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	12-26 / in Starts: 8-20
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 78 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	28 (17-5-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 78 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (22-15-8)

Most Driven In
E Johnson	1
H Severeid	1
A Marsans	0

Most Driven In By
G Sisler	1
B Shotton	1

1917 Batting Game Log

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1917 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	319	4 (3)	Apr 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.027	1.34	-0.04%	-0.20	P
2	320	6 (1)	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.49	-0.035	3.25	-0.05%	-0.19	P
3	321	9 (2)	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	322	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	2-GF	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1		0		.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.80	0.060	1.98	0.09%	0.63	P
5	323	14 (3)	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0		.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.86	-0.040	2.16	-0.06%	-0.71	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
6	324	16 (1)	May 2	SLB		DET	L,0-2	3-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.92	-0.042	2.69	-0.07%	-0.24	P
7	325	18 (1)	May 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.05	-0.001	.15	0.00%	-0.31	P
8	326	19	May 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.077	.143	.077	.220	9	.40	-0.019	1.31	-0.04%	-0.35	P
9	327	22 (2)	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.067	.125	.067	.192	9						P
10	328	29 (6)	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.056	.150	.056	.206	9	1.53	-0.055	3.25	-0.07%	-0.35	P
11	329	33 (3)	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.045	.125	.045	.170	9	1.15	-0.115	1.16	-0.07%	-1.12	P
12	330	36 (2)	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.48	0.008	.42	0.00%	0.03	P
13	331	39 (2)	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.080	.148	.080	.228	9	.52	-0.012	.32	-0.01%	-0.13	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
14	332	43 (3)	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.074	.167	.074	.241	9	.96	0.045	.23	0.01%	0.11	P
15	333	46 (2)	Jun 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.067	.152	.067	.218	9	1.11	-0.084	.32	-0.01%	-0.56	P
16	334	49 (2)	Jun 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.088	.162	.118	.280	9	1.08	0.133	.37	0.03%	1.11	P
17	335	53 (3)	Jun 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0		.081	.150	.108	.258	9	.73	-0.054	.22	-0.01%	-0.52	P
18	336	56 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.079	.146	.105	.252	9	.57	-0.013	.19	0.00%	-0.13	P
19	337	58 (1)	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.079	.146	.105	.252	9						P
20	338	61 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.122	.182	.146	.328	9	.85	0.067	.07	0.00%	0.39	P
21	339	66 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.119	.178	.143	.321	9	.25	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.08	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
22	340	72 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.119	.178	.143	.321	9						P
23	341	75 (2)	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	L,6-12	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.119	.178	.143	.321	9						P
24	342	97 (21)	Jul 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.116	.174	.140	.313	9	1.26	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.35	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
25	343	100 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.109	.163	.130	.294	9	.63	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
26	344	105 (4)	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.125	.176	.167	.343	9	.56	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
27	345	109 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.122	.189	.163	.352	9	.83	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
28	346	112 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.122	.189	.163	.352	9						P
29	347	115 (2)	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.118	.182	.157	.339	9	.58	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
30	348	119 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.113	.175	.151	.326	9	1.93	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.98	P
31	349	124 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.105	.164	.140	.304	9						P
32	350	129 (4)	Aug 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.105	.164	.140	.304	9						P
Sept		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
33	351	131 (1)	Sep 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.103	.161	.138	.299	9	.18	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
34	352	133 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.100	.156	.133	.290	9	.63	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
35	353	138 (4)	Sep 8	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG(12)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.109	.162	.141	.302	9	1.93	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
36	354	142 (3)	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	3-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.121	.171	.152	.323	9	.57	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.02	P
37	355	145 (2)	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.116	.164	.145	.309	9	.84	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.46	P
38	356	152 (6)	Sep 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.113	.160	.141	.301	9	1.31	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
							12-26		78	71	3	8	2	0	0	2	4	0	29	0	3		1		0		.113	.160	.141	.301		.94	-0.668	.73	-0.30%	-6.44

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