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: 14-26 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 0, Entered with runners on base: 0

1914 Pitching Game Log

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1914 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	196	1	Apr 16	SLM		IND	L,3-7	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	8	7	4	4	4	1	0	4.00	4.33	38	49				30	2	0	0		2
2	197	5	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	1	0	3	8	0	1	2.00	3.16	34	80				30	0	0	0		0
3	198	9	Apr 25	SLM	@	IND	W,4-3	GS-		4	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	1	2.42	3.13	32	56				27	0	2	0		0
4	199	12	Apr 30	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	10	0	0	2.31	2.55	36	71				33	1	0	0		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	200	16	May 4	SLM		BAL	L,0-3	CG	L(2-2)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	6	1	0	2.25	2.69	35	65				32	1	1
6	201	21	May 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-5	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	11	5	5	1	7	0	0	2.72	2.44	37	51				35	2	1	0		0
7	202	24	May 15	SLM	@	BTT	L,6-12	GS-	L(2-4)	5	3.0	7	7	5	0	0	0	0	3.38	2.44	17	21				16	1	3	0		0
8	203	26	May 18	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-3	CG	W(3-4)	2	9.0	8	3	2	3	6	1	0	3.18	2.59	40	64				37	2	0	0		0
9	204	30	May 22	SLM	@	PBS	T,3-3	CG		3	9.0	8	3	1	1	11	0	1	2.92	2.36	35	73				32	1	1	0		0
10	205	34	May 26	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	L(3-5)	3	9.1	8	3	2	3	3	1	0	2.81	2.56	39	62				36	2	0	0		0
11	206	37	May 30(1)	SLM		KCP	L,2-4			3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.77	2.53						4
12	207	39	May 31	SLM		KCP	L,3-5	CG	L(3-6)	0	10.0	9	5	4	1	4	0	0	2.86	2.47	42	59				40	0	2
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
13	208	42	Jun 3	SLM		IND	L,6-9			2	2.0	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	2.90	2.43						8
14	209	44	Jun 5	SLM	@	KCP	W,2-1	CG	W(4-6)	1	10.0	7	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.71	2.49	39	73				33	1	0
15	210	48	Jun 9	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	10	5	3	1	4	1	0	2.73	2.56	35	54				32	1	1	0		0
16	211	52	Jun 13(1)	SLM		BUF	W,7-4	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.82	2.51	32	60				31	0	2	0		0
17	212	57	Jun 17	SLM		BTT	L,1-3	GS-	L(6-7)	3	8.0	10	3	2	4	4	0	0	2.79	2.54		52				34
18	213	61	Jun 21	SLM		BAL	L,4-8	GS-	L(6-8)	3	6.0	12	5	4	0	4	0	0	2.93	2.47		34				30
19	214	66	Jun 27	SLM		CHI	L,4-8	GS-	L(6-9)	5	7.0	9	5	5	5	4	0	0	3.10	2.52	33	38				24	4	0	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
20	215	70	Jul 4(1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-9)	6	9.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.92	2.46	30	88				29	0	0
21	216	74	Jul 8	SLM	@	IND	W,6-3	CG	W(8-9)	3	9.0	8	3	2	2	2	0	0	2.87	2.47	36	61				32	3	0
22	217	78	Jul 13(1)	SLM	@	CHI	L,0-6	GS-	L(8-10)	4	7.0	15	6	6	2	2	0	0	3.06	2.48	34	23				31	2	1	0		0
23	218	82	Jul 17	SLM		IND	L,2-8			3	3.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.12	2.55						13
24	219	84	Jul 19	SLM		IND	L,0-3	CG	L(8-11)	1	9.0	5	3	2	1	3	0	0	3.06	2.52	35	69				31	0	0
25	220	88	Jul 23	SLM	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	L(8-12)	3	8.0	7	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.07	2.52	32	53				30	1	1	0		0
26	221	91	Jul 27	SLM	@	BTT	W,5-2		W(9-12)	3	2.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.04	2.53	8					6	0	0	0		0
27	222	93	Jul 30(1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,9-2	CG	W(10-12)	2	9.0	6	2	2	1	8	0	0	3.00	2.46	34	74				33	2	0
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
28	223	99	Aug 5	SLM	@	PBS	W,3-2	CG	W(11-12)	5	9.0	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	2.95	2.50	36	63				29	1	0	0		0
29	224	103	Aug 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-8	CG	L(11-13)	3	9.0	10	8	5	0	4	0	1	3.04	2.48	39	45				37	3	1
30	225	107	Aug 13	SLM		BTT	L,0-1	CG	L(11-14)	3	6.0	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.96	2.47	21	64				19	0	0	0		0
31	226	110	Aug 16	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	W(12-14)	2	10.0	10	2	1	2	9	0	0	2.87	2.42	41	73				39	2	0
32	227	115	Aug 22	SLM		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(13-14)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.84	2.38	33	67				33	0	1	0		0
33	228	120	Aug 30	SLM		CHI	L,1-3	GS-		7	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.80	2.38		60				9
Sep/Oct				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
34	229	129	Sep 9	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-2	GS-	L(13-15)	9	7.0	6	2	2	2	6	1	0	2.80	2.41		61				27
35	230	132	Sep 12	SLM	@	BTT	L,3-5		L(13-16)	2	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.82	2.40						5
36	231	133	Sep 14	SLM	@	BUF	L,3-12	GS-	L(13-17)	1	1.0	7	7	6	1	0	0	0	3.02	2.41	11	12				10	1	0	0		0
37	232	136	Sep 17	SLM	@	BUF	L,2-7	GS-	L(13-18)	2	3.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.16	2.47	15	27				12	1	0	0		0
38	233	138	Sep 19	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-10			1	4.0	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	3.18	2.49						18
39	234	141	Sep 23	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-9		L(13-19)	3	2.2	6	5	3	1	1	1	0	3.25	2.55	15					12	0	2	0		2
40	235	144	Sep 26(2)	SLM	@	BAL	T,1-1	CG		2	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.20	2.51	26	68				23	0	0	0		0
41	236	146	Sep 28(2)	SLM	@	BAL	L,3-4			1	1.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.22	2.52	9					6	0	0	0		0
42	237	151	Oct 5	SLM	@	IND	L,8-15	GS-	L(13-20)	6	6.0	10	11	6	3	3	0	0	3.34	2.53		18				28
							14-26		W-L:13-20	3.2	280.1	283	142	104	75	164	9	4	3.34	2.53	979	56				1056	34	19	0		4

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