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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Team Record in Appearances: 21-20 / in Starts: 15-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 1

1916 Pitching Game Log

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1916 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	275	1	Apr 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	0	6	5	0	0	0.00	3.20	37	78				30	1	0			0
2	276	3	Apr 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-3			2	6.0	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0.60	3.25	22					18					0
3	277	6	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-	L(1-1)	2	1.2	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	3.24	3.70	13	22				9					0
4	278	8	Apr 21	SLB		CLE	W,11-1	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	2.45	3.80	33	76				27	1	0			0
5	279	11	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS-	L(2-2)	2	4.2	8	5	3	2	2	0	1	2.97	3.73	23	32				20					0
6	280	12	Apr 27	SLB		DET	L,2-7			2	2.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.06	3.58	8					8					0
7	281	15	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	GS-	L(2-3)	2	8.0	8	6	1	5	1	0	0	2.68	3.65	36	48				31					0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
8	282	17	May 4	SLB	@	DET	W,7-6		W(3-3)	3	8.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.23	3.37	27					26					0
9	283	20	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	GS-		4	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.50	3.35	7	42				6					0
10	284	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	2.72	3.19	23	53	2	3	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.12%
11	285	28	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	2.34	3.13	36	77				32	1	0			0
12	286	30	May 22	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.27	3.12	7		0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.61	0.23%
13	287	32	May 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-5	L(4-4)	2	5.0	7	7	5	3	1	0	0	2.74	3.16	25	27	1	1	0	20	3	1	0	0	1	1	.66	-0.32%
14	288	33	May 26	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4			0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.15	6					6					0
15	289	35	May 28	SLB	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-	L(4-5)	1	2.1	6	4	2	1	1	0	0	3.09	3.14	13	33				12					0
16	290	40	May 31	SLB		CLE	L,5-10	GS-		2	6.0	9	4	4	1	6	0	0	3.31	2.96	25	43				24					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
17	291	45	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	W,4-3		W(5-5)	3	8.2	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.09	2.99	32					28					0
18	292	48	Jun 10	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	GS-		5	8.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.93	2.95	30	71				27					0
19	293	51	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	W,8-5		S(2)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.94	4					4					0
20	294	53	Jun 17	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	GS-	L(5-6)	2	0.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.98	2.95	5	41				4					0
21	295	61	Jun 25(2)	SLB		DET	W,3-1	GS-	W(6-6)	7	6.0	6	1	0	2	2	0	1	2.81	2.96	29	58				26					0
22	296	67	Jun 30	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-	L(6-7)	4	7.0	3	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.80	2.94	27	64				23					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
23	297	72	Jul 4(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7			3	4.1	2	2	1	0	6	0	0	2.77	2.81	15					15					0
24	298	77	Jul 11(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-3			6	2.0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2.72	2.91	10					5					0
25	299	84	Jul 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3			5	4.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.63	2.93	13					11					0
26	300	88	Jul 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(7-7)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.59	2.85	33	65	2	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	.08	0.02%
27	301	90	Jul 23	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	GS-		2	6.0	4	2	2	6	2	0	0	2.61	2.93	27	52				21					0
28	302	94	Jul 27	SLB		PHA	W,3-2		S(3)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.59	2.88	5					5					0
29	303	95	Jul 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-6	GS-	W(8-7)	0	8.2	11	6	5	3	1	0	0	2.74	2.90	38	38				35					0
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
30	304	107	Aug 7	SLB		WSH	W,3-2		S(4)	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.72	2.91	4					3					0
31	305	108	Aug 8(1)	SLB		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-7)	0	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.57	2.89	31	79				29	1	0			0
32	306	113	Aug 11(2)	SLB		CLE	W,3-1	GS-	W(10-7)	2	6.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.53	2.88	25	57				22					0
33	307	118	Aug 18	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS-9		6	9.0	6	3	2	3	5	0	0	2.50	2.84	33	67	0	3	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.16%
34	308	124	Aug 24(1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-2		5	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.63	2.84	11	34	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	2.33	-0.41%
35	309	127	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-10	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	2.82	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.01%
36	310	129	Aug 29(2)	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(11-7)	2	9.0	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.58	2.80	36	68				33	0	0			0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
37	311	132	Sep 2	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5		L(11-8)	3	5.2	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.60	2.80	21					18					0
38	312	138	Sep 8	SLB	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-	L(11-9)	5	7.0	4	3	3	8	0	0	0	2.65	2.91	32	49				23					0
39	313	141	Sep 11	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	3-3		2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.69	2.91	3		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.02%
40	314	150	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	W(12-9)	8	9.0	7	3	1	5	2	0	0	2.62	2.94	38	62				33	1	0			0
41	315	153	Sep 23	SLB		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(13-9)	2	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.55	2.93	37	72				36	2	0			0
							21-20		W-L:13-9,Sv:4	3.1	215.1	176	82	61	98	92	1	3	2.55	2.93	883	54	5	7	0	770	14	3	0	2	1	2	1.52	-0.77%

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