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: 10-12 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

1934 Pitching Game Log

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1934 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	403	15	May 5	BOS		SLB	W,13-12	4-4		99	0.0	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	inf	inf	5	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.230	2.22	-0.33%	-3.85	4t --- 0 out a6	4t 123 0 out a4
2	404	24	May 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-8	3-GF		8	6.2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	6.75	3.93	24	8	10	0	3	3		3	2	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.007	.20	-0.01%	2.29	3t 123 1 out d5	9t end d 6
3	405	27	May 19	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.45	3.37	33	11	10	2	2	6	73			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.419	1.32	0.32%	4.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	406	31	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	10	5	5	0	3	1	0	4.01	3.59	38	9	16	2	3	10	50			1	0	0	38	4	1	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.251	2.70	-0.30%	0.25	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
5	407	35	May 28	BOS	@	DET	L,6-12	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.2	12	8	8	1	2	2	0	5.64	4.34	29	6	8	1	2	12	14			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.671	1.84	-0.67%	-5.08	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	408	40	Jun 2(1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-2)	4	8.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.93	4.15	35	12	9	4	0	10	54			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.173	2.04	0.21%	2.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
7	409	44	Jun 6(1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	GS-4	L(2-3)	3	4.0	13	8	7	2	2	0	0	5.95	4.10	27	3	7	2	1	13	6			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.367	1.60	-0.52%	-5.60	1t start tie	4t 3 out d8
8	410	47	Jun 9	BOS		WSH	L,1-8	GS-8	L(2-4)	2	7.1	15	8	8	1	2	0	1	6.52	4.01	37	9	10	1	2	14	17			0	1	0	35	8	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.238	2.61	-0.31%	-3.80	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d7
9	411	50	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,15-13	4-9	W(3-4)	3	4.2	13	8	8	3	2	0	0	7.29	4.03	30	5	8	2	2	12		3	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.089	1.03	0.12%	-3.17	4t 123 2 out a5	9t 12- 1 out a4
10	412	54	Jun 17(2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	5.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	7.13	3.92	20	15	0	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.061	1.14	0.05%	0.66	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
11	413	70	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	6-7	BS(1)	15	2.0	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	7.34	4.01	12	2	3	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	-0.407	3.64	-0.37%	-1.91	6b --- 0 out a2	7b 3 out d1
12	414	92	Jul 24	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	6-7		20	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	7.25	4.05	10	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.030	.52	-0.02%	0.16	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	415	106	Aug 8	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-9	3-GF	W(5-4)	14	6.1	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.85	3.92	25	10	8	1	1	5		1	0	0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.300	.08	0.01%	1.58	3b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
14	416	112	Aug 14	BOS		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(6-4)	5	9.0	6	3	2	2	5	0	0	6.29	3.78	35	10	12	2	1	6	68			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.243	.03	0.01%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	417	117	Aug 19(1)	BOS		DET	L,6-8	GS-5	L(6-5)	4	5.0	10	8	7	1	3	0	0	6.67	3.71	27	7	10	1	3	6	19			0	0	0	26	5	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.401	.05	-0.01%	-5.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
16	418	123	Aug 25(2)	BOS		CHW	L,7-8	GS-2		5	2.0	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	6.93	3.71	15	3	4	1	2	6	26			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	.94	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-3.80	1t start tie	2t 3 out d5
17	419	127	Aug 28	BOS		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(7-5)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	6.46	3.63	34	13	10	1	2	7	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.183	.00	0.00%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	420	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-8	7-GF	BL(7-6)	3	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.52	3.75	10	3	4	0	3	3		2	2	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	-0.789	.00	0.00%	-1.95	7b 1-3 1 out a2	9b end d 1
19	421	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS-	L(7-7)	3	4.0	9	7	7	3	1	1	0	6.88	3.93	22						14						18					0
20	422	138	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	BW(8-7)	5	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.68	3.90	13	4	4	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	0.263	.00	0.00%	1.08	9b 1-3 0 out a2	11b end a 1
21	423	142	Sep 16(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,10-12		L(8-8)	4	3.2	3	2	2	3	3	0	0	6.62	3.90	17												14					0
22	424	145	Sep 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.50	3.90	8	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.24	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							10-12		W-L:8-8,BSv:3	3.7	109.1	149	84	79	32	43	5	1	6.50	3.90	506	1.03		8%	10%	127	38	11	55%	5	2	0	466	38	4	0	4	0	6	1.13	-1.872	1.14	-1.82%	-14.07

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