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: 14-11

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: 2

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	18	3	Apr 25	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-5	6-6		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.65	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.24	0.01%	0.44	6b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
2	19	4	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.65	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.38	0.02%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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	20	8	May 2(2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-5			4	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.32	4												3					0
4	21	12	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6			3	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.65	9												7					0
5	22	28	May 31(1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-5	7-GF(10)	W(1-0)	24	3.2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	3.23	14	5	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.334	2.82	0.41%	2.78	7b 123 1 out d1	10b end a 5
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	23	31	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4		S(1)	2	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	2.57	14												14					0
7	24	34	Jun 6(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-		2	8.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.33	2.80	30						59						28					0
8	25	37	Jun 10	CHW	@	DET	W,11-5	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	11	5	4	4	3	0	0	2.15	2.96	41	14	9	0	1	11	46			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.169	2.18	0.27%	-0.89	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
9	26	43	Jun 16(2)	CHW		SLB	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	10	0	0	4	2	0	0	1.64	3.10	36						65						32	0	0			0
10	27	48	Jun 20(1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-6	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	12	6	6	4	2	1	0	2.47	3.46	41						37						37	1	0			0
11	28	52	Jun 24(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,7-8	GS-5		3	5.0	8	7	4	5	2	0	0	2.92	3.59	27	7	6	1	1	7	26			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	1	.86	-0.297	1.54	-0.32%	-4.80	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
12	29	58	Jun 30	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(5-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	1	2.64	3.50	34	14	10	1	1	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.163	1.14	0.22%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
13	30	63	Jul 4(2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.43	3.44	32	23	0	0	0	3	77			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.268	2.31	0.38%	2.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	31	67	Jul 8	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-0)	3	9.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.16	3.39	32	16	10	2	0	0	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.689	5.52	1.61%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	32	72	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	W(8-0)	6	9.0	5	4	2	4	4	0	0	2.14	3.36	35	16	6	2	1	5	65			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.56	0.151	1.04	0.17%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	33	78	Jul 21(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS-7	W(9-0)	5	6.1	5	4	3	3	3	1	0	2.28	3.48	27	16	0	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.79	-0.110	.84	-0.07%	-1.79	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a4
17	34	84	Jul 25(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(9-1)	3	8.0	7	6	6	3	2	0	2	2.63	3.52	36	9	13	0	1	7	43			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.430	4.11	-0.61%	-2.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
18	35	91	Jul 31(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(10-1)	5	9.0	12	3	1	0	1	0	0	2.50	3.43	38	17	8	0	0	12	56			0	0	0	38	1	1	0	2	0	2	1.33	0.360	1.68	0.27%	0.80	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a1
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
19	36	95	Aug 6	CHW	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	L(10-2)	5	8.0	10	6	3	3	4	1	0	2.56	3.50	37						45						34	0	0			0
20	37	100	Aug 11	CHW		BOS	L,0-10	GS-8	L(10-3)	4	7.2	13	9	9	5	2	1	0	3.04	3.64	39	16	3	1	1	13	14			1	0	0	34	0	0	1	3	0	0	.72	-0.152	.87	-0.11%	-4.02	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d7
21	38	105	Aug 15(1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(10-4)	3	4.0	5	6	4	4	2	1	0	3.22	3.77	22	8	5	2	0	3	30			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.323	.97	-0.24%	-4.31	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
22	39	111	Aug 19	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	L(10-5)	3	9.0	6	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.27	3.87	34	17	8	1	1	6	60			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.149	.12	-0.03%	-0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	40	117	Aug 23(2)	CHW		PHA	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-5)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.07	3.75	33	14	7	1	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.383	.16	0.05%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
24	41	123	Aug 29(1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	L(11-6)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	1	3.01	3.72	36	4	17	1	4	7	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.033	.15	0.00%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
25	42	125	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(11-7)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.98	3.69	29	14	9	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.035	.01	0.00%	1.17	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
26	43	129	Sep 7(2)	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(11-8)	4	8.0	13	6	5	3	4	0	0	3.10	3.65	40	11	9	0	5	13	35			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.416	.00	0.00%	-2.35	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
27	44	133	Sep 12(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-	L(11-9)	4	6.0	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.14	3.69	26						40						25					0
28	45	137	Sep 17	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(12-9)	4	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.04	3.63	37						65						33	1	1			0
29	46	143	Sep 23	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(13-9)	5	9.0	8	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.95	3.62	39						64						34	2	1			0
30	47	146	Sep 25(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	8-GF	S(2)	1	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.97	3.68	5	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.14	8b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 3
31	48	150	Sep 27(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-8	W(14-9)	1	7.2	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	2.86	3.63	29	15	5	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.190	.00	0.00%	1.57	1b start a 1	8b 123 2 out a1
32	49	155	Oct 3(2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(15-9)	5	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.79	3.55	30						80						30	1	0			0
							17-15		W-L:15-9,Sv:2	3.5	216.1	192	84	67	72	76	9	4	2.79	3.55	892	1.83		3%	4%	114	56	6	0%	4	2	0	809	19	7	2	16	0	8	.96	0.955	1.35	2.02%	1.19

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