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Bob Groom

Robert Groom

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 12, 1884 in Belleville, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1909 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Terriers/Browns/Indians 1909-1918

Final Game: July 20, 1918 (Age 33)
Died: February 19, 1948 in Belleville, IL
Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 8:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #756. Ernie Shore… #757. Jim Colborn… #758. Paul Dean… #759. BOB GROOM… #760. Cherokee Fisher… #761. Jim Shaw… #762. Dave Boswell… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1909 24 WSH AL 7 26 .212 2.87 44 31 9 17 1 0 260.2 218 114 83 2 105 131 13 0 10 1070 86 1.239 7.5 0.1 3.6 4.5 1.25
1910 25 WSH AL 12 17 .414 2.76 34 30 3 22 3 0 257.2 244 117 79 8 77 98 9 1 9 1024 91 1.246 8.5 0.3 2.7 3.4 1.27
1911 26 WSH AL 13 17 .433 3.82 37 32 4 20 2 2 254.2 280 148 108 9 67 135 8 0 8 1068 86 1.363 9.9 0.3 2.4 4.8 2.01
1912 27 WSH AL 24 13 .649 2.62 43 40 2 28 2 1 316.0 287 133 92 3 94 179 5 0 6 1266 128 1.206 8.2 0.1 2.7 5.1 1.90
1913 28 WSH AL 16 16 .500 3.23 37 36 1 17 4 0 264.1 258 118 95 8 81 156 5 0 9 1075 92 1.282 8.8 0.3 2.8 5.3 1.93
1914 29 SLM FL 13 20 .394 3.24 42 34 4 23 1 1 280.2 281 141 101 9 75 167 4 0 9 1153 103 1.268 9.0 0.3 2.4 5.4 2.23
1915 30 SLM FL 11 11 .500 3.27 37 26 6 11 4 2 209.0 200 93 76 6 73 111 2 0 4 841 98 1.306 8.6 0.3 3.1 4.8 1.52
1916 31 SLB AL 13 9 .591 2.57 41 26 8 8 1 4 217.1 174 82 62 1 98 92 3 0 2 872 106 1.252 7.2 0.0 4.1 3.8 0.94
1917 32 SLB AL 8 19 .296 2.94 38 28 6 11 4 3 232.2 193 80 76 3 95 82 5 0 2 929 88 1.238 7.5 0.1 3.7 3.2 0.86
1918 33 CLE AL 2 2 .500 7.06 14 5 4 0 0 0 43.1 70 42 34 0 18 8 1 0 0 203 43 2.031 14.5 0.0 3.7 1.7 0.44
10 Yrs 119 150 .442 3.10 367 288 47 157 22 13 2336.1 2205 1068 806 49 783 1159 55 1 59 9501 95 1.279 8.5 0.2 3.0 4.5 1.48
162 Game Avg. 12 16 .442 3.10 38 30 5 16 2 1 243 229 111 84 5 81 120 6 0 6 986 95 1.279 8.5 0.2 3.0 4.5 1.48
WSH (5 yrs) 72 89 .447 3.04 195 169 19 104 12 3 1353.1 1287 630 457 30 424 699 40 1 42 5503 96 1.264 8.6 0.2 2.8 4.6 1.65
SLM (2 yrs) 24 31 .436 3.25 79 60 10 34 5 3 489.2 481 234 177 15 148 278 6 0 13 1994 101 1.285 8.8 0.3 2.7 5.1 1.88
SLB (2 yrs) 21 28 .429 2.76 79 54 14 19 5 7 450.0 367 162 138 4 193 174 8 0 4 1801 96 1.244 7.3 0.1 3.9 3.5 0.90
CLE (1 yr) 2 2 .500 7.06 14 5 4 0 0 0 43.1 70 42 34 0 18 8 1 0 0 203 43 2.031 14.5 0.0 3.7 1.7 0.44
AL (8 yrs) 95 119 .444 3.07 288 228 37 123 17 10 1846.2 1724 834 629 34 635 881 49 1 46 7507 93 1.277 8.4 0.2 3.1 4.3 1.39
FL (2 yrs) 24 31 .436 3.25 79 60 10 34 5 3 489.2 481 234 177 15 148 278 6 0 13 1994 101 1.285 8.8 0.3 2.7 5.1 1.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1909 24 WSH AL 260.2 44 31 114 3.94 3.59 -0.09 0.00 99.0 3.64 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.3 1.3 12 .484 .496 $2,000
1910 25 WSH AL 257.2 34 30 117 4.09 3.71 0.12 0.00 99.0 3.56 -13 -1.5 1.0 -0.2 0.5 8 .455 .491
1911 26 WSH AL 254.2 37 32 148 5.23 4.69 -0.14 0.00 98.0 4.73 -14 -1.4 1.0 -0.2 0.7 15 .461 .491
1912 27 WSH AL 316.0 43 40 133 3.79 4.42 0.25 0.00 100.0 4.17 16 1.7 1.0 -0.4 4.2 48 .539 .510
1913 28 WSH AL 264.1 37 36 118 4.02 3.94 0.34 0.00 101.0 3.64 -9 -1.0 1.0 -0.3 1.1 14 .472 .494
1914 29 SLM FL 280.2 42 34 141 4.52 4.17 -0.38 0.00 104.0 4.73 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 1.3 17 .513 .503
1915 30 SLM FL 209.0 37 26 93 4.00 3.83 0.13 0.00 106.0 3.92 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.3 5 .493 .498
1916 31 SLB AL 217.1 41 26 82 3.40 3.67 0.13 0.00 97.0 3.44 1 0.2 1.0 -0.2 2.0 21 .504 .501
1917 32 SLB AL 232.2 38 28 80 3.09 3.70 -0.14 0.00 97.0 3.72 16 2.0 1.0 -0.2 3.9 37 .553 .512
1918 33 CLE AL 43.1 14 5 42 8.72 3.62 -0.25 0.00 109.1 4.23 -22 -2.3 1.0 -0.0 -1.9 -19 .339 .486
10 Seasons 2336.1 367 288 1068 4.11 3.99 0.02 0.00 100.3 3.98 -29 -2.8 1.0 -2.0 13.4 159 .492 .498 $2,000
WSH (5 yrs) 1353.1 195 169 630 4.19 4.08 0.10 0.00 99.4 3.95 -27 -3.0 1.0 -1.4 7.8 98 .485 .496 $2,000
SLM (2 yrs) 489.2 79 60 234 4.30 4.02 -0.16 0.00 104.9 4.39 3 0.3 1.0 -0.3 1.6 22 .504 .501
SLB (2 yrs) 450.0 79 54 162 3.24 3.69 -0.01 0.00 97.0 3.59 17 2.2 1.0 -0.3 5.9 57 .527 .507
CLE (1 yr) 43.1 14 5 42 8.72 3.62 -0.25 0.00 109.1 4.23 -22 -2.3 1.0 -0.0 -1.9 -19 .339 .486

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1909 24 WSH AL 46 95 88 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 37 .091 .091 .102 .193 -38 9 0 7 1/O
1910 25 WSH AL 34 97 92 4 11 0 0 0 4 1 2 29 .120 .138 .120 .258 -17 11 0 3 1
1911 26 WSH AL 37 94 82 8 11 1 0 0 2 0 6 24 .134 .193 .146 .340 -4 12 0 6 1
1912 27 WSH AL 43 123 103 11 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 35 .117 .180 .126 .306 -12 13 1 12 1
1913 28 WSH AL 37 103 92 7 15 4 2 0 8 0 6 24 .163 .214 .250 .464 35 23 0 5 1
1914 29 SLM FL 42 100 94 5 15 2 1 0 4 0 5 28 .160 .202 .202 .404 13 19 0 1 1
1915 30 SLM FL 37 73 66 3 10 2 0 0 4 1 4 24 .152 .200 .182 .382 10 12 0 3 1
1916 31 SLB AL 41 73 63 5 7 3 0 0 3 1 0 4 20 .111 .164 .159 .323 -0 10 0 6 1
1917 32 SLB AL 38 77 72 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 27 .111 .147 .139 .286 -11 10 0 3 1
1918 33 CLE AL 14 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -52 1 0 1 1
10 Yrs 369 848 764 48 98 16 3 0 35 3 0 37 253 .128 .170 .157 .327 -3 120 1 47
162 Game Avg. 162 372 335 21 43 7 1 0 15 1 16 111 .128 .170 .157 .327 -3 53 0 21
WSH (5 yrs) 197 512 457 31 57 7 2 0 22 1 0 21 149 .125 .165 .149 .314 -6 68 1 33
SLM (2 yrs) 79 173 160 8 25 4 1 0 8 1 9 52 .156 .201 .194 .395 12 31 0 4
SLB (2 yrs) 79 150 135 8 15 5 0 0 5 1 0 7 47 .111 .155 .148 .303 -6 20 0 9
CLE (1 yr) 14 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -52 1 0 1
AL (8 yrs) 290 675 604 40 73 12 2 0 27 2 0 28 201 .121 .161 .147 .308 -7 89 1 43
FL (2 yrs) 79 173 160 8 25 4 1 0 8 1 9 52 .156 .201 .194 .395 12 31 0 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1909 24 WSH AL 46 95 -14 0 0 0 7 -6 -0.9 3 -3 -0.9 .482 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -3 $2,000 1/O
1910 25 WSH AL 34 97 -12 -0 0 0 7 -5 -0.7 3 -2 -0.7 .481 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -2 1
1911 26 WSH AL 37 94 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 1
1912 27 WSH AL 43 123 -17 0 0 0 10 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.7 .483 .496 -0.7 0.0 -3 1
1913 28 WSH AL 37 103 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 4 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 4 1
1914 29 SLM FL 42 100 -11 0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1915 30 SLM FL 37 73 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 1
1916 31 SLB AL 41 73 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 0 1
1917 32 SLB AL 38 78 -10 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 0.0 -1 1
1918 33 CLE AL 14 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
10 Seasons 369 849 -103 1 0 0 67 -35 -4.0 25 -9 -4.1 .489 .498 -4.0 0.0 -9 $2,000
WSH (5 yrs) 197 512 -64 1 0 0 41 -22 -2.6 18 -4 -2.6 .487 .497 -2.5 -0.0 -4 $2,000
SLM (2 yrs) 79 173 -19 0 0 0 14 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .493 .498 -0.5 0.1 -3
SLB (2 yrs) 79 151 -18 0 0 0 11 -6 -0.8 5 -1 -0.8 .490 .498 -0.8 -0.0 -1
CLE (1 yr) 14 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .487 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1909 WSH AL 24 P 44 260.2 120 10 98 12 3 .900 3.73 2.45 .942 3.19 3.15
1909 WSH AL 24 OF 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .950 1.85 0-0-0
1910 WSH AL 25 P 34 257.2 93 10 77 6 0 .935 3.04 2.56 .942 3.29 3.28
1911 WSH AL 26 P 37 254.2 86 8 73 5 0 .942 2.86 2.19 .938 2.88 2.85
1912 WSH AL 27 P 43 316.0 99 13 77 9 2 .909 2.56 2.09 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 WSH AL 28 P 37 264.1 94 14 75 5 3 .947 3.03 2.41 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 SLM FL 29 P 42 280.2 98 18 74 6 3 .939 2.95 2.19 .947 3.04 3.00
1915 SLM FL 30 P 37 209.0 70 5 63 2 2 .971 2.93 1.84 .956 3.08 3.05
1916 SLB AL 31 P 41 26 8 217.1 88 10 72 6 2 .932 3.40 2.00 .945 2.95 2.96
1917 SLB AL 32 P 38 28 11 232.2 69 9 59 1 3 .986 2.63 1.79 .947 3.04 3.05
1918 CLE AL 33 P 14 5 0 43.1 14 0 14 0 0 1.000 2.91 1.00 .952 2.82 2.84
10 Seasons P 367 59 19 2336.1 831 97 682 52 18 .937 3.00 2.12 .944 3.04 3.01
1 Season OF 2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 .950 1.85 0-0-0
10 Seasons TOT 369 59 19 2336.1 834 99 682 53 18 .936 3.00 2.12 .944 3.04 3.01 0-0-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1912 AL  4.2 (9th)
1917 AL  3.9 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1912 AL  2.62 (8th)
Career  3.10 (200th)

Wins s c a p y
1912 AL  24 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1912 AL  .649 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1912 AL  1.206 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL  7.206 (8th)
1917 AL  7.466 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 AL  2.368 (10th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1912 AL  5.098 (7th)
1913 AL  5.312 (5th)
1914 FL  5.355 (4th)
1915 FL  4.780 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL  44 (3rd)
1912 AL  43 (3rd)
1914 FL  42 (9th)

Saves s c a p y
1911 AL  2 (6th)
1916 AL  4 (6th)
1917 AL  3 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1909 AL  260.7 (9th)
1910 AL  257.7 (8th)
1911 AL  254.7 (8th)
1912 AL  316.0 (4th)
1913 AL  264.3 (7th)
1914 FL  280.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1909 AL  131 (9th)
1911 AL  135 (9th)
1912 AL  179 (5th)
1913 AL  156 (5th)
1914 FL  167 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1909 AL  31 (9th)
1910 AL  30 (9th)
1911 AL  32 (6th)
1912 AL  40 (2nd)
1913 AL  36 (2nd)
1914 FL  34 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1910 AL  22 (9th)
1911 AL  20 (9th)
1912 AL  28 (5th)
1914 FL  23 (8th)
Career  157 (209th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1911 AL  2 (9th)
1912 AL  2 (10th)
1913 AL  4 (5th)
1917 AL  4 (9th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1910 AL  8 (2nd)
1911 AL  9 (1st)
1913 AL  8 (3rd)
1914 FL  9 (3rd)
1917 AL  3 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL  105 (1st)
1910 AL  77 (8th)
1912 AL  94 (4th)
1916 AL  98 (7th)
1917 AL  95 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1909 AL  218 (9th)
1910 AL  244 (5th)
1911 AL  280 (4th)
1912 AL  287 (3rd)
1913 AL  258 (4th)
1914 FL  281 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1911 AL  2.015 (6th)
1912 AL  1.904 (9th)
1913 AL  1.926 (5th)
1914 FL  2.227 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1916 AL  0.041 (6th)
Career  0.189 (151st)

Losses s c a p y
1909 AL  26 (1st)
1910 AL  17 (5th)
1911 AL  17 (3rd)
1913 AL  16 (7th)
1914 FL  20 (1st)
1917 AL  19 (1st)
Career  150 (160th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1909 AL  83 (2nd)
1910 AL  79 (4th)
1911 AL  108 (2nd)
1912 AL  92 (6th)
1913 AL  95 (1st)
1914 FL  101 (6th)
1917 AL  76 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1909 AL  10 (7th)
1910 AL  9 (5th)
1911 AL  8 (7th)
1913 AL  9 (4th)
1914 FL  9 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1909 AL  13 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1909 AL  1,070 (8th)
1910 AL  1,024 (9th)
1911 AL  1,068 (6th)
1912 AL  1,266 (4th)
1913 AL  1,075 (6th)
1914 FL  1,153 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1909 AL  9 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1912 AL  128 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1912 AL  22 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1912 AL  2.3 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1909 AL  44 (3rd)
1912 AL  43 (3rd)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1914 FL  18 (4th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1909 AL  98 (4th)
Career  682 (99th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1909 AL  12 (1st)
1912 AL  9 (3rd)
1916 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  52 (98th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 85 (278), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 15 (766), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (771st), 9.3 career WAR/11.6 7yr-peak WAR/10.5 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
190924Washington Senators$2,0001942 TSN Guide 164
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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