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Steve Gromek

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: January 15, 1920 in Hamtramck, MI us

Died: March 12, 2002 in Clinton Twp; Macomb County, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: St. Ladislaus HS (Hamtramck, MI)

Debut: August 18, 1941 (Age 21-215d, 9,080th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: July 25, 1957 (Age 37-191d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Stephen Joseph Gromek

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.1

123

108

ERA

3.41

447

225

2064.2

904

WHIP

1.245

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-22 / in Starts: 7-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 18

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	153	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	5-5		99	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.034	2.70	0.07%	0.53	5b 1-- 1 out d2	5b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	154	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	9-GF		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	5.40	3.36	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
3	155	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	3-5		2	2.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.75	3.01	10	0	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.102	3.50	-0.23%	-0.68	3b 1-- 2 out d1	5b 3 out d3
4	156	10	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	4-6		1	2.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	2.91	9	3	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.039	1.17	0.08%	1.52	4b -23 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
5	157	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	2.63	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.37	0.02%	-0.04	9b 1-- 0 out a6	9b end a 5
6	158	19	May 16(2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	8-GF	S(2)	5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	2.96	7	1	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.18	0.025	.62	0.05%	1.04	8t 12- 0 out a6	9t end a 7
7	159	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	4-8		4	4.1	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.50	3.47	22	4	5	0	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	.22	-0.023	.93	-0.06%	-1.42	4t 1-3 2 out d4	8t 3 out d6
8	160	32	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	1-3		8	2.2	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.78	3.06	9	1	3	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.050	1.73	0.12%	1.61	1b 123 1 out d3	3b 3 out d4
9	161	34	May 31(2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	3-6		0	3.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.15	2.96	12	3	5	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.014	1.80	0.04%	1.06	3t 1-3 2 out d3	6t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	162	39	Jun 6(2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.48	3.38	36	6	17	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.266	4.31	1.04%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a10
11	163	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	5-6		3	2.0	3	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.19	3.85	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.011	.17	-0.03%	-1.88	5b --- 0 out d8	6b 3 out d9
12	164	43	Jun 12(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	5-5		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	3.93	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.047	5.79	0.18%	0.70	5b -2- 1 out d2	5b 3 out d2
13	165	44	Jun 12(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	5-9		-1	3.1	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.86	4.13	18	2	5	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.113	2.22	0.42%	-0.81	5b 12- 2 out a2	9b 123 0 out a8
14	166	47	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.65	4.08	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.006	.47	0.02%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 4
15	167	48	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	1-6	L(1-1)	0	5.1	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	3.40	4.48	21	6	10	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.178	4.34	-0.56%	-0.63	1t 123 2 out d3	6t 3 out d1
16	168	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	6-GF		3	3.2	7	6	5	2	1	0	0	4.11	4.43	20	6	4	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	.07	-0.011	.51	-0.05%	-3.25	6t 1-3 1 out d6	9t end d11
17	169	59	Jun 27(1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	8-GF		5	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3.94	4.51	8	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.28	0.025	1.39	0.07%	1.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	170	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	5-6		3	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	4.42	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.019	1.08	0.06%	0.80	5b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
19	171	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	5-8	W(2-1)	0	3.2	2	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.74	4.31	15	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.116	5.60	0.33%	0.71	5b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 2 out a2
20	172	67	Jul 5(2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	9-9		2	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.88	4.30	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.047	2.37	-0.15%	-1.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 12- 1 out d3
21	173	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,0-9	5-7		0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	4.19	10	6	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	2	.18	0.006	.96	0.02%	1.24	5t 1-3 1 out d5	7t 3 out d6
22	174	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.63	4.18	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.019	2.16	0.06%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
23	175	74	Jul 15(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	4	4	1	0	3.27	4.24	34	9	13	1	0	4	75			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.221	6.38	1.07%	3.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	176	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	10-11	W(4-1)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	4.19	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	-0.016	23.97	-0.06%	0.30	10b 1-3 1 out tie	11b -23 1 out a1
25	177	83	Jul 21(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	GS-4		1	3.2	6	6	3	4	1	1	0	3.44	4.44	20	2	7	0	0	6	28			0	1	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.316	9.63	-1.39%	-2.51	1b start a 1	4b -23 2 out tie
26	178	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-2)	3	6.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	1	3.40	4.35	26	10	4	1	0	6	53			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	.73	0.046	4.82	0.18%	1.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	179	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	4.33	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.040	3.23	0.15%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
28	180	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	10-GF(11)	W(5-2)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	4.33	8	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.281	14.43	1.00%	1.03	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	181	99	Aug 8(2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	GS-7	W(6-2)	7	7.0	4	1	0	4	1	0	1	3.01	4.35	30	3	17	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.290	9.34	1.37%	2.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
30	182	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9	W(7-2)	5	8.2	8	2	2	5	3	0	0	2.93	4.30	39	4	19	0	1	8	58			0	0	0	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.329	8.78	1.37%	2.16	1b start a 4	9b 12- 2 out a2
31	183	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	3-8		9	4.2	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	2.88	4.42	19	9	5	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.084	15.33	0.55%	1.19	3b 12- 1 out tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
32	184	120	Aug 27(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(7-3)	2	3.0	5	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.06	4.46	15	3	5	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.121	8.55	-0.80%	-1.42	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	185	128	Sep 3(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	3-5		6	2.2	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	3.07	4.58	11	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	.50	0.051	4.36	0.27%	1.54	3b -23 1 out d3	5b 3 out d4
34	186	130	Sep 6(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.01	4.52	8	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.039	1.73	0.12%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
35	187	135	Sep 11(1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	2	2.85	4.46	35	8	17	1	0	4	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.343	5.09	1.35%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	188	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	7-8	H(1)	1	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.97	4.44	6	1	1	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	0.077	19.25	0.39%	0.61	7t 12- 0 out a2	8t -23 1 out a2
37	189	145	Sep 19(2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	4.31	30	6	20	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.593	9.71	3.39%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	190	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	4-6		13	3.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.84	4.30	15	6	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.052	5.40	-0.71%	-0.45	4t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d6
							16-22		W-L:9-3,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.1	130.0	109	52	41	51	50	10	6	2.84	4.30	545	0.66		2%	0%	109	60	33	18%	2	2	0	482	27	1	3	10	0	7	.78	2.304	5.64	9.75%	25.12

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