Editing Lefty Grove (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Lefty Grove Memorial Exterior.jpg|thumb|Lefty Grove Memorial from Main Street]]
[[File:Lefty Grove Memorial Home Plate.jpg|thumb|Lefty Grove Memorial looking from home plate]]
Grove retired in 1941 with a career record of 300–141. His .680 lifetime winning percentage is eighth all-time;<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/win_loss_perc_career.shtml Career Leaders & Records for Win–loss % from Baseball-Reference]</ref> however, none of the seven men ahead of him won more than 236 games. His lifetime ERA of 3.06, when normalized to overall league ERA and [[adjusted ERA+|adjusted]] for the parks in which Grove played during his career, is fifth all-time among pitchers with at least 1,000 [[innings pitched]] (behind [[Mariano Rivera]], [[Clayton Kershaw]], [[Jim Devlin]], and [[Pedro Martínez]]) at 48 percent better than average.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/earned_run_avg_plus_career.shtml Career Leaders & Records for Adjusted ERA+ from Baseball-Reference]</ref>

As a hitter, Grove posted a .148 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (202-for-1,369) with 119 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 15 [[home runs]], 121 [[Run batted in|RBI]] and 105 [[bases on balls]]. From 1929 through 1932, Grove had 56 RBI. Defensively, he recorded a .954 [[fielding percentage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovele01.shtml|title=Lefty Grove Career Stats at Baseball Reference|website=baseball-reference.com|accessdate= March 27, 2024}}</ref>

Grove was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1947]]. He died in [[Norwalk, Ohio]], of a heart attack while watching a televised baseball game at his daughter-in-law's home on May 22, 1975.<ref name="Russo 147">Russo, p. 147</ref> Grove was interred in Section 9, Lot 94, of the Frostburg Memorial Park Cemetery in [[Frostburg, Maryland]].<ref name="Russo 147"/>

In 1969, Grove was voted the left-handed starting pitcher for Major League Baseball's 100th anniversary team.<ref name="armour">{{cite news |last1=Armour |first1=Mark |title=Celebrating Baseball's Centennial |url=https://tht.fangraphs.com/celebrating-baseballs-centennial/ |access-date=2 August 2019 |work=[[The Hardball Times]] |date=May 20, 2019}}</ref> In 1999, Grove was ranked number 23 on ''[[The Sporting News]]'' list of Baseball's Greatest Players.<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml Baseball's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News]</ref> He ranked second, behind only [[Warren Spahn]], among left-handed pitchers. That year, he was elected to the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]]. In the 2001 book ''[[The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract]]'', [[Bill James]] ranked Grove as the 19th best baseball player of all time and the second-best MLB pitcher of all time. According to baseball historian Frank Russo, Grove is usually thought to be the best left-handed pitcher in the history of the American League.<ref>Russo, p. 145</ref> Russo also writes, "Normalized for league average and adjusted for home park, his 3.06 ERA is quite simply the best in baseball history."<ref name="Russo 146"/>

At Game #4 of the 1972 World Series in Oakland, Grove threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

=== Memorial Park ===
The objective of the Lefty Grove Memorial Committee is to preserve the memory of Grove. The Lefty Grove Memorial committee is based in Grove's hometown of Lonaconing, Maryland. The memorial was completed and opened to the public on June 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glass |first1=Brandon |title=Lefty Grove Park, statue unveiled in Lonaconing |url=https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/lefty-grove-park-statue-unveiled-in-lonaconing/article_446f60cf-ea79-59cf-a400-ee405aef8f00.html |access-date=October 9, 2019 |work=[[Cumberland Times-News]] |date=June 23, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>