Conrad George Grob (rhymes with "robe"; November 9, 1932 – September 28, 1997) was an American
professional baseball
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player in the 1950s and 1960s. A right-handed
pitcher
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, he spent one full season — — in
Major League Baseball
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as a member of the
Washington Senators. Grob batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed .
A native of
Cross Plains, Wisconsin
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History
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, Grob signed originally with the
Brooklyn Dodgers
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before the 1952 season and won 24 games (losing five) in his debut year in the Class D
Wisconsin State League
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. After two years in military service, the Dodgers moved him up to the Double-A
Southern Association
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and he responded by posting a winning record with the 1955
Mobile Bears
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. Washington then selected him in the
Rule 5 draft that November.
Grob spent the entire
1956 season with the Senators, appearing in 37
games
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(36 in
relief
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). He surrendered 121
hits
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and 14
home runs
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in only 79⅓
innings pitched
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,
striking out
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27.
Major League statistics from Baseball Reference
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At season's end, he was reacquired by Brooklyn and spent the rest of his active career at the top level of the minor leagues
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with the Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves
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and Houston Colt .45s
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. He retired after the 1965 Pacific Coast League
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season.
Connie Grob died in Madison, Wisconsin
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, at age 64.
References
External links
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League – Batting and Pitching statistics
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1932 births
1997 deaths
Baseball players from Wisconsin
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Licoreros de Pampero players
Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mobile Bears players
Montreal Royals players
Oklahoma City 89ers players
People from Dane County, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Indians players
Spokane Indians players
Washington Senators (1901–1960) players