Lefty Grove
Given Name: Robert Moses
Born: 3/6/1900 in Lonaconing, MD US
Died: 5/22/1975 in Norwalk, OH USA
First Game: Tuesday April 14, 1925
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947
Received 123.0 of 161 votes (121 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1926 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P4)
1927 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P4)
1927 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P4)
1928 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P4)
1928 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P4)
1928 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1929 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1929 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P1)
1929 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1930 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P4)
1930 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P4)
1930 - Pitching Triple Crown - AL
1930 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1931 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1931 - Pitching Triple Crown - AL
1931 - Most Valuable Player - AL
1931 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P1)
1931 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1932 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1932 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P1)
1932 - TSN All-Star - ML (P)
1933 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - ML (P2)
1933 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P1)
1935 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P4)
1937 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P3)
1938 - Baseball Magazine All-Star - AL (P3)
Lefty Grove's Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1925 | PHA | 45 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .123 | .136 | .123 | .259 |
1926 | PHA | 45 | 81 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42 | .099 | .151 | .136 | .287 |
1927 | PHA | 51 | 80 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .125 | .205 | .212 | .417 |
1928 | PHA | 39 | 88 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41 | .170 | .263 | .250 | .513 |
1929 | PHA | 42 | 102 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .216 | .259 | .275 | .534 |
1930 | PHA | 50 | 110 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46 | .200 | .248 | .318 | .566 |
1931 | PHA | 41 | 115 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | .200 | .220 | .226 | .446 |
1932 | PHA | 44 | 107 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51 | .168 | .205 | .290 | .495 |
1933 | PHA | 45 | 105 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | .086 | .119 | .152 | .272 |
1934 | BOS | 22 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .162 | .205 | .270 | .475 |
1935 | BOS | 35 | 89 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 49 | .079 | .196 | .146 | .342 |
1936 | BOS | 35 | 80 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | .138 | .207 | .188 | .394 |
1937 | BOS | 32 | 91 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 | .143 | .243 | .154 | .397 |
1938 | BOS | 24 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .148 | .246 | .148 | .394 |
1939 | BOS | 25 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .134 | .237 | .179 | .416 |
1940 | BOS | 23 | 53 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | .151 | .196 | .208 | .404 |
1941 | BOS | 21 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .111 | .184 | .156 | .339 |
Career | 619 | 1369 | 119 | 202 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 284 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 593 | .148 | .209 | .207 | .417 | |
Max | 51 | 115 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 51 | .216 | .263 | .318 | .566 |
Lefty Grove's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | WS | PHA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1930 | WS | PHA | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1931 | WS | PHA | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Lefty Grove's Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1925 | PHA | 10 | 12 | 45 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 197.0 | 207 | 120 | 104 | 4.75 | 1.72 | 11 | 131 | 116 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 908 | 12 |
1926 | PHA | 13 | 13 | 45 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 258.0 | 227 | 97 | 72 | 2.51 | 1.27 | 6 | 101 | 194 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1072 | 9 |
1927 | PHA | 20 | 13 | 51 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 262.1 | 251 | 116 | 93 | 3.19 | 1.26 | 6 | 79 | 174 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1106 | 18 |
1928 | PHA | 24 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 261.2 | 228 | 93 | 75 | 2.58 | 1.12 | 10 | 64 | 183 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1075 | 6 |
1929 | PHA | 20 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 275.1 | 278 | 104 | 86 | 2.81 | 1.30 | 8 | 81 | 170 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1168 | 5 |
1930 | PHA | 28 | 5 | 50 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 291.0 | 273 | 101 | 82 | 2.54 | 1.14 | 8 | 60 | 209 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1191 | 17 |
1931 | PHA | 31 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 288.2 | 249 | 84 | 66 | 2.06 | 1.08 | 10 | 62 | 175 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1160 | 10 |
1932 | PHA | 25 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 291.2 | 269 | 101 | 92 | 2.84 | 1.19 | 13 | 79 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1207 | 13 |
1933 | PHA | 24 | 8 | 45 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 275.1 | 280 | 113 | 98 | 3.20 | 1.32 | 12 | 83 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1173 | 16 |
1934 | BOS | 8 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109.1 | 149 | 84 | 79 | 6.50 | 1.66 | 5 | 32 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 506 | 6 |
1935 | BOS | 20 | 12 | 35 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 273.0 | 269 | 105 | 82 | 2.70 | 1.22 | 6 | 65 | 121 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1137 | 4 |
1936 | BOS | 17 | 12 | 35 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 253.1 | 237 | 90 | 79 | 2.81 | 1.19 | 14 | 65 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1049 | 3 |
1937 | BOS | 17 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 262.0 | 269 | 101 | 88 | 3.02 | 1.34 | 9 | 83 | 153 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1127 | 0 |
1938 | BOS | 14 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 163.2 | 169 | 65 | 56 | 3.08 | 1.35 | 8 | 52 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 706 | 3 |
1939 | BOS | 15 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 191.0 | 180 | 63 | 54 | 2.54 | 1.25 | 8 | 58 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 798 | 0 |
1940 | BOS | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 153.1 | 159 | 73 | 68 | 3.99 | 1.36 | 20 | 50 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 652 | 1 |
1941 | BOS | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 155 | 84 | 65 | 4.37 | 1.47 | 8 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 598 | 0 |
Career | 300 | 141 | 616 | 457 | 298 | 35 | 55 | 3940.2 | 3849 | 1594 | 1339 | 0.00 | 1.28 | 162 | 1187 | 2266 | 0 | 51 | 42 | 1 | 16633 | 123 | |
'Best' | 31 | 13 | 51 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 291.2 | 280 | 120 | 104 | 2.06 | 1.08 | 20 | 131 | 209 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1207 | 18 |
Lefty Grove's World Series and Playoffs Pitching Statistics
Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | ERA | WHIP | HR | BB | SO | IBB | WP | HBP | BK | BFP | GF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | WS | PHA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.63 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
1930 | WS | PHA | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1.42 | 0.95 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
1931 | WS | PHA | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 2.42 | 1.15 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 |
4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 51.1 | 46 | 12 | 10 | 1.75 | 1.01 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 3 |
Lefty Grove's Fielding Statistics
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1925 | PHA | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
1926 | PHA | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
1927 | PHA | P | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
1928 | PHA | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1929 | PHA | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1930 | PHA | P | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1931 | PHA | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1932 | PHA | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1933 | PHA | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
1934 | BOS | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1935 | BOS | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
1936 | BOS | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1937 | BOS | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1938 | BOS | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | BOS | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1940 | BOS | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | BOS | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Career | P | 616 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 722 | 38 | 26 | 0 |