#5 Lefty Grove, Starting Pitcher, 37 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Wednesday, 10/25/1937 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Lefty Grove
3/6/1900 37 USA,MD,LONACONING 6"3 210
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good Normal Prone 3.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,230,000 1939 12 Year(s), 116 Days (2180 total Days) 172 Day(s) 12 Year(s), 116 Days (2180 total Days) 12 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 7 | 9 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 7 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 7 | 9 | |
Talent | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 59 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 3 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .964 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/20 | @WAS | L 2-4 | * | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | L | | | | |
8/24 | @PHA | L 8-9 | * | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
8/28 | @CLE | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | W | | | | |
9/1 | DET | L 0-4 | * | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/5 | SLA | W 7-6 | * | 3.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
9/14 | @PHA | L 2-3 | * | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | L | | | | |
9/18 | SLA | W 8-1 | * | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | @CHA | W 9-3 | * | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/27 | DET | W 5-0 | * | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
10/1 | WAS | L 4-7 | * | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.18 | 269.0 | 261 | 136 | 125 | 83 | 182 | 22 | 66.7 | 2 | 16 | 48.5 |
Projected | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.18 | 269.0 | 261 | 136 | 125 | 83 | 182 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.65 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 237 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .313 | .392 | .705 |
vs. RHB | 790 | 201 | 38 | 7 | 27 | 105 | 109 | 61 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 | .303 | .423 | .726 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 17 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3.80 | 137.1 | 133 | 64 | 58 | 40 | 97 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4.58 | 131.2 | 128 | 72 | 67 | 43 | 85 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.45 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
May | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.33 | 25.1 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 14 |
June | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.87 | 68.1 | 67 | 41 | 37 | 21 | 48 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.34 | 56.2 | 48 | 22 | 21 | 26 | 31 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4.91 | 58.2 | 69 | 35 | 32 | 16 | 40 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.04 | 56.1 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 45 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1927 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 3.82 | 231.0 | 246 | 122 | 98 | 18 | 66 | 131 | 22 | 0 | 1.35 | .302 | STL |
1928 | 40 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3.71 | 330.0 | 306 | 154 | 136 | 21 | 99 | 219 | 29 | 4 | 1.23 | .283 | STL,NL |
1929 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 3.84 | 335.1 | 321 | 172 | 143 | 21 | 103 | 209 | 30 | 0 | 1.26 | .287 | STL |
1930 | 40 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 3.00 | 339.0 | 299 | 139 | 113 | 16 | 112 | 233 | 30 | 3 | 1.21 | .275 | STL |
1931 | 40 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3.40 | 344.1 | 303 | 138 | 130 | 20 | 111 | 237 | 33 | 3 | 1.20 | .276 | STL,NL |
1932 | 38 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3.69 | 316.2 | 304 | 146 | 130 | 16 | 94 | 226 | 30 | 3 | 1.26 | .297 | STL |
1933 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4.06 | 254.2 | 250 | 123 | 115 | 15 | 80 | 178 | 25 | 0 | 1.30 | .293 | STL |
1934 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3.36 | 337.1 | 301 | 140 | 126 | 30 | 100 | 248 | 29 | 1 | 1.19 | .274 | STL |
1935 | 45 | 45 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 3.26 | 386.2 | 362 | 161 | 140 | 23 | 117 | 274 | 38 | 3 | 1.24 | .291 | NYY,AL |
1936 | 45 | 45 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3.77 | 386.2 | 377 | 177 | 162 | 28 | 122 | 262 | 35 | 4 | 1.29 | .294 | NYY,AL |
1937 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4.18 | 269.0 | 261 | 136 | 125 | 33 | 83 | 182 | 22 | 2 | 1.28 | .281 | NYY |
