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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1941 21 CLE AL 1 1 .500 4.24 9 2 5 1 0 2 23.1 25 12 11 0 11 19 0 0 0 106 94 1.543 9.6 0.0 4.2 7.3 1.73
1942 22 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 3.65 14 0 6 0 0 0 44.1 46 24 18 2 23 14 0 0 1 197 95 1.556 9.3 0.4 4.7 2.8 0.61
1943 23 CLE AL 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 39 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
1944 24 CLE AL 10 9 .526 2.56 35 21 8 12 2 1 203.2 160 74 58 5 70 115 3 0 2 820 129 1.129 7.1 0.2 3.1 5.1 1.64
1945 25 CLE AL 19 9 .679 2.55 33 30 2 21 3 1 251.0 229 80 71 6 66 101 4 1 0 1026 127 1.175 8.2 0.2 2.4 3.6 1.53
1946 26 CLE AL 5 15 .250 4.33 29 21 6 5 2 4 153.2 159 79 74 20 47 75 3 0 0 661 76 1.341 9.3 1.2 2.8 4.4 1.60
1947 27 CLE AL 3 5 .375 3.74 29 7 15 0 0 4 84.1 77 43 35 8 36 39 1 0 1 367 94 1.340 8.2 0.9 3.8 4.2 1.08
1948 28 CLE AL 9 3 .750 2.84 38 9 10 4 1 2 130.0 109 52 41 10 51 50 6 0 3 546 144 1.231 7.5 0.7 3.5 3.5 0.98
1949 29 CLE AL 4 6 .400 3.33 27 12 5 3 0 0 92.0 86 41 34 8 40 22 2 0 2 390 120 1.370 8.4 0.8 3.9 2.2 0.55
1950 30 CLE AL 10 7 .588 3.65 31 13 11 4 1 0 113.1 94 50 46 10 36 43 3 1 2 464 118 1.147 7.5 0.8 2.9 3.4 1.19
1951 31 CLE AL 7 4 .636 2.77 27 8 8 4 0 1 107.1 98 41 33 6 29 40 4 0 1 450 138 1.183 8.2 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.38
1952 32 CLE AL 7 7 .500 3.67 29 13 5 3 1 1 122.2 109 55 50 14 28 65 2 0 3 505 91 1.117 8.0 1.0 2.1 4.8 2.32
1953 33 TOT AL 7 9 .438 4.41 24 18 3 6 1 1 136.2 149 74 67 17 39 67 9 0 0 594 91 1.376 9.8 1.1 2.6 4.4 1.72
1953 33 CLE AL 1 1 .500 3.27 5 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 11 4 4 0 3 8 1 0 0 46 118 1.273 9.0 0.0 2.5 6.5 2.67
1953 33 DET AL 6 8 .429 4.51 19 17 1 6 1 1 125.2 138 70 63 17 36 59 8 0 0 548 90 1.385 9.9 1.2 2.6 4.2 1.64
1954 34 DET AL 18 16 .529 2.74 36 32 4 17 4 1 252.2 236 85 77 26 57 102 12 0 1 1049 136 1.160 8.4 0.9 2.0 3.6 1.79 MVP-26
1955 35 DET AL 13 10 .565 3.98 28 25 1 8 2 0 181.0 183 89 80 26 37 5 73 9 1 1 760 98 1.215 9.1 1.3 1.8 3.6 1.97
1956 36 DET AL 8 6 .571 4.28 40 13 12 4 0 4 141.0 142 74 67 25 47 7 64 9 0 0 611 98 1.340 9.1 1.6 3.0 4.1 1.36
1957 37 DET AL 0 1 .000 6.08 15 1 6 0 0 1 23.2 32 16 16 3 13 3 11 1 0 1 113 65 1.901 12.2 1.1 4.9 4.2 0.85
17 Yrs 123 108 .532 3.41 447 225 110 92 17 23 2064.2 1940 893 782 186 630 15 904 68 3 18 8676 108 1.245 8.5 0.8 2.7 3.9 1.43
