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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	L,0-5	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	3	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	9 (5)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	10	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	13 (2)	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	14	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	2	1	4	0
7	18 (3)	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21 (2)	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	24 (2)	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
10	27 (2)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
11	31 (3)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	37 (5)	Jun 1 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
13	42 (4)	Jun 12	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
14	45 (2)	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-3		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	46	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	49 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	0	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	56 (6)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	GS	0	5.1	0	3	0	3	0
18	58 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	60 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	61	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	5	1	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	65 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	66	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	GF	0	6.2	0	3	1	4	0
23	69 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	70	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	72 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	77 (4)	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	T,0-0	GF	0	10.0	0	8	1	9	0
27	80 (2)	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-12	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	83 (2)	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	85 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	89 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-7	GS	0	7.0	1	3	2	6	0
31	96 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	GS	0	6.1	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	106 (9)	Aug 10	WSH		SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
33	110 (3)	Aug 14	WSH		DET	T,3-3	GF	0	5.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	113 (2)	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
35	117 (3)	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,6-11		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	120 (2)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	124 (3)	Aug 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	126 (1)	Sep 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	0	8.0	0	2	3	5	0
39	130 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	9.1	0	7	1	8	0
40	134 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	140 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
42	147 (6)	Sep 23	WSH		DET	L,1-8	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	148	Sep 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
44	153 (4)	Sep 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	155 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	156	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							46gm		261.0	12	98	13	123	3