Grover Land

{{short description|American baseball player (1884–1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Grover Land

|image=Grover Land.jpg

|width=225

|position=Catcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1884|9|22}}

|birth_place=Frankfort, Kentucky

|death_date={{death date and age|1958|7|22|1884|9|22}}

|death_place=Phoenix, Arizona

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 2

|debutyear=1908

|debutteam=Cleveland Naps

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 25

|finalyear=1915

|finalteam=Brooklyn Tip-Tops

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.243

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=80

|teams=

  • Cleveland Naps ({{baseball year|1908}}–{{baseball year|1911}}, {{baseball year|1913}})
  • Brooklyn Tip-Tops ({{baseball year|1914}}–{{baseball year|1915}})

}}

Grover Cleveland Land (September 22, 1884 – July 22, 1958) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1908 through 1913 he played in 95 games for the Cleveland Naps almost exclusively as a backup catcher. In 1914 and 1915 he was the primary catcher for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League.

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