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: 6-2 / in Starts: 3-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1929	WS g2	Oct 9	PHA	@	CHC	W,9-3	5-GF	S(1)	3	4.1	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	0.72	16					5	2	1	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.177	29.13	6.03%	2.91	5b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 6
2	1929	WS g4	Oct 12	PHA		CHC	W,10-8	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	0.11	6					1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.172	69.35	5.96%	1.17	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
1930 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
3	1930	WS g1	Oct 1	PHA		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.00	2.08	37	119	79	22	10	11	15	4	2	5	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.23	0.431	64.69	12.16%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	1930	WS g4	Oct 5	PHA	@	STL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	3	8.0	5	3	1	1	3	0	0	1.59	2.27	31	103	73	14	6	5	18	2	4	4	66			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	.76	0.078	45.94	3.13%	2.39	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
5	1930	WS g5	Oct 6	PHA	@	STL	W,2-0	8-GF	W(2-1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	2.28	8	32	20	7	1	2	2	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.255	158.11	12.62%	1.35	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
1931 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	1931	WS g1	Oct 1	PHA	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	12	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.00	1.58	38	130	102	14	18	11	15	3	1	5	62			2	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.246	53.81	9.35%	2.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	1931	WS g3	Oct 5	PHA		STL	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	8.0	11	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.18	2.25	36	108	72	16	5	15	10	4	3	8	45			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.080	40.14	-3.77%	0.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
8	1931	WS g6	Oct 9	PHA	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.42	2.14	33	106	77	21	9	6	17	6	4	2	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.265	44.84	10.95%	3.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
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