Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.
| Lefty Grove | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Seasons | 19 |
| 132.6 | Career VAL | 126.6 |
| 16.2 (1930) | Peak-season VAL | 16.8 (1975) |
| Inducted 1947 | Hall of Fame | Inducted 1990 |
| 1× | MVP Awards | — |
| 6× | All-Star Selections | 6× |
| — | Cy Young Awards | 3× |
| — | Gold Gloves | 4× |
| — | Black ink (league-leading seasons) | 1 |
| — |
VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.
| Lefty Grove | Stat | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| Career | ||
| 619 | Games | 576 |
| Batting | ||
| 202 | Hits | 85 |
| 15 | Home runs | 3 |
| 121 | RBI | 41 |
| 119 | Runs | 52 |
| 1 | Stolen bases | 1 |
| 105 | ||
| Gray ink (top-10 finishes) |
|---|
| 11 |
| Walks |
|---|
| 16 |
| .148 | Batting avg | .174 |
|---|
| .209 | On-base % | .200 |
|---|
| .207 | Slugging % | .215 |
|---|
| 11 | OPS+ | 22 |
|---|
| Pitching | ||
|---|---|---|
| 300 | Wins | 268 |
| 141 | Losses | 152 |
| 55 | Saves | 4 |
| 3940.2 | Innings pitched | 3948.0 |
| 2,266 | Strikeouts (pitching) | 2,212 |
| 3.06 | ERA | 2.86 |
| 1.28 | WHIP | 1.18 |
| 144 | ERA+ | 129 |
| Age | Lefty Grove | Jim Palmer |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | — | 0.8 |
| 20 | — | 1.6 |
| 21 | — | 0.4 |
| 23 | — | 7 |
| 24 | — | 12.7 |
| 25 | 3.7 | 7.4 |
| 26 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| 27 | 7.9 | 12.3 |
| 28 | 10.3 | 3.5 |
| 29 | 12 | 16.8 |
| 30 | 16.2 | 11.6 |
| 31 | 14.8 | 14 |
| 32 | 6.5 | 11.3 |
| 33 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 34 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 35 | 13 | 1.3 |
| 36 | 11.4 | 8.7 |
| 37 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| 38 | 5.6 | — |
| 39 | 7 | — |
| 40 | 1.6 | — |
| 41 | 0.6 | — |