Roy Grover
Encyclopedia
Roy Arthur Grover was a Major League Baseball
second baseman
. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics
and Washington Senators
.
In , Grover was the Athletics' starting second baseman. That year, he set the all-time Athletics franchise record for sacrifice hit
s with 43, a record that still stands.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
second baseman
Second baseman
Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base...
. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors, between and , for the Philadelphia Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....
and Washington Senators
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
.
In , Grover was the Athletics' starting second baseman. That year, he set the all-time Athletics franchise record for sacrifice hit
Sacrifice hit
In baseball, a sacrifice bunt is a batter's act of deliberately bunting the ball in a manner that allows a runner on base to advance to another base. The batter is almost always sacrificed but sometimes reaches base due to an error or fielder's choice...
s with 43, a record that still stands.