P Steve Groves #58
Age: 44 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
06/04/1962
P STEVE GROVES #58 - AGE: 44 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right
Stuff 2 2 2
Movement 2 2 2
Control 3 3 3
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 3 -
Curveball 2 -
 
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 89-91 Mph
Stamina 3
Suggested Role Bullpen
Type Neutral
Hold Runners 1
Defense 1
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/23/1918
Born in:Louisville, KY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:5 Years, 136 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:7 Years, 145 Days
Pro Service:21 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1936, 6th Pick in Round 11
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1943 New York - FABL 25 16 0 2 2 3 2.22 28.1 23 7 7 0 10 22 0 0 1.16 .284 1.90 0.9 159
1946 New York - FABL 28 50 0 6 7 16 4.57 61.0 70 38 31 7 34 25 0 0 1.70 .306 4.26 -0.9 73
1947 New York - FABL 29 12 0 1 0 2 3.18 17.0 15 9 6 2 2 14 0 0 1.00 .232 2.84 0.3 126
1948 New York - FABL 30 56 0 9 5 17 2.81 67.1 69 30 21 5 26 34 0 0 1.41 .282 3.68 0.8 147
1949 New York - FABL 31 60 0 7 6 21 4.07 73.0 84 36 33 5 40 33 0 0 1.70 .310 3.96 0.6 103
1950 New York - FABL 32 57 0 5 7 21 3.76 79.0 76 37 33 7 29 38 0 0 1.33 .261 3.56 1.1 110
1951 New York - FABL 33 31 0 2 4 6 2.92 49.1 52 21 16 3 17 17 0 0 1.40 .287 3.40 1.0 147
1951 Chicago - FABL 33 9 0 0 1 2 0.64 14.0 9 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0.86 .196 3.00 0.3 630
1951 Total - FABL 33 40 0 2 5 8 2.42 63.1 61 23 17 3 20 19 0 0 1.28 .267 3.31 1.3 177
1952 Toronto - FABL 34 3 0 1 0 1 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 1.80 .278 5.90 -0.2 48
1952 New York - FABL 34 2 0 0 0 0 1.69 5.1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.56 .105 4.37 -0.1 203
1952 Total - FABL 34 5 0 1 0 1 4.35 10.1 9 6 5 2 3 3 0 0 1.16 .189 5.01 -0.2 81
Total FABL 296 0 33 32 89 3.45 399.1 407 186 153 31 164 188 0 0 1.43 .280 3.61 3.9 113
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1935 Total - 17 13 13 8 1 0 1.94 93.0 77 23 20 3 18 101 0 0 1.02 .282 2.06 3.9 100
1936 Total - 18 15 15 9 2 0 1.27 106.1 74 19 15 3 18 132 0 0 0.87 .253 1.68 5.2 100
1937 Rock Island - C 19 60 3 7 6 12 2.94 113.1 124 68 37 3 60 44 0 0 1.62 .289 3.55 0.2 114
1938 Fresno - B 20 66 1 11 8 13 3.33 110.2 105 50 41 11 37 46 0 0 1.28 .254 4.67 0.0 131
1939 Fresno - B 21 23 0 2 7 5 4.67 44.1 56 31 23 3 29 37 0 0 1.92 .361 4.71 0.4 106
1939 Albany - A 21 20 0 2 1 5 2.77 26.0 16 8 8 1 14 10 0 0 1.15 .185 4.78 0.1 175
1940 Albany - A 22 31 0 6 5 5 6.47 48.2 73 44 35 4 31 26 0 0 2.14 .385 5.06 -0.6 63
1941 Albany - A 23 38 0 2 4 4 3.62 49.2 67 27 20 3 14 34 0 0 1.63 .388 3.34 0.9 120
1942 Albany - A 24 35 9 9 6 5 4.17 108.0 127 58 50 3 28 48 5 0 1.44 .325 3.72 1.8 103
1943 Reading - AA 25 43 0 7 1 12 1.38 78.1 74 13 12 3 19 72 0 0 1.19 .323 1.99 2.2 226
1943 Toledo - AAA 25 7 0 0 0 2 1.84 14.2 11 3 3 0 4 11 0 0 1.02 .250 2.34 0.5 202
1947 Toledo - AAA 29 61 0 11 7 16 3.69 107.1 107 49 44 6 49 58 0 0 1.45 .289 3.84 1.9 126
1952 Buffalo - AAA 34 27 0 0 2 2 7.16 32.2 46 30 26 8 16 9 0 0 1.90 .309 7.07 -0.8 66
1953 Los Angeles - AAA 35 32 0 4 2 3 5.66 49.1 56 34 31 12 18 22 0 0 1.50 .263 6.39 -0.9 81
1954 Salt Lake City - AAA 36 30 0 2 0 1 3.55 58.1 66 27 23 6 16 40 0 0 1.41 .309 3.78 0.7 125
1955 Houston - AA 37 8 0 1 2 1 3.77 14.1 15 6 6 2 4 9 0 0 1.33 .310 3.72 0.2 118
1955 Salt Lake City - AAA 37 33 0 1 4 2 4.24 51.0 56 27 24 6 19 19 0 0 1.47 .275 4.80 -0.2 100
1956 Houston - AA 38 60 0 9 7 12 3.44 102.0 92 44 39 8 40 52 0 0 1.29 .263 3.92 1.4 133
1956 Salt Lake City - AAA 38 3 0 0 0 0 4.82 9.1 11 5 5 2 1 5 0 0 1.29 .281 4.74 -0.0 90
1957 Houston - AA 39 73 0 12 10 14 5.66 109.2 134 77 69 18 45 58 0 0 1.63 .310 4.92 -0.3 78
Total CL 68 0 11 7 18 3.47 122.0 118 52 47 6 53 69 0 0 1.40 .284 3.66 131.6
Total EA 43 0 7 1 12 1.38 78.1 74 13 12 3 19 72 0 0 1.19 .323 1.99 225.9
Total GWL 98 0 7 6 6 4.45 168.0 189 93 83 26 54 86 0 0 1.45 .283 4.91 99.2
Total UL 27 0 0 2 2 7.16 32.2 46 30 26 8 16 9 0 0 1.90 .309 7.07 66.1
Total MAL 124 9 19 16 19 4.38 232.1 283 137 113 11 87 118 5 0 1.59 .337 4.04 97.3
Total COW 89 1 13 15 18 3.72 155.0 161 81 64 14 66 83 0 0 1.46 .284 4.68 123.0
Total LSA 141 0 22 19 27 4.54 226.0 241 127 114 28 89 119 0 0 1.46 .290 4.39 98.8
Total UMVA 60 3 7 6 12 2.94 113.1 124 68 37 3 60 44 0 0 1.62 .289 3.55 113.5
CAREER POSTSEASON PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1950 New York - FABL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.86 .222 1.68 0.1 999
