Bob Groom vs. Lefty Holmes — Career Comparison

Bob Groom
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lefty Holmes
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bob Groom posted a stronger line than Lefty Holmes. Bob Groom posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.1 vs 4.48) and WHIP (1.279 vs 1.398). By the career numbers, Bob Groom had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bob Groom and Lefty Holmes

Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
1.41
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.65
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.11
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.93
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.46
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.58
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.24
44.24
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.47
78.47
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.25
56.25
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.6
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.59
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.08
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.1
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
4.48
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7009
27
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
27
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336.1
9
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
349.2
9
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
2205
8.49
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
8.49
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.19
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.28
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.02
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
4.09
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1159
4.46
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
5.64
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.831
0.831
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.081
1.081
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.23
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.21
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9537
36.74
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1527
39.3
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.18
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
4.11
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
5.61
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.69
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.279
1.279
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8699
33.51
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1324
34.08
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.74
36.74
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Bob Groom and Lefty Holmes

Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
6.21
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.65
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.06
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.94
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1605
27
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
27
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
9
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
353.2
9
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.68
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.2
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
685
11.52
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
2.09
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.89
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
838
14.1
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
2.34
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
785
13.21
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
2.29
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.83
97.83
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.127
2.127
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.385
1.385
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.07
17.07
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.92
56.92
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.3
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Groom and Lefty Holmes

Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
260.78
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
73
277.22
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
849
600
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
764
539.93
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
146
554.43
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.706
0.706
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
69.26
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
163.29
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
55.83
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
132.91
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
11.31
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.78
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.12
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
13.43
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.38
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.82
15.42
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.49
62.61
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
84.81
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
201.27
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
96.11
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
178.48
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.676
0.676
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
34.63
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.75
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
24.73
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
64.56
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
59.36
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
144.3
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
6.07
4.29
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.65
74.62
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.71
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
26.15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.19
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
251
177.39
Lefty Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
33.22
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
30.38
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.12
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Groom
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.12
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Bob Groom
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Lefty Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100