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: 11-10 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	596	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS-7		99	7.0	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.57	4.19	25	8	10	2	1	2	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.074	2.19	0.13%	1.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	597	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-3	L(0-1)	10	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	0	0	6.30	3.33	16	7	0	0	0	5	27			1	0	0	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.247	2.15	-0.45%	-3.24	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
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
3	598	17	May 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	8	4	4	5	3	2	0	5.21	4.70	38	20	2	0	0	8	53			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.082	1.14	0.11%	0.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
4	599	20	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,8-4	CG	W(2-1)	7	9.0	10	4	3	5	4	0	0	4.50	4.19	43	9	15	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	38	4	0	0	0	0	1	.50	0.096	1.72	0.20%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	600	26	May 18	BOS		DET	L,5-6	GS-7		5	7.0	8	4	4	4	1	0	2	4.63	4.27	33	8	11	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.099	1.89	-0.14%	-0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
6	601	33	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	7	3	0	2	1	1	0	3.68	4.26	37	15	12	1	0	7	66			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	2	.91	0.122	1.62	0.13%	1.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
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
7	602	40	Jun 1(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-7		6	6.1	11	6	6	0	2	0	0	4.29	3.94	30	9	8	0	4	11	29			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.112	1.85	-0.13%	-0.90	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
8	603	46	Jun 8(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(4-1)	6	10.0	9	3	2	4	7	0	0	3.88	3.64	47						67						39	2	0			0
9	604	51	Jun 15(1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	GS-4		6	3.2	5	5	1	0	3	0	0	3.80	3.47	18	4	7	1	1	4	42			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	-0.072	3.32	-0.14%	-1.29	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a2
10	605	58	Jun 21	BOS		SLB	L,9-13	GS-2	L(4-2)	5	1.2	5	6	5	3	0	1	0	4.39	3.78	13	2	3	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.331	3.22	-0.64%	-4.37	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d5
11	606	62	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	5	0	0	4.10	3.67	40	10	13	1	5	7	65			2	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.237	5.81	0.66%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
12	607	71	Jul 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(6-2)	7	9.0	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.87	3.48	35	8	15	3	0	10	61			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.341	2.10	0.33%	2.65	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
13	608	75	Jul 11	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-3)	7	8.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.73	3.39	33	18	3	0	2	5	63			0	0	0	30	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.198	1.83	0.20%	2.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	609	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(6-4)	6	9.2	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.55	3.30	38	26	4	0	1	6	63			1	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	2	1.45	-0.095	1.60	-0.06%	1.03	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
15	610	92	Jul 25	BOS		CLE	W,10-6	CG	W(7-4)	6	9.0	12	6	5	1	6	1	0	3.67	3.26	37	6	12	0	2	12	46			2	2	0	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.220	.22	-0.03%	-1.11	1t start tie	9t 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
16	611	98	Aug 2	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	L(7-5)	7	9.0	8	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.85	3.33	36	14	12	2	2	7	46			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.138	.06	-0.01%	-1.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	612	106	Aug 9	BOS		WSH	L,6-8	GS-8		6	7.0	16	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.06	3.39	38	11	9	1	3	14	21			1	0	0	36	5	1	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.521	.15	-0.03%	-3.21	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out tie
18	613	115	Aug 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS-6		6	6.0	9	6	4	1	6	0	0	4.15	3.28	28	7	5	1	1	9	39			0	2	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	.79	-0.255	.01	0.00%	-2.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
19	614	119	Aug 20(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,9-11	GS-1	L(7-6)	3	0.2	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.13	3.29	8	3	0	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.423	.01	0.00%	-4.70	1b start a 2	1b 1-- 2 out d3
20	615	128	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-1		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	3.29	1	0	1	0	0	0	51			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.27	1b start a 2	1b --- 1 out a2
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
21	616	155	Sep 28(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS-1	L(7-7)	31	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.29	3.28	6	1	1	0	0	4	33			0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-2.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
							11-10		W-L:7-7	5.7	134.1	155	84	64	42	54	8	2	4.29	3.28	600	1.30		4%	7%	137	47		---%	8	9	0	543	31	8	0	7	0	14	.96	-1.568	1.66	0.12%	-10.85

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