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Lefty Grove
Full name Robert Moses Grove Born March 6, 1900, Lonaconing, Maryland Died May 22, 1975, Norwalk, Ohio Buried at Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, Maryland (Section 9- Lot 94) Born as: Robert Moses Groves First Game: April 14, 1925 ; Final Game: September 28, 1941 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1947 Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1931) Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1928 to 1932) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1925 PHI A Daily Splits 45 65 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 0 26 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .123 .136 .123 0.0 1925 PHI A
1926 PHI A Daily Splits 45 81 6 8 1 1 0 6 5 0 42 0 9 0 3 1 0 0 .099 .151 .136 0.0 1926 PHI A
1927 PHI A Daily Splits 51 80 8 10 1 0 2 8 8 0 30 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 .125 .205 .213 0.0 1927 PHI A
1928 PHI A Daily Splits 39 88 10 15 2 1 1 6 10 0 41 1 5 0 1 4 0 0 .170 .263 .250 0.0 1928 PHI A
1929 PHI A Daily Splits 42 102 13 22 3 0 1 15 6 0 33 0 8 0 3 1 0 0 .216 .259 .275 0.0 1929 PHI A
1930 PHI A Daily Splits 50 110 11 22 3 2 2 17 7 0 46 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .248 .318 0.0 1930 PHI A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 41 115 8 23 3 0 0 12 3 0 48 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .220 .226 0.0 1931 PHI A
1932 PHI A Daily Splits 44 107 10 18 1 0 4 12 5 0 51 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .168 .205 .290 0.0 1932 PHI A
1933 PHI A Daily Splits 45 105 9 9 4 0 1 7 4 0 43 0 4 0 3 4 0 0 .086 .119 .152 0.0 1933 PHI A
1934 BOS A Daily Splits 22 37 4 6 1 0 1 4 2 0 13 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 .162 .205 .270 0.0 1934 BOS A
1935 BOS A Daily Splits 35 89 5 7 1 1 1 5 13 0 49 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .079 .196 .146 0.0 1935 BOS A
1936 BOS A Daily Splits 35 80 5 11 4 0 0 5 6 0 34 1 12 0 2 1 0 0 .138 .207 .188 0.0 1936 BOS A
1937 BOS A Daily Splits 32 91 6 13 1 0 0 6 12 0 39 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .243 .154 0.0 1937 BOS A
1938 BOS A Daily Splits 24 54 8 8 0 0 0 8 7 0 25 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .148 .246 .148 0.0 1938 BOS A
1939 BOS A Daily Splits 25 67 3 9 0 0 1 5 9 0 26 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 .134 .237 .179 0.0 1939 BOS A
1940 BOS A Daily Splits 23 53 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 0 29 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 .151 .196 .208 0.0 1940 BOS A
1941 BOS A Daily Splits 21 45 6 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 18 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 .111 .184 .156 0.0 1941 BOS A
Total (17 Years) Splits 619 1369 119 202 27 5 15 121 105 0 593 2 103 0 0 22 20 1 1 .148 .209 .207 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1929 PHI A Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1929 PHI A
1930 PHI A Daily Splits 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1930 PHI A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1931 PHI A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 8 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1933 AL
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1936 AL
1938 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1938 AL
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1925 PHI A Daily Splits 45 18 5 0 12 1 197 207 908 11 120 104 131 5 116 28 9 5 0 30 9 19 16 10 12 4.75 5.06 -0.5 1925 PHI A
1926 PHI A Daily Splits 45 33 20 1 9 6 258 227 1072 6 97 72 101 2 194 35 5 6 0 37 9 19 19 13 13 2.51 4.76 3.7 1926 PHI A
1927 PHI A Daily Splits 51 28 14 1 18 9 262.1 251 1106 6 116 93 79 2 174 30 5 2 1 54 13 13 29 20 13 3.19 5.61 3.0 1927 PHI A
1928 PHI A Daily Splits 39 31 24 4 6 3 261.2 228 1064 10 93 75 64 1 183 5 4 1 0 31 9 20 20 24 8 2.58 5.19 4.7 1928 PHI A
1929 PHI A Daily Splits 42 37 19 2 5 4 275.1 278 1168 8 104 86 81 2 170 22 8 3 0 32 8 21 20 20 6 2.81 6.97 3.6 1929 PHI A
1930 PHI A Daily Splits 50 32 22 2 17 9 291 273 1191 8 101 82 60 2 209 19 2 5 0 46 11 24 26 28 5 2.54 6.81 6.9 1930 PHI A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 41 30 27 4 10 5 288.2 249 1160 10 84 66 62 0 175 9 2 1 0 37 10 24 22 31 4 2.06 5.47 8.2 1931 PHI A
1932 PHI A Daily Splits 44 30 27 4 13 7 291.2 269 1207 13 101 92 79 0 188 10 0 1 0 58 12 21 18 25 10 2.84 6.10 5.9 1932 PHI A
