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: 12-26 / in Starts: 8-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 7

1917 Pitching Game Log

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1917 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	316	4	Apr 15	SLB		CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	4	4	5	2	0	1	5.14	4.26	30	50	4	0	0	21	1	0	1	1	1	0	2.03	-0.23%
2	317	6	Apr 18	SLB		CLE	W,3-2	6-GF	W(1-1)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.27	3.53	16		1	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.75	0.40%
3	318	9	Apr 21	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	5-6		2	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.84	3.45	5		0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.81	0.17%
4	319	10	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	2-GF	L(1-2)	0	7.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.75	3.28	26		0	1	0	22	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.86	-0.43%
5	320	14	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-6		6	6.0	6	1	1	6	3	0	0	2.45	3.51	28	53	2	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.29%
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
6	321	16	May 2	SLB		DET	L,0-2	3-8		2	6.0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.99	3.24	22		0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	2	3.49	0.48%
7	322	18	May 6(1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	3	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.87	3.39	8		1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.91	0.20%
8	323	19	May 6(2)	SLB		CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	-1	9.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	1	1.48	3.25	28	88	0	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.96	0.85%
9	324	22	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	GS-	L(2-3)	2	7.0	11	4	4	3	0	0	0	1.99	3.29	31	36				26	1	1	0		1
10	325	29	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,2-5	CG(11)	L(2-4)	6	11.0	7	5	5	6	4	1	0	2.37	3.48	45	61	3	1	0	37	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.72	-0.35%
11	326	33	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.45	3.24	33	67	1	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.14%
12	327	36	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	L(3-5)	4	8.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	2.32	3.19	35	59	1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.71	-0.03%
13	328	39	May 29	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-4	L(3-6)	3	4.0	5	3	3	0	0	1	0	2.53	3.30	17	40	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.08%
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
14	329	43	Jun 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-2	GS-8	W(4-6)	6	8.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.51	3.27	30	67	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.02%
15	330	46	Jun 9	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-7)	3	8.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.49	3.21	33	60	0	1	0	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	.36	0.00%
16	331	49	Jun 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.28	3.11	31	83	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.09%
17	332	53	Jun 18	SLB	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2.10	2.97	34	80	2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.14%
18	333	56	Jun 22(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	GS-3	L(6-8)	3	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	2.43	2.96	16	27	2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	.41	-0.08%
19	334	58	Jun 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.39	2.94	8		2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.00%
20	335	61	Jun 26(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(6-9)	1	8.0	11	6	6	2	4	0	0	2.66	2.88	35	38	3	1	0	30	2	2	0	1	1	0	.11	-0.02%
21	336	66	Jun 30(2)	SLB		DET	L,5-6	GS-5	L(6-10)	3	5.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.83	2.99	22	38	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	.07	-0.01%
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
22	337	72	Jul 4(2)	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS-2		3	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.92	2.98	9	42	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	0.00%
23	338	75	Jul 6	SLB		CLE	L,6-12	3-3		1	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.97	2.98	4		0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
24	339	97	Jul 28(2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	L(6-11)	21	7.0	7	3	1	4	0	0	0	2.89	3.03	27	51	1	1	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
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	340	100	Aug 2(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-11)	4	9.0	6	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.72	3.03	32	73	0	1	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.00	0.00%
26	341	105	Aug 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-12)	4	7.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.77	3.00	26	56	0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
27	342	109	Aug 11(1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-8	GS-5	L(7-13)	3	4.2	3	5	1	6	0	0	0	2.74	3.09	22	40	0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
28	343	112	Aug 13(1)	SLB	@	DET	W,10-5	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	3.08	11		2	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
29	344	115	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	L(7-14)	3	8.0	6	4	3	3	1	0	0	2.73	3.08	33	54	0	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	2	.00	0.00%
30	345	119	Aug 22(1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-15)	4	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.71	3.06	32	62	1	0	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	346	124	Aug 26(2)	SLB		PHA	W,9-5	CG	W(8-15)	3	9.0	13	5	4	4	4	0	0	2.77	3.04	44	43				39	2	0	0		0
32	347	129	Aug 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-8	GS-2	L(8-16)	3	1.0	2	4	2	4	0	0	1	2.85	3.12	11	33	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
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
33	348	131	Sep 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-3	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.81	3.09	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
34	349	133	Sep 3(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-5	L(8-17)	1	4.2	10	6	6	3	0	0	0	3.02	3.11	23	17	5	2	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
35	350	138	Sep 8	SLB		DET	L,0-1	CG(12)	L(8-18)	4	12.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.89	3.05	41	85	0	0	0	40	1	1	0	3	1	1	.00	0.00%
36	351	142	Sep 15	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	3-7		6	5.0	5	2	1	5	3	0	0	2.86	3.08	24		1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	352	145	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(8-19)	3	8.0	13	6	6	2	4	0	0	3.00	3.04	35	34	2	0	0	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	353	152	Sep 27	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS-6		7	6.0	5	2	0	2	5	0	0	2.92	3.00	25	61	1	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	2	.00	0.00%
							12-26		W-L:8-19,Sv:3	3.0	231.0	193	92	75	94	81	3	4	2.92	3.00	940	54	37	14	3	810	25	17	6	19	6	13	.95	1.56%

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