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Lefty Grove
Robert Moses Grove
last name Groves
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Final Game: September 28, 1941
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1947 (123/161 ballots).
Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1925 25 PHA AL 10 12 .455 4.75 45 18 12 5 0 1 197.0 207 120 104 11 131 116 5 0 9 908 98 1.716 9.5 0.5 6.0 5.3 0.89
1926 26 PHA AL 13 13 .500 2.51 45 33 9 20 1 6 258.0 227 97 72 6 101 194 6 0 5 1072 166 1.271 7.9 0.2 3.5 6.8 1.92 MVP-8
1927 27 PHA AL 20 13 .606 3.19 51 28 18 14 1 9 262.1 251 116 93 6 79 174 2 1 5 1106 133 1.258 8.6 0.2 2.7 6.0 2.20
1928 28 PHA AL 24 8 .750 2.58 39 31 6 24 4 4 261.2 228 93 75 10 64 183 1 0 4 1075 155 1.116 7.8 0.3 2.2 6.3 2.86
1929 29 PHA AL 20 6 .769 2.81 42 37 5 19 2 4 275.1 278 104 86 8 81 170 3 0 8 1168 151 1.304 9.1 0.3 2.6 5.6 2.10
1930 30 PHA AL 28 5 .848 2.54 50 32 17 22 2 9 291.0 273 101 82 8 60 209 5 0 2 1191 185 1.144 8.4 0.2 1.9 6.5 3.48
1931 31 PHA AL 31 4 .886 2.06 41 30 10 27 4 5 288.2 249 84 66 10 62 175 1 0 2 1160 219 1.077 7.8 0.3 1.9 5.5 2.82 MVP-1
1932 32 PHA AL 25 10 .714 2.84 44 30 13 27 4 7 291.2 269 101 92 13 79 188 1 0 0 1207 159 1.193 8.3 0.4 2.4 5.8 2.38 MVP-14
1933 33 PHA AL 24 8 .750 3.20 45 28 16 21 2 6 275.1 280 113 98 12 83 114 4 0 1 1173 134 1.318 9.2 0.4 2.7 3.7 1.37 AS,MVP-5
1934 34 BOS AL 8 8 .500 6.50 22 12 6 5 0 0 109.1 149 84 79 5 32 43 1 0 1 506 73 1.655 12.3 0.4 2.6 3.5 1.34
1935 35 BOS AL 20 12 .625 2.70 35 30 4 23 2 1 273.0 269 105 82 6 65 121 3 0 2 1137 175 1.223 8.9 0.2 2.1 4.0 1.86 AS,MVP-14
1936 36 BOS AL 17 12 .586 2.81 35 30 3 22 6 2 253.1 237 90 79 14 65 130 4 0 0 1049 188 1.192 8.4 0.5 2.3 4.6 2.00 AS,MVP-15
1937 37 BOS AL 17 9 .654 3.02 32 32 0 21 3 0 262.0 269 101 88 9 83 153 1 0 5 1127 158 1.344 9.2 0.3 2.9 5.3 1.84 AS
1938 38 BOS AL 14 4 .778 3.08 24 21 3 12 1 1 163.2 169 65 56 8 52 99 1 0 3 706 160 1.350 9.3 0.4 2.9 5.4 1.90 AS,MVP-21
1939 39 BOS AL 15 4 .789 2.54 23 23 0 17 2 0 191.0 180 63 54 8 58 81 1 0 0 798 185 1.246 8.5 0.4 2.7 3.8 1.40 AS,MVP-15
1940 40 BOS AL 7 6 .538 3.99 22 21 1 9 1 0 153.1 159 73 68 20 50 62 1 0 1 652 113 1.363 9.3 1.2 2.9 3.6 1.24
1941 41 BOS AL 7 7 .500 4.37 21 21 0 10 0 0 134.0 155 84 65 8 42 54 2 0 3 598 95 1.470 10.4 0.5 2.8 3.6 1.29
17 Seasons 300 141 .680 3.06 616 457 123 298 35 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 162 1187 2266 42 1 51 16633 148 1.278 8.8 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.91
162 Game Avg. 19 9 .680 3.06 39 29 8 19 2 3 250 244 101 85 10 75 144 3 0 3 1054 148 1.278 8.8 0.4 2.7 5.2 1.91
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PHA (9 yrs) 195 79 .712 2.88 402 267 106 179 20 51 2401.0 2262 929 768 84 740 1523 28 1 36 10060 152 1.250 8.5 0.3 2.8 5.7 2.06
BOS (8 yrs) 105 62 .629 3.34 214 190 17 119 15 4 1539.2 1587 665 571 78 447 743 14 0 15 6573 143 1.321 9.3 0.5 2.6 4.3 1.66

