Orval Grove

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Full Name: Orval Leroy Grove	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/196	First Game: May 28, 1940
Birthdate: August 29, 1919	Final Game: April 27, 1949
Birthplace: Mineral, Kansas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: April 20, 1992
Deathplace: Carmichael, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
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

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
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

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
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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