Orval Grove
[edit] Biography
Born on August 29, 1919 in Mineral, Kansas, Orval Grove (Orval Leroy Grove) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 10 year career. Grove broke into the bigs on May 28, 1940 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 5.16 ERA in 66.1 innings pitched in 1942, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Orval Grove's best season was 1943, when he posted a 2.75 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 76 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.00
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.29
| 5
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 12
| 8
| 4
| 6
| 5.16
| 21
| 47
| 38
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 66.1
| 77
| 1
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 25
| 15
| 9
| 2.75
| 76
| 84
| 66
| 18
| 3
| 2
| 216.1
| 192
| 9
| 72
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 34
| 33
| 14
| 15
| 3.72
| 105
| 112
| 97
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 234.2
| 237
| 11
| 71
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 30
| 14
| 12
| 3.44
| 54
| 100
| 83
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 217
| 233
| 12
| 68
| 0
| 6
| 5
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 26
| 8
| 13
| 3.02
| 60
| 96
| 69
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 205.1
| 213
| 10
| 78
| 0
| 10
| 3
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 19
| 6
| 8
| 4.44
| 33
| 78
| 67
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 135.2
| 158
| 10
| 70
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 11
| 2
| 10
| 6.16
| 18
| 64
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 87.2
| 110
| 6
| 42
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1949
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.00
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 152
| 63
| 73
| 3.78
| 374
| 595
| 494
| 66
| 11
| 4
| 1176.2
| 1237
| 62
| 444
| 0
| 38
| 29
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 43
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 64
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .959
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 55
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 49
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 19
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 26
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1949
| CHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 207
| 0
| 0
| 72
| 275
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1940
| CHI
| A
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| CHI
| A
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 12
| 22
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| .227
| .227
| .364
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 66
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 7
| .182
| .308
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 22
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 34
| 77
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .104
| .159
| .143
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 71
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .099
| .169
| .113
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 33
| 65
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .108
| .171
| .138
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1947
| CHI
| A
| 25
| 48
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .146
| .226
| .188
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| CHI
| A
| 32
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .095
| .136
| .095
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1949
| CHI
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 207
| 373
| 23
| 48
| 1
| 19
| .129
| .201
| .158
| 4
| 2
| 31
| 128
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 9
|
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