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Bob Groom

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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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[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] Transactions

  • 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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