Lefty Grove

Almost every dominant white pitcher from the early decades of the twentieth century—from Rube Waddell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Rube Marquard to Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Lefty Gomez—lost games to black opponents.52

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

Almost every dominant white pitcher from the early decades of the twentieth century—from Rube Waddell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Rube Marquard to Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Lefty Gomez—lost games to black opponents.52

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

Almost every dominant white pitcher from the early decades of the twentieth century—from Rube Waddell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Rube Marquard to Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Lefty Gomez—lost games to black opponents.52

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

Some of the earliest prospects, according to baseball researcher Marshall Wright, were pitcher Rube Marquard, who was bought for a shocking $11,000 in 1908 by the New York Giants; a 22-year-old third baseman named Willie Kamm, bought for $100,000 by the Chicago White Sox in 1923; and, in 1924, Lefty Grove, who was considered a top prospect after winning 111 games in the minors.

Is Strasburg the Best Prospect Ever? 2010

"Since I'd been a little guy, I'd heard people talking about how I was the next Lefty Grove or Walter Johnson."

Tim Wendel: Bob Feller's Famous Motorcycle Test Tim Wendel 2010

Almost every dominant white pitcher from the early decades of the twentieth century—from Rube Waddell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, and Rube Marquard to Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, and Lefty Gomez—lost games to black opponents.52

Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

"Since I'd been a little guy, I'd heard people talking about how I was the next Lefty Grove or Walter Johnson."

Tim Wendel: Bob Feller's Famous Motorcycle Test Tim Wendel 2010

By that yardstick, Mr. Mussina is in very good company indeed: Just four pitchers in all of American League history -- Lefty Grove, Walter Johnson, Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez -- are ahead of Mike Mussina.

Mike Mussina, Businesslike Baseball Great 2008

Lefty Grove, in the late 1950s when the slider was the hot pitch, said the pitch he had called the “sailer” was actually the same pitch as the slider.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

Charlie Gehringer, who batted against the young Lefty Grove and, many years later, the young Bob Feller, said that Grove threw much harder than Feller.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004