Lefty Grove

1925–1941 · bats L / throws L · ALS, ASB, ASG, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics

619G

.148AVG

.209OBP

.207SLG

More career statistics

202H

15HR

121RBI

1SB

300–141W–L

3,940.2IP

2,266K

3.06ERA

457GS

55SV

5Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Strikeouts	593	605
Batting · Plate appearances	1,579	1,578
Batting · RBI	121	124
Batting · Walks	105	104
Pitching · p er	1,339	1,328
Pitching · p h	3,849	3,847
Pitching · p ipouts	11,822	11,815
Pitching · p k	2,266	2,265
Pitching · p r	1,594	1,595
Pitching · p w	1,187	1,184

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
619	1,579	1,369	119	202	27	5	15	121	105	593	1	1	2	0	284	.148	.209	.207	.416

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,940.7	616	457	298	300	141	55	3,849	1,594	1,339	162	1,187	2,266	0	0	3.06	1.278

Streaks

7longest hitting streak · 1929-05-01 to 1929-05-25

11longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
76	Ten Strikeouts in Relief	1931-07-04	1 in 3,062 games	box score ↗
66	12 scoreless innings	1931-05-30	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
64	Platinum Sombrero	1933-06-10	1 in 927 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	292	763	111	9	72	53	290	.169	.215	.244
Away	327	815	91	6	52	51	315	.128	.174	.174

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	52	118	13	0	1	9	55	.126	.186	.146
May	125	330	57	3	29	32	111	.209	.270	.289
June	114	306	36	3	22	14	121	.133	.163	.185
July	115	298	35	3	27	15	123	.133	.168	.197
August	111	295	31	4	30	15	111	.120	.156	.186
September	100	230	29	2	15	19	84	.145	.209	.195
October	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	102	294	38	3	24	22	123	.152	.204	.224
chicago-white-sox	94	217	22	3	12	15	84	.118	.171	.166
new-york-yankees	93	212	17	0	10	14	114	.094	.146	.122
cleveland-guardians	84	239	39	2	23	12	80	.182	.213	.248
st-louis-browns	84	199	28	4	25	11	65	.159	.196	.244
washington-senators-1901-60	82	201	24	1	8	17	71	.139	.204	.185
boston-red-sox	57	150	28	1	16	7	49	.203	.233	.275
philadelphia-athletics	23	66	6	1	6	6	19	.120	.182	.180

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1925	Philadelphia Athletics	45	65	8	–	4	–	.123	196	115
1926	Philadelphia Athletics	45	81	8	–	7	–	.099	257	197
1927	Philadelphia Athletics	51	80	10	2	8	1	.125	262	174
1928	Philadelphia Athletics	39	88	15	1	6	–	.170	261	182
1929	Philadelphia Athletics	42	102	22	1	15	–	.216	275	170
1930	Philadelphia Athletics	50	110	22	2	17	–	.200	290	209
1931	Philadelphia Athletics	41	115	23	–	12	–	.200	288	175
1932	Philadelphia Athletics	44	107	18	4	12	–	.168	291	189
1933	Philadelphia Athletics	45	105	9	1	7	–	.086	275	114
1934	Boston Red Sox	22	38	6	1	4	–	.158	109	43
1935	Boston Red Sox	35	88	7	1	5	–	.080	273	120
1936	Boston Red Sox	35	80	11	–	6	–	.138	253	130
1937	Boston Red Sox	32	91	13	–	6	–	.143	262	151
1938	Boston Red Sox	24	54	8	–	8	–	.148	163	100
1939	Boston Red Sox	25	67	9	1	5	–	.134	191	81
1940	Boston Red Sox	23	53	8	1	2	–	.151	153	61
1941	Boston Red Sox	21	45	5	–	–	–	.111	134	54