American baseball player (died 1975)

Lefty Grove

Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove was an American professional baseball pitcher. After having success in the minor leagues during the early 1920s, Grove became a star in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the American League's Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. One of the greatest pitchers in history, Grove led the American League in wins in four separate seasons, in strikeouts seven consecutive seasons, and had the league's lowest earned run average a record nine times. Over the course of the three years from 1929 to 1931, he twice won the pitcher's Triple Crown, leading the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, while amassing a 79–15 record and leading the Athletics to three straight AL championships.

Born

1900

March 6

Died

1975

Era

1900s

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Lefty, in brief

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1900 Born
1975 Died

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The world in 1900

When Lefty arrived

april 1 Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
april 10 British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. Six hundred British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
april 12 One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
april 14 The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.

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Aaron Copland 1900–1990 American composer and conductor (born 1900) Alastair Sim 1900–1976 Scottish-English actor (born 1900) Arnold Orville Beckman 1900– American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (died 2004) Bill Ponsford 1900– Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991) Bunny Ahearne 1900–1985 Irish-born English businessman (born 1900) Douglas Jardine 1900– Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958) Eduardo De Filippo 1900–1984 Italian actor and screenwriter (died 1984) Edward Ardizzone 1900– Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979) Ellen Broe 1900– Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)

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