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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	SLM		IND	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
2	5 (3)	Apr 20	SLM		CHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 25	SLM	@	IND	W,4-3	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	12 (2)	Apr 30	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (3)	May 4	SLM		BAL	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	21 (4)	May 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
7	24 (2)	May 15	SLM	@	BTT	L,6-12	GS	0	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	26 (1)	May 18	SLM	@	BUF	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	30 (3)	May 22	SLM	@	PBS	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	34 (3)	May 26	SLM	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	1	2	0	3	0
11	37 (2)	May 30 (1)	SLM		KCP	L,2-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	39 (1)	May 31	SLM		KCP	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	42 (2)	Jun 3	SLM		IND	L,6-9	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	44 (1)	Jun 5	SLM	@	KCP	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	48 (3)	Jun 9	SLM		PBS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
16	52 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	SLM		BUF	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
17	57 (4)	Jun 17	SLM		BTT	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	61 (3)	Jun 21	SLM		BAL	L,4-8	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
19	66 (4)	Jun 27	SLM		CHI	L,4-8	GS	0	7.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	70 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	SLM	@	KCP	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	74 (3)	Jul 8	SLM	@	IND	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	78 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	SLM	@	CHI	L,0-6	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	82 (3)	Jul 17	SLM		IND	L,2-8		0	3.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	84 (1)	Jul 19	SLM		IND	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
25	88 (3)	Jul 23	SLM	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	91 (2)	Jul 27	SLM	@	BTT	W,5-2	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
27	93 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	SLM	@	BTT	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	99 (5)	Aug 5	SLM	@	PBS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	103 (3)	Aug 9	SLM		PBS	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	107 (3)	Aug 13	SLM		BTT	L,0-1	CG	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	110 (2)	Aug 16	SLM		BUF	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	115 (4)	Aug 22	SLM		BAL	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	120 (4)	Aug 30	SLM		CHI	L,1-3	GS	0	3.0	0	4	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	129 (8)	Sep 9	SLM	@	BTT	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	132 (2)	Sep 12	SLM	@	BTT	L,3-5		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	133	Sep 14	SLM	@	BUF	L,3-12	GS	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	136 (2)	Sep 17	SLM	@	BUF	L,2-7	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	138 (1)	Sep 19	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-10		0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	141 (2)	Sep 23	SLM	@	PBS	L,3-9		0	2.2	0	0	1	1	0
40	144 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	SLM	@	BAL	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	146 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	SLM	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	0	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
42	151 (4)	Oct 5	SLM	@	IND	L,8-15	GS	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		281.0	18	74	6	98	3