Catching Hall Of Fame Pitchers Lefty Grove's Battery Mates

Grove pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1925-1933; and Boston Red Sox (AL) 1934-1941. He pitched in 616 games, made 457 starts, had 298 complete games, and pitched 35 shutouts. All of Grove's shutouts were with one catcher.

CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT LEFTY GROVE'S STARTS Mickey Cochrane 224   Jimmie Foxx 7 Gene Desautels 82   Johnny Heving 4 Rick Ferrell 64   Gordon Hinkle 2 Cy Perkins 34   Ed Madjeski 2 Johnny Peacock 22   Frank Pytlak 2 Moe Berg 14         CATCHERS WHO CAUGHT LEFTY GROVE'S SHUTOUTS Mickey Cochrane 18   Cy Perkins 2 Gene Desautels 7   Moe Berg 1 Rick Ferrell 7

HALL OF FAME CATCHERS are in RED

Source: Walt Wilson, Member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research)
Coordinator: Lyle Spatz, Chairman SABR's Records Committee
Webpages by: Chuck Rosciam, Member of SABR

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