Was Bob Romby a pitcher?

Yes. Bob Romby pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 183 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bob Romby hit?

Bob Romby hit 2 career home runs with 23 hits.

What teams did Bob Romby play for?

Bob Romby played for one team, the Baltimore Elite Giants (1946–1948).

What awards did Bob Romby win?

Bob Romby was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Bob Romby's career stats?

In 44 games, Bob Romby went 17-9 with a 2.90 ERA, 183 strikeouts, 229.1 innings pitched, and 6 saves.

What position did Bob Romby play?

Bob Romby played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Bob Romby and how much did he weigh?

Bob Romby was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.

What was Bob Romby's career ERA?

Bob Romby finished with a 2.90 career ERA, going 17-9 with 183 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bob Romby have?

Bob Romby recorded 183 career strikeouts.

Is Bob Romby in the Hall of Fame?

No. Bob Romby has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Bob Romby make?

Bob Romby was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Bob Romby

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Bob Romby was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Elite Giants. Across 44 career appearances, he went 17-9 with a 2.90 ERA and 183 strikeouts. Bob Romby was an All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7489.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 17–9

ERA 2.90

WHIP 1.21

SO 183

Pitcher PIV 7489.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 160 lb
Born: 12/15/1918 in Shreveport, LA, USA
Died: 11/25/2004 in Farmville, VA, USA
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Robert Lee Romby

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Bob Romby — Batting
PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
221.0	195.0	31.0	42.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	11.0	17.0	2.0	3.0	.215	.285	.292	.577

Pitching

Bob Romby — Pitching
W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
34	20	54	31	24	3	434.1	333	199	64	12	158	234	1.33	1.13

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Bob Romby — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	53.0	47.0	10.0	14.0	2.0	1.0	0	2.0	2.0	0	0	.298	.340	.383	.723
Listed seasons · 1	53	47	10	14	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	.298	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Bob Romby — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1949	8	5	11	4	6	1	88.0	89	42	21	6	31	31	2.15	1.36
Listed seasons · 1	8	5	11	4	6	1	88.0	89	42	21	6	31	31	2.15	1.36

Career Pitching Statistics

Bob Romby — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
17	9	44	27	16	4	6	229.1	168	74	2	110	183	2.90	7489.8

Career ERA 2.90 vs. league average 3.89 across their career seasons — 25.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bob Romby — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1946	BEG	NN2	1	1	9	3	0	0	1	29.0	38	19	8	16	5.90	3.59 (-64%)	607.1
1947	BEG	NN2	10	4	19	14	9	3	2	111.1	66	33	61	99	2.67	3.97 (+33%)	4020.0
1948	BEG	NN2	6	4	16	10	7	1	3	89.0	64	22	41	68	2.22	4.10 (+46%)	2862.7
Career · 3 seasons			17	9	44	27	16	4	6	229.1	168	74	110	183	2.90	—	7,490

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bob Romby — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
78	126	19	23	4	0	2	13	3	9	2	.183	.248	.262	.510	-551

Career AVG .183 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 30.0% below league average.

Career OBP .248 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 26.0% below league average.

Career SLG .262 vs. league average .371 across their career seasons — 29.5% below league average.

Career OPS .510 vs. league average .707 across their career seasons — 27.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bob Romby — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1946	BEG	NN2	15	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	BEG	NN2	32	53	8	9	2	0	5	1	1	1	.170	.262 (-35%)	.336 (-41%)	.376 (-45%)	.712 (-43%)	-365.4
1948	BEG	NN2	31	59	9	11	1	2	8	2	6	1	.186	.263 (-29%)	.340 (-20%)	.379 (-20%)	.719 (-20%)	-185.8
Career · 3 seasons			78	126	19	23	4	2	13	3	9	2	.183	—	—	—	—	-551

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bob Romby — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Bob Romby — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1948	NLC	BEG	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333

Playoff Career Pitching

Bob Romby — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	1	0	7.0	7	3	4	8	3.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bob Romby — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1948	NLC	BEG	0	0	1	1	0	7.0	7	3	4	8	3.86

