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: 28-11 / in Starts: 23-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 3

1928 Pitching Game Log

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1928 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	142	1	Apr 11	PHA		NYY	L,3-8	GS-3	L(0-1)	99	3.0	4	5	5	4	1	0	0	15.00	6.36	17	28	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	-0.45%
2	143	5	Apr 20	PHA	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.50	3.03	34	79	0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	1	0	2.68	0.60%
3	144	8	Apr 25	PHA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.43	2.65	38	66	1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	3.76	0.66%
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
4	145	11	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	5	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.67	2.81	25	44	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	2	0	0	2.61	-0.10%
5	146	15	May 7	PHA		DET	W,10-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.75	2.53	35	84	0	0	0	33	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.29	0.27%
6	147	21	May 14	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG(10)	W(5-1)	6	10.0	8	3	2	0	11	0	1	2.54	2.23	40	77	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.29	0.98%
7	148	25	May 19	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.13	2.01	31	93	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.19	1.11%
8	149	30	May 24(1)	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	8.0	10	6	6	3	8	0	0	2.71	2.03	37	43	1	0	0	34	3	1	0	1	0	1	7.58	-1.34%
9	150	36	May 28	PHA		NYY	L,4-11	GS-6	L(6-3)	3	6.0	10	7	4	1	4	1	0	3.00	2.23	28	33	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	4.86	-1.18%
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
10	151	40	Jun 2	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	3	2	2	4	11	0	0	2.88	2.20	34	80	2	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.27	0.78%
11	152	44	Jun 7	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-4	GS-3	L(7-4)	4	3.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.22	2.38	16	28	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	-0.26%
12	153	52	Jun 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	W(8-4)	7	9.0	9	5	4	2	4	0	0	3.30	2.42	37	53	0	0	0	35	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.50	-0.02%
13	154	54	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-7	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.39	2.42	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	-0.19%
14	155	57	Jun 21	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(8-5)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.48	2.62	33	52	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.21	-0.05%
15	156	64	Jun 27	PHA		NYY	L,4-7	GS-8	L(8-6)	5	7.0	9	7	5	2	2	0	0	3.67	2.67	31	35	0	0	0	29	1	2	0	1	0	0	3.63	-1.01%
16	157	66	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.65	2.63	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.44	0.12%
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
17	158	70	Jul 2(1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-2	CG	W(9-6)	2	9.0	9	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.52	2.77	38	63	0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.15%
18	159	73	Jul 4(1)	PHA		BOS	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.49	2.78	4		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.08%
19	160	79	Jul 11(1)	PHA		CHW	W,10-3	CG	W(10-6)	6	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.46	2.83	35	56	1	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.09%
20	161	85	Jul 17	PHA		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(11-6)	5	9.0	10	2	1	3	8	0	0	3.29	2.79	39	66	1	2	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	.74	0.12%
21	162	90	Jul 21(1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	8	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.15	2.80	36	67	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.79	0.19%
22	163	92	Jul 23	PHA		WSH	L,0-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	2.80	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.00%
23	164	95	Jul 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(13-6)	2	9.0	8	1	0	4	4	0	0	2.94	2.84	38	69	2	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.90	0.35%
24	165	96	Jul 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-4	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.90	2.81	10		0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	0.10%
25	166	100	Jul 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	W(14-6)	3	9.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	2.96	2.93	35	57	0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.22%
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
26	167	105	Aug 5	PHA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	11	1	0	2.86	2.92	30	86	0	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	1.37%
27	168	107	Aug 7	PHA	@	DET	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.90	2.99	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.08%
28	169	110	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	W(16-6)	3	2.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2.86	2.96	9		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.74	-0.10%
29	170	111	Aug 13	PHA		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(17-6)	1	9.0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.72	2.96	30	82	2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.94	0.86%
30	171	115	Aug 18(1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(18-6)	4	9.0	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.64	2.96	34	70	1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	6.76	1.00%
31	172	120	Aug 23	PHA		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(19-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.57	2.90	33	74	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.03	0.90%
32	173	122	Aug 25(1)	PHA		CHW	L,3-9	8-9	BS(1)	1	1.1	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	2.73	2.90	10		0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.80	-0.82%
33	174	124	Aug 28(1)	PHA		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(20-6)	2	9.0	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.62	2.89	37	74	0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	9.89	2.30%
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
34	175	129	Sep 1	PHA		BOS	W,14-2	CG	W(21-6)	3	9.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.59	2.91	38	65	0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.30%
35	176	133	Sep 7(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-6)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	2.49	2.84	30	89	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	12.47	3.95%
36	177	139	Sep 11	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(22-7)	3	8.0	7	5	5	4	5	1	0	2.59	2.91	35	49	1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	24.12	-5.17%
37	178	142	Sep 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(23-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.54	2.88	32	79	0	0	1	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.25	2.65%
38	179	145	Sep 21	PHA	@	DET	L,4-9	GS-5	L(23-8)	4	4.1	9	6	5	0	1	1	0	2.67	2.93	22	24	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	21.29	-4.15%
39	180	150	Sep 27	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(24-8)	5	9.0	6	3	2	1	9	0	0	2.65	2.87	34	73	1	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	12.54	1.74%
							28-11		W-L:24-8,Sv:3,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.4	261.2	228	93	77	64	183	10	1	2.65	2.87	1059	63	13	9	1	989	31	9	1	20	2	17	5.19	5.95%

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