Career
Grob batted left-handed, stood 6 feet (18 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). After two years in military service, the Dodgers moved him up to the Double-A Southern Association and he responded by posting a winning record with the 1955 Mobile Bears. Washington then selected him in the Rule 5 draft that November.
Grob spent the entire 1956 season with the Senators, appearing in 37 games (36 in relief).
He surrendered 121 hits and 14 home runs in only 79⅓ innings pitched, striking out 27. 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 with the Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves and Houston Colt.45s.
He retired after the 1965 Pacific Coast League season. Connie Grob died in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 64.