{{short description|American baseball umpire (1916-1982)}} {{Infobox person |name = Grover Froese |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = Grover Alexander Froese |birth_date = February 14, 1916 |birth_place = Staten Island, New York, U.S. |death_date = July 20, 1982 (aged 66) |death_place = Bay Shore, New York, U.S. |body_discovered = |death_cause = |resting_place = Calverton National Cemetery |resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> |employer = American League |occupation = Umpire |years_active = 1952-1953 |spouse = Alyce M. Kenna }} '''Grover Alexander "Moose" Froese''' (February 14, 1916 – July 20, 1982) was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League during 1952 and 1953. He later worked as a baseball scout.

==Career== Froese umpired in the American League in {{baseball year|1952}} and {{baseball year|1953}}.<ref>[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/F/Pfroeg901.htm Retrosheet]</ref> He also umpired in the Eastern League, International League, and the American Association.<ref name=TSN>[http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Froese-Grover.jpg Umpire card]</ref> After his umpiring career, Froese served as a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.<ref>{{cite news| title =Former Umpire To Be Phillie Scout| newspaper =Gettsburg Times | date =December 17, 1963 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vpQlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DPMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1519,1214050&dq=grover+froese+baseball&hl=en| access-date =June 27, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life== Froese served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946.<ref name=TSN/>

==Death== Froese died in Bay Shore, New York in 1982.<ref name=TSN/>

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