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Lefty
Grove		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 6, 1900 in Usa, MD, LONACONING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1933   
All-Star Selections 1932    1934    1937   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 30 SEM AL $ 6,392,857 92 98 78 82 82 69 72 56 45 47
1931 31 MON NL $ 6,392,857 9 10 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 5
1932 32 TAM AL $ 6,600,000 9 10 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1933 33 TAM AL $ 6,600,000 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1934 34 TAM AL $ 6,600,000 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4
1935 35 ATL NL $ 6,600,000 9 9 7 8 8 7 7 4 3 3
1936 36 TAM AL $ 8,000,000 9 8 6 7 7 6 6 3 3 3
1937 37 DET AL $ 8,000,000 9 8 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3
1938 38 DET AL $ 8,000,000 8 5 3 3 6 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,392,857 8 5 3 3 6 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 92 98 78 82 82 69 72 56 45 47
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 30 SEM AL $ 6,392,857   9 9 10 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
1931 31 MON NL $ 6,392,857   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1932 32 TAM AL $ 6,600,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1933 33 TAM AL $ 6,600,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1934 34 TAM AL $ 6,600,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1935 35 ATL NL $ 6,600,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1936 36 TAM AL $ 8,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 37 DET AL $ 8,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 38 DET AL $ 8,000,000   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 6,392,857   1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   9 9 10 3 3 3 21 21 21 1 1 1 15 15 15
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1930 30 SEM AL 14 22 .389 44 44 16 0 0 344.3 369 183 27 86 146 4.78 .271 .315 .406 .721 16.5
1931 31 MON NL 15 17 .469 40 40 21 0 0 329.3 317 130 19 73 138 3.55 .249 .288 .354 .642 19.8
1932 32 MON NL 15 6 .714 25 25 11 1 0 204.7 210 91 17 51 99 4.00 .263 .306 .398 .705 13.3
  TAM AL 7 4 .636 14 14 6 1 0 116.3 119 52 10 30 52 4.02 .262 .307 .401 .708 7.1
  TOT   22 10 .688 39 39 17 2 0 321.0 329 143 27 81 151 4.01 .263 .306 .399 .706 20.4
1933 33 TAM AL 18 12 .600 40 40 14 1 0 315.7 335 155 30 89 145 4.42 .270 .322 .411 .733 17.9
1934 34 TAM AL 26 14 .650 42 42 21 5 0 333.3 313 143 21 99 141 3.86 .246 .300 .370 .670 22.7
1935 35 TAM AL 4 5 .444 11 11 5 0 0 86.0 86 42 6 22 45 4.40 .259 .305 .370 .676 4.6
  ATL NL 12 14 .462 31 31 14 1 0 243.3 269 105 19 71 118 3.88 .278 .329 .403 .731 15.1
  TOT   16 19 .457 42 42 19 1 0 329.3 355 147 25 93 163 4.02 .273 .323 .394 .717 19.7
1936 36 ATL NL 6 10 .375 22 22 6 1 0 167.3 166 76 13 48 76 4.09 .254 .306 .378 .684 9.4
  TAM AL 11 4 .733 19 19 6 0 0 141.7 135 56 11 43 57 3.56 .245 .301 .369 .670 10.9
  TOT   17 14 .548 41 41 12 1 0 309.0 301 132 24 91 133 3.84 .250 .304 .374 .678 20.3
1937 37 TAM AL 11 8 .579 22 22 6 0 0 167.0 189 77 13 41 68 4.15 .284 .323 .419 .742 8.1
  DET AL 9 8 .529 21 21 5 0 0 169.0 174 65 12 39 78 3.46 .265 .305 .390 .696 14.0
  TOT   20 16 .556 43 43 11 0 0 336.0 363 142 25 80 146 3.80 .275 .314 .405 .719 22.1
1938 38 DET AL 5 10 .333 24 18 3 1 1 139.7 165 81 12 46 53 5.22 .292 .344 .405 .749 3.5
    AAA   1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 0 4 2 1.50 .190 .320 .238 .558  
9 Years Sim 153 134 .533 355 349 134 11 1 2757.6 2847 1256 210 738 1216 4.10 .264 .311 .390 .701 162.8
1 Years AAA 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 0 4 2 1.50 .190 .320 .238 .558  
Season Average 17 14 .548 39 38 14 1 0 306.4 316 139 23 82 135 4.10 .264 .311 .390 .701  
Career Highs 26 22 .688 44 44 21 5 1 344.3 369 183 30 99 163 5.22 .292 .344 .411 .749  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2086 883 146 558 811   .275 .324 .400 .724
vs LH   761 373 64 180 405   .238 .279 .367 .646
Home 76 73 .510 184 179 66 4 0 1439.7 1502 673 116 403 617 4.21 .267 .316 .399 .715
Away 77 61 .558 171 170 68 7 1 1318.0 1345 583 94 335 599 3.98 .261 .306 .381 .687
Mar/Apr 23 19 .548 57 57 17 0 0 428.0 451 201 36 113 190 4.23 .267 .313 .402 .715
