Steve Gromek
Stephen Joseph Gromek
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 15, 1920 in Hamtramck, MI
High School: St. Ladislaus (Hamtramck, MI)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1941
Final Game: July 25, 1957
Died: January 15, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 AL 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 501 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 66 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 21 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 1 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 .740 106 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 49 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 46 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 30 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
17 Seasons 470 742 630 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) 138 261 203 19 31 1 0 0 11 0 0 35 55 .153 .280 .158 .438 22 32 1 1 22 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 .269 .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 82 1.000 1.000 .249 1.000 .322 1.000 .344 2.000 .666 501 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 85 .284 .231 .257 .307 .328 .253 .349 .560 .677 66 .310 -3.6 -0.4 .458 .132 .022
1946 26 CLE AL 58 47 3 1.7 91 .262 .196 .256 .224 .330 .196 .369 .421 .699 21 .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 .372 .682 .711 92 .582 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .045 .045
1948 28 CLE AL 45 36 1 0.7 104 .176 .146 .270 .205 .355 .171 .391 .375 .746 1 .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 0.8 111 .207 .158 .275 .179 .361 .158 .412 .337 .773 -12 .033 -6.5 -0.6 .219 .026 .000
1951 31 CLE AL 33 21 4 5.1 98 .421 .296 .261 .406 .342 .333 .383 .740 .725 106 .558 0.6 0.1 .700 .222 .037
1952 32 CLE AL 38 33 1 0.8 91 .150 .100 .253 .229 .332 .100 .369 .329 .701 -4 .049 -4.0 -0.4 .267 .167 .000
1953 33 TOT AL 49 46 0 0.0 102 .094 .070 .268 .070 .344 .070 .395 .140 .739 -62 .000 -9.9 -1.0 .075 .000 .000
1953 33 CLE AL 3 3 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .000 .343 .000 .394 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1953 33 DET AL 46 43 0 0.0 102 .097 .073 .268 .073 .344 .073 .395 .146 .739 -60 .000 -9.3 -1.0 .079 .000 .000
1954 34 DET AL 98 74 4 1.4 97 .259 .190 .263 .273 .338 .190 .385 .463 .723 30 .122 -7.5 -0.8 .375 .101 .000
1955 35 DET AL 74 49 5 2.7 101 .214 .167 .264 .357 .343 .185 .393 .542 .736 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 .760 49 .293 -1.3 -0.1 .625 .407 .000
1957 37 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .266 .000 .339 .000 .402 .000 .741 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
17 Seasons 742 559 45 2.2 96 .256 .197 .263 .279 .339 .217 .378 .497 .718 40 .220 -51.3 -5.2 .407 .137 .021 .0
162 Game Avg. 256 193 16 2.2 96 .256 .197 .263 .279 .339 .217 .378 .497 .718 40 .220 -51.3 -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 94 .277 .218 .262 .279 .338 .246 .371 .525 .709 49 .265 -29.8 -3.0 .413 .117 .028 .0
DET (5 yrs) 261 195 12 1.6 100 .209 .153 .265 .280 .343 .158 .392 .438 .735 22 .139 -21.5 -2.2 .393 .177 .005

Postseason Batting

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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

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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*

