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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Team Record in Appearances: 7-34 / in Starts: 5-25

Days of Rest

1909 Pitching Game Log

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1909 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	1	2	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	L,0-5			99	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.72	9					8
2	2	3	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	GS-	L(0-1)	1	0.1	1	2		2	0	0	1	0.00	6.50	7					4
3	3	9	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	L,1-3			10	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4.76	7					6
4	4	10	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	1	10.0	7	2		2	6	0	0	0.00	2.57	37					33	2	0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
5	5	13	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3		W(2-1)	6	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.58	9					8
6	6	14	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(2-2)	0	8.1	7	2		3	3	0	0	0.00	2.58	34					29	1	1
7	7	18	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5		L(2-3)	4	1.0	2	1		3	1	0	0	0.00	2.84	6					3
8	8	21	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-	L(2-4)	2	7.0	4	3		3	4	0	0	0.00	2.74	26					23
9	9	24	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	L(2-5)	2	8.0	4	4		4	2	0	0	0.00	2.83	30					26	0	0
10	10	27	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(2-6)	3	8.0	7	4		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.71	34					30	0	1
11	11	31	May 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-	L(2-7)	3	4.0	5	5		3	3	0	0	0.00	2.73	20					17
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
12	12	37	Jun 1(2)	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-7)	6	9.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	2.74	33	76				29	0	0
13	13	42	Jun 12	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(4-7)	10	9.0	5	2		1	3	0	1	0.00	2.67	32					29	1	0
14	14	45	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-3			3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.71	1					0
15	15	46	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	W(5-7)	0	6.0	6	1		0	3	0	0	0.00	2.59	24					24	0	0
16	16	49	Jun 19(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-	L(5-8)	1	7.0	6	6		4	3	0	0	0.00	2.63	28					24
17	17	56	Jun 25(2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	GS-	L(5-9)	5	5.1	7	2		4	1	0	1	0.00	2.75	29					24
18	18	58	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6			2	0.2	2	1		0	0	0	0	0.00	2.75	2					2
19	19	60	Jun 29(2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-	L(5-10)	0	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	2.82	3	46				1
20	20	61	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	L(5-11)	0	8.0	7	4		2	5	0	0	0.00	2.73	34					28	0	0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
21	21	65	Jul 3(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5			2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.72	5					5
22	22	66	Jul 5(1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6		W(6-11)	1	6.2	2	1		1	6	0	0	0.00	2.61	21					20
23	23	69	Jul 6(2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	L(6-12)	0	8.0	4	2		1	2	1	0	0.00	2.68	29					28	0	0
24	24	70	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.66	4					4
25	25	72	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-	L(6-13)	1	7.0	3	2		2	3	0	0	0.00	2.64	28					26
26	26	77	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	T,0-0			5	10.0	5	0	0	6	7	0	0	0.00	2.64	40					34
27	27	80	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-12	GS-	L(6-14)	2	5.0	7	4		3	2	0	0	0.00	2.66	25					22
28	28	83	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-	L(6-15)	2	6.0	4	4		3	3	0	2	0.00	2.70	26					21
29	29	85	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	L(6-16)	1	8.0	16	9		1	2	0	0	0.00	2.67	40					39	1	2
30	30	89	Jul 28(1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-7	GS-	L(6-17)	3	7.0	10	7		5	4	0	0	0.00	2.69	33					28
31	31	96	Jul 31(2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	GS-	L(6-18)	2	6.1	6	3		6	3	0	1	0.00	2.77	16					9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
32	32	106	Aug 10	WSH		SLB	T,1-1	CG		9	12.0	6	1		3	6	1	1	0.00	2.80	49					43	0	0
33	33	110	Aug 14	WSH		DET	T,3-3			3	5.2	3	0	0	2	7	0	0	0.00	2.74	20					18
34	34	113	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	L(6-19)	3	9.0	11	2		4	2	0	1	0.00	2.77	40					34	4	0
35	35	117	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,6-11			4	2.2	2	4		4	4	0	0	0.00	2.79	12					8
36	36	120	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-	L(6-20)	2	4.0	8	6		1	0	0	1	0.00	2.81	21					19
37	37	124	Aug 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	L(6-21)	3	8.0	10	8		3	5	0	1	0.00	2.79	41					32	0	1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
38	38	126	Sep 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7			1	8.0	5	5		1	6	0	1	0.00	2.74	30					28
39	39	130	Sep 6(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	L(6-22)	4	9.1	11	6		6	7	0	0	0.00	2.74	46					37	3	0
40	40	134	Sep 11(1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GS-	L(6-23)	4	8.0	6	3		0	4	0	1	0.00	2.70	29					28
41	41	140	Sep 16(2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	CG	L(6-24)	4	9.0	9	4		2	4	0	1	0.00	2.68	39					34	0	0
42	42	147	Sep 23	WSH		DET	L,1-8	GS-	L(6-25)	6	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	2.72	6	48				3
43	43	148	Sep 25(1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(6-26)	1	9.0	2	2		3	5	0	0	0.00	2.70	30					26	0	0
44	44	153	Sep 29(2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(7-26)	3	9.0	8	3		5	8	0	0	0.00	2.68	39					34	1	0
							7-34		W-L:7-26	2.6	257.2	218	115	0	106	132	2	13	0.00	2.68	1074	57				928	13	5

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