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: 20-17 / in Starts: 20-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1913 Pitching Game Log

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1913 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	159	2	Apr 17	WSH	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	3	3	6	5	0	0	3.00	3.45	33	66	1	4	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.60	0.40%
2	160	6	Apr 22	WSH		BOS	L,3-8	GS-	L(1-1)	4	1.1	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	6.10	4.20	11	27				8
3	161	8	Apr 24	WSH		BOS	L,3-6	CG	L(1-2)	1	9.0	10	6	5	3	3	0	0	5.59	3.59	34	45				30	2	1
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
4	162	13	May 2	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(2-2)	7	9.0	5	4	4	5	5	0	0	5.08	3.44	36	61				30	1	1
5	163	17	May 8	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS-4	L(2-3)	5	3.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	5.68	3.57	19	30	2	0	0	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.59%
6	164	21	May 12	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	8	0	0	4.43	3.10	32	85				30	1	0
7	165	25	May 17	WSH	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	1	5	3	0	0	3.81	3.18	35	67	2	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	0.62%
8	166	29	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-		3	8.2	11	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.55	3.00	36	55				35
9	167	32	May 26(1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,0-4	GS-	L(4-4)	4	7.0	6	4	1	0	2	0	1	3.31	2.94	29	57				26
10	168	37	May 30(1)	WSH		BOS	W,4-3	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	3	3	6	7	2	0	3.27	3.30	35	68	3	1	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	0.45%
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
11	169	42	Jun 3	WSH		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	12	0	0	3.02	3.00	34	77				32	0	0
12	170	46	Jun 7	WSH		DET	L,1-11	GS-4	L(6-5)	3	4.0	10	7	7	2	2	2	0	3.61	3.30	23	14	0	0	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.34%
13	171	50	Jun 12	WSH		CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	7	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.55	3.31	36	57	3	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.86	0.05%
14	172	54	Jun 16	WSH		CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	8.0	6	4	2	0	7	2	0	3.45	3.37	32	65	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	3	.73	-0.11%
15	173	58	Jun 20(1)	WSH		NYY	L,3-9	GS-8	L(7-7)	3	8.0	14	8	7	1	2	0	0	3.77	3.30	36	25	1	2	0	33	1	1	0	1	1	0	.95	-0.22%
16	174	65	Jun 26(2)	WSH		PHA	L,3-10	GS-	L(7-8)	5	7.0	11	10	9	2	1	1	0	4.22	3.40	34	16				32
17	175	69	Jun 30	WSH	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-		3	7.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.99	3.31	24	68				23
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
18	176	73	Jul 4(1)	WSH	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-8)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.72	3.19	31	84	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.11%
19	177	77	Jul 9(1)	WSH	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	9	5	3	1	4	0	1	3.73	3.14	31	46	0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.05%
20	178	81	Jul 12	WSH	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-		2	4.2	10	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.86	3.10	22	30				21
21	179	83	Jul 14	WSH	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-		1	4.0	2	3	1	4	3	0	0	3.81	3.13	18	49				14
22	180	86	Jul 18	WSH	@	SLB	W,5-1	GS-		3	8.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.68	3.04	32	69				31
23	181	90	Jul 22	WSH	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	L(8-10)	3	8.2	11	6	6	3	5	0	0	3.81	3.01	38	40	1	1	0	35	4	3	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.27%
24	182	93	Jul 26(1)	WSH		SLB	W,6-5	GS-	W(9-10)	3	7.1	11	5	4	2	4	0	2	3.86	3.01	32	40				28
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
25	183	98	Aug 1	WSH		DET	L,3-9	GS-3	L(9-11)	5	2.1	5	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.01	3.03	16	31	0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.12%
26	184	101	Aug 5	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	10-GF(10)	L(9-12)	3	1.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.04	3.04	5		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.07%
27	185	106	Aug 10	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(10-12)	4	9.0	9	1	1	5	2	0	0	3.89	3.07	38	62				32	1	0
28	186	110	Aug 16	WSH	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	W(11-12)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.76	3.03	34	74	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.04%
29	187	114	Aug 21	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-12)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.59	2.98	31	80				30	0	1
30	188	118	Aug 25	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(12-13)	3	6.0	6	3	3	0	6	1	0	3.62	2.97	23	54	0	2	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.20	-0.03%
31	189	122	Aug 30(2)	WSH	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-13)	4	9.0	10	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.47	2.94	38	70				36	3	0
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
32	190	126	Sep 3	WSH	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(13-14)	3	7.0	9	4	3	4	4	0	1	3.48	2.96	33	45	2	2	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.12	-0.02%
33	191	134	Sep 10	WSH		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(14-14)	6	9.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.39	2.87	31	81				30	0	0
34	192	138	Sep 15	WSH		CHW	L,0-5	GS-	L(14-15)	4	3.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	3.42	2.86	15	38				15
35	193	142	Sep 18	WSH		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(15-15)	2	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.33	2.80	33	75	1	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	194	146	Sep 23	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	CG	L(15-16)	4	9.0	9	5	3	3	10	0	0	3.32	2.75	36	60				33	3	0
37	195	149	Sep 27	WSH	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS-7	W(16-16)	3	7.0	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.23	2.72	26	72	0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
							20-17		W-L:16-16	3.5	264.1	258	118	95	79	157	8	5	3.23	2.72	1082	55	16	16	3	983	29	12	0	4	2	7	1.22	-0.13%

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