Bob Groom

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: September 12, 1884 in Belleville, IL us

Died: February 19, 1948 in Belleville, IL

Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL

High School: Belleville Township HS (Belleville, IL)

School: St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO)

Debut: April 13, 1909 (Age 24-213d, 3,132nd in major league history)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 20, 1918 (Age 33-311d)
vs. PHA 2.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Robert Groom

Nicknames: The Toothpick Twirler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.1

119

150

ERA

3.10

367

288

2336.1

1159

WHIP

1.279

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-17 / in Starts: 20-16
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	28 (14-10-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (29-21-12)

Most Driven In
G McBride	1
E Ainsmith	1
J Henry	1
H Shanks	0

Most Driven In By
E Foster	2
C Milan	2

1913 Batting Game Log

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1913 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	162	2 (1)	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.83	0.053	2.21	0.09%	1.16	P
2	163	6 (3)	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
3	164	8 (1)	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	165	13 (4)	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
5	166	17 (3)	May 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.40	-0.010	1.64	-0.02%	-0.09	P
6	167	21 (3)	May 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.294	.294	.471	.765	9						P
7	168	25 (3)	May 17	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.286	.286	.429	.714	9	.58	-0.049	1.78	-0.09%	-0.31	P
8	169	29 (3)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.250	.280	.375	.655	9						P
9	170	32 (2)	May 26 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.231	.286	.346	.632	9						P
10	171	37 (4)	May 30 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.207	.258	.310	.568	9	.83	-0.061	2.17	-0.10%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	172	42 (4)	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.188	.235	.281	.517	9						P
12	173	46 (3)	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,1-11	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.188	.257	.281	.538	9	.71	0.032	.89	0.02%	0.37	P
13	174	50 (3)	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.231	.250	.481	9	1.62	-0.152	1.42	-0.08%	-0.97	P
14	175	54 (3)	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.244	.316	.560	9	1.04	0.148	1.13	0.10%	1.21	P
15	176	58 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.175	.250	.300	.550	9	1.47	0.009	1.34	0.01%	0.24	P
16	177	65 (6)	Jun 26 (2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	GS-0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0				0		.186	.255	.326	.581	9						P
17	178	69 (3)	Jun 30	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.178	.245	.311	.556	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	179	73 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.184	.245	.306	.551	9	.39	-0.026	.26	-0.01%	-0.20	P
19	180	77 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.196	.255	.314	.568	9	1.17	0.029	.53	0.01%	0.16	P
20	181	81 (3)	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.189	.246	.302	.548	9						P
21	182	83 (1)	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.185	.241	.296	.538	9						P
22	183	86 (2)	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.175	.230	.281	.510	9						P
23	184	90 (3)	Jul 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.167	.219	.267	.485	9	.81	-0.017	.49	-0.01%	-0.74	P
24	185	93 (2)	Jul 26 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.159	.209	.254	.463	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	186	98 (4)	Aug 1	WSH		DET	L,3-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.156	.206	.250	.456	9	.71	-0.020	.36	-0.01%	-0.21	P
26	187	101 (2)	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.156	.206	.250	.456	9						P
27	188	106 (4)	Aug 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	1				0		.164	.211	.269	.480	9						P
28	189	110 (3)	Aug 16	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.155	.200	.254	.454	9	.74	-0.089	.15	-0.01%	-1.36	P
29	190	114 (3)	Aug 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.149	.192	.243	.436	9						P
30	191	118 (3)	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.145	.188	.237	.424	9	.68	-0.033	.22	-0.01%	-0.35	P
31	192	122 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.139	.181	.228	.409	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	193	126 (3)	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.136	.176	.222	.399	9	.80	-0.039	.08	0.00%	-0.29	P
33	194	134 (7)	Sep 10	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	1				0		.146	.195	.232	.427	9						P
34	195	138 (3)	Sep 15	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.157	.205	.241	.446	9						P
35	196	142 (3)	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.151	.207	.233	.439	9	.38	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
36	197	146 (3)	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.169	.221	.258	.479	9						P
37	198	149 (2)	Sep 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.163	.214	.250	.464	9	.31	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
							20-17		103	92	7	15	4	2	0	9	6	0	24	0	5		2		0		.163	.214	.250	.464		.80	-0.282	.89	-0.12%	-2.81

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