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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-15 / in Starts: 15-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	84	5	Apr 22(2)	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	3	2	3	2	0	0	2.00	3.26	38	21	4	2	1	8	60			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.58	0.130	5.43	0.27%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
2	85	9	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	9	8.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.12	3.41	28						62						25	1	0			0
3	86	13	May 8	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	GS-7	L(1-2)	5	6.2	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.04	4.09	31	11	8	3	0	6	40			0	0	0	27	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.244	4.86	-0.55%	-1.50	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
4	87	18	May 13(2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.1	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.90	3.67	29	13	5	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	28	0	1	0	2	0	1	.92	0.200	3.38	0.44%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a2
5	88	22	May 20(2)	CHW		BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	0	2.70	3.50	36	13	8	0	3	7	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.160	1.41	0.39%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	89	24	May 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-4	L(3-3)	3	4.0	7	4	2	4	0	0	0	2.86	3.70	24	7	6	0	4	7	32			0	1	0	20	1	1	1	1	0	3	.80	-0.231	3.54	-0.61%	-2.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
7	90	29	May 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	11	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.40	3.91	42	21	6	0	0	11	39			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	-0.067	3.29	-0.11%	-2.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
8	91	35	Jun 2	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-8	GS-4	L(4-4)	4	4.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	3.63	3.95	19	9	2	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.240	3.61	-0.41%	-1.41	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d2
9	92	39	Jun 6	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.14	3.79	34	11	13	2	1	8	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.394	2.27	0.65%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	93	45	Jun 10(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	GS-	W(6-4)	3	6.2	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.34	3.88	29						44						28					0
11	94	48	Jun 14	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	10	3	1	0	3	0	0	3.09	3.68	38						62						36	0	0			0
12	95	52	Jun 17(2)	CHW		DET	W,7-5			2	3.1	4	4	2	1	2	0	0	3.18	3.63	16												15					0
13	96	54	Jun 19	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4		S(1)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.59	4												4					0
14	97	57	Jun 22(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-4)	2	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.83	3.47	30	13	9	1	2	6	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.537	2.85	0.92%	3.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	98	60	Jun 27	CHW		BOS	L,9-11	GS-4		4	3.2	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	3.09	3.59	19	7	4	0	3	4	31			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.379	3.65	-0.64%	-2.86	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d1
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
16	99	66	Jul 2(2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GS-	L(8-5)	4	5.0	8	4	2	6	1	0	1	3.12	3.73	30						34						23					0
17	100	68	Jul 4(1)	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	GS-10		1	10.0	10	4	4	2	1	1	1	3.16	3.81	41	17	10	0	0	10	55			1	1	0	37	2	2	0	2	0	1	1.67	-0.309	4.23	-0.47%	0.22	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
18	101	75	Jul 8(2)	CHW		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.07	3.70	37	14	10	0	4	11	59			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.398	2.21	0.40%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	102	79	Jul 16(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-7	CG(8)	L(9-6)	7	8.0	7	7	5	4	0	2	0	3.23	3.93	36	17	8	1	2	7	40			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.188	1.35	-0.22%	-3.59	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d6
20	103	84	Jul 22	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-		5	7.0	8	5	3	7	1	1	0	3.26	4.10	33						39						24					0
21	104	87	Jul 28	CHW	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-	L(9-7)	5	3.0	9	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.51	4.09	18						20						17					0
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
22	105	93	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(10-7)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.42	4.01	36	20	3	0	1	8	64			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.264	2.14	0.27%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	106	101	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,2-11	GS-1	L(10-8)	6	0.2	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.70	4.00	9	2	0	0	0	7	18			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.402	3.02	-0.72%	-4.97	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d5
24	107	106	Aug 15(2)	CHW		BOS	W,11-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.49	3.91	32	13	9	1	2	6	75			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.41	0.177	.75	0.20%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
25	108	111	Aug 19(2)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.31	3.84	33	14	9	2	1	5	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.569	2.84	0.76%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	109	117	Aug 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(12-9)	5	8.0	10	6	3	3	2	0	0	3.31	3.82	39	14	10	0	1	10	43			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	2	.60	-0.293	.28	-0.08%	-2.31	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d5
27	110	122	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	GS-		4	8.2	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.35	3.81	36						51						35					0
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
28	111	128	Sep 3(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-		3	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.48	3.85	9						32						6					0
29	112	132	Sep 6(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(13-9)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.82	35	20	7	0	4	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.564	.00	0.00%	2.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	113	137	Sep 9(2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-GF	L(13-10)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.39	3.80	6	2	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	-0.303	.00	0.00%	-0.66	8b 12- 2 out tie	9b end d 1
31	114	141	Sep 12(1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(13-11)	2	8.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	2	3.39	3.93	32	14	8	0	0	5	57			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.059	.00	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	115	145	Sep 16(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(14-11)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.29	3.89	33						69						31	2	0			0
33	116	149	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-	L(14-12)	6	3.2	7	6	6	5	1	0	0	3.48	3.93	22						19						16					0
							17-15		W-L:14-12,Sv:1	3.8	217.0	233	100	84	68	54	12	5	3.48	3.93	934	1.96		3%	7%	147	50	2	0%	2	7	1	853	24	9	3	13	0	17	1.07	0.678	2.45	0.48%	4.05

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