Buddy Groom

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: July 10, 1965 in Dallas, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 12th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX).

High School: Red Oak HS (Red Oak, TX)

School: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, TX)

Debut: June 20, 1992 (Age 26-346d, 13,760th in MLB history)
vs. CHW 6.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: September 24, 2005 (Age 40-076d)
vs. SDP 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season

Full Name: Wedsel Gary Groom

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

W

L

ERA

4.64

G

786

GS

SV

IP

734.2

SO

494

WHIP

1.477

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	21	CHW-min	A,Rk	8	2	.800	3.16	15	11	1	2	0	1	79.2	72	31	28	4	35	1	37	3	0	2				1.343	8.1	0.5	4.0	4.2	1.06	DYB,WHS FLOR,GULF
1988	22	CHW-min	A	13	10	.565	2.54	27	27	0	8	0	0	195.0	181	69	55	7	51	1	118	6	6	11				1.190	8.4	0.3	2.4	5.4	2.31	TAM FLOR
1989	23	CHW-min	AA	13	8	.619	4.52	26	26	0	3	1	0	167.1	172	101	84	13	78	1	94	2	3	11				1.494	9.3	0.7	4.2	5.1	1.21	BIR SOUL
1990	24	CHW-min	AA	6	8	.429	5.07	20	20	0	0	0	0	115.1	135	81	65	10	48	1	66	2	2	6				1.587	10.5	0.8	3.7	5.2	1.38	BIR SOUL
1991	25	DET-min	AAA,AA	9	6	.600	3.98	35	13	6	0	0	1	126.2	126	59	56	14	37	3	88	6	1	3	540			1.287	9.0	1.0	2.6	6.3	2.38	TOL,LON IL,EL
1992	26	DET-min	AAA	7	7	.500	2.80	16	16	0	1	0	0	109.1	102	41	34	8	23	1	71	1	0	5	443			1.143	8.4	0.7	1.9	5.8	3.09	TOL IL
1992	26	DET	AL	0	5	.000	5.82	12	7	3	0	0	1	38.2	48	28	25	4	22	4	15	0	1	0	177	69	5.06	1.810	11.2	0.9	5.1	3.5	0.68
1993	27	DET-min	AAA	9	3	.750	2.74	16	15	0	0	0	0	102.0	98	34	31	5	30	1	78	2	0	2	421			1.255	8.6	0.4	2.6	6.9	2.60	TOL IL
1993	27	DET	AL	0	2	.000	6.14	19	3	8	0	0	0	36.2	48	25	25	4	13	5	15	2	1	2	170	71	4.82	1.664	11.8	1.0	3.2	3.7	1.15
1994	28	DET-min	AAA	0	0		2.25	5	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	14			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		TOL IL
1994	28	DET	AL	0	1	.000	3.94	40	0	10	0	0	1	32.0	31	14	14	4	13	2	27	2	0	0	139	125	4.47	1.375	8.7	1.1	3.7	7.6	2.08
1995	29	DET-min	AAA	2	3	.400	1.91	6	5	0	1	0	0	33.0	31	14	7	4	4	0	24	0	0	0	132			1.061	8.5	1.1	1.1	6.5	6.00	TOL IL
1995	29	TOT	MLB	2	5	.286	7.44	37	4	11	0	0	1	55.2	81	47	46	8	32	4	35	2	0	3	274	63	5.55	2.030	13.1	1.3	5.2	5.7	1.09
1995	29	DET	AL	1	3	.250	7.52	23	4	6	0	0	1	40.2	55	35	34	6	26	4	23	2	0	3	203	64	5.96	1.992	12.2	1.3	5.8	5.1	0.88
1995	29	FLA	NL	1	2	.333	7.20	14	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	26	12	12	2	6	0	12	0	0	0	71	60	4.44	2.133	15.6	1.2	3.6	7.2	2.00
1996	30	OAK	AL	5	0	1.000	3.84	72	1	16	0	0	2	77.1	85	37	33	8	34	3	57	3	0	5	341	133	4.48	1.539	9.9	0.9	4.0	6.6	1.68
1997	31	OAK	AL	2	2	.500	5.15	78	0	7	0	0	3	64.2	75	38	37	9	24	1	45	0	0	3	285	87	4.64	1.531	10.4	1.3	3.3	6.3	1.88
1998	32	OAK	AL	3	1	.750	4.24	75	0	13	0	0	0	57.1	62	30	27	4	20	1	36	1	0	1	251	107	3.89	1.430	9.7	0.6	3.1	5.7	1.80
