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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 22	PHA		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	9	Apr 24	PHA		WSH	W,10-7		9	1.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (7)	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	18	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	22 (3)	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	23	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,15-10	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	24	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-7	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	26 (1)	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
11	30 (3)	May 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	34 (3)	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	35	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	48	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	40 (4)	Jun 3	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	42 (1)	Jun 5	PHA		CHW	L,5-7	GF	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	45 (2)	Jun 8	PHA		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	49 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	54 (4)	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	56 (1)	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	58 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	63 (4)	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	68 (4)	Jul 1	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	GF	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	75 (4)	Jul 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	81 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-7	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	87 (5)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	95 (7)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	99 (3)	Jul 28	PHA		SLB	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	104 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	108 (3)	Aug 9	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	109	Aug 11	PHA	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	112 (2)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	114 (1)	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	118 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	124 (5)	Aug 29	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	GS	23	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	129 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	136 (6)	Sep 8	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	139 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	145 (5)	Sep 18	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	151 (5)	Sep 24	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	153 (1)	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							41gm		289.0	2	47	0	49	1