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .532 3.41 45 23 11 9 2 2 209 196 90 79 19 64 91 7 0 2 878 108 1.245 8.5 0.8 2.7 3.9 1.43
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 78 67 .538 3.22 309 137 86 57 10 16 1340.2 1209 559 479 89 440 595 29 2 15 5595 111 1.230 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.0 1.35
DET (5 yrs) 45 41 .523 3.77 138 88 24 35 7 7 724.0 731 334 303 97 190 15 309 39 1 3 3081 104 1.272 9.1 1.2 2.4 3.8 1.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1941 21 CLE AL 23.1 9 2 12 4.63 4.74 0.01 0.00 95.0 4.49 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .495 .500 $
1942 22 CLE AL 44.1 14 0 24 4.87 4.49 0.20 0.00 97.3 4.17 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0 .472 .498 $
1943 23 CLE AL 4.0 3 0 4 9.00 3.99 0.21 0.00 99.2 3.75 -2 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .415 .498 $
1944 24 CLE AL 203.2 35 21 74 3.27 4.06 0.08 0.00 96.0 3.82 12 1.4 1.0 -0.1 2.5 25 .540 .509 $
1945 25 CLE AL 251.0 33 30 80 2.87 3.99 -0.11 0.00 95.8 3.92 30 3.7 1.0 -0.2 5.0 45 .613 .523 $
1946 26 CLE AL 153.2 29 21 79 4.63 4.19 -0.01 0.00 95.5 4.01 -11 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 1 .460 .493 $
1947 27 CLE AL 84.1 29 7 43 4.59 4.20 0.43 0.00 95.9 3.61 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -2 .468 .494 $
1948 28 CLE AL 130.0 38 9 52 3.60 4.90 0.52 0.00 95.6 4.19 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.7 20 .522 .505 $
1949 29 CLE AL 92.0 27 12 41 4.01 4.63 0.42 0.00 95.6 4.03 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 0.6 8 .501 .500 $
1950 30 CLE AL 113.1 31 13 50 3.97 4.74 0.16 0.00 97.0 4.44 5 0.5 1.2 -0.1 1.3 18 .516 .503 $
1951 31 CLE AL 107.0 27 8 41 3.45 4.53 0.07 0.00 94.1 4.20 8 0.9 1.3 -0.1 1.6 19 .532 .505 $
1952 32 CLE AL 122.2 29 13 55 4.04 4.25 0.01 0.00 91.4 3.88 -3 -0.3 .4 -0.1 0.5 8 .490 .498 $
1953 33 CLE AL 11.0 5 1 4 3.27 4.61 0.21 0.00 88.5 3.90 1 0.1 1.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .516 .500 $
1953 33 DET AL 125.2 19 17 70 5.01 4.37 -0.67 0.00 103.4 5.21 3 0.3 2.7 -0.0 1.1 14 .514 .502 $
1954 34 DET AL 252.2 36 32 85 3.03 4.14 0.09 0.00 101.6 4.11 31 3.6 3.0 -0.0 5.4 52 .600 .522 $ MVP-26
1955 35 DET AL 180.2 28 25 89 4.43 4.41 -0.01 0.00 97.6 4.31 -4 -0.4 .6 -0.1 0.8 14 .485 .497 $18,000
1956 36 DET AL 141.0 40 13 74 4.72 4.64 -0.06 0.00 97.7 4.60 -3 -0.3 .8 -0.1 0.6 11 .493 .498 $
1957 37 DET AL 23.2 15 1 16 6.08 4.25 0.21 0.00 103.0 4.17 -5 -0.5 1.4 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .465 .497 $
