1909-11 / T206 White Border - BOB GROOM (Pitcher) - Washington Senators (PSA Certified) (1910 / Piedmont 350 / Factory 25 Back) Tobacco / Cigarette Baseball Card (#192)

Robert Groom (b. September 12, 1884 – d. February 19, 1948 at age 63), was a professional baseball player who played as a pitcher in two midwest minor leagues and the Pacific Coast League from 1904 to 1908, and then in the Major Leagues from 1909 to 1918. He pitched for the Washington Senators, St. Louis Terriers (Federal League), St. Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians.

On May 6, 1917, while with the Browns, Groom no-hit the eventual World Champion Chicago White Sox 3–0. The no-hitter came in the second game of Sunday double-header, after Groom preserved the win in the first game, pitching the last two innings without allowing a hit. It also came the day after teammate Ernie Koob's 1–0 no-hitter against the White Sox; to date, Koob and Groom are the only teammates to pitch no-hitters on consecutive days. His best major league season was with the 1912 Senators, when he won 24 games and Washington finished second in the American League. During his debut season, Groom became the first pitcher to achieve 19 consecutive losses in a season, a record which was equalled in 1916 by Jack Nabors.

After the 1918 season, Bob Groom returned to Belleville, where he managed his family's coal mining operation and, in the summers, pitched for and managed local teams into the 1920s, most notably Belleville's White Rose team. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s he was involved with the St. Louis Trolley League as a mentor, and in 1938, he was asked by the George E. Hilgard American Legion Post 58 to form Belleville's first tournament team. He did and coached them to the state and regional championships in their first season. He led the "Hilgards" through 1944, and for his role in founding the team was inducted into the Hilgard Hall of Fame in February 2008. A marker in his honor, part of a series that grew out of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Deadball Stars books, was presented on June 5, 2008, at the Belleville Hilgards' home ballpark, Whitey Herzog Field.

MLB debut - April 13, 1909, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance - July 20, 1918, for the Cleveland Indians

MLB statistics:
Win–loss record 119–150
ERA - 3.10
Strikeouts - 1,159

Teams:
Washington Senators (1909–1913)
St. Louis Terriers (1914–1915)
St. Louis Browns (1916–1917)
Cleveland Indians (1918)

Career highlights and awards:
Pitched a no-hitter on May 6, 1917

Link to his baseball stats - www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=groom-...

Link to SABR article - Bob Groom - written by Catherine Petroski and John Stahl - sabr.org/bioproj/person/cbf60399

Taken on: January 10, 2019

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