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1929 29 PHA AL WS W CHC 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 6.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 22 0.632 4.3 0.0 1.4 14.2 10.00
1930 30 PHA AL WS W STL 2 1 .667 1.42 3 2 1 2 0 0 19.0 15 5 3 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 76 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 4.7 3.33
1931 31 PHA AL WS L STL 2 1 .667 2.42 3 3 0 2 0 0 26.0 28 7 7 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 107 1.154 9.7 0.0 0.7 5.5 8.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 4 2 .667 1.75 8 5 3 4 0 2 51.1 46 12 10 0 6 0 36 0 0 0 205 1.013 8.1 0.0 1.1 6.3 6.00
3 WS 4 2 .667 1.75 8 5 3 4 0 2 51.1 46 12 10 0 6 0 36 0 0 0 205 1.013 8.1 0.0 1.1 6.3 6.00
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1925 25 PHA AL 45 68 65 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .123 .136 .123 .259 -36 8 0 2 1
1926 26 PHA AL 45 95 81 6 8 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 42 .099 .151 .136 .287 -27 11 0 9 1 MVP-8
1927 27 PHA AL 51 97 80 8 10 1 0 2 8 1 0 8 30 .125 .205 .213 .417 6 17 0 9 1
1928 28 PHA AL 39 104 88 10 15 2 1 1 6 0 0 10 41 .170 .263 .250 .513 34 22 1 5 1
1929 29 PHA AL 42 116 102 13 22 3 0 1 15 0 0 6 33 .216 .259 .275 .534 35 28 0 8 1
1930 30 PHA AL 50 121 110 11 22 3 2 2 17 0 0 7 46 .200 .248 .318 .566 40 35 0 4 1
1931 31 PHA AL 41 122 115 8 23 3 0 0 12 0 0 3 48 .200 .220 .226 .446 15 26 0 4 1 MVP-1
1932 32 PHA AL 44 116 107 10 18 1 0 4 12 0 0 5 51 .168 .205 .290 .495 25 31 0 4 1 MVP-14
1933 33 PHA AL 45 113 105 9 9 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 43 .086 .119 .152 .272 -29 16 0 4 1 AS,MVP-5
1934 34 BOS AL 22 42 37 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .162 .205 .270 .475 19 10 0 3 1
1935 35 BOS AL 35 108 89 5 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 13 49 .079 .196 .146 .342 -13 13 0 6 1 AS,MVP-14
1936 36 BOS AL 35 99 80 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 34 .138 .207 .188 .394 -4 15 1 12 1 AS,MVP-15
1937 37 BOS AL 32 109 91 6 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 12 39 .143 .243 .154 .397 1 14 0 6 1 AS
1938 38 BOS AL 24 68 54 8 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 7 25 .148 .246 .148 .394 -1 8 0 7 1 AS,MVP-21
1939 39 BOS AL 25 85 67 3 9 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 26 .134 .237 .179 .416 6 12 0 0 9 1 AS,MVP-15
1940 40 BOS AL 23 61 53 4 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 29 .151 .196 .208 .404 3 11 0 0 5 1
1941 41 BOS AL 21 55 45 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 .111 .184 .156 .339 -10 7 1 0 6 1
17 Seasons 619 1579 1369 119 202 27 5 15 121 1 1 105 593 .148 .209 .207 .417 6 284 1 2 103
162 Game Avg. 162 413 358 31 53 7 1 4 32 0 0 27 155 .148 .209 .207 .417 6 74 1 27
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHA (9 yrs) 402 952 853 78 135 18 4 11 86 1 0 49 360 .158 .205 .227 .432 10 194 1 49
BOS (8 yrs) 217 627 516 41 67 9 1 4 35 0 1 56 233 .130 .216 .174 .391 -1 90 1 1 54

