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Willie Davis League
4-1-2023
Lefty Grove Relief Pitcher
Retired (1966, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 6.34 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/L
W-L 55-94 Status Deceased (2015) Option Years 0  
SV 3 Age at Death 84 Date of Birth 12-18-1931
K 1138 Drafted Round 1, Pick 11
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(142 games)
IP 1460.1
WHIP 1.67
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L F  Endurance C    Ldrship D+
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity A    Mentor Val C 
Speed D  Bunt D+ Control C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1953 KC
5
 7
19
19
0
0
0
 0
106.1
 143 91 88 5 52
97
1.83
7.45
1954 KC-WAS
4
 8
22
19
0
0
0
 0
102.1
 106 70 68 3 52
94
1.54
5.98
1955 WAS
1
 8
14
9
0
0
0
 0
36.0
 54 39 39 0 18
27
2.00
9.75
1956 WAS
6
 5
57
2
0
0
0
 0
127.0
 159 104 98 7 62
95
1.74
6.94
1957 WAS
2
 9
22
14
0
0
0
 0
107.0
 137 98 94 7 64
79
1.88
7.91
1958 WAS-NYA
9
 11
36
24
0
0
0
 0
143.0
 185 130 125 8 80
111
1.85
7.87
1959 NYA-NYN
10
 12
32
32
0
0
0
 0
188.0
 214 111 109 8 63
139
1.47
5.22
1960 NYN-DET
6
 14
23
20
1
0
0
 0
122.0
 154 99 92 4 52
91
1.69
6.79
1961 DET
0
 2
22
0
0
0
0
 0
39.1
 44 30 28 1 25
31
1.75
6.41
1962 DET
5
 8
36
17
3
1
0
 0
140.0
 149 69 69 3 53
93
1.44
4.44
1963 DET
3
 4
69
0
0
0
0
 1
122.0
 133 79 70 2 50
91
1.50
5.16
1964 DET
2
 3
48
4
0
0
1
 0
99.0
 117 62 58 2 46
85
1.65
5.27
1965 DET
1
 1
56
2
0
0
2
 0
94.2
 116 56 52 3 38
76
1.63
4.94
1966 DET
1
 2
26
0
0
0
0
 0
34.0
 51 39 38 2 21
29
2.12
10.06
2023
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
55
 94
482
162
4
1
3
 1
1460.1
 1762 1077 1028 55 676
1138
1.67
6.34
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Lefty Grove has retired from the Detroit Silver Hawks
1966-06-19The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Fred Wheat to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Lefty Grove for assignment.
1962-03-01The Detroit Silver Hawks have promoted Lefty Grove to the major league team. The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Kenny Rogers for assignment.
1961-07-12The Detroit Silver Hawks have designated Lefty Grove for assignment.
1960-08-16The Detroit Silver Hawks have acquired Lefty Grove from the waiver wire.
1960-08-12The New York Homers have designated Lefty Grove for assignment.
1959-04-01The New York Homers have renamed Leftie Grove to Lefty Grove.
1959-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Champs and the New York Homers. The New York Homers receive Leftie Grove, Oscar Smoltz, Mark Rudolph from the New York Champs in exchange for Claude Gray.
1958-07-17A trade has been completed between the New York Champs and the Washington Nationals. The Washington Nationals receive Guy Ritchey, Draft Pick - 1959 Round 2 (NYA) from the New York Champs in exchange for Leftie Grove.
1958-04-16The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team.
1958-04-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Fred Shirley to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1957-06-22The Washington Nationals have promoted Adam Kennedy to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have designated Dave Harrington for assignment. The Washington Nationals have designated Rusty Flick for assignment.
1957-04-05The Washington Nationals have promoted O. Dotel to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1956-07-06The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Billy Loes to the minors.
1956-07-05The Washington Nationals have promoted Billy Loes to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1956-05-11The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent O. Dotel to the minors.
1955-09-28The Washington Nationals have promoted Billy Wagner to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted J. Isringhausen to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent C. Carpenter to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-09-27The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Dan Graves to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted C. Carpenter to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent O. Dotel to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Billy Wagner to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent J. Isringhausen to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1955-09-13The Washington Nationals have promoted O. Dotel to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors.
