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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Team Record in Appearances: 29-14 / in Starts: 28-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 42, Entered with runners on base: 0

1912 Pitching Game Log

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1912 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	116	4	Apr 16	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	5	7	0	0	3.00	2.96	39	59	1	1	0	34	2	2	0	2	0	1	1.52	0.17%
2	117	7	Apr 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	2	1	5	6	0	0	2.00	3.07	39	68	1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.21	0.47%
3	118	11	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.33	2.81	29	85	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.56%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	119	14	May 2	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	CG	L(3-1)	4	9.0	11	6	2	1	7	0	1	1.50	2.60	40	55	0	1	0	38	5	1	0	0	0	1	3.97	-0.56%
5	120	17	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG(5)	L(3-2)	4	5.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.54	2.97	18	60	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.51	0.31%
6	121	20	May 10	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	L(3-3)	2	9.0	8	5	3	6	8	1	0	1.80	3.25	41	57	0	2	0	32	1	1	1	0	1	2	2.81	-0.37%
7	122	24	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(3-4)	3	9.0	4	3	1	1	7	0	0	1.68	3.00	32	77	1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.29	0.09%
8	123	26	May 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-8	6-7	L(3-5)	3	1.0	6	6	5	1	1	0	0	2.40	3.02	11		0	1	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.69	-0.47%
9	124	29	May 22	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	5	4	0	2	4	0	0	2.09	2.97	34	71	0	3	0	31	0	1	1	0	0	3	2.16	0.28%
10	125	33	May 25(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-4	L(4-6)	2	3.2	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.60	3.03	20	22	0	3	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.32%
11	126	37	May 29(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS-4	L(4-7)	3	3.1	11	9	5	2	3	0	0	3.08	3.02	23	11	1	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	1	2	1.51	-0.47%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	127	41	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(5-7)	3	9.0	6	3	2	1	9	0	0	2.96	2.83	35	73	1	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	2	.75	0.11%
13	128	46	Jun 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(6-7)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.87	2.74	33	74	1	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.48	0.81%
14	129	50	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-2		3	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.93	2.78	7	47	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.39	-0.17%
15	130	52	Jun 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(7-7)	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.93	2.74	35	64	0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	1	1	3.09	0.58%
16	131	54	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.88	2.80	9		1	1	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	13.46	0.88%
17	132	55	Jun 18	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(8-7)	2	9.0	12	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.97	2.81	37	48	1	2	1	35	2	2	0	1	0	0	8.37	-0.50%
18	133	60	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	W(9-7)	2	9.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	2.82	2.74	35	76	0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.31	0.27%
19	134	63	Jun 26(1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(10-7)	4	10.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.75	2.75	40	73	0	2	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	3	6.42	1.63%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
20	135	69	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	L,2-6	GS-7	L(10-8)	4	7.0	9	6	2	3	4	1	0	2.74	2.86	34	44	0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	1	2	2.16	-0.45%
21	136	74	Jul 4(2)	WSH		NYY	W,12-1	CG	W(11-8)	2	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.63	2.83	34	76	1	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	1	1	.77	0.17%
22	137	79	Jul 10	WSH		CLE	W,8-7	GS-1		5	0.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	2.87	2.85	7	24	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.04	-0.61%
23	138	83	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.81	2.84	22	59	1	2	0	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	3.24	0.44%
24	139	87	Jul 19(1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	2.72	2.80	33	74	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.40	0.48%
25	140	91	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,7-12	5-GF	BL(12-9)	3	5.0	9	9	9	4	4	0	1	3.11	2.85	27		1	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.96	-1.39%
26	141	95	Jul 27(2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	9	6	1	1	2	0	0	3.01	2.84	37	56	0	1	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	2	3.38	0.44%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	142	99	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	7	3	1	4	7	0	0	2.91	2.83	36	68	3	3	1	32	1	1	0	0	0	3	2.24	0.38%
28	143	103	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.02	2.83	15	30	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.92	-0.77%
29	144	104	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(14-10)	0	7.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.00	2.85	25	60	1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	0.06%
30	145	107	Aug 10(1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	L(14-11)	3	7.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.94	2.81	25	66	2	2	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.33%
31	146	111	Aug 14	WSH		CHW	L,0-6	GS-5	L(14-12)	3	4.0	4	5	0	2	3	0	0	2.89	2.81	21	45	2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.73	-0.16%
32	147	114	Aug 17	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	W(15-12)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.81	2.80	33	75	2	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.41%
33	148	117	Aug 21	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(16-12)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.74	2.77	31	72	0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.75	0.35%
34	149	121	Aug 26(1)	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	CG	W(17-12)	4	9.0	8	3	3	5	6	0	0	2.75	2.79	38	60	3	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.11%
35	150	126	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(18-12)	3	9.0	5	2	1	4	4	0	0	2.68	2.81	35	71	1	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	2	.54	0.09%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
36	151	130	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	12	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.66	2.82	35	55	0	0	0	31	2	1	0	2	0	0	.06	0.01%
37	152	134	Sep 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(20-12)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.60	2.82	33	72	0	1	1	29	0	1	1	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
38	153	137	Sep 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(21-12)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0	1	2.58	2.81	32	68	1	1	1	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	154	141	Sep 18(1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(22-12)	5	9.0	8	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.50	2.77	35	78	0	1	1	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
40	155	146	Sep 22(2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(23-12)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.45	2.78	32	74	3	1	1	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	.00	0.00%
41	156	148	Sep 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-9		4	9.0	16	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.50	2.79	43	39	0	1	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.00%
42	157	151	Oct 1	WSH		BOS	L,3-12	GS-7	L(23-13)	3	7.0	10	9	5	4	6	0	0	2.59	2.79	36	31	3	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
43	158	153	Oct 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(24-13)	2	9.0	4	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.57	2.79	37	73	3	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	3	.00	0.00%
							29-14		W-L:24-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.1	315.0	287	133	90	95	180	3	6	2.57	2.79	1293	60	36	42	6	1166	43	26	7	15	8	48	2.23	3.18%

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