Lefty Grove vs. Bob Lemon — Career Comparison

Lefty Grove
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Bob Lemon
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Grove posted a stronger line than Bob Lemon. Lefty Grove posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 3.23) and WHIP (1.278 vs 1.341). By the career numbers, Lefty Grove had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Grove and Bob Lemon

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.41
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
1.45
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.04
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
1.11
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.69
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
0.65
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.32
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.4
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.03
68.03
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.79
61.79
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.19
74.19
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.09
76.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.68
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
0.59
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.08
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.13
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.07
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
3.06
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
3.23
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.23
3.23
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11822
27
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8550
27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3940.2
9
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2850
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
3849
8.79
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2559
8.08
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.37
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
0.57
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
2.71
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1251
3.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
5.18
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1277
4.03
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.18
5.18
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.876
0.876
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.12
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.18
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16633
37.99
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12099
38.21
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.28
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.23
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
3.64
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1185
3.74
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15404
35.18
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10791
34.08
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Lefty Grove and Bob Lemon

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.94
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
1.21
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2604
27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
868
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
3.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
7.39
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
825
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1044
10.82
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
787
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
10.48
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.39
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.278
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.124
2.124
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24.58
24.58
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.83
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Grove and Bob Lemon

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
235.21
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
615
277.44
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1579
600
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
1330
600
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1369
520.2
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1183
533.68
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.697
0.697
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
202
76.76
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
123.61
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
155
58.9
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
78.5
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
27
10.26
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
24.36
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.9
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.06
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
15
5.7
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
16.69
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
47
17.86
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
45.11
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
69.38
26.37
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138.27
62.38
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
284
107.92
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
457
206.17
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
309
117.42
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
369
166.47
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.674
0.674
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
119
45.22
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
66.77
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
121
45.98
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
66.32
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
225
85.5
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
258
116.39
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
50.78
19.3
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140.46
63.37
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.76
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
39.9
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
41.95
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
593
225.33
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
241
108.72
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.52
5.52
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
39.14
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
49
22.11
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.35
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PA
9
4.06
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.38
Bob Lemon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.45
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.76
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.35
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Bob Lemon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67