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Steve Gromek

Stephen Joseph Gromek

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 15, 1920 in Hamtramck, MI
High School: St. Ladislaus HS (Hamtramck, MI)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers 1941-1957

Final Game: July 25, 1957
Died: March 12, 2002 in Clinton Twp; Macomb County, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1939	19	CLE-min	D	40	382	382		108	12	7	2						.283	.283	.366	.649		140							MFL,LGN · OHSL,MTNS
1940	20	CLE-min	D,C	71	234	234		52	11	1	1						.222	.222	.291	.513		68							FMH,FLI · NORL,MICH
1941	21	CLE-min	C	43	118	118		35	6	3	2						.297	.297	.449	.746		53							FLI · MICH
1941	21	CLE	AL	9	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	2	0	0			/1
1942	22	CLE-min	AA	23	23	22	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.091	.130	.136	.267		3	0	0	0				BLT · IL
1942	22	CLE	AL	14	17	15	2	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	.333	.412	.533	.945	172	8	0	0	0			1
1943	23	CLE-min	AA	54	108	91	9	18	2	0	0	3	2	0	11	15	.198	.284	.220	.504		20		0	6				BLT · IL
1943	23	CLE	AL	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	503	2	0	0	0			/1
1944	24	CLE	AL	44	84	73	11	19	1	1	0	7	1	0	6	13	.260	.316	.301	.618	80	22	1	0	5			1
1945	25	CLE	AL	37	104	91	8	21	2	0	0	10	0	0	10	17	.231	.307	.253	.560	67	23	2	0	3			1
1946	26	CLE	AL	37	58	56	4	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14	.196	.224	.196	.421	22	11	2	0	0			1
1947	27	CLE	AL	30	22	22	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.318	.318	.364	.682	92	8	1	0	0			1
1948	28	CLE	AL	38	45	41	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.146	.205	.171	.375	2	7	0	0	1			1
1949	29	CLE	AL	27	28	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.167	.231	.208	.439	18	5	0	0	2			1
1950	30	CLE	AL	31	41	38	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.158	.179	.158	.337	-12	6	0	0	2			1
1951	31	CLE	AL	27	33	27	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.296	.406	.333	.740	107	9	1	0	1			1
1952	32	CLE	AL	30	38	30	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	10	.100	.229	.100	.329	-4	3	3	0	3			1
1953	33	TOT	AL	24	50	43	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.070	.070	.070	.140	-62	3	0	0	6			1
1953	33	CLE	AL	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1			/1
1953	33	DET	AL	19	47	41	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.073	.073	.073	.146	-60	3	0	0	5			1
1954	34	DET	AL	36	98	79	6	15	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	21	.190	.273	.190	.463	29	15	0	1	10	0		1	MVP-26
1955	35	DET	AL	28	74	54	10	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	12	.167	.357	.185	.542	51	10	0	0	4	0	0	1
1956	36	DET	AL	40	41	27	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	10	.148	.395	.148	.543	49	4	1	0	3	0	0	1
1957	37	DET	AL	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	38	DET-min	D	23	13	13		4	1	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692		5							ERI · NYPL
17 Yrs				470	743	630	58	124	9	2	0	40	2	0	71	146	.197	.279	.217	.497	40	137	13	1	40	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	256	217	20	43	3	1	0	14	1	0	24	50	.197	.279	.217	.497	40	47	4	0	14
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CLE (13 yrs)				332	481	427	39	93	8	2	0	29	2	0	36	91	.218	.279	.246	.525	49	105	12	0	18
DET (5 yrs)				138	262	203	19	31	1	0	0	11	0	0	35	55	.153	.280	.158	.438	22	32	1	1	22	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1941	21	CLE	AL	9	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1942	22	CLE	AL	14	17	1	0	0	0	2	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.523	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1943	23	CLE	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.541	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1944	24	CLE	AL	44	84	-2	0	0	0	8	6	0.6	2	8	0.6	.515	.504	0.6	0.0	8	$	1
