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Buddy Groom

Orioles Career team 2000–2004
Number #28
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 61
Height 6' 2"
Weight 201 lbs
Birth Place Dallas, TX
Born Jul 10, 1965

Key Insights

2005
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Paul O'Neill has hit .667/.684/1.167 against Groom over 19 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

12 for 18 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .669 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Groom has struck Trot Nixon out 7 times in 15 plate appearances, 46.7% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The TB lineup has hit .431 and slugged .686 against Groom across 59 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

22 hits, 4 home runs and 8 strikeouts, against a .400 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Groom has walked Frank Thomas 9 times in 17 plate appearances, 52.9% of them.

9 walks in 17 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Kenny Lofton is 1 for 19 against Groom, a .053 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

22 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Groom throws than Greg Vaughn: 47.1% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 58 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 10, 1965
Birth Place Dallas, TX
Height 6' 2"
Weight 201 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left
College/Draft Mary Hardin-Baylor