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Lefty Grove

Athletics Career team 1925 to 1933
Position P
Born Mar 6, 1900

Key Insights

1941
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Ray Mack has hit .500/.500/1.000 against Grove over 14 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 12 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .644 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Grove has struck Chief Hogsett out 8 times in 11 plate appearances, 72.7% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Grove throws than Lou Gehrig: 100% of the swings between them come up empty.

245 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 21 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Johnny Allen has hit .000/.000/.000 against Grove over 16 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 15 with 0 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .644 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Dick Bartell is 0 for 12 against Grove, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

16 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Hank Greenberg has taken Grove deep 9 times, once every 14.9 plate appearances between them.

134 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 6, 1900