1945	25	CLE	AL	37	104	-4	0	0	0	9	6	0.6	2	8	0.6	.517	.504	0.6	-0.0	8	$	1
1946	26	CLE	AL	37	58	-6	0	0	0	6	0	0.1	2	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1947	27	CLE	AL	30	22	-0	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1948	28	CLE	AL	38	45	-6	0	0	0	5	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1949	29	CLE	AL	27	28	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1950	30	CLE	AL	31	41	-7	-1	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1951	31	CLE	AL	27	33	0	-1	-0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1952	32	CLE	AL	30	38	-4	0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1953	33	CLE	AL	5	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.489	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	33	DET	AL	19	47	-11	0	0	0	5	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.472	.497	-0.5	0.0	-4	$	1
1954	34	DET	AL	36	98	-9	0	1	0	11	3	0.4	3	6	0.4	.510	.502	0.4	0.0	6	$	1	MVP-26
1955	35	DET	AL	28	74	-3	1	1	0	7	6	0.6	2	8	0.6	.522	.504	0.6	0.0	8	$18,000	1
1956	36	DET	AL	40	41	-2	-0	-0	0	4	2	0.2	1	4	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1957	37	DET	AL	15	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
17 Seasons				470	743	-55	0	2	0	76	23	2.5	19	42	2.4	.505	.501	2.4	0.0	42	$18,000
			Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
CLE (13 yrs)				332	481	-31	-1	0	0	48	17	1.9	11	28	1.7	.506	.501	1.7	0.0	28	$
DET (5 yrs)				138	262	-24	1	2	0	28	7	0.7	7	14	0.7	.505	.501	0.7	0.0	14	$18,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1941	21	CLE	AL	6	7	0	0.0	102	.200	.167	.270	.167	.345	.167	.397	.333	.742	-10	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1942	22	CLE	AL	17	10	3	8.0	89	.357	.333	.259	.412	.332	.533	.362	.945	.694	172	.773	1.4	0.1	1.000	.333	.200
1943	23	CLE	AL	2	0	2		81	1.000	1.000	.248	1.000	.321	1.000	.342	2.000	.664	503	.000	1.0	0.1		.000	.000
1944	24	CLE	AL	84	60	7	3.2	88	.317	.260	.263	.316	.329	.301	.359	.618	.689	80	.390	-1.9	-0.2	.527	.137	.041	.0
1945	25	CLE	AL	104	75	7	2.5	84	.284	.231	.256	.307	.327	.253	.348	.560	.675	67	.310	-3.5	-0.4	.458	.132	.022
1946	26	CLE	AL	58	47	3	1.7	90	.262	.196	.255	.224	.328	.196	.367	.421	.696	22	.164	-5.9	-0.6	.298	.054	.000	.0
1947	27	CLE	AL	22	16	3	5.0	94	.412	.318	.259	.318	.338	.364	.373	.682	.711	92	.582	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.045	.045
1948	28	CLE	AL	45	36	1	0.7	103	.176	.146	.269	.205	.354	.171	.389	.375	.743	2	.034	-5.9	-0.6	.286	.098	.024
1949	29	CLE	AL	28	22	1	1.2	105	.211	.167	.268	.231	.360	.208	.390	.439	.750	18	.081	-2.9	-0.3	.350	.125	.042
1950	30	CLE	AL	41	34	1	0.8	110	.207	.158	.274	.179	.360	.158	.410	.337	.770	-12	.033	-6.5	-0.6	.219	.026	.000
1951	31	CLE	AL	33	21	4	5.1	97	.421	.296	.260	.406	.340	.333	.382	.740	.722	107	.558	0.6	0.1	.700	.222	.037
1952	32	CLE	AL	38	33	1	0.8	90	.150	.100	.252	.229	.330	.100	.368	.329	.698	-4	.049	-4.0	-0.4	.267	.167	.000
1953	33	TOT	AL	50	46	0	0.0	101	.094	.070	.267	.070	.343	.070	.393	.140	.736	-62	.000	-9.8	-1.0	.075	.000	.000
1953	33	CLE	AL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.342	.000	.392	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1953	33	DET	AL	47	43	0	0.0	101	.097	.073	.267	.073	.343	.073	.393	.146	.736	-60	.000	-9.3	-1.0	.079	.000	.000
1954	34	DET	AL	98	74	4	1.4	98	.259	.190	.264	.273	.340	.190	.386	.463	.726	29	.122	-7.7	-0.8	.375	.101	.000
