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	Lefty Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grove joined the Orioles in 1920 and embarked on an epic minor league career which saw him regarded by some as one of the best pitchers in baseball, even before he ever threw a pitch in the majors.
		Grove won his eighth ERA title a year later, and also led the league in that category and winning percentage in 1938.
		Grove was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lefty_Grove (851 words)

	Lefty Grove
		Born in Lonaconing, Maryland on March 6, 1900, Grove was a sandlot star in the Baltimore area during the teens.
		Grove joined the Orioles in 1920 and embarked on a epic minor league career which saw him regarded by some as one of the best pitchers in the game before he ever threw a pitch in the majors.
		Grove was elected to the United States Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947, in his first year of eligibility.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/le/Lefty_Grove.html (593 words)

	Whilbr - Lefty Grove
		Robert Moses Grove, known in baseball circles as Lefty Grove, was born in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland in 1900.
		Grove pitched professionally first in 1919 for the Midland, MD team, a local semi-pro league in the Cumberland area.
		Grove pitched in seven games for the Martinsburg Mountaineers during the 1920 season, until his contract was sold to the Orioles in early June of that season.
	www.whilbr.org /Lefty/index.aspx (871 words)

	Athletics in the Hall of Fame: Lefty Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lefty fell very ill during the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918, and though he recovered, his hair was left prematurely grey from the ordeal.
		Grove is reported to have told Ruth that the next one was coming for him too, as he wasn't afraid of Ruth.
		Lefty was not a meek lamb, however, and would hit his own teammates in batting practice if they hit the ball particularly hard or if they hit one back up the middle at him.
	www.whitecleats.org /hof/lgrove.html (897 words)

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		As well, Grove is shown as a driven, determined, fierce competitor who hated to lose, a perfectionist who deplored mediocrity among his teammates and became prone to temper tantrums.
		Lefty Grove, born Robert Groves in rural Maryland, was a shy, sensitive boy and the seventh of eight children of a coal miner.
		Considering the three pitchers on a variety of important characteristics of their career value, he asserts that that Grove was the greatest pitcher of all time, concluding that Grove’s long domination of ERA, winning percentage, and relief pitching in a starter’s era made his accomplishments superior to Johnson’s impressive longevity.
	www.haroldseymour.com /article_print.asp?articleid=19315 (914 words)

	Diamond Rules For Success by Lefty Grove : A Legendary List on Baseball Almanac
		Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was a legendary pitcher who became a member of the three-hundred wins club, posted a lifetime earned run average of 3.06, and had a Major League career which spanned three decades.
		Grove's diamond rules for success were often posted in clubhouses for players to read during the fifties and still apply to this day.
		Lefty Grove had already won one-hundred eight games in the International League before he entered the Major Leagues at age twenty-five.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /legendary/ligrove.shtml (245 words)

	Lefty Grove
		Lefty Grove won 121 games and only lost 38 in his five years with the Baltimore Orioles.
		He was so unpopular with his high and tight fastball that many batters complained, "Lefty" Grove was throwing at their heads." Opposing teams' baseball fans would flock to the ballpark and "boo" and curse "Lefty" Grove; hoping their teams would beat him.
		"Lefty" Grove led the league in wins in four different years and he holds the American League record of having the best pct.- W and L in five different years.
	www.baseballhistorian.com /html/lefty_grove.htm (586 words)

	Lefty Grove \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Lefty Grove had a blazing fastball and a temper to match.
		Grove was 25 before he could reach the Athletics, after Mack paid $100,600 for him, topping the flat $100,000 the Yankees had paid the Red Sox for Babe Ruth.
		Grove holds the Sox scoreless till the 9th, while the A's score in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th off Red Faber.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/G/Grove_Lefty.stm (4918 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: BAD TO THE BONE: LEFTY GROVE
		In 1931 Lefty Grove was en route to his seventeenth straight victory, which would have broken the AL record then shared by Walter Johnson and Smoky Joe Wood.
		Grove recovered his composure, won another eight straight, was named MVP, and ended the season 31-4, possibly the single greatest season enjoyed by any hurler.
		Grove was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1947 and died from a heart attack on May 22,nd 1975.
	www.thedeadballera.com /BadBoneGrove.html (569 words)

