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Buddy Groom
Wedsel Gary Groom Jr.

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
School University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Debut June 20, 1992
  vs. CHW 6.7 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L
Born July 10, 1965 in Dallas, TX

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1992 26 DET AL   0   5  12   7   0   0   3  1   38.7   48   28   25   4   22   15   0   0   177   4   1  5.82  3.95   68 1.810
 1993 27 DET AL   0   2  19   3   0   0   8  0   36.7   48   25   25   4   13   15   2   2   170   5   1  6.14  4.29   70 1.664
 1994 28 DET AL   0   1  40   0   0   0  10  1   32.0   31   14   14   4   13   27   2   0   139   2   0  3.94  4.85  123 1.375
 1995 29 TOT      2   5  37   4   0   0  11  1   55.7   81   47   46   8   32   35   2   3   274   4   0  7.44  4.62   62 2.030
         DET AL   1   3  23   4   0   0   6  1   40.7   55   35   34   6   26   23   2   3   203   4   0  7.52  4.77   63 1.992
         FLA NL   1   2  14   0   0   0   5  0   15.0   26   12   12   2    6   12   0   0    71   0   0  7.20  4.23   59 2.133
 1996 30 OAK AL   5   0  72   1   0   0  16  2   77.3   85   37   33   8   34   57   3   5   341   3   0  3.84  5.10  133 1.539
 1997 31 OAK AL   2   2  78   0   0   0   7  3   64.7   75   38   37   9   24   45   0   3   285   1   0  5.15  4.43   86 1.531
 1998 32 OAK AL   3   1  75   0   0   0  13  0   57.3   62   30   27   4   20   36   1   1   251   1   0  4.24  4.52  107 1.430
 1999 33 OAK AL   3   2  76   0   0   0   6  0   46.0   48   29   26   1   18   32   1   2   196   5   1  5.09  4.58   90 1.435
 2000 34 BAL AL   6   3  70   0   0   0  14  4   59.3   63   37   32   5   21   44   0   1   260   2   0  4.85  4.72   97 1.416
 2001 35 BAL AL   1   4  70   0   0   0  35 11   66.0   64   28   26   4    9   54   1   2   265   0   0  3.55  4.30  121 1.106
 2002 36 BAL AL   3   2  70   0   0   0  17  2   62.0   44   11   11   4   12   48   2   0   239   3   0  1.60  4.29  269 0.903
 2003 37 BAL AL   1   3  60   0   0   0  20  1   45.3   58   27   27   7   14   34   3   1   207   2   0  5.36  4.48   84 1.588
 2004 38 BAL AL   4   1  60   0   0   0  22  0   52.7   67   30   28   6   16   32   1   0   236   1   1  4.78  4.59   96 1.576
 2005 39 TOT      1   1  47   0   0   0  13  1   41.0   51   22   22   5   12   20   3   0   186   3   0  4.83  4.31   89 1.537
         NYY AL   1   0  24   0   0   0   8  0   25.7   32   14   14   3    7   13   3   0   116   2   0  4.91  4.23   86 1.519
         ARI NL   0   1  23   0   0   0   5  1   15.3   19    8    8   2    5    7   0   0    70   1   0  4.70  4.44   95 1.565
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .492  31  32 786  15   0   0 195 27  734.7  825  403  379  73  260  494  21  20  3226  36   4  4.64  4.53   97 1.477
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   2  66   1   0   0  16  2   62.3   70   34   32   6   22   41   1   1   273   3   0  4.64  4.53   97 1.477
 Career High      6   5  78   7   0   0  35 11   77.3   85   47   46   9   34   57   3   5   341   5   1  1.60  5.10  269 0.903
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 26 DET AL P 12 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.56 1.40 1.72 7 38.7 1993 27 DET AL P 19 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.42 0.56 1.96 1.79 3 36.7 1994 28 DET AL P 40 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.52 0.00 1.72 0 32.0 1995 29 TOT P 37 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.22 0.52 1.29 1.81 4 55.7 DET AL P 23 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.22 0.53 1.11 1.79 4 40.7 FLA NL P 14 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.21 0.51 1.80 1.86 0 15.0 1996 30 OAK AL P 72 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.11 0.52 0.93 1.77 1 77.3 1997 31 OAK AL P 78 2 10 0 2 1.000 .952 0.15 0.49 1.67 