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	29-14 / in Starts: 28-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	102 (54-31-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	80 (36-27-16)

Most Driven In
G McBride	2
R Morgan	2
A Williams	2
J Henry	1
B Cunningham	1
H Shanks	1
T Walker	0

Most Driven In By
D Moeller	4
E Foster	3
C Milan	2
G Schaefer	1

1912 Batting Game Log

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1912 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	119	4 (3)	Apr 16	WSH	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.32	0.000	.74	0.00%	0.24	P
2	120	7 (2)	Apr 23	WSH	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.500	.571	.500	1.071	9	.97	0.045	2.64	0.07%	1.17	P
3	121	11 (3)	Apr 27	WSH		NYY	W,5-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0		.429	.556	.429	.984	9	.86	-0.009	2.04	-0.01%	-0.32	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
4	122	14 (2)	May 2	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0		.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.96	-0.033	3.19	-0.07%	-0.29	P
5	123	17 (2)	May 7	WSH		CHW	L,0-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.273	.429	.273	.701	9	.68	-0.034	2.58	-0.08%	-0.27	P
6	124	20 (2)	May 10	WSH		CHW	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.231	.375	.231	.606	9	1.01	-0.032	2.92	-0.06%	-0.36	P
7	125	24 (3)	May 14	WSH		CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.188	.316	.188	.503	9	1.15	-0.107	2.28	-0.13%	-0.93	P
8	126	26 (1)	May 18	WSH		SLB	L,2-8	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.188	.316	.188	.503	9						P
9	127	29 (2)	May 22	WSH		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.158	.304	.158	.462	9	.95	-0.089	1.57	-0.09%	-0.87	P
10	128	33 (3)	May 25 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.143	.280	.143	.423	9	1.08	-0.059	1.46	-0.05%	-0.62	P
11	129	37 (3)	May 29 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS-4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.125	.250	.125	.375	9	.80	-0.068	.99	-0.05%	-1.50	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
12	130	41 (3)	Jun 2	WSH	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		1		0		.115	.233	.115	.349	9	1.25	0.055	1.32	0.04%	0.15	P
13	131	46 (4)	Jun 7	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.103	.212	.103	.316	9	.96	-0.069	2.86	-0.12%	-0.61	P
14	132	50 (3)	Jun 11	WSH	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.103	.212	.103	.316	9						P
15	133	52 (1)	Jun 13	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.80	0.015	2.95	0.03%	-0.65	P
16	134	54 (1)	Jun 15	WSH	@	CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.125	.222	.125	.347	9						P
17	135	55	Jun 18	WSH		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0		.118	.250	.118	.368	9	.78	0.006	3.79	0.02%	-0.06	P
18	136	60 (4)	Jun 21	WSH	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.132	.250	.132	.382	9	.26	-0.015	1.04	-0.04%	-0.66	P
19	137	63 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	WSH		BOS	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.119	.229	.119	.348	9	2.39	-0.240	11.15	-0.67%	-1.29	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	138	69 (5)	Jul 1	WSH		PHA	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.114	.220	.114	.334	9	1.31	-0.063	2.86	-0.08%	-0.60	P
21	139	74 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,12-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.167	.259	.167	.426	9	.60	0.026	1.33	0.03%	1.03	P
22	140	79 (4)	Jul 10	WSH		CLE	W,8-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.167	.259	.167	.426	9						P
23	141	83 (3)	Jul 15	WSH		CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.180	.268	.180	.448	9	1.17	-0.006	3.65	-0.01%	-0.18	P
24	142	87 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.173	.259	.173	.432	9	.59	-0.029	1.71	-0.05%	-0.30	P
25	143	91 (3)	Jul 23	WSH		DET	L,7-12	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.167	.250	.167	.417	9	1.04	-0.050	2.81	-0.08%	-0.60	P
26	144	95 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	WSH	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.153	.231	.153	.383	9	1.34	-0.146	4.17	-0.27%	-2.02	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
27	145	99 (3)	Aug 1	WSH	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0		.145	.221	.145	.366	9	.71	-0.002	1.79	0.00%	-0.60	P
28	146	103 (3)	Aug 5	WSH	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.217	.143	.360	9	1.40	-0.047	4.61	-0.09%	-0.44	P
29	147	104	Aug 6	WSH	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.138	.211	.138	.350	9	.82	-0.041	3.24	-0.10%	-0.33	P
30	148	107 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.134	.205	.134	.340	9	1.45	-0.067	3.88	-0.11%	-0.45	P
31	149	111 (3)	Aug 14	WSH		CHW	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.132	.203	.132	.335	9	.46	-0.012	.79	-0.01%	-0.11	P
32	150	114 (2)	Aug 17	WSH		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1		0		.129	.208	.129	.336	9	.85	0.036	1.14	0.03%	0.63	P
33	151	117 (2)	Aug 21	WSH		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0		.123	.200	.123	.323	9	.80	-0.065	1.07	-0.05%	-1.12	P
34	152	121 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	WSH		SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0		.118	.193	.118	.311	9	.76	-0.095	.90	-0.07%	-1.26	P
35	153	126 (4)	Aug 30	WSH		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.113	.184	.113	.296	9	.87	-0.082	.41	-0.02%	-1.71	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
36	154	130 (3)	Sep 3	WSH		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.120	.189	.120	.309	9	1.08	0.121	.03	0.00%	0.85	P
37	155	134 (3)	Sep 7	WSH	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.128	.194	.128	.321	9	1.17	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
38	156	137 (2)	Sep 12	WSH	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.124	.188	.124	.311	9	1.12	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
39	157	141 (3)	Sep 18 (1)	WSH	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0		0		.121	.192	.121	.313	9	.88	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.29	P
40	158	146 (4)	Sep 22 (2)	WSH	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.117	.186	.117	.303	9	1.07	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
41	159	148 (1)	Sep 27	WSH	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0		0		.115	.183	.115	.297	9	.51	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
42	160	151 (2)	Oct 1	WSH		BOS	L,3-12	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.122	.189	.122	.311	9	.65	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
43	161	153 (1)	Oct 4	WSH	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0		.118	.182	.118	.299	9	.52	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							29-14		124	102	11	12	0	0	0	9	7	0	34	1	13		6		0		.118	.182	.118	.299		.90	-1.370	1.92	-2.09%	-17.38

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