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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	6 (1)	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	9 (2)	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	14 (3)	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (1)	May 2	SLB		DET	L,0-2		22	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
7	18 (1)	May 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	19	May 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	22 (2)	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
10	29 (6)	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	33 (3)	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	36 (2)	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	39 (2)	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	43 (3)	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	46 (2)	Jun 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	49 (2)	Jun 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	53 (3)	Jun 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	56 (2)	Jun 22 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	GS	16	3.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	58 (1)	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	61 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	66 (4)	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,5-6	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	72 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	L,6-12		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	97 (21)	Jul 28 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	100 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	105 (4)	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	109 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS	22	4.2	0	3	0	3	0
28	112 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
29	115 (2)	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	119 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	124 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	129 (4)	Aug 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	131 (1)	Sep 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	133 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	138 (4)	Sep 8	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG	41	12.0	0	2	0	2	1
36	142 (3)	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-5		24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	145 (2)	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	152 (6)	Sep 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
							38gm		233.0	9	59	1	69	3