May 27 23 .540 66 66 24 1 0 541.3 559 253 47 131 236 4.21 .264 .307 .392 .699
June 33 20 .623 59 59 25 4 0 471.3 489 197 27 137 193 3.76 .266 .317 .375 .692
July 28 27 .509 62 62 26 4 0 488.3 519 235 40 131 228 4.33 .271 .317 .404 .721
August 22 25 .468 63 57 27 0 1 458.3 457 213 41 133 195 4.18 .258 .310 .394 .704
Sep/Oct 20 20 .500 48 48 22 2 0 370.3 372 157 19 93 174 3.82 .255 .299 .372 .671
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 30 SEM AL 44 118 8 15 3 0 0 6 1 0 4 31 .127 .153 .153 .306 0.9 0.0
1931 31 MON NL 40 111 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 27 .126 .149 .135 .284 -0.1 0.0
1932 32 MON NL 25 71 6 14 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 17 .197 .194 .254 .448 3.6 0.0
  TAM AL 14 38 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .079 .103 .079 .182 -1.1 0.0
  TOT   39 109 9 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 1 22 .156 .162 .193 .355 2.6 0.0
1933 33 TAM AL 40 113 8 15 2 1 0 8 0 0 1 30 .133 .137 .168 .305 0.5 0.0
1934 34 TAM AL 42 113 6 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 42 .097 .104 .106 .211 -3.1 0.0
1935 35 TAM AL 11 25 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .080 .115 .080 .195 -0.7 0.0
  ATL NL 31 87 6 14 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 25 .161 .170 .161 .331 1.0 0.0
  TOT   42 112 9 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 38 .143 .158 .143 .301 0.3 0.0
1936 36 ATL NL 22 56 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 .125 .125 .143 .268 -1.0 0.0
  TAM AL 19 54 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 23 .093 .093 .093 .185 -1.9 0.0
  TOT   41 110 2 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 44 .109 .109 .118 .227 -2.8 0.0
1937 37 TAM AL 22 61 6 10 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 22 .164 .177 .213 .391 1.0 0.0
  DET AL 21 50 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   43 111 8 16 1 1 0 4 0 1 3 40 .144 .167 .171 .338 0.9 0.0
1938 38 DET AL 24 44 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 .068 .068 .068 .136 -2.5 0.0
9 Years Sim 355 941 55 119 11 3 0 54 1 1 15 295 .126 .139 .145 .284 -3.3 0.0
162 Game Average 429 25 54 5 1 0 24 0 0 6 134 .126 .139 .145 .284 -1.5  
Career Highs 44 118 9 17 3 1 0 10 1 1 4 44 .156 .167 .193 .355 2.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   647 42 86 8 1 0 41 1 0 12 188 .133 .148 .148 .296 -4.3
vs LH   294 13 33 3 2 0 13 0 1 3 107 .112 .120 .136 .256 -6.1
Home 184 462 26 66 8 0 0 29 1 1 7 149 .143 .154 .160 .315 -1.0
Away 171 479 29 53 3 3 0 25 0 0 8 146 .111 .124 .129 .254 -9.4
RISP   245 0 33 4 1 0 52 0 0 3 76 .135 .141 .159 .300 -1.4
Close/Late   81 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 26 .099 .108 .111 .220 -2.4
Mar/Apr 57 133 13 13 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 45 .098 .136 .113 .248 -2.5
May 66 190 12 30 3 1 0 11 0 0 0 61 .158 .156 .184 .340 0.8
June 59 162 9 24 2 0 0 9 1 0 2 54 .148 .156 .160 .316 0.1
July 62 175 7 21 1 2 0 10 0 0 2 47 .120 .130 .149 .279 -2.3
August 57 156 7 18 2 0 0 9 0 1 1 49 .115 .120 .128 .248 -3.8
Sep/Oct 48 125 7 13 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 39 .104 .132 .112 .244 -2.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1930 30 SEM AL P 44 44 344.3 29 67 6 3 .941 2.51    
1931 31 MON NL P 40 40 329.3 21 56 6 3 .928 2.10    
1932 32 MON NL P 25 25 204.7 10 43 3 4 .946 2.33    
  TAM AL P 14 14 116.3 5 25 2 2 .938 2.32    
  TOT   P 39 39 321.0 15 68 5 6 .943 2.33    
1933 33 TAM AL P 40 40 315.7 22 67 2 4 .978 2.54    
1934 34 TAM AL P 42 42 333.3 19 61 3 6 .964 2.16    
1935 35 TAM AL P 11 11 86.0 5 15 1 1 .952 2.09    
  ATL NL P 31 31 243.3 13 42 1 1 .982 2.03    
  TOT   P 42 42 329.3 18 57 2 2 .974 2.05    
1936 36 ATL NL P 22 22 167.3 9 31 3 1 .930 2.15    
  TAM AL P 19 19 141.7 7 27 2 1 .944 2.16    
  TOT   P 41 41 309.0 16 58 5 2 .937 2.16    
1937 37 TAM AL P 22 22 167.0 8 31 1 1 .975 2.10    
  DET AL P 21 21 169.0 8 32 2 1 .952 2.13    
  TOT   P 43 43 336.0 16 63 3 2 .963 2.12    
1938 38 DET AL P 24 18 139.7 8 25 1 2 .971 2.13    
Career Totals   355 349 2757.6 164 522 33 30 .954 2.24    
Career Highs   44 44 344.3 29 68 6 6 .978 2.54    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1932 32 TAM AL 1 2 .333 3 3 2 0 0 25.0 34 16 2 3 13 5.76 .321 .339 .462 .802
1933 33 TAM AL 5 1 .833 6 6 3 0 0 50.3 55 19 3 8 21 3.40 .281 .309 .393 .702
