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: 17-7 / in Starts: 16-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 1

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	527	2	Apr 19(1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	GS-7		99	7.0	4	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.57	2.62	27	5	10	0	1	3	64			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.243	2.49	0.39%	2.51	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
2	528	5	Apr 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	10	1	0	3.86	2.77	30	6	5	0	0	7	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.223	2.58	0.38%	0.12	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a4
3	529	10	Apr 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.74	2.96	35	17	4	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.243	2.16	0.42%	4.51	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
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
4	530	14	May 3	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(3-0)	4	10.0	12	3	3	6	6	2	0	2.73	3.96	44	18	2	0	0	12	56			0	2	0	38	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.83	0.567	5.22	0.97%	3.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
5	531	18	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,7-2	CG	W(4-0)	3	9.0	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	2.14	3.77	34	15	10	2	1	4	76			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.88	0.278	2.21	0.42%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	532	21	May 11	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.12	3.62	39	14	11	1	2	11	58			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.485	4.56	0.90%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	533	24	May 15	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	13	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.25	3.70	41	10	10	0	2	12	52			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.412	6.32	1.10%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	534	26	May 20	BOS	@	SLB	W,16-2	CG	W(7-0)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.22	3.72	35	21	5	2	2	6	66			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	0	1	.51	0.058	1.75	0.12%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
9	535	29	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	W(8-0)	3	9.0	8	4	4	8	1	0	0	2.42	3.92	44	16	11	0	3	8	48			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	2	2.24	0.446	8.30	0.99%	1.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	536	34	May 30(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-10	GS-4	L(8-1)	5	3.1	9	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.88	3.97	22	3	6	0	1	9	20			2	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.220	3.89	-0.51%	-3.57	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d5
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
11	537	39	Jun 4	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	9	0	0	2.89	3.68	37	6	12	0	6	10	64			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.329	2.25	0.55%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	538	44	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-1)	4	9.0	9	0	0	4	8	0	0	2.63	3.58	40	10	10	1	2	8	73			1	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.57	0.260	2.27	0.62%	5.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
13	539	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.1	5	3	2	2	6	0	0	2.64	3.50	26	8	5	2	0	5	57			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.101	3.57	-0.18%	0.72	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a1
14	540	52	Jun 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(11-1)	3	12.0	12	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.60	3.42	49	25	5	1	0	12	69			0	1	0	47	1	0	0	3	0	2	2.04	0.971	7.74	2.21%	4.57	1b start tie	12b 3 out a1
15	541	57	Jun 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-8	GS-3	L(11-2)	3	3.0	5	5	4	0	2	1	0	2.83	3.48	16	8	1	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	.59	-0.269	2.69	-0.73%	-3.03	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
16	542	60	Jun 27	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-7	L(11-3)	4	7.0	13	6	6	1	4	1	1	3.10	3.54	35	10	7	1	1	12	30			3	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.212	5.49	-0.62%	-1.80	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
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
17	543	63	Jul 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	W(12-3)	3	9.0	10	7	5	2	8	1	0	3.23	3.53	40	8	12	3	0	10	49			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	.82	-0.064	2.53	-0.12%	-1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
18	544	70	Jul 10	BOS		NYY	W,6-4	CG	W(13-3)	8	9.0	11	4	3	2	5	0	0	3.21	3.48	38	11	9	0	0	11	54			0	0	0	36	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.184	6.67	0.55%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	545	73	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,12-1	GS-5	W(14-3)	3	4.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.13	3.43	16	4	5	0	2	4	57			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.116	1.97	0.27%	1.54	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a6
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
20	546	90	Aug 5	BOS	@	DET	W,9-8	GS-6		21	6.0	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	3.18	3.46	27	12	7	0	2	4	46			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.13	-0.077	2.67	-0.11%	-0.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
21	547	95	Aug 11	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	GS-2	L(14-4)	5	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.20	3.48	10	4	1	0	0	2	47			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.003	2.28	0.00%	0.18	1b start tie	2b 3 out d1
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
22	548	129	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	8-GF		27	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.16	3.48	9	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.18	-0.023	.01	0.00%	0.29	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
23	549	141	Sep 21	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	12	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.12	3.47	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.21	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
24	550	145	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.08	3.44	7	2	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.63	7b 1-- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							17-7		W-L:14-4,Sv:1	3.9	163.2	169	65	56	52	100	8	1	3.08	3.44	707	1.55		4%	7%	162	55	1	0%	10	5	0	643	28	3	1	15	0	18	1.16	4.067	4.02	7.62%	36.63

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