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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: 11-17 / in Starts: 7-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	276	7	Apr 20(2)	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.00	1.39	32	10	10	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.72	0.230	2.57	0.50%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	277	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	1.39	6	0	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.037	.79	0.07%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
3	278	17	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	6-6		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	1.28	3	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.074	3.94	-0.16%	-0.49	6b 123 1 out d1	6b 3 out d3
4	279	18	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	3-4		0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	1.24	6	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.019	1.21	0.04%	0.60	3b --- 2 out d4	4b 3 out d4
5	280	20	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-0)	1	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.82	1.48	33	12	12	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.70	0.782	6.51	1.80%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	281	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	GS-7	W(3-0)	6	6.0	10	5	4	2	1	1	0	1.93	2.28	30	10	7	0	0	10	33			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.002	3.68	0.01%	-2.22	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a4
7	282	30	May 18(1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	2.29	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.85	0.04%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
8	283	36	May 25(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS-5	L(3-1)	6	4.0	7	6	6	3	3	2	1	3.27	3.27	23	4	5	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.361	4.69	-1.07%	-3.58	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d2
9	284	42	May 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.09	3.13	8	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.26	0.024	1.29	0.07%	0.86	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
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	285	45	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,11-13	3-7	L(3-2)	4	5.0	7	5	4	1	6	1	1	3.60	3.22	25	2	8	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.47	-0.324	2.49	-1.02%	-2.52	3b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
11	286	49	Jun 8(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	3-5		3	3.0	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.40	3.51	16	6	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.126	2.49	-0.39%	-3.52	3b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d7
12	287	50	Jun 8(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-11	5-6		-1	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.60	3.77	10	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.012	.25	-0.04%	-1.02	5b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d7
13	288	57	Jun 15(2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-3)	6	8.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.25	3.64	30	6	11	1	0	5	64			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	0.048	7.02	0.16%	1.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	289	63	Jun 22(1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	GS-8	W(4-3)	6	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.69	3.29	27	6	11	1	0	2	84			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.46	0.230	1.61	0.49%	3.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
15	290	70	Jun 29(2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,7-7	6-6	BS(1)	6	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.82	3.55	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.227	4.92	-0.52%	-1.49	6b --3 0 out a1	6b 12- 1 out d1
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
16	291	81	Jul 13(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS-7		13	6.1	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.59	3.41	24	8	10	1	1	5	58			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.095	5.41	0.27%	1.29	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
17	292	86	Jul 17(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-6	GS-7	W(5-3)	3	6.2	8	6	6	2	4	3	0	4.00	3.82	31	4	13	0	1	8	36			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.112	2.77	-0.44%	-3.15	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out a4
18	293	92	Jul 22(2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GS-6	L(5-4)	4	6.0	7	4	3	0	1	0	0	4.03	3.69	26	6	12	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.216	4.71	-0.59%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	294	98	Jul 27(2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	8-GF	W(6-4)	4	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.94	3.58	6	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.168	5.88	0.51%	0.86	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end a 1
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
20	295	105	Aug 3(2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-9	GS-7	L(6-5)	6	6.1	6	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.06	3.52	28	6	12	1	0	6	43			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.38	-0.301	8.57	-1.12%	-1.44	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
21	296	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.01	3.51	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.82	0.04%	0.47	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
22	297	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-6)	12	7.0	8	4	3	1	2	1	0	4.00	3.55	29	8	10	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.150	6.46	-0.78%	-0.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	298	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	8-11		2	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.84	3.51	14	6	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.387	14.60	2.03%	1.80	8b --- 0 out d3	11b 3 out tie
24	299	128	Aug 28(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.80	3.58	23	6	11	1	0	4	56			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.036	7.80	0.20%	0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	300	130	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.55	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.36	0.02%	0.47	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
Sept				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
26	301	139	Sep 7(2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(7-7)	7	9.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.55	3.39	36	5	14	0	0	8	72			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.406	14.14	2.54%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	302	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	6-6		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.37	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	3.68	0.17%	0.43	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
28	303	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	8-GF	S(1)	5	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.53	3.49	9	1	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.14	0.01%	-0.14	8t --- 0 out a9	9t end a 8
29	304	152	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	6-8		2	3.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.67	3.55	13	5	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.007	.46	-0.07%	-1.70	6t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d9
							11-17		W-L:7-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.0	122.2	109	55	50	28	65	14	2	3.67	3.55	505	0.67		3%	1%	107	55	4	75%	2	1	0	470	18	3	2	6	0	6	.87	0.593	5.23	2.73%	-0.60

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