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1929 29 PHA AL WS CHC W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 30 PHA AL WS STL W 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1931 31 PHA AL WS STL L 3 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 8 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 8 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1925 PHA AL 25 P 45 63 6 55 2 3 .968 1.36 .960 1.40
1926 PHA AL 26 P 45 62 6 53 3 3 .952 1.31 .956 1.39 MVP-8
1927 PHA AL 27 P 51 72 8 55 9 2 .875 1.24 .962 1.40
1928 PHA AL 28 P 39 47 6 40 1 0 .979 1.18 .955 1.37
1929 PHA AL 29 P 42 46 3 41 2 0 .957 1.05 .959 1.29
1930 PHA AL 30 P 50 61 6 53 2 1 .967 1.18 .944 1.18
1931 PHA AL 31 P 41 49 2 47 0 1 1.000 1.20 .951 1.19 MVP-1
1932 PHA AL 32 P 44 50 3 46 1 1 .980 1.11 .958 1.21 MVP-14
1933 PHA AL 33 P 45 69 9 58 2 5 .971 1.49 .959 1.18 AS,MVP-5
1934 BOS AL 34 P 22 23 3 18 2 1 .913 0.95 .957 1.11
1935 BOS AL 35 P 35 66 1 63 2 6 .970 1.83 .948 1.12 AS,MVP-14
1936 BOS AL 36 P 35 54 3 49 2 0 .963 1.49 .956 1.04 AS,MVP-15
1937 BOS AL 37 P 32 50 6 43 1 1 .980 1.53 .952 1.09 AS
1938 BOS AL 38 P 24 29 0 29 0 0 1.000 1.21 .948 1.12 AS,MVP-21
1939 BOS AL 39 P 23 24 0 21 3 2 .875 0.91 .954 0.98 AS,MVP-15
1940 BOS AL 40 P 22 38 1 34 3 0 .921 1.59 .958 1.05
1941 BOS AL 41 P 21 22 2 17 3 0 .864 0.90 .964 1.16
17 Seasons P 616 825 65 722 38 26 .954 1.28 .955 1.22
17 Seasons TOT 616 825 65 722 38 26 .954 1.28 .909 1.22
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933 *
1935
1936 (P)
1937
1938 *
1939

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1930-AL-Triple Crown
1931-AL-MVP
1931-AL-Triple Crown

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-AL-8-19%
1931-AL-1-98%
1932-AL-14-10%
1933-AL-5-44%
1935-AL-14-10%
1936-AL-15-6%
1938-AL-21-2%
1939-AL-15-5%
1 MVP
1.94 Career Shares (91st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1926 AL--2.512--1st
1927 AL--3.191--9th
1928 AL--2.580--3rd
1929 AL--2.811--1st
1930 AL--2.536--1st
1931 AL--2.058--1st
1932 AL--2.839--1st
1933 AL--3.203--4th
1935 AL--2.703--1st
1936 AL--2.807--1st
1937 AL--3.023--5th
1938 AL--3.079--1st
1939 AL--2.545--1st
Career--3.058--179th

Wins s c a p y
1927 AL--20--3rd
1928 AL--24--1st
1929 AL--20--3rd
1930 AL--28--1st
1931 AL--31--1st
1932 AL--25--2nd
1933 AL--24--1st
1935 AL--20--4th
1936 AL--17--9th
1937 AL--17--4th
1939 AL--15--6th
Career--300--22nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1928 AL--.750--3rd
1929 AL--.769--1st
1930 AL--.848--1st
1931 AL--.886--1st
1932 AL--.714--4th
1933 AL--.750--1st
1935 AL--.625--9th
1937 AL--.654--7th
1938 AL--.778--1st
1939 AL--.789--2nd
Career--.680--9th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1926 AL--1.271--2nd
1927 AL--1.258--9th
1928 AL--1.116--2nd
1929 AL--1.304--4th
1930 AL--1.144--1st
1931 AL--1.077--1st
1932 AL--1.193--1st
1933 AL--1.318--7th
1935 AL--1.223--1st
1936 AL--1.192--1st
1937 AL--1.344--7th
1938 AL--1.350--7th
1939 AL--1.246--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL--7.919--1st
1927 AL--8.611--9th
1928 AL--7.842--2nd
1929 AL--9.087--7th
1930 AL--8.443--2nd
1931 AL--7.763--3rd
1932 AL--8.301--4th
1935 AL--8.868--5th
1936 AL--8.420--2nd
1939 AL--8.482--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1928 AL--2.201--9th
1930 AL--1.856--3rd
1931 AL--1.933--3rd
1932 AL--2.438--5th
1933 AL--2.713--7th
1935 AL--2.143--2nd
1936 AL--2.309--2nd
1937 AL--2.851--8th
1938 AL--2.860--8th
1939 AL--2.733--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 AL--5.300--1st
1926 AL--6.767--1st
1927 AL--5.970--1st
1928 AL--6.294--2nd
1929 AL--5.557--1st
1930 AL--6.464--1st
1931 AL--5.456--4th
1932 AL--5.801--3rd
1935 AL--3.989--8th
1936 AL--4.618--6th
1937 AL--5.256--4th
1938 AL--5.444--4th

Games Played s c a p y
1925 AL--45--8th
1926 AL--45--3rd
1927 AL--51--3rd
1928 AL--39--9th
1929 AL--42--5th
1930 AL--50--1st
1932 AL--44--8th
1933 AL--45--5th
Career--616--157th

