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	21-20 / in Starts: 15-11
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	29 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	5 (3-2-0)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (20-14-8)

Most Driven In By
W Miller	1

1916 Batting Game Log

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1916 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	278	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
2	279	3 (1)	Apr 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
3	280	6 (2)	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
4	281	8 (1)	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
5	282	11 (2)	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
6	283	12	Apr 27	SLB		DET	L,2-7	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.091	.091	.091	.182	9						P
7	284	15 (2)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1				0		.083	.083	.083	.167	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
8	285	17 (1)	May 4	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	0-GF(13)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0		.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
9	286	20 (2)	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
10	287	24 (3)	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.75	-0.035	.92	-0.03%	-0.31	P
11	288	28 (3)	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0		0		1	0	0				1		.150	.190	.200	.390	9						P
12	289	30 (1)	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.143	.182	.190	.372	9	.30	-0.011	.40	-0.01%	-0.41	P
13	290	32 (1)	May 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.130	.167	.174	.341	9	.48	0.004	.61	0.00%	0.04	P
14	291	33	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.130	.167	.174	.341	9						P
15	292	35 (1)	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.125	.160	.167	.327	9						P
16	293	40 (4)	May 31	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.115	.148	.154	.302	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
17	294	45 (4)	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.103	.133	.138	.271	9						P
18	295	48 (2)	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS-0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.129	.156	.194	.350	9						P
19	296	51 (2)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.156	.194	.350	9						P
20	297	53 (1)	Jun 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.129	.156	.194	.350	9						P
21	298	61 (7)	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		DET	W,3-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.121	.147	.182	.329	9						P
22	299	67 (5)	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	0				0		.114	.139	.171	.310	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
23	300	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.111	.135	.167	.302	9						P
24	301	77 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.111	.135	.167	.302	9						P
25	302	84 (6)	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.108	.132	.162	.294	9						P
26	303	88 (3)	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.103	.146	.154	.300	9	.51	0.029	.04	0.00%	0.15	P
27	304	90 (1)	Jul 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	0				0		.100	.163	.150	.313	9						P
28	305	94 (3)	Jul 27	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.100	.163	.150	.313	9						P
29	306	95	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-6	GS-0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.091	.149	.136	.285	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
30	307	107 (11)	Aug 7	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.091	.149	.136	.285	9						P
31	308	108	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.109	.180	.152	.332	9						P
32	309	113 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	0				0		.122	.189	.163	.352	9						P
33	310	118 (4)	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.115	.179	.154	.332	9	1.92	-0.128	4.13	-0.16%	-0.93	P
34	311	124 (5)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.115	.179	.154	.332	9						P
35	312	127 (2)	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.115	.179	.154	.332	9						P
36	313	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		2	0	1				0		.109	.169	.145	.315	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
37	314	132 (2)	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	0-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.107	.167	.143	.310	9						P
38	315	138 (5)	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.103	.161	.138	.299	9						P
39	316	141 (2)	Sep 11	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	3-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.103	.161	.138	.299	9						P
40	317	150 (8)	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	1				0		.115	.169	.164	.333	9						P
41	318	153 (2)	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1				0		.111	.164	.159	.323	9						P
							21-20		73	63	5	7	3	0	0	0	4	0	20	0	6		1		1		.111	.164	.159	.323		.91	-0.141	1.45	-0.20%	-1.47

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