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	17-19 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	0
Avg. Runners on Base	0 (0-0-0)

1915 Batting Game Log

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1915 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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	241	2 (1)	Apr 13	SLM	@	KCP	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
2	242	5 (2)	Apr 17	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	243	8 (2)	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,8-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.000	.111	.000	.111	9						P
4	244	10 (1)	Apr 24	SLM		PBS	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.000	.083	.000	.083	9						P
5	245	14 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,9-7	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0		.077	.143	.077	.220	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	246	17 (2)	May 2 (2)	SLM	@	NEW	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0		.067	.125	.067	.192	9						P
7	247	20 (2)	May 8 (1)	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-5	0-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				1		.111	.158	.111	.269	9						P
8	248	24 (3)	May 13	SLM	@	BAL	W,9-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0				0		.136	.174	.136	.310	9						P
9	249	27 (2)	May 20	SLM		BUF	L,1-11	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.130	.167	.130	.297	9						P
10	250	31 (3)	May 24	SLM		BAL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.115	.148	.115	.264	9						P
11	251	33 (1)	May 29 (2)	SLM		BTT	T,4-4	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.111	.143	.111	.254	9						P
12	252	35 (1)	May 31 (1)	SLM		PBS	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.103	.161	.103	.265	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	253	39 (3)	Jun 4	SLM	@	CHI	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0				1		.125	.200	.125	.325	9						P
14	254	44 (4)	Jun 8	SLM	@	KCP	L,1-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.118	.189	.118	.307	9						P
15	255	47 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0				0		.135	.200	.135	.335	9						P
16	256	51 (3)	Jun 17	SLM	@	NEW	W,3-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.128	.190	.128	.319	9						P
17	257	58 (6)	Jun 24	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.122	.182	.122	.304	9						P
18	258	62 (3)	Jun 28	SLM	@	BAL	W,7-6	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.122	.182	.122	.304	9						P
19	259	63	Jun 29	SLM	@	BUF	L,4-5	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.119	.178	.119	.297	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	260	67 (3)	Jul 3	SLM		KCP	W,8-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.119	.178	.119	.297	9						P
21	261	69 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1				0		.114	.170	.114	.284	9						P
22	262	74 (4)	Jul 9 (2)	SLM	@	PBS	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1				0		.106	.160	.106	.266	9						P
23	263	78 (3)	Jul 14	SLM		CHI	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.140	.189	.140	.329	9						P
24	264	82 (3)	Jul 19	SLM		BAL	L,6-8	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.189	.140	.329	9						P
25	265	85 (2)	Jul 21	SLM		BAL	L,0-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.189	.140	.329	9						P
26	266	92 (6)	Jul 27	SLM		NEW	L,3-11	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.140	.189	.140	.329	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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	267	99 (6)	Aug 2	SLM		BUF	L,5-6	GS-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.154	.200	.173	.373	9						P
28	268	108 (8)	Aug 13 (2)	SLM	@	BUF	L,0-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.148	.193	.167	.360	9						P
29	269	111 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	SLM	@	NEW	L,1-8	0-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.138	.180	.155	.336	9						P
30	270	115 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.138	.180	.155	.336	9						P
31	271	116	Aug 21 (2)	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-8	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.138	.180	.155	.336	9						P
32	272	118 (1)	Aug 24	SLM	@	CHI	L,3-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		.136	.177	.153	.330	9						P
33	273	119	Aug 25 (1)	SLM	@	CHI	W,4-2	0-GF	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.145	.185	.161	.346	9						P
34	274	122 (2)	Aug 27	SLM		KCP	W,5-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0		.143	.194	.159	.353	9						P
Sept		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	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	275	128 (5)	Sep 3	SLM	@	PBS	L,1-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0				0		.138	.188	.154	.342	9						P
36	276	131 (2)	Sep 6 (1)	SLM		CHI	L,4-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.138	.188	.154	.342	9						P
37	277	139 (7)	Sep 13	SLM		NEW	L,3-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.152	.200	.182	.382	9						P
							17-19		73	66	3	10	2	0	0	4	4	0	17	0	3		0		2		.152	.200	.182	.382

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