Total | 419 | 419 | 215 | 156 | 0 | 3.61 | 3530.2 | 3330 | 1608 | 1418 | 241 | 1087 | 2399 | 323 | 23 | 1.25 | .286 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1925, AAA | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.50 | 61.2 | 53 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1.18 | .269 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1936 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 45.0 | 44 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 45.0 | 44 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1927 | 29 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .084 | .095 | .096 | .192 | STL |
1928 | 40 | 121 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .177 | .215 | .392 | STL,NL |
1929 | 39 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .128 | .115 | .243 | STL |
1930 | 40 | 123 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .114 | .128 | .146 | .274 | STL |
1931 | 40 | 126 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .138 | .151 | .289 | STL,NL |
1932 | 38 | 118 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .124 | .169 | .293 | STL |
1933 | 30 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .087 | .088 | .175 | STL |
1934 | 40 | 111 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .135 | .150 | .171 | .322 | STL |
1935 | 45 | 142 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .189 | .218 | .407 | NYY,AL |
1936 | 45 | 141 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 0 | .113 | .155 | .163 | .319 | NYY,AL |
1937 | 33 | 104 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .204 | .221 | .425 | NYY |
Total | 419 | 1282 | 165 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 73 | 76 | 27 | 508 | 1 | 0 | .129 | .146 | .163 | .309 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 33 | 33 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 58 | 2 | .966 | 269.0 | 1.94 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1925... Injured on 6/6/1925 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks... Earned first career win on 4/5/1927... Had first career hit on 4/13/1927, off Wilbur Cooper (PIT)... Injured on 5/16/1927 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1928, going 6-0, 2.04... Was selected to the 1928 Allstar game... Injured on 10/1/1928 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... 1/31/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,242,857 through salary arbitration... Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (N) on 10/1/1929, striking out 6... 1/31/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,242,857 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1930, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... 1/31/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1931 Allstar game... 10/25/1931: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (N), $7,310,000 per year, for 3 years. Injured on 9/21/1932 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 6/6/1933 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks... Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/3/1935 to a 2-year deal worth $10,000,000 per year... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1935, going 6-2, 1.63... Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/24/1936, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... 10/5/1936: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,230,000 per year, for 3 years. Won World Series with New York (A) in 1936... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1936, going 27-14, 3.77 ERA... Injured on 4/1/1937 with a Spasms Back, out for 4-5 weeks... Injured on 9/5/1937 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1927 - 3.82 - 8th 1928 - 3.71 - 6th 1930 - 3.00 - 2nd 1931 - 3.40 - 4th 1932 - 3.69 - 8th 1933 - 4.06 - 9th 1934 - 3.36 - 3rd 1935 - 3.26 - 1st 1936 - 3.77 - 3rd
| WHIP 1928 - 1.23 - 6th 1929 - 1.26 - 10th 1930 - 1.21 - 7th 1931 - 1.20 - 6th 1932 - 1.26 - 8th 1933 - 1.30 - 9th 1934 - 1.19 - 4th 1935 - 1.24 - 2nd 1936 - 1.29 - 6th
| Wins 1928 - 22 - 5th 1930 - 22 - 6th 1931 - 23 - 4th 1932 - 22 - 4th 1933 - 18 - 8th 1935 - 24 - 2nd 1936 - 27 - 2nd
| Losses 1929 - 18 - 10th 1934 - 18 - 4th 1935 - 18 - 9th
| IP 1928 - 330.0 - 8th 1929 - 335.1 - 8th 1930 - 339.0 - 7th 1931 - 344.1 - 5th 1934 - 337.1 - 4th 1935 - 386.2 - 1st 1936 - 386.2 - 1st
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K's 1928 - 219 - 5th 1929 - 209 - 4th 1930 - 233 - 6th 1931 - 237 - 4th 1932 - 226 - 7th 1933 - 178 - 10th 1934 - 248 - 5th 1935 - 274 - 2nd 1936 - 262 - 2nd
| BB 1929 - 103 - 8th 1930 - 112 - 7th 1931 - 111 - 8th 1934 - 100 - 7th 1935 - 117 - 7th 1936 - 122 - 2nd
| CG 1928 - 29 - 5th 1929 - 30 - 5th 1930 - 30 - 6th 1931 - 33 - 2nd 1932 - 30 - 4th 1933 - 25 - 7th 1934 - 29 - 3rd 1935 - 38 - 1st 1936 - 35 - 2nd
| SHO 1928 - 4 - 1st 1930 - 3 - 3rd 1931 - 3 - 3rd 1932 - 3 - 3rd 1935 - 3 - 2nd 1936 - 4 - 2nd
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