	107	Aug 4	PHA		BOS	W,13-4	CG	W(17-4)	1	9.0	12	4	4	1	7	0	0	2.92	2.53	38	6	12	0	2	12	53			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	1	2	0	.66	0.207	1.62	0.30%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
35	257	111	Aug 8(1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.83	2.50	35	9	11	2	0	8	72			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.410	2.64	0.69%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
36	258	116	Aug 12(1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(19-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.75	2.45	34	8	14	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	1	.67	0.266	1.27	0.30%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
37	259	120	Aug 16	PHA		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(20-4)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.72	2.46	36	10	12	4	0	10	61			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.32	0.465	2.54	0.54%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	260	123	Aug 20	PHA		DET	W,10-6	CG	W(21-4)	3	9.0	7	6	2	4	5	1	0	2.69	2.54	39	10	13	3	0	7	58			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	.45	0.220	.68	0.20%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
39	261	128	Aug 25	PHA		WSH	L,2-3	CG	L(21-5)	4	9.0	8	3	1	2	5	1	0	2.62	2.59	36	9	12	3	1	8	66			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.185	3.68	0.29%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
40	262	129	Aug 26	PHA		WSH	W,10-9	9-GF	S(7)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.61	2.57	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.193	9.34	0.46%	0.64	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
41	263	131	Aug 30	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-0	SHO	W(22-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	8	0	1	2.52	2.53	34	10	9	2	1	6	83			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.215	.68	0.23%	5.23	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a11
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
42	264	133	Sep 1(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	S(8)	1	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.50	2.52	6	0	1	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	0.431	5.62	0.32%	1.42	8b 123 2 out a1	9b end a 1
43	265	135	Sep 3	PHA		BOS	W,11-4	GS-6	W(23-5)	1	6.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.59	2.51	27	6	7	2	1	9	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.104	1.97	0.12%	-0.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
44	266	136	Sep 4	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	7-GF(15)	W(24-5)	0	9.0	9	3	3	1	8	1	0	2.60	2.52	35	11	6	0	1	9		0	0	0	0	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.99	0.419	2.07	0.26%	2.79	7t --- 0 out tie	15t end tie
45	267	138	Sep 6	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	8-GF(10)	W(25-5)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.57	2.50	9	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.454	1.98	0.29%	1.93	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
46	268	140	Sep 9	PHA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(26-5)	2	9.0	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2.48	2.48	36	13	11	2	2	8	73			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0.586	.90	0.25%	4.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
47	269	142	Sep 13	PHA	@	CLE	W,9-2	5-GF	W(27-5)	3	5.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.44	2.48	16	6	6	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.187	.29	0.05%	3.16	5b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 7
48	270	144	Sep 16(1)	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	W(28-5)	2	9.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.49	2.47	36	9	13	0	3	9	56			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.64	0.257	.15	0.01%	1.29	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
49	271	147	Sep 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-10	7-GF	S(9)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.46	2.47	12	5	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.103	.01	0.00%	1.76	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
50	272	154	Sep 28	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9			9	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.48	2.46	8												8	1	0	0		0
							40-10		W-L:28-5,Sv:9,BSv:3	2.4	290.2	272	101	80	61	209	8	5	2.48	2.46	1192	0.94		8%	5%	266	60	16	31%	9	8	1	1106	46	11	2	24	14	24	1.14	9.821	4.13	18.66%	81.84

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