1955	35	DET	AL	74	49	5	2.7	101	.214	.167	.264	.357	.343	.185	.393	.542	.737	51	.280	-2.8	-0.3	.578	.315	.019
1956	36	DET	AL	41	27	3	3.0	107	.235	.148	.269	.395	.351	.148	.410	.543	.761	49	.294	-1.3	-0.1	.625	.407	.000
1957	37	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	102		.000	.266	.000	.339	.000	.402	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
17 Yrs				743	559	45	2.2	96	.256	.197	.262	.279	.339	.217	.378	.497	.717	40	.220	-51.0	-5.2	.407	.137	.021	.0
162 Game Avg.				256	193	16	2.2	96	.256	.197	.262	.279	.339	.217	.378	.497	.717	40	.220	-51.0	-5.2	.407	.137	.021
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CLE (13 yrs)				481	364	33	2.4	93	.277	.218	.261	.279	.337	.246	.370	.525	.707	49	.265	-29.4	-3.0	.413	.117	.028	.0
DET (5 yrs)				262	195	12	1.6	101	.209	.153	.265	.280	.343	.158	.393	.438	.736	22	.139	-21.6	-2.2	.393	.177	.005

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	28	CLE	AL	WS	BSN	W	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	CLE	AL	25		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1941	21	CLE	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0					83%
1942	22	CLE	AL	17	0.0%	5.9%	11.8%	11.8%	40%	0.50	15.0		7.5			82%
1943	23	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0			100%
1944	24	CLE	AL	84	0.0%	15.5%	7.1%	2.4%	11%	2.17	5.6		10.4			71%
1945	25	CLE	AL	104	0.0%	16.4%	9.6%	1.9%	10%	1.70	5.4		9.1			71%
1946	26	CLE	AL	58	0.0%	24.1%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	7.00	4.0					72%
1947	27	CLE	AL	22	0.0%	22.7%	0.0%	4.6%	14%		4.4		22.0			77%
1948	28	CLE	AL	45	0.0%	15.6%	6.7%	2.2%	17%	2.33	5.9		41.0		1.90	76%
1949	29	CLE	AL	28	0.0%	17.9%	7.1%	3.6%	25%	2.50	4.8		24.0		1.13	68%
1950	30	CLE	AL	41	0.0%	22.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	9.00	4.2		38.0		2.43	71%
1951	31	CLE	AL	33	0.0%	24.2%	15.2%	3.0%	13%	1.60	3.4		13.5		1.80	58%
1952	32	CLE	AL	38	0.0%	26.3%	13.2%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0		10.0		2.00	53%
1953	33	TOT	AL	50	0.0%	22.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.9		21.5		1.47	64%
1953	33	CLE	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				1.00	33%
1953	33	DET	AL	47	0.0%	21.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.1		20.5		1.50	66%
1954	34	DET	AL	98	0.0%	21.4%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	2.63	3.8		26.3		2.64	59%
1955	35	DET	AL	74	0.0%	16.2%	21.6%	1.4%	11%	0.75	4.5		10.8		2.36	57%
1956	36	DET	AL	41	0.0%	24.4%	26.8%	0.0%	0%	0.91	2.7		27.0		2.60	41%
1957	37	DET	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
17 Yrs				743	0.0%	19.7%	9.6%	1.5%	9%	2.06	4.3		15.8		2.02	65%
MLB Averages					1.7%	10.0%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.07	8.8	51.8	8.4		0.97	77%
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	21	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	22	CLE	AL	1.4	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	23	CLE	AL	1.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	24	CLE	AL	-1.9	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	25	CLE	AL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	26	CLE	AL	-5.9	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	CLE	AL	-5.9	-0.6	46	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.75	-0.6	-0.0	-6.5	-0.7	0.87	-6.7		0
1949	29	CLE	AL	-2.9	-0.3	28	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.05	-0.3	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.95	-3.1		0
1950	30	CLE	AL	-6.5	-0.6	41	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.21	-0.6	0.1	-6.3	-0.6	0.96	-7.2		0
1951	31	CLE	AL	0.6	0.1	35	-0.3	0.5	-0.7	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.95	-1.7		0
