Roy Grover
American baseball player
Baseball player
Roy Grover | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: (1892-01-17)January 17, 1892 Snohomish, Washington | |
Died: February 7, 1978(1978-02-07) (aged 86) Milwaukie, Oregon | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 13, 1916, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 5, 1919, for the Washington Senators | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .226 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 50 |
Teams | |
Roy Arthur Grover (January 17, 1892 – February 7, 1978) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between 1916 and 1919, for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators.
In 1917, Grover was the Athletics' starting second baseman. That year, he set the all-time Athletics franchise record for sacrifice hits with 43, a record that still stands.[1]
Notes
- ^ Oakland Athletics Top 10 Batting Leaders from Baseball-Reference
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Oakland Athletics
- Established in 1901
- Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
- Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)
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- Owners: John Fisher
- President: Dave Kaval
- Executive vice president: Billy Beane
- General manager: David Forst
- Manager: Mark Kotsay
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Wall of Fame members |
Champions (9)
Championships (15)
Championships (17)
- Triple-A
- Las Vegas Aviators
- Double-A
- Midland RockHounds
- High-A
- Lansing Lugnuts
- Single-A
- Stockton Ports
- Rookie
- ACL Athletics
- DSL Athletics
Seasons (124) | |
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1910s | |
1920s | |
1930s | |
1940s | |
1950s | |
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