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	7-36 / in Starts: 5-27
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	28 games

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1909 Batting Game Log

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1909 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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
1	1	2 (1)	Apr 13	WSH		NYY	L,0-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9			P
2	2	3	Apr 15	WSH		NYY	L,1-4	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9			P
3	3	9 (5)	Apr 26	WSH		PHA	L,1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0						9			P
4	4	10	Apr 28	WSH		PHA	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.000	.250	.000	.250	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
5	5	13 (2)	May 5	WSH	@	PHA	W,4-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.000	.200	.000	.200	9			P
6	6	14	May 6	WSH	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0				0		.000	.125	.000	.125	9			P
7	7	18 (3)	May 11	WSH	@	CHW	L,3-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.125	.000	.125	9			P
8	8	21 (2)	May 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.000	.111	.000	.111	9			P
9	9	24 (2)	May 17	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.000	.091	.000	.091	9			P
10	10	27 (2)	May 21	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.071	.000	.071	9			P
11	11	31 (3)	May 25	WSH	@	DET	L,4-7	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.000	.067	.000	.067	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
12	12	37 (5)	Jun 1 (2)	WSH		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.000	.056	.000	.056	9			P
13	13	42 (4)	Jun 12	WSH		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.000	.045	.000	.045	9			P
14	14	45 (2)	Jun 16	WSH		SLB	L,2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.000	.045	.000	.045	9			P
15	15	46	Jun 17	WSH		SLB	W,5-1	CG(6)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.043	.083	.043	.127	9			P
16	16	49 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.042	.080	.042	.122	9			P
17	17	56 (6)	Jun 25 (2)	WSH		BOS	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.038	.074	.038	.113	9			P
18	18	58 (1)	Jun 28	WSH		BOS	L,5-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.038	.074	.038	.113	9			P
19	19	60 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	WSH	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.038	.074	.038	.113	9			P
20	20	61	Jun 30	WSH	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.034	.067	.034	.101	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
21	21	65 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,1-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.034	.067	.034	.101	9			P
22	22	66	Jul 5 (1)	WSH	@	BOS	W,7-6	0-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.031	.061	.031	.092	9			P
23	23	69 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	WSH	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.029	.056	.029	.084	9			P
24	24	70	Jul 8	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.029	.056	.029	.084	9			P
25	25	72 (1)	Jul 10	WSH	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.027	.053	.027	.080	9			P
26	26	77 (4)	Jul 16	WSH	@	DET	T,0-0	0-GF(18)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.024	.048	.024	.072	9			P
27	27	80 (2)	Jul 19	WSH	@	CHW	L,2-12	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.024	.047	.024	.070	9			P
28	28	83 (2)	Jul 22	WSH	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.023	.044	.023	.067	9			P
29	29	85 (1)	Jul 24	WSH	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.021	.041	.021	.062	9			P
30	30	89 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	WSH		PHA	L,1-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.020	.039	.020	.059	9			P
31	31	96 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	WSH		CHW	L,0-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.019	.038	.019	.057	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
32	32	106 (9)	Aug 10	WSH		SLB	T,1-1	GS-0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.036	.053	.054	.106	9			P
33	33	110 (3)	Aug 14	WSH		DET	T,3-3	0-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.034	.051	.052	.103	9			P
34	34	113 (2)	Aug 18	WSH		PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.049	.065	.066	.130	9			P
35	35	117 (3)	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,6-11	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.048	.063	.065	.128	9			P
36	36	120 (2)	Aug 26	WSH	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.048	.063	.065	.128	9			P
37	37	124 (3)	Aug 30	WSH	@	SLB	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.061	.075	.076	.150	9			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	acLI	cWPA	Pos
38	38	126 (1)	Sep 1	WSH	@	SLB	L,6-7	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.074	.087	.088	.175	9			P
39	39	130 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.085	.097	.099	.196	9			P
40	40	134 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	WSH		NYY	L,0-3	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.083	.096	.097	.193	9			P
41	41	140 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	WSH		SLB	L,2-4	GS-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1				0		.082	.107	.096	.203	9			P
42	42	147 (6)	Sep 23	WSH		DET	L,1-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.082	.107	.096	.203	9			P
43	43	148	Sep 25 (1)	WSH		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.079	.103	.092	.195	9			P
44	44	153 (4)	Sep 29 (2)	WSH		CLE	W,7-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.089	.111	.101	.212	9			P
45	45	155 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.095	.116	.107	.223	2			RF
46	46	156	Oct 2 (2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.092	.112	.103	.216	2			RF
							7-36		97	87	1	8	1	0	0	1	2		29	0	8		0		0		.092	.112	.103	.216

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