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: 12-15 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 10

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	249	10	Apr 29(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,11-13	4-4	L(0-1)	99	1.0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	0.00	11.48	10	4	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.40	-0.413	4.66	-0.82%	-4.08	4b 1-- 0 out a1	4b 3 out d4
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	250	17	May 7	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	9-GF		7	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	7.48	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.008	.74	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	251	19	May 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12	5-7		3	3.0	6	7	7	0	2	1	2	12.60	7.48	18	2	6	0	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-5.48	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d12
4	252	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	5-5		4	0.1	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	13.50	10.17	5	1	0	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.073	.89	-0.13%	-3.32	5b 1-3 1 out d3	5b 1-3 2 out d7
5	253	27	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.37	8.95	3	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	0.59	8b 12- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
6	254	35	May 27(2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS-5	L(0-2)	7	5.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	9.53	6.36	25	3	7	0	0	9	33			0	0	1	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.209	1.36	-0.14%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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
7	255	41	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	3-GF	W(1-2)	5	6.1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.11	5.03	23	3	15	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.121	.44	0.10%	3.50	3t -23 2 out a3	9t end a 8
8	256	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	6-7		16	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.95	4.77	8	3	2	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.14	6b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d9
9	257	64	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	11-GF(11)	W(2-2)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66	4.66	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.134	2.69	0.08%	0.49	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
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
10	258	70	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	6-7	H(1)	5	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.32	4.57	5	1	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	0.290	9.03	0.46%	1.76	6b 123 1 out a1	7b -2- 2 out a1
11	259	73	Jul 4(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-6		1	5.0	8	2	1	5	6	0	0	4.67	4.29	26	5	2	0	0	8	46			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.066	2.34	-0.08%	-0.35	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out tie
12	260	83	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	W(3-2)	11	9.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.00	3.87	35	8	18	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.210	1.42	0.42%	2.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	261	90	Jul 22(2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.40	3.57	35	11	14	0	0	7	70			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.465	5.81	1.35%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	262	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	8-10		5	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.54	12	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.37	0.417	16.36	1.72%	1.71	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out 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
15	263	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	2	1	3	3	0	2	2.84	3.53	37	9	16	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.257	4.20	0.78%	2.56	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
16	264	111	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	6-7		11	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	3.50	8	1	4	1	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.041	8.56	0.17%	0.96	6t 12- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d2
17	265	112	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	6-GF	S(1)	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.73	3.44	14	5	7	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.54	0.166	3.66	0.68%	1.82	6b 1-3 1 out a4	9b end a 5
18	266	118	Aug 19(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-6	L(5-3)	3	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.75	3.51	21	7	7	0	0	6	53			1	2	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.068	6.62	0.31%	1.04	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
19	267	121	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	8-GF(14)	W(6-3)	2	7.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.50	3.40	25	7	12	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.38	0.911	19.16	4.41%	3.40	8t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
20	268	124	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.55	3.37	10	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.17	0.000	2.54	0.00%	-0.03	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
21	269	125	Aug 26(1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	3.36	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.20	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
22	270	129	Aug 30	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	3-8		3	5.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.36	3.31	20	7	9	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	2	.12	0.036	1.04	0.19%	2.65	3t 1-- 2 out d6	8t 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
23	271	134	Sep 3(2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.23	3.34	30	9	14	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.219	4.05	1.17%	3.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	272	141	Sep 11(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	5-6		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.18	3.33	7	1	3	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.065	12.00	-0.41%	-0.11	5b 123 0 out tie	6b 3 out d2
25	273	145	Sep 15(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-7		3	6.0	8	5	3	0	4	0	0	2.32	3.20	28	10	7	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	2	.96	-0.238	12.65	-1.88%	-1.45	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a3
26	274	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	3-6	L(7-4)	5	3.2	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.41	3.25	17	7	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.35	-0.176	22.61	-1.77%	-1.03	3b -23 1 out a2	6b 3 out d2
27	275	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	6-8		0	2.1	6	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.69	3.39	14	3	4	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	.62	-0.152	7.67	-1.12%	-2.99	6b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out d5
							12-15		W-L:7-4,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.6	107.0	98	41	32	29	40	6	4	2.69	3.39	449	0.70		2%	0%	97	58	20	50%	7	2	1	410	18	1	6	8	0	10	.91	1.950	5.87	5.47%	10.29

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