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	33-12 / in Starts: 20-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	76 (43-20-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (38-22-13)

Most Driven In
P Higgins	3
B Johnson	2
D Williams	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Johnson	4
M Cochrane	2
E Coleman	1
Self	1
D Cramer	1

1933 Batting Game Log

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1933 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	358	3 (2)	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.71	-0.070	1.59	-0.09%	-1.05	P
2	359	7 (3)	Apr 20	PHA		WSH	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.24	-0.040	.41	-0.04%	-1.74	P
3	360	12 (4)	Apr 25	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.13	-0.058	2.18	-0.07%	-0.59	P
4	361	15 (2)	Apr 29	PHA		BOS	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	9	.51	-0.040	.77	-0.04%	-1.78	P
5	362	16	Apr 30	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	1.88	-0.048	3.73	-0.06%	-0.18	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
6	363	18 (1)	May 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GS-5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.105	.000	.105	9	.59	0.017	.81	0.01%	-0.13	P
7	364	21 (2)	May 12	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.105	.000	.105	4						P
8	365	28 (6)	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,7-2	6-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.143	.105	.248	9	.41	0.054	.94	0.07%	0.52	P
9	366	29	May 22	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.130	.095	.226	9	1.43	-0.101	3.32	-0.14%	-0.93	P
10	367	30	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.125	.091	.216	9	.27	-0.007	.71	-0.01%	-0.26	P
11	368	31	May 24	PHA		SLB	W,7-4	6-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.125	.091	.216	9						P
12	369	32	May 25	PHA		DET	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.043	.120	.087	.207	9	1.89	-0.049	5.69	-0.09%	-0.18	P
13	370	34 (1)	May 27	PHA		DET	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.042	.115	.083	.199	9	.19	-0.005	.54	-0.01%	-0.18	P
14	371	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-3	6-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9	1.01	0.124	2.81	0.21%	0.45	P
15	372	37	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,11-8	9-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9						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
16	373	38	Jun 2	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.143	.154	.297	9						P
17	374	42 (3)	Jun 5	PHA		WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.300	.488	9	.40	0.052	.87	0.07%	0.69	P
18	375	47 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,9-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.257	.419	9	.96	-0.137	2.87	-0.25%	-1.78	P
19	376	50 (2)	Jun 13	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.114	.162	.257	.419	9						P
20	377	52 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-7	7-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.158	.250	.408	9	4.55	-0.143	11.66	-0.22%	-0.83	P
21	378	55 (2)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.237	.387	9	.55	-0.029	1.03	-0.03%	-0.30	P
22	379	58 (2)	Jun 22	PHA	@	CLE	W,11-6	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.128	.171	.282	.453	9	.17	0.011	.27	0.01%	1.15	P
23	380	60 (1)	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.143	.182	.286	.468	9	1.23	0.325	2.48	0.39%	2.16	P
24	381	66 (5)	Jun 29	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.170	.267	.437	9	.77	-0.073	.99	-0.06%	-1.06	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
25	382	70 (3)	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-5	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.167	.261	.428	9	1.00	-0.048	1.26	-0.04%	-0.60	P
26	383	78 (7)	Jul 10 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.154	.240	.394	9	1.64	-0.180	.91	-0.06%	-0.96	P
27	384	84 (5)	Jul 15	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.161	.226	.387	9	1.31	-0.031	.73	-0.01%	-0.23	P
28	385	88 (3)	Jul 20	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.211	.361	9	1.75	-0.168	.74	-0.04%	-1.24	P
29	386	92 (3)	Jul 24 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.143	.200	.343	9	1.17	-0.117	.92	-0.06%	-1.16	P
30	387	96 (3)	Jul 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.097	.138	.194	.332	9	.90	-0.047	.09	0.00%	-0.45	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
31	388	99 (2)	Aug 3	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.130	.182	.312	9	.83	-0.082	.10	-0.01%	-1.31	P
32	389	103 (3)	Aug 8	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.123	.171	.295	9	.59	-0.063	.08	-0.01%	-1.25	P
33	390	105 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.120	.167	.287	9	.76	-0.045	.06	0.00%	-0.50	P
34	391	109 (3)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.125	.169	.294	9	.61	-0.071	.02	0.00%	-1.41	P
35	392	114 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.086	.119	.160	.280	9	1.25	-0.134	.01	0.00%	-1.01	P
36	393	118 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.126	.167	.293	9	.90	0.054	.00	0.00%	0.52	P
37	394	123 (4)	Aug 27 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	L,8-9	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.092	.122	.161	.283	9	1.15	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.54	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
38	395	127 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.089	.128	.156	.283	9	.88	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
39	396	131 (3)	Sep 6	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2		0	0	.085	.122	.149	.271	9	1.02	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.47	P
40	397	134 (2)	Sep 9	PHA		CLE	W,5-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.122	.149	.271	9						P
41	398	135	Sep 11 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.119	.144	.263	9	.97	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.98	P
42	399	139 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.081	.117	.141	.258	9	.63	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.98	P
43	400	143 (3)	Sep 20	PHA		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.078	.113	.137	.250	9	.69	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
44	401	146 (2)	Sep 24	PHA	@	WSH	W,11-4	5-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.121	.155	.277	9	.14	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.96	P
45	402	147	Sep 27 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,0-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.086	.119	.152	.272	9	1.76	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.32	P
							33-12		113	105	9	9	4	0	1	7	4	0	44	0	4		3		0	0	.086	.119	.152	.272		.94	-1.569	.91	-0.56%	-19.83

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