Orval Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 196lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS us

Died: April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Citrus Heights, CA

School: Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL)

Debut: May 28, 1940 (Age 20-273d, 8,898th in major league history)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 27, 1949 (Age 29-241d)
vs. CLE 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Orval Leroy Grove

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

ERA

3.78

207

152

1176.2

374

WHIP

1.429

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-17 / in Starts: 16-17
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	28 (12-12-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-9)

Most Driven In
S Webb	1
M Tresh	0

Most Driven In By
R Schalk	1
R Hodgin	1
E Carnett	0

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	50	1	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
2	51	4 (2)	Apr 23 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	9						P
3	52	8 (3)	Apr 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	53	14 (5)	May 6	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
5	54	17 (2)	May 10	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9						P
6	55	22 (4)	May 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9						P
7	56	25 (2)	May 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9	.63	-0.073	1.49	-0.10%	-1.01	P
8	57	30 (4)	May 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.64	0.029	1.46	0.04%	0.23	P
9	58	31	May 26	CHW		NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.40	-0.070	3.17	-0.10%	-0.50	P
10	59	37 (5)	May 30 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.080	.148	.080	.228	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	60	40 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,6-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	9	1.83	-0.041	3.74	-0.05%	-0.34	P
12	61	42 (1)	Jun 7	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	1			0	0	0	.071	.161	.071	.233	9						P
13	62	47 (4)	Jun 16	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.097	.176	.097	.273	9						P
14	63	51 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
15	64	55 (3)	Jun 24	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.111	.179	.111	.291	9						P
16	65	58 (2)	Jun 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.105	.171	.105	.276	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	66	63 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.103	.167	.103	.269	9	.92	-0.036	3.32	-0.08%	-0.41	P
18	67	67 (3)	Jul 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.098	.159	.098	.257	9						P
19	68	71 (3)	Jul 9 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245	9	1.90	-0.145	4.06	-0.19%	-1.19	P
20	69	72	Jul 13	CHW	@	DET	L,1-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.093	.152	.093	.245	9						P
21	70	79 (6)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,5-4	GS-0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.087	.143	.087	.230	9						P
22	71	85 (5)	Jul 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,10-6	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.102	.154	.122	.276	9	.36	-0.016	.66	-0.02%	-0.22	P
23	72	89 (3)	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.096	.145	.115	.261	9	.70	-0.050	1.14	-0.05%	-1.00	P
24	73	94 (4)	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.153	.125	.278	9	1.65	-0.078	2.43	-0.07%	-0.39	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	74	99 (4)	Aug 3 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.103	.148	.121	.268	9	1.98	-0.096	1.98	-0.06%	-0.87	P
26	75	103 (3)	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.141	.115	.255	9	2.03	-0.140	1.46	-0.06%	-0.64	P
27	76	109 (5)	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,11-3	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.109	.162	.125	.287	9	.41	0.057	.03	0.00%	0.90	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	77	129 (19)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.108	.159	.123	.282	9	1.02	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.30	P
29	78	133 (3)	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	L,4-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.103	.153	.118	.270	9						P
30	79	137 (3)	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.116	.164	.159	.324	9	3.23	0.299	.00	0.00%	1.54	P
31	80	138	Sep 15	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0			0	0	0	.111	.158	.153	.311	9						P
32	81	143 (4)	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	W,6-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.108	.154	.149	.302	9						P
33	82	147 (3)	Sep 25 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-3	GS-12	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.104	.159	.143	.301	9	1.77	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
34	83	152 (4)	Sep 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-11	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.104	.159	.143	.301	9						P
							17-17		86	77	4	8	1	1	0	4	5	0	25	0	4		0	1	0	0	.104	.159	.143	.301		1.16	-0.477	1.43	-0.73%	-4.62

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