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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
5	11 (2)	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS	0	4.2	1	2	1	4	0
6	12	Apr 27	SLB		DET	L,2-7		0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	15 (2)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	GS	0	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (1)	May 4	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	20 (2)	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	24 (3)	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
11	28 (3)	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	30 (1)	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	32 (1)	May 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	25	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	33	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
15	35 (1)	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	GS	0	2.1	0	0	1	1	0
16	40 (4)	May 31	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	GS	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	45 (4)	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	W,4-3		0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
18	48 (2)	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	51 (2)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	53 (1)	Jun 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	GS	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	61 (7)	Jun 25 (2)	SLB		DET	W,3-1	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	1
22	67 (5)	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7		0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	77 (4)	Jul 11 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3		0	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	84 (6)	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3		0	4.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	88 (3)	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
27	90 (1)	Jul 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	94 (3)	Jul 27	SLB		PHA	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	95	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-6	GS	0	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	107 (11)	Aug 7	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	108	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
32	113 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	GS	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	118 (4)	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
34	124 (5)	Aug 24 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0
35	127 (2)	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	132 (2)	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	0	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
38	138 (5)	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	GS	0	7.0	0	7	0	7	0
39	141 (2)	Sep 11	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	150 (8)	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	153 (2)	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							41gm		217.0	10	72	6	88	2