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Buddy Groom
Wedsel Gary Groom Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 10, 1965 in Dallas, TX
High School: Red Oak (Dallas, TX)
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1992
Final Game: September 24, 2005
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Career Home Runs Allowed

Buddy Groom: 73 Career Home Runs Allowed

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 1 tying, 13 go ahead
6 Tms
BAL26
OAK22
DET18
NYY3
ARI2
FLA2
 
vs RHB46
vs LHB27
 
Home37
Away36
 
Leverage
High Lev9
Medium Lev21
Low Lev43
21 Opps
BOS8
NYY7
CHW7
CLE6
TOR6
TBD4
ANA/CAL4
SEA4
BAL4
MIN3
OAK3
DET3
KCR3
COL2
CHC2
MIL2
SFG1
TEX1
NYM1
PHI1
69 Batters
Tony Phillips2
Carlos Baerga2
Jim Thome2
Fred McGriff2
Troy Glaus1
Benito Santiago1
Carlos Delgado1
Russell Branyan1
Tino Martinez1
Don Mattingly1
Rey Sanchez1
Glenn Davis1
Neifi Perez1
Jose Canseco1
Paul O'Neill1
Frank Thomas1
Jermaine Dye1
Chris Hoiles1
David Ortiz1
Bernie Williams1
19 Parks
NetworkAssoc17
Camden Yards13
Tiger Stad7
Fenway Pk6
Yankee Stad4
Angel Stad4
TropicanaFld3
SkyDome3
Chase Field2
US Cellular2
Dolphin Stad2
Jacobs Fld2
KauffmanStad2
Coors Fld1
County Stad1
Kingdome1
Rangers Bpk1
Wrigley Fld1
Safeco Fld1
Where Hit
732
916
810
789
896
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
314
213
112
412
68
57
7+5
Unk2
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms69
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
4th12
3rd10
5th10
6th10
2nd8
1st7
8th7
7th5
9th4
Outs
128
227
018
 
DefPos
1B13
3B11
RF10
2B8
LF8
C7
CF6
DH5
SS5
Bases
---38
1--11
-2-7
12-6
1235
--33
-232
1-31
 
127 Runs
RISP24
0 on38
1 on21
2 on9
3 on5
Any on35
Inning
12
21
31
41
54
67
716
829
911
Extra1
 
1-34
4-612
7-end57
RelScore
+4..24
+35
+24
+111
Tied10
-12
-24
-35
-4..8
 
Ahead44
Tied10
Behind19
Before event, for batter
Count
0-012
3-29
1-18
0-18
2-28
2-17
1-26
1-05
0-23
2-03
Unk2
3-11
3-01

