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, 6,154th 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	32-9 / in Starts: 28-8
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 116 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	92 (44-26-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 116 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (39-24-14)

Most Driven In
B Miller	5
J Dykes	3
S Hale	2
J Boley	2
J Foxx	2
Self	1

Most Driven In By
M Cochrane	5
M Haas	4
J Dykes	1
M Bishop	1
Self	1
O Orwoll	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	181	4 (3)	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG(5)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.47	-0.041	1.39	-0.07%	-0.85	P
2	182	8 (3)	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.24	-0.103	4.30	-0.22%	-0.82	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
3	183	12 (3)	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,24-6	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.38	0.017	1.23	0.03%	-0.36	P
4	184	13	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.86	0.132	2.89	0.27%	1.52	P
5	185	15 (1)	May 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.24	0.069	4.83	0.16%	0.41	P
6	186	19 (3)	May 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.389	.722	9	.50	0.011	2.00	0.03%	0.55	P
7	187	21 (1)	May 14	PHA	@	DET	W,10-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.389	.722	9						P
8	188	23 (1)	May 17	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.364	.381	.745	9	1.11	0.051	4.46	0.12%	0.96	P
9	189	28 (4)	May 22	PHA		BOS	W,16-2	GS-6	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.400	.458	.858	9	.47	0.069	2.12	0.19%	1.80	P
10	190	32 (3)	May 25	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.407	.429	.481	.910	9	.50	0.043	2.35	0.12%	0.68	P
11	191	36 (3)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.379	.419	.448	.868	9	.18	0.009	.86	0.03%	-0.18	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
12	192	40 (3)	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,3-2	GS-13	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.364	.400	.424	.824	9	1.97	-0.080	9.38	-0.23%	-0.75	P
13	193	45 (4)	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.389	.757	9	.61	-0.067	2.77	-0.18%	-0.96	P
14	194	49 (3)	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	W,9-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.385	.750	9	.45	0.001	2.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
15	195	53 (3)	Jun 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.366	.385	.750	9						P
16	196	54	Jun 21 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.348	.349	.697	9	.45	-0.060	2.53	-0.20%	-0.79	P
17	197	60 (5)	Jun 25 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.340	.340	.680	9	.60	-0.068	2.04	-0.14%	-1.01	P
18	198	64 (3)	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.321	.320	.641	9	1.38	-0.111	4.73	-0.23%	-1.02	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
19	199	69 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.304	.302	.605	9	.96	-0.077	2.85	-0.14%	-0.73	P
20	200	73 (3)	Jul 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.273	.322	.309	.631	9	1.44	0.062	5.18	0.14%	0.68	P
21	201	77 (3)	Jul 12 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.259	.306	.293	.600	9	.60	0.033	2.50	0.08%	-0.05	P
22	202	84 (6)	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.292	.279	.571	9	1.13	-0.094	2.90	-0.15%	-1.32	P
23	203	88 (3)	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.275	.262	.537	9	.51	-0.053	1.00	-0.06%	-1.24	P
24	204	93 (4)	Jul 25	PHA		CLE	W,21-3	GS-7	4	4	2	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.301	.348	.649	9	.30	0.090	.43	0.08%	4.11	P
25	205	97 (3)	Jul 30	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.303	.347	.650	9	1.47	-0.053	2.27	-0.05%	-0.14	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	206	101 (3)	Aug 3	PHA		SLB	T,8-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.303	.347	.650	9						P
27	207	103 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-7	GS-7	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.321	.356	.677	9	.61	0.033	.42	0.01%	0.61	P
28	208	107 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.321	.356	.677	9						P
29	209	109 (1)	Aug 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.313	.347	.659	9	1.40	-0.080	.98	-0.03%	-0.62	P
30	210	113 (3)	Aug 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG(17)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.299	.329	.628	9	1.59	-0.168	.43	-0.03%	-1.03	P
31	211	116 (2)	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.300	.321	.621	9	1.29	-0.038	.20	0.00%	-0.24	P
32	212	120 (3)	Aug 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.287	.307	.594	9	2.21	-0.231	.41	-0.03%	-1.63	P
33	213	124 (3)	Aug 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.287	.307	.594	9						P
34	214	125	Aug 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-7	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.287	.307	.594	9						P
35	215	128 (2)	Aug 31	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.228	.276	.293	.569	9	1.36	-0.038	.04	0.00%	-0.58	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
36	216	133 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	9	.94	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.89	P
37	217	136 (2)	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,7-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	9						P
38	218	138 (1)	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	9						P
39	219	141 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.260	.276	.535	9	1.33	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
40	220	146 (4)	Sep 22	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.257	.273	.530	9	.47	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.12	P
41	221	149 (2)	Sep 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.252	.267	.520	9	.98	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
42	222	150	Oct 5	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS-4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.259	.275	.534	9	.56	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
							32-9		116	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	6	0	33	0	5		1		0	0	.216	.259	.275	.534		.96	-0.950	2.18	-0.50%	-6.23

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