	Player Profile: Lefty Grove
		Grove led the league in ERA a phenomenal nine times, and led the AL in strikeouts seven consecutive years.
		And that wasn't because he was a late bloomer, but because in his era minor league teams had the independence to keep players, and the Baltimore team he pitched for was reluctant to sell his contract to a major league team.
		Despite starting his major league career later than he should have, Grove racked up 300 career victories, and he was a key part of one of the great teams of all time: the 1929-1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
	www.diamondfans.com /profile-grovel.html (237 words)

	Lefty Grove's biography: Career with Philadelphia Athletics and induction into Hall of Fame
		Lefty Grove began his brilliant 17-season Major League pitching career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1925.
		As a rookie, Lefty led the league with 116 strikeouts, which would prove to be the first of seven straight strikeout titles.
		While with the Athletics, Lefty won four World Series games for the city of "Brotherly Love." In 1931, American League MVP honors were bestowed upon him.
	www.leftygrove.com /bio.html (137 words)

	grove - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Grove, Frederick Philip (1879-1948), German-born Canadian novelist and essayist, one of the most colorful figures in Canadian literary history and...
		Grove edited the original Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1889), which in its expanded and revised...
		Grove, Lefty (1900-1975), American professional baseball player, one of the best left-handed pitchers in baseball.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /grove.html (113 words)

	Lefty Grove - Baseball Fever
		Spahn and Grove had longevity and were as consistent as any two pitchers in the history of the game.
		I never saw Grove, but its hard to get past the point that he was the premier pitcher in what was, until the present, the most prodigious offensive era in the game.
		Grove was kept out of the majors for a few years because Jack Dunn's Baltimore Orioles had his contract, were still independent, and wanted to keep winning IL pennants.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=3477 (1062 words)

	Signature Analysis of Lefty Grove
		Born on March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD, "Lefty" (for obvious reasons) was considered one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever seen.
		Despite his late start, Grove was able to compile 300 wins against only 141 losses.
		Grove items are generally available in the marketplace.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article3056.chtml (519 words)

	Grove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look up Grove, grove in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		The most famous sacred grove in Greece was at Dodona.
		Grove Park in the London Borough of Bromley
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grove (154 words)

	Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT: The Grooviest Lefty of All Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the first article, Rob mentioned that Lefty Grove was rarely allowed to pitch against the Yankees for a stretch in the early 1930s.
		Grove, who led the A.L. with 24 wins and 183 strikeouts, was tagged with one of his only eight losses for the year.
		Grove became just the fifth pitcher to win 300 games in the modern era even though he didn’t make it to the majors until he was 25 years old.
	www.all-baseball.com /richbeat/archives/011873.html (1853 words)

	Lefty Grove \| The BASEBALL Page
		Lefty Grove starred for the great Orioles teams of the 1920s, delaying his appearance in the major leagues until he was 25.
		Grove started the game against the Boston Red Sox, and in the eighth inning, Mickey Cochrane pinch-hit and singled.
		Lefty Grove was the first American League pitcher to lead the league in K's and walks in the same season (1925).
	www.thebaseballpage.com /players/grovele01.php (754 words)

	NetShrine Discussion Forum - Offseason stat package--RSAA
		The only players with a higher RSAA than Martinez's 289, from 1997-2001, were Lefty Grove (twice--record of 310, from 1928-32) and Walter Johnson (twice).
		The only players with higher figures than Johnson's 423 were Lefty Grove (4 times--record of 456, from 1929-37) and Walter Johnson (twice), while Maddux also had a 423 figure.
		Clemens is 1 of 5 players to lead his league at least 10 times, along with Lefty Grove (16 consecutive), Walter Johnson and Grover Cleveland Alexander (13 consecutive) and Jim Palmer (10 consecutive).
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/printthread.php?t=8071 (718 words)

	Lefty Grove biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Opposing teams' fans would flock to the ballpark and boo and curse Lefty Grove.
		Grove led the American League "in shredded uniforms, kicked buckets, ripped-apart lockers, and alienated teammates...
		The ravaged clubhouse in St. Louis lived after him; the quiet acts of goodness were interred with his moans.
	www.leftygrove.info /leftybios.html (273 words)

	Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society Gift Shoppe
		Lefty Grove's grandson, Richard Monnett of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Grove's great grandchildren, Mark Monnett and Nicky Monnett Draheim, also from Hagerstown, Maryland, were on hand to receive the honor for Lefty.
		Lefty Grove's grandson & great grandchildren are shown here admiring the enlargement of their famous relatives Legends of Baseball Stamp.
		Lefty Grove went 31-4 for the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.
	www.philadelphiaathletics.org /event/stamp07292000.html (831 words)

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		Lefty Grove - Allegany County pitcher and first MVP winner
		Collection Overview: Robert Moses Grove, known in baseball circles as Lefty Grove, was born in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland in 1900.
		Grove won the first Most Valuable Player trophy awarded to an American League player by the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1931 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
	www.mdch.org /collection.aspx?id=286 (268 words)

	Elysian Fields Quarterly - The Baseball Review
		Lefty later said, "I put on the twenty pounds and damn near made them forget Lefty Gomez." The story, like many that Lefty told on himself, is apocryphal.
		Lefty was reportedly all business on the mound, with left foot anchored and his big right foot kicking high, the skinny left arm snapping like a willow tree branch in a high wind.
		Lefty did not know anyone there but thought it would be interesting to talk to someone in Johannes-burg.
	www.efqreview.com /NewFiles/v18n1/onhistoricalground.html (1148 words)

	Lefty Grove Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Lefty Grove was born on Tuesday, March 6, 1900, in Lonaconing, Maryland.
		Grove was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 14, 1925, with the Philadelphia Athletics.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Lefty Grove baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=grovele01 (265 words)

	Lefty Grove
		Lefty Grove is generally considered the greatest left-handed pitcher in American League history, and only Sandy Koufax and maybe Warren Spahn can challenge his claim to the title of greatest lefty of all time.
		Grove developed arm speed by throwing rocks as a youngster; with a temperament as mean as his fastball, he would glower at fielders who dropped balls and muffed plays behind him.
		In 1931, he was 31-4, compiling a 16-game winning streak in the process and winning the league MVP award.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Grove.htm (159 words)

	Lefty Grove Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
		Grove was a fiery competitor with a blazing fastball who hated to lose.
		Grove's adjusted ERA+ of 148 is the best all-time.
		View Lefty Grove's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
	www.baseball-reference.com /g/grovele01.shtml (858 words)

	The Baseball Guru - LEFTY AND THE GEISHA by John B. Holway
		Although Lefty batted.398 in the National League in 1929 and.349 lifetime, so far his short (11-year) career has worked to deny him a plaque in Cooperstown.
		Lefty played a key role in one of the ten greatest games in Japanese baseball history, when they beat the New York Giant s 2–1in Tokyo back in 1953.
		Japanese historian Yoichi Nagata says it was Lefty who suggested their name, Tokyo Giants, which would become as prestigious in Japan as Yankees”; is in the States.
	baseballguru.com /jholway/analysisjholway32.html (2025 words)

	An Autograph and Vintage Baseball Cards of Lefty Grove
		Lefty played major league baseball from 1925 until 1941.
		Lefty won 300 games in the major leagues and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947.
		Lefty was born on March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD and died on May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH.
	www.bandkgreen.net /lefty_grove/vintagelefty.htm (111 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Grove, Lefty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Grove, Robert Moses GROVE, ROBERT MOSES [Grove, Robert Moses] (Lefty Grove), 1900-1975, American baseball player, b.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Grove, Lefty" at HighBeam.
		Relief springs a few leaks; White Sox lefties battered by Arizona hitters.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/05458.html (292 words)

	Amazon.com: Lefty Grove: American Original: Books: Jim Kaplan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whatever shortcomings the book may have, the reader is bound to be impressed by Kaplan's knowledge of Grove's career (he takes us through each of his 17 big league seasons and four that he spent at the minor league level) and his painstaking efforts to convey a sense of the time in which Grove played.
		I was particularly happy to receive this book on Lefty Grove because, as with a number of pre-World War II stars, a meaningful biography has been lacking about them.
		Although "Lefty Grove: American Original" is an extremely well researched book giving it a good feel for the times, a better bet is probably to check out the books on manager Connie Mack and his A's of the '20s.
	www.amazon.com /Lefty-Grove-American-Jim/dp/0910137803 (1493 words)

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