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bob Romby — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	87	118	19	23	1	7	.195
Away	26	43	6	7	0	1	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Bob Romby — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	54	255.1	227	43	111	141	1.52
Away	17	95.2	49	10	25	29	0.94

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bob Romby — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI
1949-09-05	BLG	PH5	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-09-02	BLG	PH5	W	0	0	0	0	0
1949-08-28	BLG	KCM	L	3	1	1	0	0
1949-08-24	BLG	PH5	W	3	1	1	0	0
1949-08-16	BLG	HOE	L	1	0	0	0	0
1949-08-15	BLG	HOE	L	5	0	0	0	0
1949-08-07	BLG	BIR	W	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-31	BLG	BIR	W	0	1	1	0	0
1949-07-31	BLG	BIR	L	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-27	BLG	NY6	W	2	0	2	1	2

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bob Romby — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1949-09-05	BLG	PH5	L	2.0	0	5	0	0	0	0
1949-09-02	BLG	PH5	W	1.0	2	1	0	1	2	0
1949-08-28	BLG	KCM	L	5.1	5	1	1	0	1	0
1949-08-24	BLG	PH5	W	9.0	4	0	0	2	0	0
1949-08-07	BLG	BIR	—	2.1	1	0	0	4	0	0
1949-07-31	BLG	BIR	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949-07-27	BLG	NY6	W	9.0	11	4	0	3	3	0
1949-07-21	BLG	KCM	W	7.0	8	1	1	2	9	0
1949-07-17	BLG	KCM	W	6.0	9	6	2	4	2	2
1949-07-03	BLG	NY6	W	8.0	8	6	6	2	3	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bob Romby — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2	0	1	0	1	0
OF	6	5	8	1	2	0
P	44	27	6	42	7	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bob Romby — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1946	BEG	P	9	3	3	8	2	0
1947	BEG	1B	2	0	1	0	1	0
1947	BEG	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1947	BEG	P	19	14	2	17	2	1
1948	BEG	OF	5	5	7	1	2	0
1948	BEG	P	16	10	1	17	3	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Bob Romby — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	44
First Base	2
Right Field	6

Bob Romby: the record in brief

Bob Romby's record on this page is drawn from the season tables, which run from 1946 to 1948. Romby spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the Baltimore Elite Giants. Romby, a pitcher by primary position, batted and threw left-handed. Romby is listed at 5 feet, 10 inches and 160 pounds. Romby was born on December 15, 1918, in Shreveport, LA, USA. Romby died on November 25, 2004, in Farmville, VA, USA. Bob Romby was the playing name; the full given name is Robert Lee.

Romby's career pitching line is 17 wins, 9 losses and a 2.90 ERA over 44 appearances. The same table counts 183 strikeouts and 16 complete games. That 2.90 ERA compares with a 3.89 league average across the same seasons, 25.3% better. The best win total was 10, in 1947. In 1948, one of the busiest seasons, Romby posted a 2.22 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.10. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 7,489.8 for Romby's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bob Romby

Was Bob Romby a pitcher?: Yes. Bob Romby pitched in the major leagues, recording 17 wins and 183 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bob Romby hit?: Bob Romby hit 2 career home runs with 23 hits.
What teams did Bob Romby play for?: Bob Romby played for one team, the Baltimore Elite Giants (1946–1948).
What awards did Bob Romby win?: Bob Romby was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Bob Romby's career stats?: In 44 games, Bob Romby went 17-9 with a 2.90 ERA, 183 strikeouts, 229.1 innings pitched, and 6 saves.
What position did Bob Romby play?: Bob Romby played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bob Romby and how much did he weigh?: Bob Romby was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.
What was Bob Romby's career ERA?: Bob Romby finished with a 2.90 career ERA, going 17-9 with 183 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bob Romby have?: Bob Romby recorded 183 career strikeouts.
Is Bob Romby in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bob Romby has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Bob Romby make?: Bob Romby was selected to 1 All-Star Game.