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: 22-13 / in Starts: 18-12

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: 1

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 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	425	4	Apr 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,10-4	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	6.00	3.02	26	14	2	1	1	7	39			0	0	0	25	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.143	3.47	-0.26%	-0.68	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
2	426	9	Apr 26	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	GS-7	L(1-1)	6	6.2	10	10	2	2	3	0	0	4.26	3.10	36	17	4	1	1	10	31			3	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	4	.99	-0.458	3.61	-1.00%	-5.04	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 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	427	13	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-6	5-6		4	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.61	3.33	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.020	2.40	0.03%	0.17	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 1-- 0 out d1
4	428	16	May 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	6	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.92	3.62	28	12	7	2	2	5	55			0	0	1	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	.84	0.095	2.90	0.20%	2.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	429	25	May 20	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-3)	11	8.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.14	3.57	30	13	9	0	4	4	68			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.237	2.69	0.43%	2.84	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
6	430	29	May 24	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	14	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.35	3.63	41	15	10	1	1	14	41			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.287	2.53	0.52%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	431	33	May 28	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	GS-8		3	7.2	11	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.77	3.73	35	13	7	3	0	10	40			0	0	0	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.316	3.15	-0.45%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
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	432	37	Jun 1(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.15	3.68	35	10	10	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.263	1.84	0.48%	4.87	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
9	433	41	Jun 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(3-4)	3	9.2	8	5	3	5	5	0	1	3.09	3.73	43	24	0	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.05	-0.253	5.03	-0.37%	-0.27	1b start tie	10b 123 2 out d1
10	434	46	Jun 11(1)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.84	3.55	32	9	14	3	5	5	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.614	2.91	0.99%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	435	50	Jun 14	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	8-GF	W(5-4)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.76	3.58	8	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.35	0.250	5.88	0.38%	1.09	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
12	436	52	Jun 16(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-5	L(5-5)	1	5.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.93	3.54	25	5	5	0	1	7	43			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.044	2.41	-0.06%	-0.09	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	437	57	Jun 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-0	SHO(6)	W(6-5)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.72	3.45	22	9	7	0	2	3	69			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.378	1.27	0.28%	3.52	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
14	438	61	Jun 24	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	7-GF(8)	L(6-6)	2	2.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.42	9	4	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.235	1.91	-0.29%	-0.84	7b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
15	439	63	Jun 29(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	W(7-6)	4	9.0	9	4	4	1	8	1	1	2.88	3.43	38	10	9	1	0	9	60			0	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	2	1.23	0.266	1.47	0.19%	1.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	440	69	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	2	0	2.89	3.63	33	10	14	0	3	3	63			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.590	3.34	0.90%	1.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	441	72	Jul 7(1)	BOS		PHA	W,7-6	9-GF(13)	W(9-6)	2	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.76	3.58	16	6	7	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.790	3.22	0.73%	3.02	9t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
18	442	75	Jul 11(1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	1	2.78	3.61	36	14	13	1	4	5	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.391	2.02	0.39%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
19	443	82	Jul 17(2)	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(11-6)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.65	3.54	36	9	14	1	1	8	70			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.547	1.38	0.40%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	444	86	Jul 21	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	13	6	6	4	5	0	0	2.87	3.53	43	16	6	0	0	12	38			0	0	0	39	5	0	1	1	0	1	1.89	-0.529	1.76	-0.30%	-0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	445	90	Jul 27(1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG(15)	L(12-7)	5	14.2	21	7	5	6	7	0	0	2.89	3.52	69	22	13	1	0	21	49			2	0	0	62	5	0	3	2	0	0	2.33	0.069	1.83	0.03%	0.65	1b start tie	15b 123 2 out d1
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	446	96	Aug 3	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG(11)	W(13-7)	6	11.0	7	4	3	3	8	1	0	2.86	3.54	44	14	12	5	0	7	74			1	0	0	40	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.145	1.16	0.07%	2.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
23	447	100	Aug 7(1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	12	5	4	2	7	0	0	2.92	3.47	41	16	6	1	2	10	50			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	-0.107	.80	-0.04%	0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	448	103	Aug 11(1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	L(14-8)	3	9.0	7	4	1	1	6	0	0	2.82	3.41	38						68						36	3	0			0
25	449	107	Aug 15	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.74	3.40	35	21	5	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	0.576	.61	0.16%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
26	450	114	Aug 20(2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	12	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.70	3.39	40	20	3	1	1	12	54			1	0	0	37	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.262	.20	0.03%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
27	451	119	Aug 24	BOS	@	DET	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(16-9)	3	8.0	5	2	0	1	5	0	0	2.60	3.35	30	15	5	3	0	4	72			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.105	.10	0.01%	2.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	452	123	Aug 28(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(16-10)	3	8.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.59	3.33	29	4	11	2	2	10	56			0	1	0	28	4	0	0	2	0	0	.89	0.203	.01	0.00%	2.65	1b start tie	8b 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
29	453	127	Sep 1	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(14)	L(16-11)	3	13.1	12	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.52	3.33	54	33	6	1	3	11	76			0	0	0	52	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.82	0.837	.00	0.00%	4.12	1b start tie	14b 123 1 out d1
30	454	130	Sep 5(1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	L(16-12)	3	9.0	14	8	7	1	3	1	0	2.68	3.36	40	11	12	2	3	13	31			0	1	0	39	3	0	0	2	0	1	.65	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d7
31	455	135	Sep 8(2)	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	3.35	6	5	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.216	.00	0.00%	2.24	8t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
32	456	136	Sep 10	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(17-12)	1	9.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.67	3.35	38	17	15	5	2	2	55			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.74	0.419	.00	0.00%	2.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
33	457	142	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	W,9-5	GS-6	W(18-12)	4	6.0	7	5	5	5	3	0	0	2.79	3.39	28	12	1	0	1	7	36			0	1	0	21	0	1	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.213	.00	0.00%	-1.37	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
34	458	146	Sep 19	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.73	3.36	35	16	9	1	4	8	69			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.632	.00	0.00%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	459	150	Sep 24(1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(20-12)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.70	3.34	33	9	10	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.508	.00	0.00%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							22-13		W-L:20-12,Sv:1	3.4	273.0	269	105	82	65	120	6	3	2.70	3.34	1136	1.73		6%	7%	237	57	2	0%	9	6	1	1047	54	10	6	25	0	22	1.30	6.366	1.63	3.45%	52.89

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