17 Seasons 2064.0 447 225 893 3.89 4.34 0.05 0.00 97.0 4.16 58 7.0 1.0 -1.5 19.9 231 .516 .502 $18,000
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1340.1 309 137 559 3.75 4.33 0.12 0.00 95.3 4.01 37 4.4 1.0 -1.0 12.5 143 .514 .502 $
DET (5 yrs) 723.2 138 88 334 4.15 4.35 -0.09 0.00 100.2 4.45 21 2.6 1.2 -0.5 7.4 88 .519 .503 $18,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 28 CLE AL WS W BSN 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.889 7.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 7 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 34 0.889 7.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 CLE AL 25

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 28 CLE AL 38 545 482 52 109 27 1 10 2 2 51 50 .226 .308 .349 .657 .235 168 10 6 6 0 7
1949 29 CLE AL 27 391 345 41 86 16 5 8 1 4 40 22 .249 .331 .394 .725 .248 136 9 2 4 0 4
1950 30 CLE AL 31 464 416 50 94 18 4 10 1 1 36 43 .226 .292 .361 .653 .231 150 8 3 9 0 6
1951 31 CLE AL 27 449 410 41 98 18 1 6 7 2 29 40 .239 .296 .332 .627 .253 136 8 4 6 0 10
1952 32 CLE AL 29 504 470 55 109 18 3 14 2 1 28 65 .232 .278 .372 .650 .243 175 6 2 5 0 6
1953 33 TOT AL 24 594 541 74 149 25 3 17 5 3 39 67 .275 .334 .427 .761 .289 231 11 9 5 0 5
1953 33 CLE AL 5 46 41 4 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 8 .268 .333 .317 .650 .333 13 2 1 1 0 1
1953 33 DET AL 19 548 500 70 138 23 3 17 5 2 36 59 .276 .335 .436 .771 .285 218 9 8 4 0 4
1954 34 DET AL 36 1049 959 85 236 37 6 26 8 8 57 102 .246 .294 .379 .673 .250 363 12 12 13 8 11
1955 35 DET AL 28 761 701 89 183 20 4 26 5 4 37 73 .261 .304 .412 .716 .258 289 8 9 8 6 5 8
1956 36 DET AL 40 612 540 74 142 17 5 25 2 3 47 64 .263 .329 .452 .781 .257 244 5 9 11 5 7 4
1957 37 DET AL 15 113 96 16 32 7 0 3 0 1 13 11 .333 .414 .500 .914 .349 48 2 1 2 1 3 0
10 Yrs 295 5482 4960 577 1238 203 32 145 33 29 377 537 .250 .309 .391 .700 .254 1940 79 57 69 20 15 61
162 Game Avg. 46 849 768 89 192 31 5 22 5 4 58 83 .250 .309 .391 .700 .254 301 12 9 11 3 9
MLB Averages .259 .332 .355 .688 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 28 CLE AL 16.0 1.6 554 2.3 8.3 -6.0 .77 1.5 1.5 25.2 2.6 0.77 15.0 6 8 14
1949 29 CLE AL 6.1 0.6 399 0.1 6.9 -6.8 .98 0.6 -0.5 4.6 0.5 0.98 4.7 2 3 10
1950 30 CLE AL 9.6 0.9 472 1.7 10.5 -8.8 1.25 1.4 -0.0 18.7 1.9 1.25 18.4 5 2 10
1951 31 CLE AL 11.7 1.2 461 2.0 7.7 -5.7 .91 1.5 0.7 10.6 1.1 0.91 14.7 10 1 7
