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: 32-9 / in Starts: 28-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 1

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 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	181	4	Apr 21	PHA	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG(5)	W(1-0)	99	5.0	5	4	3	1	6	0	0	5.40	0.99	22	48	1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.01	-0.18%
2	182	8	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	L,7-9	GS-6		5	5.1	5	5	3	2	6	1	0	5.23	2.60	23	46	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.54	-0.49%
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
3	183	12	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,24-6	GS-5	W(2-0)	3	5.0	4	2	2	6	2	0	0	4.70	3.58	25	47	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.05%
4	184	13	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	0	9.0	6	1	0	2	9	0	0	2.96	2.79	34	80	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	0.76%
5	185	15	May 7	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	12	4	1	1	2	0	0	2.51	2.76	37	49	0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	3	4.72	-0.29%
6	186	19	May 11	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS-9	W(4-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.45	2.50	32	64	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.64	0.77%
7	187	21	May 14	PHA	@	DET	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.41	2.48	4		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.68	0.31%
8	188	23	May 17	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(5-1)	2	9.0	7	1	1	6	9	0	0	2.16	2.53	41	72	2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	6.87	1.67%
9	189	28	May 22	PHA		BOS	W,16-2	GS-5	W(6-1)	4	5.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.29	2.63	19	52	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.10	0.39%
10	190	32	May 25	PHA		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9		2	9.0	9	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.53	2.56	37	57	0	1	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	6.64	0.18%
11	191	36	May 30(1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.34	2.45	36	66	0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.30	0.56%
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
12	192	40	Jun 3	PHA		DET	W,3-2	CG(13)	W(8-1)	3	13.0	4	2	2	5	7	0	0	2.20	2.51	46	93	0	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	8.50	3.02%
13	193	45	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(9-1)	6	9.0	7	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.08	2.55	34	70	0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	5.45	1.39%
14	194	49	Jun 14	PHA		CLE	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.90	2.48	33	80	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.95%
15	195	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-2		3	2.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.12	2.48	12	32	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.58	-0.43%
16	196	54	Jun 21(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,11-1	CG	W(11-1)	2	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.03	2.40	34	75	0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.95	0.97%
17	197	60	Jun 25(1)	PHA		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(12-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.96	2.45	35	71	1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	0.57%
18	198	64	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	GS-7	L(12-2)	3	6.0	8	7	3	4	5	2	0	2.08	2.69	33	37	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	1	3	3.93	-0.64%
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
19	199	69	Jul 4(1)	PHA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(13-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	11	1	0	2.01	2.65	33	81	0	1	1	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	1.05%
20	200	73	Jul 8	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	W(14-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.01	2.68	33	72	1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	0.79%
21	201	77	Jul 12(1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-0	SHO	W(15-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.89	2.64	33	81	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.45%
22	202	84	Jul 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-5		3	5.0	8	3	2	3	3	0	0	1.94	2.66	27	41	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.25	0.01%
23	203	88	Jul 20	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(16-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	8	0	1	1.95	2.63	36	69	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.28%
24	204	93	Jul 25	PHA		CLE	W,21-3	GS-6	W(17-2)	4	6.0	8	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.03	2.69	29	42	0	0	0	24	2	1	0	2	0	0	.58	-0.03%
25	205	97	Jul 30	PHA		DET	W,5-4	GS-9		4	9.0	6	4	3	3	4	0	0	2.08	2.70	36	62	0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.74	0.03%
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	206	101	Aug 3	PHA		SLB	T,8-8	GS-1		3	0.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.27	2.70	8	24	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.13%
27	207	103	Aug 5(2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-7	GS-7		1	6.1	8	4	4	5	2	0	0	2.38	2.76	31	38	1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.03%
28	208	107	Aug 7(2)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.37	2.75	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.09%
29	209	109	Aug 10	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.2	11	5	5	2	1	1	0	2.52	2.83	30	26	0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.12%
30	210	113	Aug 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG(17)	W(18-2)	3	17.0	20	3	2	4	8	0	1	2.41	2.83	77	81	0	0	0	68	0	0	1	0	2	1	.63	0.22%
31	211	116	Aug 18	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(18-3)	3	8.0	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	2.40	2.83	32	58	2	0	0	29	3	1	0	0	1	1	.17	-0.01%
32	212	120	Aug 22	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(18-4)	3	8.1	9	4	4	7	3	0	0	2.47	2.89	40	45	2	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	.34	-0.05%
33	213	124	Aug 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.46	2.87	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
34	214	125	Aug 28	PHA	@	NYY	W,9-7	7-GF	S(3)	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.43	2.87	13		0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.03%
35	215	128	Aug 31	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	W(19-4)	2	9.0	12	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.49	2.86	38	49	1	0	0	35	1	0	0	3	1	2	.03	0.00%
Sep/Oct				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
36	216	133	Sep 7(1)	PHA		CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(20-4)	6	9.0	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.44	2.84	37	68	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
37	217	136	Sep 11	PHA		CHW	W,7-4	GS-1		3	1.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	2.57	2.83	9	28	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	218	138	Sep 13	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.56	2.82	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	219	141	Sep 18(1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-6	GS-7	L(20-5)	4	7.0	13	6	5	2	3	1	0	2.66	2.87	33	30	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	2	1	0	.00	0.00%
40	220	146	Sep 22	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-3		3	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	2.88	10	58	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
41	221	149	Sep 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-10	GS-5	L(20-6)	6	5.0	11	8	8	1	4	0	1	2.85	2.87	26	16	0	0	0	23	5	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.00%
42	222	150	Oct 5	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-4	GS-3		5	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.81	2.85	11	58	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							32-9		W-L:20-6,Sv:4	3.1	275.0	278	104	86	81	170	8	3	2.81	2.85	1168	56	12	7	1	1063	32	8	2	21	8	18	2.71	12.03%

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