Bob Groom

Full Name: Robert Groom	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: April 13, 1909
Birthdate: September 12, 1884	Final Game: July 20, 1918
Birthplace: Belleville, Illinois	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: February 19, 1948
Deathplace: Belleville, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on September 12, 1884 in Belleville, Illinois, Bob Groom (Robert Groom) played for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Terriers, St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career. Groom broke into the bigs on April 13, 1909 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 2.87 ERA in 260.2 innings pitched in 1909, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Groom's best season was 1912, when he posted a 2.62 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 179 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1909	WAS	A	44	31	7	26	2.87	131	114	83	17	1	0	260.2	218	2	105	10	13
1910	WAS	A	34	30	12	17	2.76	98	117	79	22	3	0	257.2	244	8	77	9	9
1911	WAS	A	37	32	13	17	3.82	135	148	108	20	2	2	254.2	280	9	67	8	8
1912	WAS	A	43	40	24	13	2.62	179	133	92	28	2	1	316	287	3	94	6	5
1913	WAS	A	37	36	16	16	3.23	156	118	95	17	4	0	264.1	258	8	81	9	5
1914	STL	F	42	34	13	20	3.24	167	141	101	23	1	1	280.2	281	9	75	9	4
1915	STL	F	37	26	11	11	3.27	111	93	76	11	4	2	209	200	6	73	4	2
1916	STL	A	41	26	13	9	2.57	92	82	62	8	1	4	217.1	174	1	98	2	3
1917	STL	A	38	28	8	19	2.94	82	80	76	11	4	3	232.2	193	3	95	2	5
1918	CLE	A	14	5	2	2	7.06	8	42	34	0	0	0	43.1	70	0	18	0	1
Total	FL		79	60	24	31	3.25	278	234	177	34	5	3	489.2	481	15	148	13	6
Total	AL		288	228	95	119	3.07	881	834	629	123	17	10	1846.2	1724	34	635	46	49
Total			367	288	119	150	3.10	1159	1068	806	157	22	13	2336.1	2205	49	783	59	55

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1909	WAS	A	P	44	10	98	12	3	.900
1909	WAS	A	OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667
1910	WAS	A	P	34	10	77	6	0	.935
1911	WAS	A	P	37	8	73	5	0	.942
1912	WAS	A	P	43	13	77	9	2	.909
1913	WAS	A	P	37	15	78	5	3	.949
1914	STL	F	P	42	18	74	6	3	.939
1915	STL	F	P	37	5	63	2	2	.971
1916	STL	A	P	41	10	72	6	2	.932
1917	STL	A	P	38	9	59	1	3	.986
1918	CLE	A	P	14	0	14	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667
Total			P	367	98	685	52	18	.938

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1909	WAS	A	46	88	1	8	2	.091	.091	.102	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
1910	WAS	A	34	92	4	11	4	.120	.138	.120	0	0	2	0	0	3	1
1911	WAS	A	38	82	8	11	2	.134	.193	.146	1	0	6	0	0	6	0
1912	WAS	A	43	103	11	12	6	.117	.180	.126	1	0	7	0	1	12	0
1913	WAS	A	37	92	7	15	8	.163	.214	.250	4	2	6	24	0	5	0
1914	STL	F	42	94	5	15	4	.160	.202	.202	2	1	5	28	0	1	0
1915	STL	F	37	66	3	10	4	.152	.200	.182	2	0	4	24	0	3	1
1916	STL	A	41	63	5	7	3	.111	.164	.159	3	0	4	20	0	6	1
1917	STL	A	38	72	4	8	2	.111	.147	.139	2	0	3	27	0	3	0
1918	CLE	A	14	12	1	1	0	.083	.083	.083	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
Total	FL		79	160	8	25	8	.156	.201	.194	4	1	9	52	0	4	1
Total	AL		291	604	41	73	27	.121	.161	.147	12	2	28	76	1	43	2
Total			370	764	49	98	35	.128	.170	.157	16	3	37	128	1	47	3

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Sold by St. Louis Terriers to St. Louis Browns with Babe Borton, Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Grover Hartley, Ernie Johnson, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller, Eddie Plank and Jack Tobin (February 10, 1916).
Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from St. Louis Browns (February 15, 1918).

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