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: 19-16 / in Starts: 17-13

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: 4

1936 Pitching Game Log

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1936 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	460	3	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	2.76	30	11	14	4	2	0	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.279	1.19	0.48%	5.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
2	461	8	Apr 21	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG(7)	W(2-0)	3	6.1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	2.79	24	8	10	1	1	2	67			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.215	2.81	0.43%	3.09	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a7
3	462	12	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	4	1	0	0.37	3.32	38	16	10	0	4	7	66			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	2	.52	0.256	1.66	0.49%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	463	14	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	W,11-8	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.35	3.24	5	1	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.158	3.63	0.29%	1.76	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
May				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
5	464	17	May 1	BOS		CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-0)	2	9.0	7	0	0	0	9	0	0	0.26	2.74	34	10	9	1	1	6	82			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.48	0.313	1.85	0.72%	6.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	465	20	May 5	BOS		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	0	0.20	2.84	35	4	18	2	4	5	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.670	4.24	1.55%	6.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	466	25	May 10	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS-4	L(5-1)	4	3.1	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	0.95	3.21	18	5	5	2	1	7	29			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.142	3.78	-0.36%	-1.87	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
8	467	28	May 14	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	0.96	3.05	31	8	13	1	6	5	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.644	4.47	1.56%	4.77	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
9	468	32	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.83	3.04	32	12	12	2	1	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.757	6.05	1.90%	5.94	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
10	469	36	May 23	BOS		WSH	L,7-8	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	5	3	2	0	0	1.38	3.13	29	8	8	1	2	8	36			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.140	4.65	-0.38%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d1
11	470	44	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		7	7.0	7	4	3	3	5	2	0	1.60	3.47	31	4	12	2	2	7	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.016	7.21	-0.05%	0.36	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
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
12	471	47	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(8-1)	3	9.0	9	3	3	4	5	0	1	1.75	3.51	40	14	7	1	1	9	58			0	0	0	33	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.76	0.231	7.05	0.56%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	472	51	Jun 8(1)	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	W(9-1)	3	9.0	11	3	3	1	5	0	1	1.86	3.45	39	8	13	0	3	11	57			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.309	4.93	0.84%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	473	56	Jun 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-2)	7	5.0	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.12	3.44	25	6	7	0	1	7	36			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.126	4.05	-0.32%	-1.11	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d3
15	474	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-3	L(9-3)	3	2.2	6	6	6	1	2	2	1	2.59	3.71	15	4	1	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.324	3.31	-0.66%	-4.18	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d5
16	475	63	Jun 23	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	W(10-3)	2	9.0	11	6	6	3	4	2	0	2.86	3.92	41	10	13	3	3	11	42			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.312	5.47	0.63%	-0.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	476	66	Jun 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	6-8	BS(1)	2	3.0	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2.86	3.91	15	5	3	0	1	5		1	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.340	4.10	-0.69%	-1.61	6b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 3 out d2
18	477	69	Jun 30(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-10	GS-5		3	5.0	8	5	4	2	2	2	0	3.04	4.11	25	3	10	1	3	8	33			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.252	4.64	-0.60%	-1.89	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d2
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
19	478	73	Jul 4(1)	BOS		PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(11-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.83	3.99	34	9	13	1	2	5	82			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.80	0.855	1.71	0.49%	6.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	479	80	Jul 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	L(11-4)	7	9.0	11	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.97	4.08	41	12	13	0	0	11	44			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.020	1.96	-0.02%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
21	480	85	Jul 16(1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-6	CG	L(11-5)	3	9.0	12	6	5	2	3	0	0	3.09	4.03	41	17	8	3	1	11	42			0	0	0	37	4	1	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.038	1.04	-0.02%	0.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
22	481	90	Jul 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-3	L(11-6)	4	2.0	8	5	5	0	0	1	0	3.35	4.11	13	1	4	0	1	8	20			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.286	1.11	-0.17%	-3.68	1b start a 1	3b --- 0 out d4
23	482	92	Jul 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-8	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.10	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	0.322	5.38	0.18%	0.81	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
24	483	94	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,18-3	CG	W(12-6)	1	9.0	9	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.32	4.10	38	16	4	2	1	9	56			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	3	0	1	.41	0.017	.42	0.01%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a15
25	484	100	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(13-6)	5	9.0	7	3	2	3	4	0	0	3.25	4.07	37	17	13	4	1	0	64			0	0	0	34	2	2	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.262	.56	0.09%	2.94	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
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
26	485	104	Aug 4	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	L(13-7)	3	8.0	7	4	4	6	1	0	0	3.31	4.12	34	8	12	1	1	7	47			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.015	.38	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
27	486	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-2	1-7	L(13-8)	3	6.2	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.23	4.10	25	10	9	3	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	0.247	.06	0.01%	2.94	1b --- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
28	487	112	Aug 14	BOS		WSH	W,9-0	SHO	W(14-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.08	4.04	32	9	14	1	3	4	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.175	.01	0.00%	6.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
29	488	116	Aug 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.03	3.98	36	13	9	0	2	9	62			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.378	.00	0.00%	3.60	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
30	489	120	Aug 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(13)	L(15-9)	3	12.2	9	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.98	3.99	50	11	21	2	6	9	77			0	0	0	45	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.73	0.459	.01	0.00%	4.59	1b start tie	13b 12- 2 out d1
31	490	125	Aug 27	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	L(15-10)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	6	0	0	3.02	3.94	39	13	8	0	4	10	55			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.028	.00	0.00%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
32	491	130	Sep 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	7	1	0	4	8	0	0	2.91	3.90	36	8	9	1	2	7	75			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.453	.00	0.00%	5.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	492	137	Sep 6(2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(17-10)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	11	1	0	2.87	3.85	33	10	7	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.555	.00	0.00%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	493	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF(13)	BL(17-11)	2	4.0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.82	3.83	16	8	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	0.364	.00	0.00%	1.57	9b 1-3 0 out a1	13b end d 1
35	494	149	Sep 20(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(17-12)	10	8.0	10	3	1	3	5	0	1	2.77	3.82	37	9	9	2	1	10	56			2	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.18	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.98	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							19-16		W-L:17-12,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.4	253.1	236	90	78	65	130	14	4	2.77	3.82	1051	0.96		6%	10%	218	58	6	33%	7	4	0	965	49	10	2	16	0	16	1.14	6.681	2.31	6.95%	76.14

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