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What's exceptional about Lefty Grove Boston Red Sox 1939 ?


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workhorse; season

Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox pitched the most innings per game (8.3) of the 243 pitchers in 1939.

tied with Red Ruffing of the New York Yankees (8.3).



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References

  1. Strikeouts, walks, hits and homers per nine innings, and innings per game, are counted only if at least 50 innings were pitched during the season for the specified team. The raw data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
  2. Batting, pitching, fielding, personal, team, and awards data come from the archive at seanlahman.com. This database is copyright 1996-2014 by Sean Lahman. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Profile

Lefty Grove of the 1939 Boston Red Sox threw left-handed, made the All-Star team, played on a winning team, would make it into the Hall of Fame, played in Fenway Park II, and was born in Maryland.

  • achievement score (3.9 see References)
  • assists (21)
  • complete games (17)
  • double plays (2)
  • games finished (0)
  • games played (23)
  • games started (23)
  • innings pitched (191.0)
  • putouts (0)
  • saves (0)
  • shutouts (2)
  • strikeouts (81)
  • strikeouts per nine innings (3.8)
  • winning percentage (78.9%)
  • wins (15)
  • balks (0)
  • earned run average (2.54)
  • earned runs (54)
  • errors (3)
  • hit by pitch (1)
  • hits (180)
  • hits per nine innings (8.5)
  • homers given up (8)
  • homers per nine innings (.4)
  • losses (4)
  • runs allowed (63)
  • walks (58)
  • walks per nine innings (2.7)
  • wild pitches (0)
  • age (39 yrs)
  • batters faced (798)
  • height (6'3")
  • innings pitched per game (8.3)
  • weight (190 lbs)

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