Play By Play

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1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1992-06-20 Ron Karkovice CHW DET ahead 1-0 b 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 8 2 11% 82% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Karkovice Scores
2 2 2 1 1992-07-05 Jay Buhner SEA @ DET behind 3-5 t 3 2 --- 8,(3-2)  1 5 9 10% 34% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Buhner Scores
3 3 3 1 1992-07-28 (2) Shawn Abner CHW @ DET tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 6,(2-2)  1 6 9 11% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Abner Scores
4 4 4 1 1992-08-03 Glenn Davis BAL DET ahead 2-1 b 5 2 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 4 10 18% 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Ripken Scores; Davis Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
5 5 1 1 1993-05-24 Scott Fletcher BOS @ DET tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 4 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6 6 2 1 1993-06-26 Bob Zupcic BOS DET ahead 12-4 b 7 2 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 9 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Zupcic Scores/Team unER
7 7 3 1 1993-06-28 Don Mattingly NYY DET ahead 7-1 b 6 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 3 3 1% 99% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
8 8 4 1 1993-09-28 (1) Mo Vaughn BOS DET ahead 6-3 b 7 1 -2- 5,(2-2)  2 4 3 4% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Zupcic Scores
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
9 9 1 1 1994-06-04 Chip Hale MIN @ DET ahead 19-7 t 9 1 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 9 4 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); McCarty Scores
10 10 2 1 1994-06-16 Matt Mieske MIL DET tied 4-4 b 9 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 8 9 40% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11 11 3 1 1994-06-26 Terry Steinbach OAK DET ahead 8-3 b 7 0 --3 3,(0-2)  2 5 2 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Sierra Scores
12 12 4 1 1994-08-01 Carlos Baerga CLE DET ahead 3-2 b 8 1 --- 4,(1-2)  1 3 4 8% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
13 13 1 1 1995-05-02 Carlos Baerga CLE @ DET ahead 9-1 t 8 1 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 3 4 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Vizquel Scores
14 14 2 1 1995-05-07 John Valentin BOS @ DET tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 2 6 9% 57% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15 15 3 1 1995-05-17 Jeff Manto BAL DET behind 1-4 b 6 1 1-- 3,(2-0)  2 7 5 19% 37% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Hoiles Scores
16 16 4 1 1995-05-26 Tim Raines CHW @ DET tied 6-6 t 8 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 2 7 25% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
17 17 5 1 1995-07-17 Tino Martinez SEA DET tied 6-6 b 10 2 123 8,(3-2)  4 4 3 33% 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Amaral Scores; Cora Scores; Martinez Scores
18 18 6 1 1995-07-23 Jim Edmonds CAL DET ahead 9-0 b 7 2 --3 8,(3-2)  2 2 8 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball); Myers Scores
19 19 7 1 1995-08-23 Shawon Dunston CHC FLA ahead 7-2 b 7 1 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 2 6 1% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); McRae Scores
20 20 8 1 1995-08-31 Jose Hernandez CHC @ FLA ahead 4-0 t 5 2 123 2,(1-0)  4 7 6 8% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball); Sosa Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Servais Scores
1996 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
21 21 1 1 1996-04-12 Tony Phillips CHW OAK behind 1-7 b 9 2 --- 2,(0-1)  1 1 7 0% 0% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
22 22 2 1 1996-04-20 Tony Phillips CHW @ OAK ahead 4-2 t 7 1 12- 4,(2-1)  3 1 7 14% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Kreuter Scores; Lewis Scores
23 23 3 1 1996-05-20 Jose Canseco BOS OAK ahead 11-1 b 5 2 --3 3,(2-0)  2 4 7 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Valentin Scores/unER; Canseco Scores/unER
24 24 4 1 1996-05-31 Paul O'Neill NYY @ OAK ahead 2-1 t 8 0 --- 1 3 9 12% 84% Home Run
25 25 5 1 1996-08-01 Frank Thomas CHW @ OAK ahead 5-3 t 9 0 12- 6,(2-2)  3 3 3 5% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Phillips Scores; Martinez Scores
26 26 6 1 1996-08-05 Jose Valentin MIL @ OAK ahead 7-3 t 7 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 6 6 6% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Nilsson Scores; Seitzer Scores
27 27 7 1 1996-09-02 Cecil Fielder NYY @ OAK ahead 4-0 t 8 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 4 10 2% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Fielder Scores
28 28 8 1 1996-09-15 Jim Thome CLE OAK behind 5-8 b 6 2 1-- 2 3 5 20% 35% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Lofton Scores
1997 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1997-04-02 Jim Thome CLE @ OAK ahead 8-7 t 9 0 --- 4,(3-0)  1 3 3 9% 92% Home Run (Fly Ball)
30 30 2 1 1997-05-22 Damon Buford TEX OAK ahead 8-7 b 7 0 --- 5,(2-2)  1 6 8 10% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball); Buford Scores
31 31 3 1 1997-07-30 Luis Sojo NYY OAK ahead 6-0 b 8 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 2 5 0% 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
32 32 4 1 1997-08-02 Chris Hoiles BAL @ OAK ahead 7-3 t 8 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 8 2 2% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
33 33 5 2 1997-08-02 Brady Anderson BAL @ OAK ahead 8-3 t 8 1 --- 3,(0-2)  1 1 8 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
34 34 6 1 1997-08-24 David Justice CLE @ OAK behind 0-2 t 6 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 5 10 11% 31% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
35 35 7 1 1997-09-07 Jermaine Dye KCR OAK behind 1-7 b 6 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 9 5% 9% Home Run (Fly Ball); Benitez Scores
36 36 8 1 1997-09-11 Benito Santiago TOR @ OAK tied 6-6 t 7 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 6 2 21% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
