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: 17-19 / in Starts: 13-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

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

1915 Pitching Game Log

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1915 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	238	2	Apr 13	SLM	@	KCP	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	1.96	34	78				32	1	0	0		0
2	239	5	Apr 17	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	GS-	L(1-1)	3	8.0	6	4	1	1	5	1	0	0.53	2.53	31	64				30	0	0	0		0
3	240	8	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,8-5	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	5	5	4	6	6	2	0	1.73	3.72	38	59				31	0	1			0
4	241	10	Apr 24	SLM		PBS	L,0-2	CG	L(2-2)	3	9.0	5	2	0	3	5	0	0	1.29	3.35	34	75				29	0	1	0		1
5	242	14	Apr 29(2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,9-7	GS-		4	3.1	10	7	7	1	4	0	0	2.82	3.14	20	15				19	1	1	0		0
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
6	243	17	May 2(2)	SLM	@	NEW	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	2	9.0	6	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.28	2.96	36	75				33	1	1			0
7	244	20	May 8(1)	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-5		W(4-2)	5	8.0	10	4	4	5	7	0	0	2.60	2.90	37					31	3	1	0		1
8	245	24	May 13	SLM	@	BAL	W,9-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.24	2.69	34	78				33	0	0	0		0
9	246	27	May 20	SLM		BUF	L,1-11	GS-	L(5-3)	6	4.1	8	7	6	1	4	0	0	2.88	2.60		24				21					0
10	247	31	May 24	SLM		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.67	2.49	31	77				28	2	0	0		0
11	248	33	May 29(2)	SLM		BTT	T,4-4			4	2.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.58	2.51						9					0
12	249	35	May 31(1)	SLM		PBS	W,3-2	CG	W(7-3)	1	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	1	2.52	2.46	32	73				28	0	0	0		0
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
13	250	39	Jun 4	SLM	@	CHI	W,8-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	2.56	2.45	38	61				34	2	1	0		1
14	251	44	Jun 8	SLM	@	KCP	L,1-5	GS-	L(8-4)	3	6.0	5	4	4	5	1	1	0	2.76	2.70		42				23					0
15	252	47	Jun 13(1)	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	GS-		4	7.1	8	3	2	5	5	0	0	2.74	2.72	34	52				26	1	0	0		0
16	253	51	Jun 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	GS-	W(9-4)	3	6.2	7	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.66	2.68		56				27					0
17	254	58	Jun 24	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-	L(9-5)	6	7.0	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.80	2.68	29	39				27	2	0	0		0
18	255	62	Jun 28	SLM	@	BAL	W,7-6		S(1)	3	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.83	2.68	7					6	1	0	0		0
19	256	63	Jun 29	SLM	@	BUF	L,4-5	GS-		0	4.0	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	3.02	2.83	19	34				14	1	1	0		1
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	257	67	Jul 3	SLM		KCP	W,8-7	GS-		3	2.0	2	2	2	4	0	0	1	3.11	2.94	12	40				7	1	0	0		0
21	258	69	Jul 5(1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-5)	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0	0	2.92	2.80	31	89				30	0	0	0		0
22	259	74	Jul 9(2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.74	2.75	30	83				29	0	0	0		0
23	260	78	Jul 14	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	CG	L(11-6)	4	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	2.81	2.74	37	54				33	2	1			0
24	261	82	Jul 19	SLM		BAL	L,6-8	GS-	L(11-7)	4	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.02	2.78		29				6					0
25	262	85	Jul 21	SLM		BAL	L,0-7	GS-	L(11-8)	1	0.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.13	2.81		36				2					0
26	263	92	Jul 27	SLM		NEW	L,3-11	GS-	L(11-9)	5	2.0	5	6	4	1	0	1	0	3.31	2.91		25				11					0
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	264	99	Aug 2	SLM		BUF	L,5-6	GS-		5	5.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.32	2.89		47				22					0
28	265	108	Aug 13(2)	SLM	@	BUF	L,0-6	GS-	L(11-10)	10	6.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.41	2.86	25	41				24	3	0	0		0
29	266	111	Aug 15(2)	SLM	@	NEW	L,1-8			1	7.1	7	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.38	2.86						29					0
30	267	115	Aug 21(1)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-3			5	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.41	2.87	5					3	0	0	0		1
31	268	116	Aug 21(2)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-8			-1	2.2	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.50	2.90						13					0
32	269	118	Aug 24	SLM	@	CHI	L,3-4			2	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	2.89	10					10	0	0	0		0
33	270	119	Aug 25(1)	SLM	@	CHI	W,4-2		W(12-10)	0	7.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.31	2.84	22					21	0	0	0		0
34	271	122	Aug 27	SLM		KCP	W,5-4			1	6.0	10	3	2	0	6	0	0	3.30	2.77	26					24	5	1	0		0
Sept				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
35	272	128	Sep 3	SLM	@	PBS	L,1-3	GS-	L(12-11)	6	6.0	10	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.29	2.72	25	46				24	0	0	0		0
36	273	131	Sep 6(1)	SLM		CHI	L,4-5			2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	2.74	1					0	0	0	0		0
37	274	139	Sep 13	SLM		NEW	L,3-6			6	1.1	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.36	2.74						8					0
							17-19		W-L:12-11,Sv:1	3.1	209.0	200	94	78	73	117	6	2	3.36	2.74	678	54				777	26	9	0		5

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