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Historical player · 1925–1941

Lefty Grove

B/T L/L · HT 75 · WT 190 · Born 3/6/1900 · From Lonaconing, MD USA · Debut 1925-04-14 · Final 1941-09-28

Career · batting

619

1,369

202

RBI

121

105

AVG/OPS

0.148 · 0.417

Career · pitching

616

457

3,940.7

W-L

300-141

2,266

ERA

3.06

WHIP

1.28

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Philadelphia Athletics · 1925–1933

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#242 on the Athletics

↑ 1 E. Brucker

↓ 1 H. Sullivan

Hits

135

#302 on the Athletics

↑ 1 P. Lehner

↓ 1 W. McAvoy

RBI

#235 on the Athletics

↑ 1 J. Coombs

↓ 3 L. Skizas

#530 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Allen

Runs

#259 on the Athletics

↑ 1 R. Hassey

↓ 1 F. McGowan

#292 on the Athletics

↑ 1 G. Burns

↓ 1 C. Carter

Career with the Boston Red Sox · 1934–1941

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#372 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 J. Adair

↓ 1 S. Yerkes

Hits

#464 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 M. Hernandez

↓ 1 E. Smith

RBI

#414 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Barrett

↓ 1 D. Smith

Runs

#409 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 B. Bush

↓ 1 C. Fewster

#265 on the Red Sox

↑ 1 H. Agganis

↓ 1 O. Nixon

★

MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,622 all-time MLB

↑ 1 Á. Alfonso

↓ 1 T. York

Hits

202

#4,652 all-time MLB

↑ 1 H. Easterday

↓ 1 J. Wilhoit

RBI

121

#3,926 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Dolan

↓ 1 M. Winn

#7,932 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Aase

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1925	Athletics	AL	45	65	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	26	0.123	—	0.123
1926	Athletics	AL	45	81	6	8	1	1	0	6	0	5	42	0.099	—	0.136
1927	Athletics	AL	51	80	8	10	1	0	2	8	1	8	30	0.125	—	0.213
1928	Athletics	AL	39	88	10	15	2	1	1	6	0	10	41	0.170	—	0.250
1929	Athletics	AL	42	102	13	22	3	0	1	15	0	6	33	0.216	—	0.275
1930	Athletics	AL	50	110	11	22	3	2	2	17	0	7	46	0.200	—	0.318
1931	Athletics	AL	41	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	0	3	48	0.200	—	0.226
1932	Athletics	AL	44	107	10	18	1	0	4	12	0	5	51	0.168	—	0.290
1933	Athletics	AL	45	105	9	9	4	0	1	7	0	4	43	0.086	—	0.152
1934	Red Sox	AL	22	37	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	2	13	0.162	—	0.270
1935	Red Sox	AL	35	89	5	7	1	1	1	5	0	13	49	0.079	—	0.146
1936	Red Sox	AL	35	80	5	11	4	0	0	5	0	6	34	0.138	—	0.188
1937	Red Sox	AL	32	91	6	13	1	0	0	6	0	12	39	0.143	—	0.154
1938	Red Sox	AL	24	54	8	8	0	0	0	8	0	7	25	0.148	—	0.148
1939	Red Sox	AL	25	67	3	9	0	0	1	5	0	9	26	0.134	—	0.179
1940	Red Sox	AL	23	53	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	3	29	0.151	—	0.208
1941	Red Sox	AL	21	45	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	4	18	0.111	—	0.156
Career			619	1,369	119	202	27	5	15	121	1	105	593	0.148	0.209	0.208

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1925	Athletics	AL	10	12	45	18	1	197.0	207	104	131	116	4.75	1.72
1926	Athletics	AL	13	13	45	33	6	258.0	227	72	101	194	2.51	1.27
1927	Athletics	AL	20	13	51	28	9	262.3	251	93	79	174	3.19	1.26
1928	Athletics	AL	24	8	39	31	4	261.7	228	75	64	183	2.58	1.12
1929	Athletics	AL	20	6	42	37	4	275.3	278	86	81	170	2.81	1.30
1930	Athletics	AL	28	5	50	32	9	291.0	273	82	60	209	2.54	1.14
1931	Athletics	AL	31	4	41	30	5	288.7	249	66	62	175	2.06	1.08
1932	Athletics	AL	25	10	44	30	7	291.7	269	92	79	188	2.84	1.19
1933	Athletics	AL	24	8	45	28	6	275.3	280	98	83	114	3.20	1.32
1934	Red Sox	AL	8	8	22	12	0	109.3	149	79	32	43	6.50	1.66
1935	Red Sox	AL	20	12	35	30	1	273.0	269	82	65	121	2.70	1.22
1936	Red Sox	AL	17	12	35	30	2	253.3	237	79	65	130	2.81	1.19
1937	Red Sox	AL	17	9	32	32	0	262.0	269	88	83	153	3.02	1.34
1938	Red Sox	AL	14	4	24	21	1	163.7	169	56	52	99	3.08	1.35
1939	Red Sox	AL	15	4	23	23	0	191.0	180	54	58	81	2.54	1.25
1940	Red Sox	AL	7	6	22	21	0	153.3	159	68	50	62	3.99	1.36
1941	Red Sox	AL	7	7	21	21	0	134.0	155	65	42	54	4.37	1.47
Career			300	141	616	457	55	3,940.7	3,849	1,339	1,187	2,266	3.06	1.28

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	616	0	0.0	65	722	38	26

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1960	BBWAA	6	202	Ballot
1947	BBWAA	123	121	Inducted
1946	Final Ballot	61	198	Ballot
1946	Nominating Vote	71		Ballot
1945	BBWAA	28	186	Ballot
1936	BBWAA	12	170	Ballot