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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 76%
1949 29 CLE AL 28 0.0% 17.9% 7.1% 3.6% 25% 2.50 4.8 24.0 68%
1950 30 CLE AL 41 0.0% 22.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 9.00 4.2 38.0 71%
1951 31 CLE AL 33 0.0% 24.2% 15.2% 3.0% 13% 1.60 3.4 13.5 58%
1952 32 CLE AL 38 0.0% 26.3% 13.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 10.0 53%
1953 33 TOT AL 49 0.0% 22.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.9 21.5 65%
1953 33 CLE AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33%
1953 33 DET AL 46 0.0% 21.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.1 20.5 67%
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 Seasons 742 0.0% 19.7% 9.6% 1.5% 9% 2.06 4.3 15.8 2.53 65%
MLB Averages
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 34 DET AL 0 0 25% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 30% 5 5 0 1 1 0 4 1 3
1955 35 DET AL 1 0 40% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 3 1 2 5 4 1 2 1 1
1956 36 DET AL 0 0 20% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 1 0 30% 67 2 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 27% 10 8 2 9 8 1 7 3 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
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% 11 4 36% 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% 2 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 0 0% 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% 1 0 0% 0
17 Seasons 215 100% 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 20 40 200% 38 13 34% 40 8 20% 164 11 7% 11 3 27% 17 4 24% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS 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 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 2 0 0
1942 22 23 23 21 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .286 .348 .429 .776 119 9 2 0 0
1943 23 26 25 23 5 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 .348 .400 .478 .878 149 11 2 0 0
1944 24 70 109 96 16 27 2 2 0 10 1 0 8 15 .281 .337 .344 .680 97 33 3 0 5
1945 25 107 213 187 24 48 4 2 0 20 1 0 18 32 .257 .322 .299 .621 82 56 5 0 8
1946 26 144 271 243 28 59 4 2 0 20 2 0 20 46 .243 .300 .276 .576 68 67 7 0 8
1947 27 174 293 265 29 66 5 2 0 21 2 0 20 51 .249 .302 .283 .585 70 75 8 0 8
1948 28 212 338 306 32 72 6 2 0 22 2 0 23 58 .235 .289 .268 .557 60 82 8 0 9
1949 29 239 366 330 34 76 7 2 0 23 2 0 25 63 .230 .285 .264 .548 57 87 8 0 11
1950 30 270 407 368 35 82 7 2 0 24 2 0 26 72 .223 .274 .253 .527 49 93 8 0 13
1951 31 297 440 395 37 90 8 2 0 26 2 0 31 80 .228 .284 .258 .542 53 102 9 0 14
1952 32 327 478 425 39 93 8 2 0 29 2 0 36 90 .219 .280 .247 .527 49 105 12 0 17
1953 33 351 527 468 39 96 8 2 0 31 2 0 36 101 .205 .262 .231 .493 39 108 12 0 23
1954 34 387 625 547 45 111 8 2 0 34 2 0 44 122 .203 .264 .225 .488 38 123 12 1 33 0
1955 35 415 699 601 55 120 9 2 0 39 2 0 60 134 .200 .273 .221 .495 39 133 12 1 37 0 0
1956 36 455 740 628 58 124 9 2 0 40 2 0 71 144 .197 .280 .218 .498 40 137 13 1 40 0 0
1957 37 470 742 630 58 124 9 2 0 40 2 0 71 146 .197 .279 .217 .497 40 137 13 1 40 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 3
1944 24 46 85 78 13 22 1 1 0 8 1 7 14 .282 .341 .321 .662 8 44
1945 25 39 109 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 23 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 30
1948 28 40 44 42 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 .119 .159 .143 .302 1 38
1949 29 28 27 25 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 .160 .222 .200 .422 1 27
1950 30 32 40 39 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .154 .175 .154 .329 1 31
1951 31 28 35 29 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 6 8 .310 .429 .345 .773 4 27
1952 32 31 39 32 3 4 0 0 0 5 0 7 10 .125 .282 .125 .407 1 30
1953 33 25 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 24
1954 34 38 93 83 6 16 0 0 0 3 0 9 22 .193 .280 .193 .472 4 36
1955 35 29 83 60 11 13 1 0 0 6 0 23 13 .217 .434 .233 .667 6 28
1956 36 42 46 30 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 16 10 .200 .478 .200 .678 3 40
1957 37 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
17 Seasons 491 760 671 64 128 8 2 0 45 2 88 151 .191 .286 .209 .494 49 470
162 Game Avg. 162 251 221 21 42 3 1 0 15 1 29 50 .191 .286 .209 .494 16 470
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1954-AL-26-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1954 AL--10--7th

             
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