1952	32	CLE	AL	-4.0	-0.4	38	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	1.07	-0.5	-0.2	-7.5	-0.8	1.10	-5.0		0
1953	33	TOT	AL	-9.8	-1.0	50	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.97	-0.9	0.1	-9.8	-1.0	0.95	-10.5		0
1953	33	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.33	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	-0.7		0
1953	33	DET	AL	-9.3	-1.0	47	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.95	-0.9	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.95	-9.8		0
1954	34	DET	AL	-7.7	-0.8	100	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	1.01	-0.9	0.0	-9.7	-1.0	1.10	-8.8		0
1955	35	DET	AL	-2.8	-0.3	76	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.73	-0.1	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-1.5		0
1956	36	DET	AL	-1.3	-0.1	41	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.97	-0.2	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.97	-2.4		0
1957	37	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.18	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.91	-0.8		0
17 Yrs				-51.2	-5.2	457	-4.6	3.7	-8.3	.96	-4.2	-0.6	-51.0	-5.2	0.98	-47.9		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	CLE	AL	0	33%	15	0		0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	1
1949	29	CLE	AL	0	33%	13	0		0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	30	CLE	AL	1	14%	5	0		0	1	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	31	CLE	AL	0	15%	13	0		2	2	0	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	32	CLE	AL	0	25%	10	0		0	0	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	33	TOT	AL	0	0%	6	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	33	CLE	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	33	DET	AL	0	0%	6	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	34	DET	AL	0	25%	23	0		0	1	2	30%	5	5	0	1	1	0	4	1	3
1955	35	DET	AL	1	40%	28	0		0	0	2	40%	3	1	2	5	4	1	2	1	1
1956	36	DET	AL	0	20%	16	0		0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	3	3	0	1	1	0
1957	37	DET	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17 Yrs				2	30%	129	2	100%	2	4	5	32%	23	16	7	11	9	2	10	5	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	28	CLE	AL	45	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	7	2	29%	25	1	4%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1949	29	CLE	AL	28	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	5	2	40%	16	1	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1950	30	CLE	AL	41	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	7	2	29%	31	1	3%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1951	31	CLE	AL	33	100%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	19	2	11%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1952	32	CLE	AL	38	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	11	3	27%	12	3	25%	34	3	9%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0
1953	33	TOT	AL	50	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	8	0	0%	12	4	33%	31	2	6%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1953	33	CLE	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	33	DET	AL	47	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	7	0	0%	10	4	40%	29	2	7%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1954	34	DET	AL	98	100%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	12	10	83%	22	0	0%	22	6	27%	86	5	6%	7	3	43%	4	3	75%	0
1955	35	DET	AL	74	100%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	8	0	0%	10	1	10%	46	5	11%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	36	DET	AL	41	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	1	13%	7	1	14%	30	1	3%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1957	37	DET	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
