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Birth Name: Robert Moses Grove
Date of Birth: March 6, 1900
Place of Birth: Lonaconing, Maryland, U.S.
Date of Death: May 22, 1975
Place of Death: Norwalk, Ohio, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, German, possibly other
Lefty Grove was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lefty was the son of Emily/Emma Catherine and John Robert Groves. He had two children with his former wife Ethel Gardner.
Lefty’s maternal grandfather was Moses Beeman (the son of George Henry Beeman and Barbara Ann Loar).
Lefty’s maternal grandmother was Keziah Ann Ross (the daughter of William Ross and Rachel Matthews).
Source: Genealogy of Lefty Grove (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com