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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Team Record in Appearances: 24-21 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 8

1926 Pitching Game Log

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1926 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	46	4	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	4-5		99	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	18.00	9.03	6		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.13	-0.18%
2	47	6	Apr 19(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	3	1	1	4	8	0	1	2.70	3.53	35	81	0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	2.83	0.61%
3	48	10	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,5-9	GS-1	L(1-1)	3	0.0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	3.60	4.13	4	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.84	-0.26%
4	49	14	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	10	3	3	2	11	0	0	3.50	2.75	34	59	0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	1	0	2.48	0.10%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	50	19	May 3	PHA		NYY	W,8-3	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	3	3	6	6	0	0	3.33	3.07	38	59	2	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.09%
6	51	23	May 7	PHA		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.75	2.94	34	74	0	1	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.49%
7	52	26	May 11	PHA		CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	8	2	1	5	11	0	0	2.40	2.81	41	71	1	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.89	0.43%
8	53	30	May 15	PHA		DET	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.00	2.71	32	79	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.32%
9	54	33	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	L(5-3)	3	9.0	8	6	6	5	4	1	0	2.57	3.08	40	46	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	-0.75%
10	55	38	May 25(1)	PHA		WSH	L,12-17	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	4.1	7	9	2	4	4	0	0	2.67	3.13	25	27	2	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.44	-0.71%
11	56	42	May 28(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	2	9.0	7	1	0	5	9	0	0	2.36	3.08	37	75	0	1	0	32	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.57	1.13%
12	57	46	May 31(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-5)	2	8.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.35	2.97	30	67	0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.21	0.22%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
13	58	49	Jun 2(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.29	2.88	6		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	0.35%
14	59	50	Jun 5	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	5	1	1	4	10	0	0	2.17	2.81	36	79	0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.18	0.44%
15	60	53	Jun 8	PHA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	L(7-6)	2	8.0	7	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.09	2.95	35	60	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.06	0.39%
16	61	56	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(7-7)	3	10.2	11	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.97	2.92	43	71	0	1	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.23	0.65%
17	62	60	Jun 17	PHA	@	DET	W,12-9	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.95	2.91	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	.76	0.01%
18	63	62	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(7-8)	1	8.0	11	5	0	4	6	0	0	1.82	2.91	38	52	0	1	0	29	1	1	2	1	1	1	1.85	-0.24%
19	64	65	Jun 24(1)	PHA		WSH	L,6-8	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	0	0	4	1	0	1.75	2.96	22	53	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.21%
20	65	69	Jun 28	PHA		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	7	1	0	0	10	0	0	1.64	2.82	34	81	0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.17%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	66	72	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	GS-5		2	5.0	6	4	4	3	6	0	0	1.83	2.80	23	42	0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.08%
22	67	76	Jul 5(1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	12	0	0	1.78	2.68	33	86	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.82	0.61%
23	68	77	Jul 5(2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	7-GF	S(3)	-1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.81	2.66	11		0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.26	0.33%
24	69	82	Jul 10	PHA		CHW	W,17-14	GS-5		4	5.0	5	4	4	2	4	0	0	1.98	2.66	21	43	1	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.11%
25	70	83	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	7-GF		1	3.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	2.66	14		0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	-0.05%
26	71	87	Jul 17	PHA		DET	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-9)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	1	2.06	2.80	32	57	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.37	0.16%
27	72	92	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-10)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.18	2.78	31	47	2	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.05%
28	73	94	Jul 24	PHA		CLE	W,6-5	6-GF(10)	BW(10-10)	1	5.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.17	2.76	18		0	1	0	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.71	0.21%
29	74	98	Jul 29	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-11)	4	8.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.22	2.75	33	55	0	0	1	29	4	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.04%
30	75	100	Jul 31	PHA	@	DET	W,9-6	7-GF	S(4)	1	2.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.24	2.75	11		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	.23	0.02%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
31	76	102	Aug 2(2)	PHA	@	DET	W,10-1	6-GF	S(5)	1	4.0	5	1	1	4	2	1	0	2.24	2.87	20		0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.02%
32	77	106	Aug 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	2	2.27	2.94	39	63	0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.05	0.01%
33	78	111	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-5		3	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.30	2.95	23	50	3	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.00%
34	79	115	Aug 14(2)	PHA	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(12-11)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	9	0	0	2.29	2.90	34	72	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.16%
35	80	117	Aug 17(1)	PHA		CLE	W,9-4	7-GF	S(6)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	2.26	2.88	12		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.01%
36	81	120	Aug 20(1)	PHA		DET	L,2-4	6-7		2	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.28	2.88	7		0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.08%
37	82	122	Aug 22	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	1	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.27	2.89	35	69	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.10%
38	83	124	Aug 26(1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-6	GS-6		3	5.0	4	3	2	1	5	0	1	2.30	2.88	20	53	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	.25	0.03%
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
39	84	129	Sep 1	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-2		5	1.2	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	2.43	2.93	12	31	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.54	-0.13%
40	85	131	Sep 3(2)	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS-4		1	4.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.47	2.97	18	48	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.01%
41	86	133	Sep 6(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-2	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.47	2.99	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.00%
42	87	135	Sep 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	GS-2		4	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.48	3.01	11	47	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
43	88	138	Sep 16(1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(13-12)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.44	3.00	31	73	0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
44	89	142	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5		L(13-13)	2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.46	3.00	8					5					0
45	90	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-1		7	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.52	3.01	5	40	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							24-21		W-L:13-13,Sv:6,BSv:1	2.7	257.0	227	97	72	98	197	6	6	2.52	3.01	1080	59	13	13	1	940	36	9	2	19	11	15	1.77	4.50%

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