Lefty Grove
Robet Moses Grove

Bats Left
Throws Left
Height 6'3
Weight 190

Born March 6, 1900
Lonaconing, MD
Died May 22, 1975
Norwalk, OH

Inducted into the
DBS Hall of Fame, 1942.

Pitching  

 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 1928 28 HAR  18   8  .692   1  37  35  13   3  262.2             88   70  173      3.02  4.08  135  
 1929 29 HAR  11  15  .423   3  43       7      242.1             77   71  130      2.86  3.64  127  
 1930 30 HAR  12   9  .571   0  27  27   9      193.2             51   55  102      2.37  4.27  180  
 1931 31 HAR  15   9  .625   0  34  34  14   3  264.1  211  102   93   88  126      3.17  3.62  114  
 1932 32 HAR   9  12  .429   0  29  29   3   0  184.0  161   71   65   62   80      3.18  3.20  101  

 1933 33 HAR  12  11  .522   0  34  34   3   1  213.2  265  123  104   36   89  12  4.38  4.15   95  
 1934 34 HAR   0   1  .000   0   1   1   0   0    2.2    9    6    6    0    2   1 20.25  4.54   22  
 1935 35 HAR  15  10  .600   0  29  28  12   3  212.0  225   86   67   42  110  11  2.84  4.16  146  
 1936 36 HAR  11   8  .579   0  24  24   6   2  162.2  165   82   77   45   74   7  4.26  4.32  101  
 1937 37 HAR  12  10  .545   0  31  30  10   5  221.0  203   93   80   68  131  11  3.26  4.28  131  

 1938 38 HAR  16   6  .727   0  32  32   8   3  222.0  230   86   66   55  172  14  2.68  4.28  160  
 1939 39 HAR  18   7  .720   0  36  35   6   1  240.1  279  115  103   50   81  20  3.86  4.19  109  
 1940 40 HAR   3   5  .375   0  19  13   1   0   90.1   85   46   36   28   41  11  3.59  4.26  119  
 1941 41 HAR   2   9  .182   0  17  15   0   0   82.0  114   60   54   27   55   7  5.93  4.22   71  
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons  154 120  .562   4 393 337  92  21 2593.2 1947 1086  967  697 1366  94  3.36  4.04  121
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  14  11  .562   0  35  32   8   2  231.0  226   97   86   62  122  14  3.36 
 Career High  18  15  .727   3  43  35  14   5  264.1  265  123  104   88  173  20  2.37        180 
+-----------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm    W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR  ERA  lgERA ERA+

Postseason Pitching

 
 Year Tm  OPP WLser   W   L  PCT.  SV   G  GS  CG SHO    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO  HR   ERA  
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
 1930 HAR STL   L     2   0 1.000   0   2   2   1   1  14.2   13    5    5    4    9   3  3.07 
 1931 HAR MON   W     1   0 1.000   0   2   2   0   0  14.0    7    3    3    4    9   2  1.93 
 1933 HAR NDA   L     0   0  .000   0   2   2   0   0  17.0   11    2    2    2    9   0  1.06 
 1937 HAR MIL   W     0   0  .000   0   1   1   0   0   7.2   10    3    3    2    1   1  3.52 
 1938 HAR STL   W     1   0 1.000   0   1   1   0   0   8.0    7    1    1    2    5   1  1.13 
 1939 HAR STL   W     2   0 1.000   0   2   2   1   0  16.0   16    7    6    5    9   1  3.38 
 1941 HAR MUS   L     0   0 1.000   0   1   0   0   0   1.0    0    0    0    0    1   0  0.00 
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+
               4-3    6   0 1.000   0  11  10   2   1  78.1   64   21   20   19   43   8  2.30
+------------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.


Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Stats are Year-Value-Rank

All-Star
1935

ERA
1928-3.02-6
1929-2.86-9
1930-2.37-2
1935-2.84-1
1937-3.26-8
1938-2.68-3

Wins
1928-18-2
1931-15-5
1935-15-5
1938-16-4
1939-18-3

Strikeouts
1928-173-1
1929-130-1
1930-102-5
1931-126-1
1932-80-2
1935-110-6
1937-131-9
1938-172-2

Innings Pitched
1928-262.2-1
1929-242.1-2
1931-255.1-2
1937-221.0-7
1938-222.0-4
1939-240.1-8

Complete Games
1928-13-8
1931-14-2
1935-12-9
1937-10-3
1938-8-8

Losses
1929-15-3

Player of the Week, Week 15, 1931.
Pitcher of the Month, June 1935.
Pitcher of the Month, May 1938.



Transactions

January 1, 1928: Drafted 1st round (1st overall) by Harlem.


Biography



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