Bob Groom
1909–1918 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Terriers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
370G
.128AVG
.170OBP
.157SLG
More career statistics
98H
0HR
35RBI
3SB
119–150W–L
2,336.1IP
1,159K
3.10ERA
288GS
13SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 764 | 761 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 128 | 236 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 849 | 850 |
| Batting · RBI | 35 | 43 |
| Batting · Triples | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,528 | 9,707 |
| Pitching · p er | 806 | 819 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,205 | 2,206 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,009 | 6,978 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,159 | 1,172 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,068 | 1,085 |
| Pitching · p w | 783 | 784 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | 849 | 764 | 49 | 98 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 37 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 | .128 | .170 | .157 | .327 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,336.3 | 367 | 288 | 157 | 119 | 150 | 13 | 2,205 | 1,068 | 806 | 49 | 783 | 1,159 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 | 1.279 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1909-08-30 to 1909-09-06
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1917-05-06 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1909-07-16 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1911-05-11 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 177 | 387 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 94 | .132 | .171 | .170 |
| Away | 193 | 463 | 52 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 142 | .126 | .149 | .153 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 38 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 | .120 | .167 | .120 |
| May | 75 | 171 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 54 | .140 | .175 | .172 |
| June | 67 | 147 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 42 | .126 | .150 | .178 |
| July | 70 | 150 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 39 | .109 | .133 | .124 |
| August | 63 | 147 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | .104 | .129 | .134 |
| September | 50 | 123 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 31 | .176 | .211 | .235 |
| October | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .136 | .143 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 46 | 103 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 36 | .130 | .155 | .141 |
| chicago-white-sox | 43 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | .123 | .144 | .160 |
| detroit-tigers | 40 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 24 | .064 | .115 | .064 |
| new-york-yankees | 39 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | .134 | .177 | .146 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 39 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 33 | .085 | .106 | .096 |
| st-louis-browns | 37 | 91 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | .152 | .154 | .215 |
| boston-red-sox | 37 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 28 | .167 | .195 | .218 |
| baltimore-terrapins | 13 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .074 | .138 | .074 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 46 | 87 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .092 | 256 | 132 |
| 1910 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 34 | 93 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .118 | 257 | 101 |
| 1911 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 38 | 80 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 253 | 138 |
| 1912 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 43 | 102 | 12 | – | 9 | – | .118 | 315 | 180 |
| 1913 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 37 | 91 | 15 | – | 9 | – | .165 | 264 | 157 |
| 1914 |  St. Louis Terriers | 42 | 95 | 15 | – | 4 | – | .158 | 280 | 165 |
| 1915 | St. Louis Terriers | 37 | 67 | 10 | – | 4 | 2 | .149 | 209 | 117 |
| 1916 |  St. Louis Browns | 41 | 63 | 7 | – | 3 | 1 | .111 | 215 | 93 |
| 1917 | St. Louis Browns | 38 | 71 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .113 | 231 | 81 |
| 1918 |  Cleveland Guardians | 14 | 12 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .083 | 43 | 8 |