17 Yrs				450	100%	124			0	0	0	0		0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	37	40	108%	76	13	17%	86	21	24%	320	21	7%	28	9	32%	12	6	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			169%			20%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	21	9	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	2	0	0
1942	22	23	23	21	3	6	1	1	2	0	2	2	.286	.348	.429	.776	119	9	2	0	0
1943	23	26	25	23	5	8	1	1	3	0	2	2	.348	.400	.478	.878	149	11	2	0	0
1944	24	70	109	96	16	27	2	2	10	1	8	15	.281	.337	.344	.680	97	33	3	0	5
1945	25	107	213	187	24	48	4	2	20	1	18	32	.257	.322	.299	.621	82	56	5	0	8
1946	26	144	271	243	28	59	4	2	20	2	20	46	.243	.300	.276	.576	68	67	7	0	8
1947	27	174	293	265	29	66	5	2	21	2	20	51	.249	.302	.283	.585	70	75	8	0	8
1948	28	212	338	306	32	72	6	2	22	2	23	58	.235	.289	.268	.557	61	82	8	0	9
1949	29	239	366	330	34	76	7	2	23	2	25	63	.230	.285	.264	.548	57	87	8	0	11
1950	30	270	407	368	35	82	7	2	24	2	26	72	.223	.274	.253	.527	50	93	8	0	13
1951	31	297	440	395	37	90	8	2	26	2	31	80	.228	.284	.258	.542	54	102	9	0	14
1952	32	327	478	425	39	93	8	2	29	2	36	90	.219	.280	.247	.527	50	105	12	0	17
1953	33	351	528	468	39	96	8	2	31	2	36	101	.205	.262	.231	.493	40	108	12	0	23
1954	34	387	626	547	45	111	8	2	34	2	44	122	.203	.264	.225	.488	38	123	12	1	33	0
1955	35	415	700	601	55	120	9	2	39	2	60	134	.200	.273	.221	.495	40	133	12	1	37	0	0
1956	36	455	741	628	58	124	9	2	40	2	71	144	.197	.280	.218	.498	40	137	13	1	40	0	0
1957	37	470	743	630	58	124	9	2	40	2	71	146	.197	.279	.217	.497	40	137	13	1	40	0	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	21	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1942	22	15	19	17	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	.353	.421	.529	.950	4	14
1943	23	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	3
1944	24	46	90	78	13	22	1	1	0	8	1	7	14	.282	.341	.321	.662	8	44
1945	25	39	112	98	10	24	2	0	0	12	0	11	18	.245	.321	.265	.586	8	37
1946	26	39	62	60	5	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	15	.217	.242	.217	.459	3	37
1947	27	31	24	24	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	.333	.333	.375	.708	3	30
1948	28	40	45	42	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	7	.119	.159	.143	.302	1	38
1949	29	28	29	25	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	.160	.222	.200	.422	1	27
1950	30	32	42	39	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	.154	.175	.154	.329	1	31
1951	31	28	36	29	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	6	8	.310	.429	.345	.773	4	27
1952	32	31	42	32	3	4	0	0	0	5	0	7	10	.125	.282	.125	.407	1	30
1953	33	25	51	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
1954	34	38	103	83	6	16	0	0	0	3	0	9	22	.193	.280	.193	.472	4	36
1955	35	29	79	57	12	10	1	0	0	6	0	18	13	.175	.373	.193	.566	4	28
1956	36	42	38	27	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	.111	.314	.111	.425	1	40
1957	37	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
17 Yrs		491	782	666	64	132	9	2	0	45	2	75	151	.198	.280	.218	.498	45	470
162 Game Avg.		162	258	220	21	44	3	1	0	15	1	25	50	.198	.280	.218	.498	15	470
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1964 BBWAA ( 0.5%)	All-Star Games 1945--not played	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1954 AL (26, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1945 AL 5.6 (5th) 1954 AL 5.8 (5th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1954 AL 10 (7th)

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General Crowder (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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