37 37 9 1 1997-09-14 Tony Clark DET @ OAK ahead 3-2 t 8 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 3 12% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1998 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1998-05-06 Bobby Higginson DET @ OAK behind 4-5 t 8 2 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 3 9 47% 69% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Randa Scores
39 39 2 1 1998-06-22 Rey Sanchez SFG @ OAK ahead 9-6 t 7 2 12- 6,(1-2)  3 9 4 9% 98% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Mueller Scores; Benard Scores
40 40 3 1 1998-06-26 Neifi Perez COL OAK ahead 6-5 b 4 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 1 6 9% 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
41 41 4 1 1998-08-17 Shawn Green TOR @ OAK ahead 3-2 t 9 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 2 9 11% 90% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1999 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
42 42 1 1 1999-07-30 Terrell Lowery TBD @ OAK behind 0-4 t 8 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 8 2% 4% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2000 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
43 43 1 1 2000-05-05 Bernie Williams NYY BAL behind 5-8 b 7 1 12- 3,(0-2)  3 4 8 35% 55% Home Run; Jeter Scores; O'Neill Scores
44 44 2 1 2000-05-31 Fred McGriff TBD BAL behind 2-3 b 8 1 -2- 4,(1-2)  2 4 3 45% 84% Home Run; Guillen Scores
45 45 3 1 2000-06-22 Edgar Martinez SEA BAL ahead 7-4 b 8 2 123 3,(2-0)  4 4 10 3% 100% Home Run; Oliver Scores; Henderson Scores; Rodriguez Scores
46 46 4 1 2000-07-21 Tony Batista TOR BAL behind 4-8 b 8 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 5 4% 8% Home Run
47 47 5 1 2000-09-18 Eric Chavez OAK @ BAL ahead 10-3 t 8 2 -2- 8,(3-2)  2 7 5 0% 100% Home Run (CF-RF); Tejada Scores
2001 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
48 48 1 1 2001-05-09 Fred McGriff TBD BAL behind 4-8 b 8 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 4 3 8% 13% Home Run; Johnson Scores
49 49 2 1 2001-05-19 Torii Hunter MIN @ BAL ahead 6-5 t 9 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 8 11% 91% Home Run
50 50 3 1 2001-07-08 Travis Lee PHI @ BAL behind 2-4 t 9 2 1-3 3,(1-1)  3 5 3 72% 80% Home Run; Rollins Scores; Rolen Scores
51 51 4 1 2001-07-17 Cliff Floyd FLA BAL ahead 7-3 b 8 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 7 1% 100% Home Run (CF-RF)
2002 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
52 52 1 1 2002-05-06 Russell Branyan CLE @ BAL ahead 5-4 t 8 2 -2- 1,(0-0)  2 8 7 19% 92% Home Run; Cabrera Scores
53 53 2 1 2002-06-02 Bret Boone SEA @ BAL tied 7-7 t 8 1 123 3,(1-1)  4 5 4 28% 96% Home Run; Gipson Scores; Suzuki Scores; Olerud Scores
54 54 3 1 2002-07-19 Ray Durham CHW @ BAL behind 3-10 t 8 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 2 4 0% 0% Home Run
55 55 4 1 2002-09-01 Adam Kennedy ANA BAL ahead 6-3 b 8 2 -23 2,(0-1)  3 9 4 2% 100% Home Run (CF-RF); Spiezio Scores; Fullmer Scores
2003 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
56 56 1 1 2003-05-10 Ken Harvey KCR BAL tied 4-4 b 8 0 -2- 5,(1-2)  2 5 3 19% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball); Ibanez Scores
57 57 2 1 2003-05-21 Troy Glaus ANA BAL behind 4-7 b 8 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 5 8% 17% Home Run (Fly Ball)
58 58 3 1 2003-06-26 Carlos Delgado TOR BAL ahead 10-8 b 8 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 4 3 5% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball); Wells Scores
59 59 4 2 2003-06-26 Tom Wilson TOR BAL ahead 12-8 b 8 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 5 2 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball)
60 60 5 1 2003-07-12 Scott Hatteberg OAK BAL tied 3-3 b 8 1 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 2 3 32% 93% Home Run (Fly Ball); Ellis Scores
61 61 6 1 2003-08-10 Jason Varitek BOS BAL behind 2-5 b 7 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 9 2 9% 20% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
62 62 7 1 2003-09-15 Aaron Boone NYY @ BAL ahead 12-1 t 9 2 --- 6,(3-2)  1 8 5 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball)
2004 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 2004-05-23 Shane Halter ANA BAL ahead 7-3 b 8 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 8 5 1% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball)
64 64 2 1 2004-05-26 Hideki Matsui NYY @ BAL behind 7-9 t 7 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 6 7 12% 32% Home Run (Fly Ball)
65 65 3 1 2004-07-11 Matt Stairs KCR @ BAL ahead 6-2 t 7 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 4 9 3% 96% Home Run (Fly Ball)
66 66 4 1 2004-07-22 (1) Kevin Millar BOS BAL behind 1-6 b 8 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 7 3 4% 5% Home Run (Fly Ball); Ramirez Scores
67 67 5 1 2004-07-23 Corey Koskie MIN @ BAL ahead 5-3 t 9 1 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 7 5 6% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball); Hunter Scores
68 68 6 1 2004-08-20 Eric Hinske TOR @ BAL ahead 6-1 t 7 1 12- 5,(3-1)  3 6 5 2% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Wells Scores; Delgado Scores
2005 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
69 69 1 1 2005-05-05 Alex Sanchez TBD NYY ahead 5-2 b 7 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 1 9 3% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball)
70 70 2 1 2005-05-24 Marcus Thames DET @ NYY behind 0-11 t 8 2 -23 7,(3-2)  3 5 7 0% 0% Home Run (Fly Ball); Inge Scores; Smith Scores
71 71 3 1 2005-07-15 David Ortiz BOS NYY ahead 13-1 b 6 2 123 2,(0-1)  4 3 10 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball); Varitek Scores; Cora Scores; Renteria Scores
72 72 4 1 2005-08-06 Danny Ardoin COL @ ARI ahead 11-6 t 9 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 8 2 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball)
73 73 5 1 2005-08-24 David Wright NYM @ ARI ahead 13-0 t 6 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 5 5 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball)

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