Thursday, October 1, 1931 1:30 pm (CT) at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The Philadelphia A’s play the first game of world series vs St Louis Cardinals. The A’s scored four runs in the third, enabling Lefty Grove to win Game 1 despite giving up 12 hits, three by Pepper Martin. Al Simmons, captured…
Lefty Grove wins his 31st, beating the Red Sox, 9 – 4, his 11th straight win over the Red Sox stretching back to May 26, 1930. Since July 25th of that year, Grove’s record is 46-4, the best 50-decision streak in the century.
On September 19, 1931, Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s wins his 30th game of the season. The future Hall of Famer shuts down the Chicago White Sox, 2-1. Grove will finish the season with a league-leading 31 victories. he becomes the first player since Jim Bagdy to win 30 who accomplished the feat in…
Lefty Grove fans the side in the 1st inning, hands out a walk to Lou Gehrig to start the 2nd, and records three more K’s. Lefty has two K’s in the 3rd but develops a blister from gripping the ball. Gehrig knocks Grove out of the box with a 6th-inning grand slam, but the A’s lefty still wins, 7 – 4. Lou now has 142 RBIs. Jimmie Foxx knocks in five runs for the A’s.
In his attempt to break Walter Johnson’s consecutive game winning streak of 17 games, Lefty Grove loses when Browns’ hurler Dick Coffman throws a three-hit shutout, his only whitewash this season, against the A’s. Reserve outfielder Jimmy Moore, playing in place of the absent Al Simmons, misjudges a fly ball, which leads to the decisive run and subsequently to Lefty’s meltdown in the locker room.
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 5, 1930 – At Sportsman’s Park III, Jesse Haines pitches a brilliant 4-hitter to beat Lefty Grove and the A’s 3-1‚ evening up the Series 2 games each. Haines was a surprise starter, most expected Burleigh Grimes to…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page October 1, 1930 – The World Series opens with a Wednesday game at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The defending World Champion Athletics are held to 5 hits by Burleigh Grimes. Lefty Grove limits the St Louis Cardinals to a pair…
Pitching 4 innings of hitless relief‚ Lefty Grove wins his 25th game‚ beating the Red Sox‚ 3 – 1, in 10 innings. Mickey Cochrane’s 2-run homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th is the winner.
On May 21, 1930, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth slams three home runs consecutive home runs in the first game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s. Ruth will hit his 3rd home run in the 8th off future Hall of Famer, Lefty Grove. The 35 year old, batting…
The Philadelphia Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns, 4 – 3, in 12 innings and score all their runs on solo home runs. Al Simmons’ lead-off home run in the bottom of the 12th makes Lefty Grove a winner over General Crowder, as both starters go all the way. Joe Boley, with two homers, and Mule Haas, with one, provide the other Athletics runs, a record to date in the American League. The New York Giants will score five runs on solo homers five weeks from now.
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