Buddy Groom Notable

b. July 10, 1965 · Detroit Tigers 1992–1995, Florida Marlins 1995, Oakland Athletics 1996–1999, Baltimore Orioles 2000–2004, New York Yankees 2005, Arizona Diamondbacks 2005

Buddy Groom played for six clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 1992 and closing with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2005. His longest stay was with the Baltimore Orioles, from 2000 to 2004.

He went 31 and 32 with a 4.64 earned run average, pitching 734 innings in 786 games. He struck out 494.

He was born in Dallas, TX, USA on July 10, 1965. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AVG
1992	DET	12	—
1993	DET	19	—
1994	DET	40	—
1995	DET/FLA	37	—
1996	OAK	72	—
1997	OAK	78	—
1998	OAK	75	—
1999	OAK	76	—
2000	BAL	70	—
2001	BAL	70	—
2002	BAL	70	—
2003	BAL	60	—
2004	BAL	60	—
2005	ARI/NYY	47	—
Career	—	786	—

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	DET	0	5	12	7	1	38.2	48	25	22	15	5.82
1993	DET	0	2	19	3	0	36.2	48	25	13	15	6.14
1994	DET	0	1	40	0	1	32.0	31	14	13	27	3.94
1995	DET/FLA	2	5	37	4	1	55.2	81	46	32	35	7.44
1996	OAK	5	0	72	1	2	77.1	85	33	34	57	3.84
1997	OAK	2	2	78	0	3	64.2	75	37	24	45	5.15
1998	OAK	3	1	75	0	0	57.1	62	27	20	36	4.24
1999	OAK	3	2	76	0	0	46.0	48	26	18	32	5.09
2000	BAL	6	3	70	0	4	59.1	63	32	21	44	4.85
2001	BAL	1	4	70	0	11	66.0	64	26	9	54	3.55
2002	BAL	3	2	70	0	2	62.0	44	11	12	48	1.60
2003	BAL	1	3	60	0	1	45.1	58	27	14	34	5.36
2004	BAL	4	1	60	0	0	52.2	67	28	16	32	4.78
2005	ARI/NYY	1	1	47	0	1	41.0	51	22	12	20	4.83
Career	—	31	32	786	15	27	734.2	825	379	260	494	4.64

On this day & linked events

1965

Born July 10, 1965

Dallas, TX, USA

1992

Major-league debut: Buddy Groom

Buddy Groom made a major-league debut on June 20, 1992.

2005

Final major-league game: Buddy Groom

Buddy Groom played a final major-league game on September 24, 2005.