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Orval Leroy Grove

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Orval Leroy Grove Famous memorial

Birth
Mineral Springs, Osage County, Kansas, USA
Death
20 Apr 1992 (aged 72)
Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA
Burial
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.695, Longitude: -121.322
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Major League Baseball Player. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound right-hander pitched his entire career with the Chicago White Sox from 1940 to 1949. He had his best season in 1943, when he was 15-9 with a 2.75 earned run average for 216 innings and 18 complete games in 25 starts. He won his first nine decisions that year and had a no-hitter broken up on July 8 by New York's Joe Gordon, who doubled with one out in the ninth inning. In 1944, he made the American League All-Star team but did not pitch in the game. That year he was 14-15 with a 3.72 ERA for 234 innings. In 1945 he went 14-12 with a 3.44 ERA, 217 innings and 16 complete games in 30 starts. He finished his 10-year career with a 63-73 record, 3.78 ERA and 66 complete games in 152 starts.
Major League Baseball Player. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound right-hander pitched his entire career with the Chicago White Sox from 1940 to 1949. He had his best season in 1943, when he was 15-9 with a 2.75 earned run average for 216 innings and 18 complete games in 25 starts. He won his first nine decisions that year and had a no-hitter broken up on July 8 by New York's Joe Gordon, who doubled with one out in the ninth inning. In 1944, he made the American League All-Star team but did not pitch in the game. That year he was 14-15 with a 3.72 ERA for 234 innings. In 1945 he went 14-12 with a 3.44 ERA, 217 innings and 16 complete games in 30 starts. He finished his 10-year career with a 63-73 record, 3.78 ERA and 66 complete games in 152 starts.

Bio by: Ron Coons



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Ron Coons
  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14081047/orval_leroy-grove: accessed ), memorial page for Orval Leroy Grove (29 Aug 1919–20 Apr 1992), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14081047, citing Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.