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Speed ball pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletles. Led the pitchers of the league four years in succession. A left hander, 6 feet, 2 1/2 Inches tall, weighing 175 pounds. Athletics paid more than $100,000 for Grove to the Baltimore Club at the close of the 1924 season. With Baltimore, Grove won 108 games in five years, suffered only 36 defeats and secured 1107 strikeouts during that time. Grove was born at Lonaconing, Md., in 1900 and began his professional career with Martinsburg in the Blue Ridge League in 1920. He shifted to Baltimore that year. Last year won 25 games and lost 10, fanning 188 batters.
1909 T206 Set cards have been heavily reprinted and even reprints of the more popular cards like Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb can sell for $10 or more.
He used to beat major league clubs while pitching for a semi-pro team, Paterson Silk Sox, so it was natural that he should enter the big show. He joined Yankees in 1924 and has been in American League ever since. Besides Yanks, has pitched for Browns, Senators, Red Sox and White Sox. Last year, he won seven and lost 17 for seventh place club. Is a right-hander, 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs 185 pounds. Born in Ridgefield Park, N. J., in 1900. During war served in Navy.
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