Born:(1900-03-06)March 6, 1900 Lonaconing, Maryland, U.S.
Died: May 22, 1975(1975-05-22) (aged 75) Norwalk, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 14, 1925, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1941, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
300–141
Earned run average
3.06
Strikeouts
2,266
Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1925–1933)
Boston Red Sox (1934–1941)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1933, 1935–1939)
2× World Series champion (1929, 1930)
AL MVP (1931)
2× Triple Crown (1930, 1931)
4× AL wins leader (1928, 1930, 1931, 1933)
9× AL ERA leader (1926, 1929–1932, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939)
7× AL strikeout leader (1925–1931)
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Athletics Hall of Fame
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1947
Vote
76.4% (fourth ballot)
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove (March 6, 1900 – May 22, 1975) was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. One of the greatest pitchers in history, Grove led the American League in wins in four separate seasons, in strikeouts seven years in a row, and had the league's lowest earned run average a record nine times. Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931, he twice won the pitcher's Triple Crown, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, while amassing a 79–15 record and leading the Athletics to three straight AL championships.[1] Overall, Grove won 300 games in his 17-year MLB career. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove (March 6, 1900 – May 22, 1975) was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during...
defeated the Cardinals in six games, 4–2. Philadelphia's pitching ace LeftyGrove, and George Earnshaw, the No. 2 man in Mack's rotation, won two games...
the 1901 season. Over the course of his 17-year major league career, LeftyGrove led the American League in ERA nine times, with a career single-season...
players included Chief Bender, Frank "Home Run" Baker, Jimmie Foxx, and LeftyGrove. The team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas...
have accomplished the feat more than once, including Hall-of-Famers LeftyGrove, Sandy Koufax, and Nolan Ryan, and active pitchers Chris Sale, Max Scherzer...
Travis Tygart in the 2015 drama film The Program (2015), baseball player LeftyGrove in the 2018 biographical drama film The Catcher Was a Spy (2018) and...
Vernon Louis "Lefty" Gomez (November 26, 1908 – February 17, 1989) was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Gomez played in...
left-handed pitchers in the bullpen, even though two of his best starters, LeftyGrove and Rube Walberg, were left-handed. The Athletics' Howard Ehmke, who...
championships: Dazzy Vance, who leads the National League; Bob Feller; and LeftyGrove. Grover Cleveland Alexander and Rube Waddell led their league six times,...
Philadelphia Athletics (3) The A's scored four runs in the third, enabling LeftyGrove to win Game 1 despite giving up 12 hits, three by Pepper Martin. The...
Tom Yawkey bought the team. Yawkey acquired pitchers Wes Ferrell and LeftyGrove, Joe Cronin, a shortstop and manager, and first baseman Jimmie Foxx....
309 20 Mickey Welch* 307 21 Tom Glavine* 305 22 Randy Johnson* 303 23 LeftyGrove* 300 Early Wynn* 300 25 Bobby Mathews 297 26 Tommy John 288 27 Bert Blyleven*...
in baseball history. A fourth future Hall of Fame member was pitcher LeftyGrove, who led the American League in strikeouts seven years in a row, and...
4.00; only the highest caliber pitchers, for example Dazzy Vance or LeftyGrove, would consistently post an ERA under 3.00 during these years. In the...
Juan Marichal † 2,303 57 John Lackey 2,294 58 Dwight Gooden 2,293 59 LeftyGrove † 2,266 60 Chris Sale (61) 2,250 61 Eddie Plank † 2,246 62 Tommy John...
between his starts to "close" games. Later research would reveal that LeftyGrove would have been in his league's top three in saves in four different...
Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010. "Hall of Famers: LeftyGrove". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010...
reform seemed to work, as it elected four: Mickey Cochrane, Frank Frisch, LeftyGrove, and Carl Hubbell. In the wake of the successful BBWAA election, and...
intentionally walking Ruth counterproductive for opposing pitchers. LeftyGrove, one of the AL's best pitchers during Gehrig's playing days who often...
Wheat and Eddie Collins as well as young stars like Mickey Cochrane, LeftyGrove, Al Simmons and rookie Jimmie Foxx. That team won the pennant in 1929...
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