1.71 0 64.7 1998 32 OAK AL P 75 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.09 0.50 1.10 1.77 0 57.3 1999 33 OAK AL P 76 1 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.18 0.47 2.74 1.68 0 46.0 2000 34 BAL AL P 70 2 10 2 1 .857 .952 0.17 0.46 1.82 1.62 0 59.3 2001 35 BAL AL P 70 4 5 1 1 .900 .957 0.13 0.49 1.23 1.75 0 66.0 2002 36 BAL AL P 70 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.10 0.48 1.02 1.68 0 62.0 2003 37 BAL AL P 60 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.49 1.59 1.73 0 45.3 2004 38 BAL AL P 60 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 0.12 0.45 1.20 1.66 0 52.7 2005 39 TOT P 47 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 0.09 0.46 0.88 1.71 0 41.0 NYY AL P 24 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.08 0.46 0.70 1.68 0 25.7 ARI NL P 23 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.09 0.46 1.18 1.76 0 15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1992 26 DET AL P 12 0 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.56 1.40 1.72 7 38.7 1993 27 DET AL P 19 1 7 1 0 .889 .952 0.42 0.56 1.96 1.79 3 36.7 1994 28 DET AL P 40 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.52 0.00 1.72 0 32.0 1995 29 TOT P 37 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.22 0.52 1.29 1.81 4 55.7 DET AL P 23 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.22 0.53 1.11 1.79 4 40.7 FLA NL P 14 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.21 0.51 1.80 1.86 0 15.0 1996 30 OAK AL P 72 2 6 1 0 .889 .964 0.11 0.52 0.93 1.77 1 77.3 1997 31 OAK AL P 78 2 10 0 2 1.000 .952 0.15 0.49 1.67 1.71 0 64.7 1998 32 OAK AL P 75 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.09 0.50 1.10 1.77 0 57.3 1999 33 OAK AL P 76 1 13 0 1 1.000 .952 0.18 0.47 2.74 1.68 0 46.0 2000 34 BAL AL P 70 2 10 2 1 .857 .952 0.17 0.46 1.82 1.62 0 59.3 2001 35 BAL AL P 70 4 5 1 1 .900 .957 0.13 0.49 1.23 1.75 0 66.0 2002 36 BAL AL P 70 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.10 0.48 1.02 1.68 0 62.0 2003 37 BAL AL P 60 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.49 1.59 1.73 0 45.3 2004 38 BAL AL P 60 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 0.12 0.45 1.20 1.66 0 52.7 2005 39 TOT P 47 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 0.09 0.46 0.88 1.71 0 41.0 NYY AL P 24 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.08 0.46 0.70 1.68 0 25.7 ARI NL P 23 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.09 0.46 1.18 1.76 0 15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 786 25 85 7 5 .940 .955 0.14 0.49 1.35 1.72 15 734.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 786 25 85 7 5 .940 .955 0.14 0.49 1.35 1.72 15 735
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1996 AL-72-7
1997 AL-78-2
1998 AL-75-7
1999 AL-76-1
2001 AL-70-8
2002 AL-70-8
Car-786-44

Oldest Player
2005 NL-39-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (828) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1728) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (717) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1987.

December 3, 1990: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1990 minor league draft.

August 7, 1995: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

November 9, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 31, 2005: Sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Detroit Tigers$120,000
1994Detroit Tigers$147,500
1995Detroit Tigers$190,000
1996Oakland Athletics$195,000
1997Oakland Athletics$390,000
1998Oakland Athletics$595,000
1999Oakland Athletics$850,000
2000Baltimore Orioles$1,750,000
2001Baltimore Orioles$2,000,000
2002Baltimore Orioles$2,500,000
2003Baltimore Orioles$3,000,000
2004Baltimore Orioles$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,737,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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