Orval Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 196lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: August 29, 1919 in Mineral, KS us

Died: April 20, 1992 in Carmichael, CA

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Citrus Heights, CA

School: Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, IL)

Debut: May 28, 1940 (Age 20-273d, 8,902nd in major league history)
vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 27, 1949 (Age 29-241d)
vs. CLE 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Orval Leroy Grove

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

ERA

3.78

207

152

1176.2

374

WHIP

1.429

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1938	18	CHW-min	C,A1	10	13	.435	5.67	34	25					216.0	108	155	136		170									1.287	4.5		7.1			LGV,DAL ETXL,TL
1940	20	CHW	AL	0	0		3.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	26	156	4.12	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	1.5	0.25
1941	21	CHW	AL	0	0		10.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	8	8	2	5	1	5	0	0	1	35	42	6.76	2.000	11.6	2.6	6.4	6.4	1.00
1942	22	CHW	AL	4	6	.400	5.16	12	8	2	4	0	0	66.1	77	47	38	1	33	4	21	1	0	3	309	70	3.17	1.658	10.4	0.1	4.5	2.8	0.64
1943	23	CHW	AL	15	9	.625	2.75	32	25	5	18	3	2	216.1	192	84	66	9	72	4	76	4	1	3	888	120	3.55	1.220	8.0	0.4	3.0	3.2	1.06
1944	24	CHW	AL	14	15	.483	3.72	34	33	1	11	2	0	234.2	237	112	97	11	71	6	105	8	0	8	1006	91	2.95	1.313	9.1	0.4	2.7	4.0	1.48	AS
1945	25	CHW	AL	14	12	.538	3.44	33	30	2	16	4	1	217.0	233	100	83	12	68	5	54	5	0	6	933	96	3.92	1.387	9.7	0.5	2.8	2.2	0.79
1946	26	CHW	AL	8	13	.381	3.02	33	26	4	10	1	0	205.1	213	96	69	10	78	10	60	3	0	10	881	113	3.28	1.417	9.3	0.4	3.4	2.6	0.77
1947	27	CHW	AL	6	8	.429	4.44	25	19	1	6	1	0	135.2	158	78	67	10	70	9	33	4	0	3	619	82	4.75	1.681	10.5	0.7	4.6	2.2	0.47
1948	28	CHW	AL	2	10	.167	6.16	32	11	13	1	0	1	87.2	110	64	60	6	42	1	18	3	0	4	404	69	4.77	1.734	11.3	0.6	4.3	1.8	0.43
1949	29	CHW	AL	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	4	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	8	12	28.01	7.500	54.0	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
1950	30	CHW-min	AAA	17	20	.459	3.32	40	40		24	2		309.0	276	130	114		131		124	5	7	10				1.317	8.0		3.8	3.6	0.95	SAC PCL
1951	31	CHW-min	AAA	8	9	.471	4.42	32	20		6	0		159.0	178	86	78		82		76	1	0	11				1.635	10.1		4.6	4.3	0.93	SAC PCL
10 Yrs				63	73	.463	3.78	207	152	31	66	11	4	1176.2	1237	595	494	62	444	40	374	29	1	38	5109	92	3.70	1.429	9.5	0.5	3.4	2.9	0.84
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.463	3.78	39	29	6	13	2	1	223	234	113	94	12	84	8	71	5	0	7	968	92	3.70	1.429	9.5	0.5	3.4	2.9	0.84