Orval Grove
1940–1949 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox
207G
.129AVG
.201OBP
.158SLG
More career statistics
48H
1HR
19RBI
0SB
63–73W–L
1,176.2IP
374K
3.78ERA
152GS
4SV
3Rare 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 · At bats | 373 | 372 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 128 | 127 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 428 | 430 |
| Batting · Walks | 31 | 34 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,109 | 5,116 |
| Pitching · p er | 494 | 498 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,237 | 1,236 |
| Pitching · p hr | 62 | 63 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,530 | 3,531 |
| Pitching · p r | 595 | 596 |
| Pitching · p w | 444 | 445 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 428 | 373 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 31 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 59 | .129 | .201 | .158 | .359 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,176.7 | 207 | 152 | 66 | 63 | 73 | 4 | 1,237 | 595 | 494 | 62 | 444 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 | 1.429 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1943-06-16 to 1943-06-30
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1946-08-03 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1942-07-01 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1943-07-08 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 102 | 203 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 58 | .125 | .182 | .165 |
| Away | 105 | 227 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 69 | .133 | .198 | .153 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .095 | .174 | .095 |
| May | 43 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | .125 | .135 | .163 |
| June | 43 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | .171 | .233 | .197 |
| July | 43 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .056 | .123 | .069 |
| August | 28 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .155 | .243 | .172 |
| September | 33 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | .159 | .230 | .222 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 38 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | .197 | .246 | .262 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | .086 | .141 | .086 |
| new-york-yankees | 30 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | .120 | .161 | .140 |
| boston-red-sox | 30 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | .151 | .254 | .151 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 27 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 | .063 | .086 | .127 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | .130 | .222 | .152 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 24 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .171 | .240 | .195 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  Chicago White Sox | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 1 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 5 |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | .227 | 66 | 21 |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 65 | 12 | – | 7 | – | .185 | 216 | 76 |
| 1944 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 77 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .104 | 234 | 104 |
| 1945 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 71 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .099 | 217 | 54 |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 33 | 65 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .108 | 205 | 61 |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 48 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .146 | 135 | 33 |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | .095 | 88 | 18 |
| 1949 | Chicago White Sox | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |