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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-26 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 101 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)
Avg. MLBer w/ 101 PAs	0
Avg. Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	199	1	Apr 16	SLM		IND	L,3-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
2	200	5 (3)	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0				0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
3	201	9 (3)	Apr 25	SLM	@	IND	W,4-3	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
4	202	12 (2)	Apr 30	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	203	16 (3)	May 4	SLM		BAL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
6	204	21 (4)	May 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0		.063	.167	.063	.229	9						P
7	205	24 (2)	May 15	SLM	@	BTT	L,6-12	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.059	.158	.059	.217	9						P
8	206	26 (1)	May 18	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0		.143	.217	.143	.360	9						P
9	207	30 (3)	May 22	SLM	@	PBS	T,3-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.167	.231	.167	.397	9						P
10	208	34 (3)	May 26	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0				0		.143	.200	.143	.343	9						P
11	209	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	SLM		KCP	L,2-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.143	.200	.143	.343	9						P
12	210	39 (1)	May 31	SLM		KCP	L,3-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.129	.182	.129	.311	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	211	42 (2)	Jun 3	SLM		IND	L,6-9	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.182	.129	.311	9						P
14	212	44 (1)	Jun 5	SLM	@	KCP	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.114	.162	.114	.276	9						P
15	213	48 (3)	Jun 9	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.105	.150	.105	.255	9						P
16	214	52 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	SLM		BUF	W,7-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0		.122	.163	.171	.334	9						P
17	215	57 (4)	Jun 17	SLM		BTT	L,1-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.116	.156	.163	.318	9						P
18	216	61 (3)	Jun 21	SLM		BAL	L,4-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.111	.149	.156	.304	9						P
19	217	66 (4)	Jun 27	SLM		CHI	L,4-8	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.106	.143	.149	.292	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	218	70 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.100	.135	.140	.275	9						P
21	219	74 (3)	Jul 8	SLM	@	IND	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.130	.161	.167	.327	9						P
22	220	78 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	SLM	@	CHI	L,0-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.125	.155	.161	.316	9						P
23	221	82 (3)	Jul 17	SLM		IND	L,2-8	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.140	.169	.175	.345	9						P
24	222	84 (1)	Jul 19	SLM		IND	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.136	.164	.169	.333	9						P
25	223	88 (3)	Jul 23	SLM	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0		.129	.169	.161	.331	9						P
26	224	91 (2)	Jul 27	SLM	@	BTT	W,5-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.127	.167	.159	.325	9						P
27	225	93 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	2	0		1	0	0				0		.147	.183	.206	.389	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	226	99 (5)	Aug 5	SLM	@	PBS	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.155	.189	.211	.400	9						P
29	227	103 (3)	Aug 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-8	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.149	.182	.203	.385	9						P
30	228	107 (3)	Aug 13	SLM		BTT	L,0-1	CG(6)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.145	.177	.197	.375	9						P
31	229	110 (2)	Aug 16	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.150	.181	.200	.381	9						P
32	230	115 (4)	Aug 22	SLM		BAL	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.145	.174	.193	.367	9						P
33	231	120 (4)	Aug 30	SLM		CHI	L,1-3	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.145	.174	.193	.367	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	232	129 (8)	Sep 9	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-2	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.141	.170	.188	.359	9						P
35	233	132 (2)	Sep 12	SLM	@	BTT	L,3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.141	.170	.188	.359	9						P
36	234	133	Sep 14	SLM	@	BUF	L,3-12	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.140	.169	.186	.355	9						P
37	235	136 (2)	Sep 17	SLM	@	BUF	L,2-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.138	.167	.184	.351	9						P
38	236	138 (1)	Sep 19	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-10	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.148	.176	.193	.369	9						P
39	237	141 (2)	Sep 23	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.146	.174	.191	.365	9						P
40	238	144 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	SLM	@	BAL	T,1-1	CG(7)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0				0		.154	.189	.198	.387	9						P
41	239	146 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	SLM	@	BAL	L,3-4	0-GF(8)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.152	.188	.196	.383	9						P
42	240	151 (4)	Oct 5	SLM	@	IND	L,8-15	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.158	.192	.200	.392	9						P
							14-26		101	95	5	15	2	1	0	4	4	0	19	0	2		0		0		.158	.192	.200	.392

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