1933 PHI A Daily Splits 45 28 21 2 16 6 275.1 280 1173 12 113 98 83 1 114 12 1 4 0 48 8 19 25 24 8 3.20 5.50 3.1 1933 PHI A
1934 BOS A Daily Splits 22 12 5 0 6 0 109.1 149 506 5 84 79 32 1 43 7 1 1 0 42 4 6 8 8 8 6.50 4.83 -1.9 1934 BOS A
1935 BOS A Daily Splits 35 30 23 2 4 1 273 269 1137 6 105 82 65 6 121 21 2 3 0 54 10 25 29 20 12 2.70 4.17 5.5 1935 BOS A
1936 BOS A Daily Splits 35 30 22 6 3 2 253.1 237 1049 14 90 79 65 2 130 17 0 4 0 49 10 16 17 17 12 2.81 4.73 6.6 1936 BOS A
1937 BOS A Daily Splits 32 32 21 3 0 0 262 269 1127 9 101 88 83 4 153 12 5 1 0 41 13 19 23 17 9 3.02 5.03 3.9 1937 BOS A
1938 BOS A Daily Splits 24 21 12 1 3 1 163.2 169 706 8 65 56 52 1 99 11 3 1 0 28 3 15 20 14 4 3.08 6.14 3.0 1938 BOS A
1939 BOS A Daily Splits 23 23 17 2 0 0 191 180 798 8 63 54 58 1 81 10 0 0 1 0 31 6 22 20 15 4 2.54 5.13 3.7 1939 BOS A
1940 BOS A Daily Splits 22 21 9 1 1 0 153.1 159 652 20 73 68 50 4 62 11 1 1 0 26 8 15 14 7 6 3.99 4.90 0.5 1940 BOS A
1941 BOS A Daily Splits 21 21 10 0 0 0 134 155 598 8 84 65 42 0 54 13 3 2 0 31 8 7 18 7 7 4.37 6.00 -0.8 1941 BOS A
Total (17 Years) Splits 616 457 298 35 123 54 3940.2 3849 16622 162 1594 1339 1187 34 2266 272 0 51 42 1 675 151 305 344 300 141 3.06 5.48 59.1 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1929 PHI A Daily Splits 2 0 0 0 2 2 6.1 3 22 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 - 1929 PHI A
1930 PHI A Daily Splits 3 2 2 0 1 0 19 15 76 0 5 3 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 1.42 3.00 1930 PHI A
1931 PHI A Daily Splits 3 3 2 0 0 0 26 28 107 0 7 7 2 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 1 2.42 5.33 1931 PHI A
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 8 5 4 0 3 2 51.1 46 205 0 12 10 6 0 36 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 2 4 2 1.75 4.40 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1933 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1933 AL
1936 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 13 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6.00 3.00 1936 AL
1938 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1938 AL
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 3 1 0 0 2 1 8 10 35 0 4 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.25 3.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1925 PHI A Daily Splits P 45 18 5 196 6 55 2 3 0 1 17 16 7 .968
1926 PHI A Daily Splits P 45 33 20 257 6 53 3 3 0 2 13 13 1 .952
1927 PHI A Daily Splits P 51 28 14 262.1 8 55 9 2 0 5 13 12 2 .875
1928 PHI A Daily Splits P 39 31 24 261.2 6 40 1 0 0 4 13 9 1 .979
1929 PHI A Daily Splits P 42 37 19 275 3 41 2 0 0 2 12 7 1 .957
1930 PHI A Daily Splits P 50 32 22 290.2 6 53 2 1 0 2 9 8 1 .967
1931 PHI A Daily Splits P 41 30 27 288.2 2 47 0 1 0 2 13 11 1 1.000
1932 PHI A Daily Splits P 44 30 27 291.2 3 46 1 1 0 5 2 7 3 .980
1933 PHI A Daily Splits P 45 28 21 275.1 9 58 2 5 0 1 6 10 1 .971
1934 BOS A Daily Splits P 22 12 5 109.1 3 18 2 1 0 1 5 2 0 .913
1935 BOS A Daily Splits P 35 30 23 273 1 63 2 6 0 1 9 6 1 .970
1936 BOS A Daily Splits P 35 30 22 253.1 3 49 2 0 0 1 7 4 0 .963
1937 BOS A Daily Splits P 32 32 21 262 6 43 1 1 0 1 9 7 0 .980
1938 BOS A Daily Splits P 24 21 12 163.2 0 29 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 1.000
1939 BOS A Daily Splits P 23 23 17 191 0 21 3 2 0 0 14 8 0 .875
1940 BOS A Daily Splits P 22 21 9 153.1 1 34 3 0 0 1 2 4 0 .921
1941 BOS A Daily Splits P 21 21 10 134.1 2 17 3 0 0 0 9 9 0 .864
Total (17 Years) Splits P 616 457 298 3938.1 65 722 38 26 0 29 163 138 19 .954
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1929 PHI A Daily Splits P 2 0 0 6.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1930 PHI A Daily Splits P 3 2 2 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1931 PHI A Daily Splits P 3 3 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 8 5 4 51.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1933 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1936 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1938 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Transaction Information
Sold by Baltimore (International) to Philadelphia Athletics for $100600 (October 2,
1924 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Rube Walberg and Max Bishop to Boston Red Sox
in exchange for Bob Kline , Rabbit Warstler and $125000 (December 12, 1933 ).
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