1934 34 TAM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 17 8 1 3 10 4.24 .254 .286 .388 .674
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 4 .636 11 11 7 0 0 92.3 106 43 6 14 44 4.19 .287 .313 .412 .725
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 32 TAM AL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222
1933 33 TAM AL 6 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1934 34 TAM AL 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Batting 11 30 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .067 .067 .067 .133
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1934-5-3.86
 Wins
1933-8-18
1934-1-26
1937-5-20
 Losses
1930-2-22
1931-9-17
1937-9-16
 Winning Pct
1932-1-.714
1933-7-.600
1934-5-.650
 Games Started
1930-5-44
1933-10-40
1934-1-42
1937-5-43
 Complete Games
1933-7-14
1934-2-21
1935-9-14
Shutouts
1932-6-1
1933-8-1
1934-1-5
1936-9-1
 Innings Pitched
1930-5-344.3
1933-6-315.7
1934-4-333.3
1937-5-336.0
 Hits Allowed
1930-10-369
1933-7-335
1937-4-363
 Homeruns Allowed
1930-1-27
1932-10-17
1933-1-30
1934-7-21
1935-8-19
1937-3-25
 Strikeouts
1930-4-146
1931-10-138
1933-4-145
1934-4-141
1937-7-146
 Walks per 9IP
1931-10-2.0
1932-9-2.2
1937-9-2.1
Hits per 9IP
1931-8-8.7
1932-5-9.2
1933-8-9.6
1934-2-8.5
1936-8-8.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1930-8-3.8
1931-8-3.8
1932-5-4.4
1933-9-4.1
1934-10-3.8
1935-6-4.4
1936-9-4.1
 WHiP
1931-6-1.18
1932-5-1.28
1933-7-1.34
1934-4-1.24
1936-6-1.28
 OAVG
1931-5-.249
1932-5-.263
1933-8-.270
1934-2-.246
1936-6-.254
 OOBP
1931-6-.288
1932-3-.306
1933-9-.322
1934-3-.300
1936-6-.306
 OSLG
1931-6-.354
1934-4-.370
OOPS
1931-4-.642
1932-9-.705
1934-3-.670
1936-7-.684
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Bob Knepper (959)
  2. Carl Hubbell (945)
  3. Schoolboy Rowe (942)
  4. Steve Hargan (941)
  5. Ray Benge (935)
  6. Johnny Broaca (934)
  7. Dick Donovan (928)
  8. Mort Cooper (928)
  9. Danny Darwin (922)
  10. Harvey Haddix (920)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Dick Donovan (993)
  2. Don Nottebart (991)
  3. Al Javery (988)
  4. Jim Brewer (986)
  5. Gaylord Perry (985)
  6. Ralph Lumenti (985)
  7. Ken Heintzelman (985)
  8. Steve Hamilton (982)
  9. Bob Anderson (982)
  10. Tommy Hughes (980)
History
Earned first career win on 4/13/1930
Had first career hit on 4/17/1930, off Charlie Robertson (CHN)
1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,392,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle (M) to Montreal on 1/31/1931 (Going to MON: P Lefty Grove, C Butch Henline, 1B Harvey Hendrick. Going to SEM: C Al Lopez)
5/16/1931: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/4/1931 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1931 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1932 (Going to TAM: P Lefty Grove. Going to MON: 2B Dib Williams, P Dutch Henry, P Roxie Lawson, P Bud Teachout, P Lynn Nelson)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1933, going 6-1, 2.45
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1933
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1934, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1934, going 6-1, 2.08
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Atlanta on 5/16/1935 (Going to TAM: P Dizzy Dean, 1B Joe Hauser, 1B Art Shires, CF Kiki Cuyler. Going to ATL: P Lefty Grove, 1B Lou Gehrig)
7/16/1935: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/21/1935 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Atlanta to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1936 (Going to ATL: P Dave Keefe, LF Danny Taylor, CF Nick Cullop. Going to TAM: P Lefty Grove)
Injured on 9/1/1936 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to St. Louis (C) on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: P Lefty Grove, P Vic Keen, P Boom-boom Beck, P Al Yeargin. Going to TAM: RF Frank Demaree, P Van Mungo)
Traded from St. Louis (C) to Detroit on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: 3B Jimmy Outlaw, P Red Lucas, P Dutch Henry. Going to DET: P Lefty Grove)
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Injured on 4/14/1938 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/31/1938 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
 
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