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: 21-12 / in Starts: 20-10

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: 1

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	62	3	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	1.00	2.48	36	7	12	2	4	6	74			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.331	2.16	0.43%	3.19	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
2	63	8	Apr 29(1)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	8	9.0	5	0	0	6	4	0	0	0.50	3.14	35						75						29	1	1			0
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	64	13	May 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG(8)	L(2-1)	6	8.0	7	6	6	3	4	1	0	2.42	3.55	33	9	13	3	1	4	45			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.513	2.39	-0.49%	-2.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
4	65	19	May 13(2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	7	2	1	0	6	0	1	2.06	3.07	34						73						33	1	0			0
5	66	21	May 19(2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.84	2.95	34						62						34	2	0			0
6	67	25	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(5-1)	4	10.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.50	2.90	36	7	19	6	0	5	83			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.771	2.11	0.77%	3.97	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
7	68	29	May 30(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	1	1.80	2.80	26	7	7	0	1	7	50			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	-0.086	2.15	-0.10%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
8	69	30	May 30(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	BS(1)	-1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	2.85	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.39	-0.611	14.53	-0.83%	-2.06	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 1-3 2 out d1
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
9	70	35	Jun 3(2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	5	0	0	1.70	2.86	37	6	16	0	9	6	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.332	2.07	0.43%	3.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
10	71	39	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	7	0	0	1.62	2.66	33	11	7	1	4	8	74			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.532	2.31	0.59%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	72	44	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	6.0	5	4	3	3	3	0	0	1.82	2.70	29	6	12	1	3	5	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.14	-0.249	2.19	-0.29%	-1.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
12	73	48	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(7-3)	5	8.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	2.05	2.69	33	6	15	0	6	9	49			1	0	1	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.141	1.34	-0.15%	-0.28	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
13	74	53	Jun 24(1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	0	0	2.14	2.60	35						64						34	2	0			0
14	75	58	Jun 30(1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-4)	5	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.15	2.64	33	7	17	1	0	6	59			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	.87	0.041	.83	0.02%	1.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
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
15	76	63	Jul 4(1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.14	2.72	36	1	23	0	4	7	66			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.310	.56	0.13%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	77	69	Jul 8(1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	GS-6	L(9-5)	3	6.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	2.40	2.76	29	6	9	1	3	9	33			1	0	2	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.282	.52	-0.14%	-2.52	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
17	78	72	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-4	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	8	4	3	2	3	1	1	2.44	2.87	37	4	19	4	3	8	58			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.039	.32	0.03%	0.08	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a12
18	79	76	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.35	2.87	35	15	6	1	2	8	71			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	.65	0.279	.82	0.21%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
19	80	81	Jul 22(1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	3	4	1	0	0	2.42	2.93	35	10	11	1	0	9	42			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.348	.69	-0.20%	-0.83	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a1
20	81	85	Jul 27	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.34	2.88	37	10	10	0	2	9	69			1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.455	2.34	0.40%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
21	82	90	Aug 1	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(12-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	2	0	0	2.32	2.90	33						68						29	3	0			0
22	83	97	Aug 6(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-	W(13-6)	4	8.1	7	4	4	6	3	0	0	2.41	2.96	35						50						29					0
23	84	101	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(14-6)	4	9.0	5	3	3	4	1	1	0	2.44	3.07	36	7	19	0	7	5	62			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.279	1.50	0.23%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	85	106	Aug 15	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	13	3	3	3	1	0	0	2.47	3.09	41						47						38	3	0			0
25	86	108	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	W,6-4		S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	3.09	1												1					0
26	87	113	Aug 20(2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-6	GS-4	L(15-7)	2	3.1	8	5	4	1	0	0	0	2.60	3.10	19	3	7	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	18	1	3	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.302	2.40	-0.54%	-4.16	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d5
27	88	116	Aug 22(2)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	GS-6		1	6.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	1	2.75	3.08	29	4	11	1	0	9	36			1	0	0	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.309	.40	-0.11%	-2.52	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
28	89	119	Aug 26(2)	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	2.80	3.14	35	17	8	0	2	6	59			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.108	.51	-0.04%	-0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
29	90	126	Sep 3(2)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	L(16-8)	7	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.12	13	5	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.171	1.73	-0.09%	0.24	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
30	91	135	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-7	L(16-9)	8	7.0	10	5	2	3	2	0	0	2.80	3.13	33	8	10	0	0	10	42			1	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.238	.00	0.00%	-2.22	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
31	92	139	Sep 16(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-9)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.69	3.12	33	9	14	2	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.447	.00	0.00%	3.84	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
32	93	143	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(18-9)	5	11.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.60	3.08	39						81						38	3	0			0
33	94	146	Sep 26(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(19-9)	3	9.0	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	2.55	3.05	35	9	13	1	4	6	72			0	1	0	31	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.44	0.499	.00	0.00%	2.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							21-12		W-L:19-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	4.0	251.0	229	80	71	67	101	6	4	2.55	3.05	1027	0.62		5%	12%	160	60	2	100%	8	4	3	943	46	12	4	9	0	9	1.01	0.957	1.27	0.25%	9.45

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