1955-09-12The Washington Nationals have promoted J. Isringhausen to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Dan Graves to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent O. Dotel to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1955-09-06The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-09-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team.
1955-09-03The Washington Nationals have promoted O. Dotel to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Cory Lidle to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Josh Beckett to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent John Smoltz to the minors.
1955-08-29The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have designated Cory Lidle for assignment.
1955-08-09The Washington Nationals have promoted O. Dotel to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted J. Isringhausen to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Josh Beckett to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Dan Graves to the minors.
1955-08-09The Washington Nationals have promoted Dan Graves to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Josh Beckett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent O. Dotel to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent J. Isringhausen to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1955-08-06The Washington Nationals have promoted John Smoltz to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Warren Spahn to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors.
1955-08-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Dan Graves to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted C. Carpenter to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Josh Beckett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent O. Dotel to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent John Smoltz to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent J. Isringhausen to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Warren Spahn to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1955-07-10The Washington Nationals have promoted O. Dotel to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-06-24The Washington Nationals have promoted J. Isringhausen to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Josh Beckett to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent C. Carpenter to the minors.
1955-06-21The Washington Nationals have promoted Josh Beckett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-06-21The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors.
1955-06-19The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-06-11The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1955-06-08The Washington Nationals have promoted Cliff Politte to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Jeff Weaver to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Zach Clement to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Charlie Randa to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Toyan Spiers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Billy Wagner to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent E. Guardado to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent J. Isringhausen to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent John Smoltz to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-06-07The Washington Nationals have promoted John Smoltz to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent C. Carpenter to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Bob Feller to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Bert Blyleven to the minors.
1955-06-05The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Leftie Grove to the minors.
1955-05-06The Washington Nationals have promoted Leftie Grove to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Bert Blyleven to the minors.
1955-03-01The Washington Nationals have renamed Milt Barrett to Leftie Grove.
1954-09-28The Washington Nationals have promoted Terry Block to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-09-25The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors.
1954-09-24The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-09-23The Washington Nationals have promoted Bert Blyleven to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Billy Drill to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Bruce Sutter to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Terry Block to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Frank Hiller to the minors.
1954-09-17The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-09-02The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Shawn Chacon to the minors.
1954-09-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Shawn Chacon to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-08-30The Washington Nationals have promoted Terry Block to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Tug McGraw to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Dan Kolb to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Bert Blyleven to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Frank Hiller to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Billy Drill to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Bruce Sutter to the minors.
1954-08-23The Washington Nationals have demoted Milt Barrett to the minor leagues.
1954-06-24The Washington Nationals have promoted Brandon Webb to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Cory Lidle to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Jarrod Washburn to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tim Redding to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Kenny Rogers to the minors.
1954-06-21The Washington Nationals have promoted Tim Redding to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Kenny Rogers to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Jarrod Washburn to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Earl Begley to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Bert Blyleven to the minors.
1954-06-19The Washington Nationals have promoted Bruce Sutter to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Nuke Norton to the minors. The Washington Nationals have designated Cory Lidle for assignment.
1954-06-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Terry Block to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Nuke Norton to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Tug McGraw to the minors.
1954-05-29The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Mark Redman to the minors.
1954-05-29The Washington Nationals have promoted Mark Redman to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-05-25The Washington Nationals have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Mark Redman to the minors.
1954-05-25A trade has been completed between the Washington Nationals and the Kansas City Explorers. The Kansas City Explorers receive Joe Dimagio from the Washington Nationals in exchange for Milt Barrett, Steve Shannon, Pau Cabinilla, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (KC), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (KC).
1954-05-25The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Lino Otis to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1954-05-02The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Lino Otis to the minors.
1954-04-01The Kansas City Explorers have sent Milt Barrett down to the minors.
1954-04-01The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have designated Bryan Herrera for assignment.
1954-04-01The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Lino Otis to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1953-07-31The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Larry Romonosky to the minors.
1953-05-25The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Rich Gossage to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Milt Barrett to the minors.
1953-04-01The Kansas City Explorers have promoted Milt Barrett to the major league team. The Kansas City Explorers have sent Ryne Serum to the minors.