Orval Grove
Bats R · Throws R · b. 1919, Mineral, USA · d. 1992 · MLB debut 1940-05-28, final game 1949-04-27
Batting
| Year | Team | Lg | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CHA | AL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1941 | CHA | AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1942 | CHA | AL | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .227 | .227 | .364 |
| 1943 | CHA | AL | 32 | 66 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .182 | .308 | .182 |
| 1944 | CHA | AL | 34 | 77 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .104 | .159 | .143 |
| 1945 | CHA | AL | 33 | 71 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .099 | .169 | .113 |
| 1946 | CHA | AL | 33 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .108 | .171 | .138 |
| 1947 | CHA | AL | 25 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .146 | .226 | .188 |
| 1948 | CHA | AL | 32 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .095 | .136 | .095 |
| 1949 | CHA | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1940–1949 | 207 | 373 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 128 | .129 | .201 | .158 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | Lg | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CHA | AL | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1941 | CHA | AL | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 1942 | CHA | AL | 4 | 6 | 5.16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.1 | 77 | 38 | 1 | 33 | 21 |
| 1943 | CHA | AL | 15 | 9 | 2.75 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 216.1 | 192 | 66 | 9 | 72 | 76 |
| 1944 | CHA | AL | 14 | 15 | 3.72 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 234.2 | 237 | 97 | 11 | 71 | 105 |
| 1945 | CHA | AL | 14 | 12 | 3.44 | 33 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 217.0 | 233 | 83 | 12 | 68 | 54 |
| 1946 | CHA | AL | 8 | 13 | 3.02 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 205.1 | 213 | 69 | 10 | 78 | 60 |
| 1947 | CHA | AL | 6 | 8 | 4.44 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 135.2 | 158 | 67 | 10 | 70 | 33 |
| 1948 | CHA | AL | 2 | 10 | 6.16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87.2 | 110 | 60 | 6 | 42 | 18 |
| 1949 | CHA | AL | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1940–1949 | 63 | 73 | 3.78 | 207 | 152 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 1176.2 | 1237 | 494 | 62 | 444 | 374 |
Hall of Fame voting
| Year | Voted by | Votes | Ballots | Needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | BBWAA | 5 | 266 | 200 | |
| 1960 | BBWAA | 7 | 269 | 202 |