Saves s c a p y
1926 AL--6--3rd
1927 AL--9--3rd
1928 AL--4--7th
1929 AL--4--5th
1930 AL--9--1st
1931 AL--5--6th
1932 AL--7--3rd
1933 AL--6--4th
Career--55--235th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 AL--258.0--6th
1927 AL--262.3--4th
1928 AL--261.7--6th
1929 AL--275.3--3rd
1930 AL--291.0--4th
1931 AL--288.7--2nd
1932 AL--291.7--2nd
1933 AL--275.3--3rd
1935 AL--273.0--6th
1936 AL--253.3--6th
1937 AL--262.0--5th
Career--3940.7--43rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 AL--116--1st
1926 AL--194--1st
1927 AL--174--1st
1928 AL--183--1st
1929 AL--170--1st
1930 AL--209--1st
1931 AL--175--1st
1932 AL--188--2nd
1933 AL--114--6th
1935 AL--121--4th
1936 AL--130--4th
1937 AL--153--3rd
Career--2266--45th

Games Started s c a p y
1926 AL--33--4th
1928 AL--31--4th
1929 AL--37--1st
1930 AL--32--10th
1935 AL--30--8th
1937 AL--32--6th
Career--457--74th

Complete Games s c a p y
1926 AL--20--4th
1927 AL--14--10th
1928 AL--24--2nd
1929 AL--19--8th
1930 AL--22--5th
1931 AL--27--1st
1932 AL--27--1st
1933 AL--21--1st
1935 AL--23--2nd
1936 AL--22--5th
1937 AL--21--4th
1939 AL--17--5th
Career--298--42nd

Shutouts s c a p y
1928 AL--4--2nd
1929 AL--2--10th
1930 AL--2--4th
1931 AL--4--1st
1932 AL--4--1st
1933 AL--2--4th
1935 AL--2--9th
1936 AL--6--1st
1937 AL--3--6th
1939 AL--2--4th
Career--35--71st

Home Runs s c a p y
1925 AL--11--10th
1940 AL--20--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1925 AL--131--1st
1926 AL--101--4th
Career--1187--55th

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL--278--5th
1930 AL--273--8th
1932 AL--269--7th
1933 AL--280--4th
1935 AL--269--7th
1937 AL--269--3rd
Career--3849--47th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1926 AL--1.921--1st
1927 AL--2.203--2nd
1928 AL--2.859--1st
1929 AL--2.099--1st
1930 AL--3.483--1st
1931 AL--2.823--1st
1932 AL--2.380--1st
1933 AL--1.374--4th
1935 AL--1.861--3rd
1936 AL--2.000--1st
1937 AL--1.843--4th
1938 AL--1.904--1st
1939 AL--1.397--8th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1926 AL--.209--9th
1927 AL--.206--9th
1929 AL--.262--4th
1930 AL--.247--3rd
1931 AL--.312--7th
1932 AL--.401--6th
1935 AL--.198--2nd
1937 AL--.309--2nd
1938 AL--.440--5th
1939 AL--.377--4th

Losses s c a p y
Career--141--193rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
Career--1339--68th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1925 AL--9--1st
1926 AL--5--7th
1927 AL--5--8th
1928 AL--4--7th
1929 AL--8--3rd
1937 AL--5--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1926 AL--6--7th
1930 AL--5--6th
1933 AL--4--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 AL--1072--8th
1927 AL--1106--5th
1928 AL--1075--10th
1929 AL--1168--3rd
1930 AL--1191--4th
1931 AL--1160--5th
1932 AL--1207--3rd
1933 AL--1173--3rd
1935 AL--1137--6th
1936 AL--1049--6th
1937 AL--1127--5th
Career--16633--37th

Games Finished s c a p y
1927 AL--18--6th
1930 AL--17--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1926 AL--166--1st
1927 AL--133--8th
1928 AL--155--2nd
1929 AL--151--1st
1930 AL--185--1st
1931 AL--219--1st
1932 AL--159--1st
1933 AL--134--3rd
1935 AL--175--1st
1936 AL--188--1st
1937 AL--158--4th
1938 AL--160--1st
1939 AL--185--1st
Career--148--3rd

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 AL--42--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1936 AL--12--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL--born 1900-03-06--9th
1938 AL--born 1900-03-06--4th
1939 AL--born 1900-03-06--3rd
1940 AL--born 1900-03-06--1st
1941 AL--born 1900-03-06--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 108 (3), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 316 (7), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 231 (14), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 62 (14), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Tom Seaver (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tom Seaver (981) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bob Feller (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Seaver (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Seaver (986) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tom Seaver (985) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Tom Seaver (982) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

October 8, 1924: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Baltimore (International) for $100,600.

December 12, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Max Bishop and Rube Walberg to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000.

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Name and misspellings: Robert Lefty Moses groove Grove

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

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