Total FABL 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.86 .222 1.68 999.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1937 Rock Island - C P 60 3 7 10 0 17 0 1.000 113.1 1.35 +0.1 .946
1938 Fresno - B P 66 1 5 11 1 17 1 .941 110.2 1.30 -0.5 1.007
1939 Albany - A P 20 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 26.0 2.08 +0.5 1.341
1939 Fresno - B P 23 0 2 3 2 6 1 .833 44.1 1.02 -1.3 .999
1940 Albany - A P 30 0 3 5 1 9 1 .889 48.2 1.48 -0.1 1.166
1941 Albany - A P 36 0 4 5 0 9 0 1.000 49.2 1.63 -1.3 .787
1942 Albany - A P 35 9 9 10 1 21 2 .905 108.0 1.58 +0.2 1.079
1943 New York - MLB P 16 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 28.1 0.64 +0.1 .990
1943 Toledo - AAA P 7 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 14.2 1.84 -0.4 .968
1943 Reading - AA P 43 0 4 8 0 12 0 1.000 78.1 1.38 -1.4 .992
1946 New York - MLB P 50 0 4 7 1 11 0 1.000 61.0 1.62 +0.5 .991
1947 New York - MLB P 12 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 17.0 0.53 -0.5 .000
1947 Toledo - AAA P 61 0 7 11 2 20 2 .900 107.1 1.51 -1.1 .881
1948 New York - MLB P 54 0 6 10 2 16 0 1.000 67.1 2.14 -0.1 1.074
1949 New York - MLB P 58 0 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 73.0 1.11 -0.4 .959
1950 New York - MLB P 57 0 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 79.0 0.68 -0.5 .977
1951 New York - MLB P 31 0 5 6 0 11 0 1.000 49.1 2.01 +0.9 1.168
1951 Chicago - MLB P 9 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 14.0 1.93 -0.1 1.022
1952 Toronto - MLB P 3 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 5.0 5.40 +0.1 .994
1952 New York - MLB P 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 5.1 3.38 +0.1 .994
1952 Buffalo - AAA P 27 0 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 32.2 1.38 -0.2 1.013
1953 Los Angeles - AAA P 32 0 3 3 1 6 0 1.000 49.1 1.09 +0.1 1.010
1954 Salt Lake City - AAA P 30 0 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 58.1 1.23 +0.2 1.020
1955 Salt Lake City - AAA P 33 0 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 51.0 1.06 +0.0 .987
1955 Houston - AA P 8 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 14.1 1.26 -0.4 .987
1956 Salt Lake City - AAA P 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.1 0.96 -0.2 1.020
1956 Houston - AA P 59 0 2 9 0 11 0 1.000 102.0 0.97 -2.1 .984
1957 Houston - AA P 73 0 8 10 0 18 0 1.000 109.2 1.48 -0.7 1.366
TOTAL P 938 13 87 147 13 242 8 .967 1527.0 1.38 -8.3 1.028
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1936 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
12/08/1936 Drafted in the 1936 first-year player draft out of high school (Corry; Corry, PA) by the New York Gothams. (Round 11, Pick 6, 166th overall pick).
01/01/1937 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1938 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
03/28/1938 Injured (food poisoning),out for 1 day.
09/01/1938 Wins the COW Pitcher of the Month Award.
01/01/1939 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1940 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1941 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1942 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1943 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
07/19/1943 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
08/11/1947 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
07/10/1949 Was selected to the 1949 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-).
07/09/1950 Was selected to the 1950 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
07/08/1951 Was selected to the 1951 Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues All-Star Game.
07/16/1951 Was traded by the New York Gothams to the Chicago Cougars, along with CF Bert Preble, in exchange for SP Jim Morrison.
04/28/1952 Released by the Chicago Cougars.
04/30/1952 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Toronto Wolves organization.
05/15/1952 Did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Toronto organization.
07/29/1952 Was traded by the Toronto Wolves to the New York Stars in exchange for LF Emil Priest.
09/18/1953 Wins the 1953 Championship with the Los Angeles Knights!
09/18/1954 Wins the 1954 Championship with the Salt Lake City Stars!
09/18/1955 Wins the 1955 Championship with the Salt Lake City Stars!
03/22/1958 Released by the Los Angeles organization.
10/11/1958 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
1946 50 3
1948 56 6
1949 60 4
1950 57 4
Year SV Rank
1946 16 3
1948 17 4
1949 21 1
1950 21 1
Year HLD Rank
1950 2 1
1951 1 9
Year RA Rank
1946 50 3
1948 56 5
1949 60 3
1950 57 4
Year GF Rank
1946 38 3
1948 45 4
1949 42 3
1950 42 4
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