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	28-11 / in Starts: 23-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	78 (39-24-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	69 (34-21-12)

Most Driven In
B Miller	3
J Boley	1
M Haas	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
M Cochrane	3
T Cobb	2
Self	1
M Haas	1
M Bishop	1
T Speaker	1
J Foxx	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	142	1	Apr 11	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.16	-0.034	3.14	-0.06%	-0.34	P
2	143	5 (3)	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.26	-0.099	2.25	-0.11%	-0.71	P
3	144	8 (2)	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.78	-0.065	1.66	-0.08%	-0.66	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	145	11 (2)	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.64	-0.077	4.29	-0.12%	-0.70	P
5	146	15 (3)	May 7	PHA		DET	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.18	0.016	.54	0.03%	-0.19	P
6	147	21 (5)	May 14	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.36	-0.229	4.80	-0.49%	-2.31	P
7	148	25 (3)	May 19	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	9	.86	-0.018	2.62	-0.03%	-0.23	P
8	149	30 (4)	May 24 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.227	.190	.418	9	1.05	-0.040	6.18	-0.14%	-0.38	P
9	150	36 (5)	May 28	PHA		NYY	L,4-11	GS-6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.69	0.034	2.66	0.08%	0.28	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
10	151	40 (3)	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.250	.160	.410	9	.93	-0.051	2.29	-0.08%	-0.50	P
11	152	44 (3)	Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.241	.154	.395	9	.73	-0.019	1.53	-0.02%	-0.18	P
12	153	52 (7)	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.235	.194	.429	9	.32	0.032	.61	0.04%	0.69	P
13	154	54 (1)	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.235	.194	.429	9						P
14	155	57 (2)	Jun 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.152	.222	.182	.404	9	1.59	-0.107	7.13	-0.29%	-0.89	P
15	156	64 (6)	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.231	.171	.402	9	1.10	-0.040	3.79	-0.08%	-0.24	P
16	157	66 (1)	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.231	.171	.402	9						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
17	158	70 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-2	CG	5	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.295	.282	.578	9	.58	0.083	.46	0.04%	1.38	P
18	159	73 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.295	.282	.578	9						P
19	160	79 (5)	Jul 11 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,10-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.292	.262	.554	9	.68	-0.060	.83	-0.04%	-0.93	P
20	161	85 (5)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.288	.244	.533	9	.82	-0.058	.49	-0.02%	-1.26	P
21	162	90 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.286	.245	.531	9	.43	-0.045	.39	-0.03%	0.38	P
22	163	92 (1)	Jul 23	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.286	.245	.531	9						P
23	164	95 (2)	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.267	.226	.493	9	1.04	-0.118	1.53	-0.10%	-1.53	P
24	165	96	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.267	.226	.493	9						P
25	166	100 (3)	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.250	.211	.461	9	1.14	-0.128	3.97	-0.27%	-1.19	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
26	167	105 (4)	Aug 5	PHA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.250	.200	.450	9	1.26	-0.078	5.14	-0.19%	-0.61	P
27	168	107 (1)	Aug 7	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.250	.200	.450	9						P
28	169	110 (2)	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.250	.200	.450	9						P
29	170	111	Aug 13	PHA		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	0	.159	.264	.206	.470	9	.70	-0.061	2.37	-0.12%	-0.18	P
30	171	115 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.154	.257	.200	.457	9	1.19	-0.081	4.98	-0.20%	-0.66	P
31	172	120 (4)	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.247	.191	.438	9	.37	-0.031	1.22	-0.06%	-0.48	P
32	173	122 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-9	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.247	.191	.438	9						P
33	174	124 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.238	.183	.421	9	.79	-0.065	3.90	-0.19%	-0.70	P
Sept		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
34	175	129 (4)	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,14-2	CG	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.274	.230	.504	9	.33	0.118	2.14	0.46%	1.84	P
35	176	133 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.264	.221	.485	9	1.21	-0.097	9.64	-0.46%	-0.85	P
36	177	139 (5)	Sep 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.165	.258	.215	.474	9	.81	-0.059	16.13	-0.70%	-1.08	P
37	178	142 (2)	Sep 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.169	.258	.217	.475	9	1.46	-0.165	19.32	-1.31%	-1.71	P
38	179	145 (2)	Sep 21	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.253	.212	.464	9	1.63	-0.085	23.28	-0.73%	-0.92	P
39	180	150 (4)	Sep 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.170	.263	.250	.513	9	.79	0.081	7.88	0.48%	0.82	P
							28-11		104	88	10	15	2	1	1	6	10	0	41	1	4		0		0	0	.170	.263	.250	.513		.89	-1.546	4.41	-4.80%	-14.02

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