Lefty Grove

Info

Date of birth

03/06/1900

Date of death

05/22/1975

Place of birth

Lonaconing, Maryland, USA

Lefty Grove

Biography

Grove was the star pitcher of the late 1920-early 1930 he had a competitive spirit matched by few if any, it was this spirit that enabled grove to capture 300 major league wins mostly for Philadelphia and Boston American league. During a stretch of seven years lefty won at least twenty games while leading the league in era or strike outs. His 1931 season is one of the best as he went 31-4 the last American league pitcher to win 30 plus games in a season until Denny McLain went 31-6 in 1968.