1999	33	OAK	AL	3	2	.600	5.09	76	0	6	0	0	0	46.0	48	29	26	1	18	5	32	1	1	2	196	91	3.26	1.435	9.4	0.2	3.5	6.3	1.78
2000	34	BAL	AL	6	3	.667	4.85	70	0	14	0	0	4	59.1	63	37	32	5	21	2	44	0	0	1	260	98	3.81	1.416	9.6	0.8	3.2	6.7	2.10
2001	35	BAL	AL	1	4	.200	3.55	70	0	35	0	0	11	66.0	64	28	26	4	9	0	54	1	0	2	265	122	2.66	1.106	8.7	0.5	1.2	7.4	6.00
2002	36	BAL	AL	3	2	.600	1.60	70	0	17	0	0	2	62.0	44	11	11	4	12	3	48	2	0	0	239	270	2.93	0.903	6.4	0.6	1.7	7.0	4.00
2003	37	BAL	AL	1	3	.250	5.36	60	0	20	0	0	1	45.1	58	27	27	7	14	2	34	3	0	1	207	84	4.66	1.588	11.5	1.4	2.8	6.8	2.43
2004	38	BAL	AL	4	1	.800	4.78	60	0	22	0	0	0	52.2	67	30	28	6	16	1	32	1	1	0	236	96	4.28	1.576	11.4	1.0	2.7	5.5	2.00
2005	39	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		5.79	6	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	4	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	19			1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	9.6		CLB IL
2005	39	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	4.83	47	0	13	0	0	1	41.0	51	22	22	5	12	3	20	3	0	0	186	90	4.73	1.537	11.2	1.1	2.6	4.4	1.67
2005	39	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	4.91	24	0	8	0	0	0	25.2	32	14	14	3	7	2	13	3	0	0	116	87	4.70	1.519	11.2	1.1	2.5	4.6	1.86
2005	39	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	4.70	23	0	5	0	0	1	15.1	19	8	8	2	5	1	7	0	0	0	70	96	4.78	1.565	11.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	1.40
14 Yrs				31	32	.492	4.64	786	15	195	0	0	27	734.2	825	403	379	73	260	36	494	21	4	20	3226	98	4.16	1.477	10.1	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.90
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.492	4.64	67	1	17	0	0	2	62	70	34	32	6	22	3	42	2	0	2	274	98	4.16	1.477	10.1	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.90
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BAL (5 yrs)				15	13	.536	3.91	330	0	108	0	0	18	285.1	296	133	124	26	72	8	212	7	1	4	1207	115	3.57	1.290	9.3	0.8	2.3	6.7	2.94
OAK (4 yrs)				13	5	.722	4.51	301	1	42	0	0	5	245.1	270	134	123	22	96	10	170	5	1	11	1073	104	4.16	1.492	9.9	0.8	3.5	6.2	1.77
DET (4 yrs)				1	11	.083	5.96	94	14	27	0	0	3	148.0	182	102	98	18	74	15	80	6	2	5	689	76	5.12	1.730	11.1	1.1	4.5	4.9	1.08
ARI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.70	23	0	5	0	0	1	15.1	19	8	8	2	5	1	7	0	0	0	70	96	4.78	1.565	11.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	1.40
NYY (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.91	24	0	8	0	0	0	25.2	32	14	14	3	7	2	13	3	0	0	116	87	4.70	1.519	11.2	1.1	2.5	4.6	1.86
FLA (1 yr)				1	2	.333	7.20	14	0	5	0	0	0	15.0	26	12	12	2	6	0	12	0	0	0	71	60	4.44	2.133	15.6	1.2	3.6	7.2	2.00

AL (14 yrs)				30	29	.508	4.59	749	15	185	0	0	26	704.1	780	383	359	69	249	35	475	21	4	20	3085	99	4.14	1.461	10.0	0.9	3.2	6.1	1.91
NL (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	5.93	37	0	10	0	0	1	30.1	45	20	20	4	11	1	19	0	0	0	141	74	4.61	1.846	13.4	1.2	3.3	5.6	1.73

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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