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What's exceptional about Orval Grove Chicago White Sox 1940 ?


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prewar; birth state; team

Orval Grove in 1940 was the first pitcher since Wiley Taylor in 1912 who played before World War II, was born in Kansas, and played for the Chicago White Sox.

others included James Durham in 1902, Elmer Stricklett in 1904, and himself in 1941.



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References

  1. Note that West Germany and Germany are combined into the same country. The 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. Prewar refers to all seasons up to and including 1941.
  3. We note that some teams have changed their names over the years. So, when referring to a specific season, we use the team name that was current during that season. Hence, you might see a reference to the 77 Boston Bees teams when making a reference to 1936, even though the team had other names before and later, finally becoming the Boston Braves until moving to Milwaukee. Team 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/

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Orval Grove of the 1940 Chicago White Sox threw right-handed, was debuting in the majors, played on a winning team, played in Comiskey Park, and was born in Kansas.

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  • assists (0)
  • complete games (0)
  • double plays (0)
  • games finished (3)
  • games played (3)
  • games started (0)
  • innings pitched (6.0)
  • putouts (1)
  • saves (0)
  • shutouts (0)
  • strikeouts (1)
  • wins (0)
  • balks (0)
  • earned runs (2)
  • errors (0)
  • hit by pitch (0)
  • hits (4)
  • homers given up (0)
  • losses (0)
  • runs allowed (2)
  • walks (4)
  • wild pitches (0)
  • age (21 yrs)
  • batters faced (26)
  • height (6'3")
  • weight (196 lbs)

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