1952 32 CLE AL -3.8 -0.4 512 0.6 7.7 -7.0 .87 1.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.0 0.87 10.3 2 0 13
1953 33 TOT AL -4.5 -0.4 603 -0.6 10.8 -11.3 1.01 -0.4 -0.1 -4.4 -0.4 1.01 -4.9 2 2 1
1953 33 CLE AL 1.0 0.1 47 0.3 1.2 -1.0 1.32 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.32 1.4 1 1 1
1953 33 DET AL -5.5 -0.5 556 -0.8 9.5 -10.3 .99 -0.5 -0.3 -4.7 -0.5 0.99 -6.2 1 1 0
1954 34 DET AL 28.7 3.1 1065 3.2 19.2 -16.0 .99 2.0 1.2 33.8 3.7 0.99 21.7 3 0 1
1955 35 DET AL -1.1 -0.1 773 -0.1 11.8 -11.9 .86 0.5 -0.6 2.5 0.3 0.86 6.5 0 1 2
1956 36 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 615 0.7 10.1 -9.4 .93 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 -0.2 0.93 -4.1 6 4 17
1957 37 DET AL -4.8 -0.5 114 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 1.09 -0.5 -0.2 -5.7 -0.6 1.09 -5.0 4 5 5
17 Yrs 69.4 7.5 5568 9.2 94.7 -85.5 .95 7.5 2.2 83.4 8.8 0.95 77.2 40 26 80

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1941 21 CLE AL 9 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0% 41.5 47 36 1 1 6.9 6.5
1944 24 CLE AL 35 21 10 8 3 0 3 12 8 .600 0 0 12 2 14 67% 59.7 90 12 7 8 4.0 8.0
1945 25 CLE AL 33 30 19 8 3 2 4 20 10 .667 0 0 21 3 23 77% 59.6 83 25 10 10 3.9 8.3
1946 26 CLE AL 29 21 5 13 3 0 3 5 16 .238 0 0 5 2 9 43% 48.4 85 18 6 12 2.9 6.6
1947 27 CLE AL 29 7 2 2 3 1 0 4 3 .571 0 0 0 0 2 29% 44.3 65 30 2 4 5.1 5.2
1948 28 CLE AL 38 9 6 2 1 0 1 7 2 .778 0 0 4 1 7 78% 60.4 82 28 19 11 3 5 5.0 4.6 7.1
1949 29 CLE AL 27 12 3 4 5 0 3 7 5 .583 0 4 3 0 7 58% 51.2 80 28 12 4 5 5 4.8 3.1 5.5
1950 30 CLE AL 31 13 4 7 2 0 1 6 7 .462 1 1 4 1 7 54% 51.8 80 21 18 10 6 5 4.2 3.4 6.5
1951 31 CLE AL 27 8 4 2 2 0 1 5 3 .625 1 0 4 0 6 75% 57.9 79 33 8 1 4 3 5.0 5.3 7.3
1952 32 CLE AL 29 13 6 6 1 2 4 7 6 .538 0 1 3 1 9 69% 55.3 84 24 11 5 3 9 4.3 4.4 7.0
1953 33 TOT AL 24 18 6 9 3 2 4 9 9 .500 1 2 6 1 9 50% 51.3 82 16 12 6 5 7 4.1 3.8 7.3
1953 33 CLE AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 57.0 57 57 2 0 0 1 1.0 1.5 7.0
1953 33 DET AL 19 17 6 8 3 2 3 9 8 .529 1 2 6 1 8 47% 51.0 82 16 10 6 5 6 4.3 3.9 7.3
1954 34 DET AL 36 32 16 16 0 0 8 16 16 .500 0 0 17 4 24 75% 57.8 80 25 5 3 12 8 3.6 3.8 7.7
1955 35 DET AL 28 25 11 10 4 2 4 15 10 .600 2 2 8 2 13 52% 49.7 80 17 12 6 3 12 6.0 6.1 6.7
1956 36 DET AL 40 13 5 6 2 2 1 6 7 .462 2 1 4 0 5 38% 47.1 75 25 7 5 4 5 3.7 4.0 6.5
1957 37 DET AL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 7 1 1 0 2.3 0.0 2.3
15 Yrs 430 225 98 94 33 12 37 121 103 .540 7 12 92 17 135 60% 54 90 12 111 52 72 94 4.2 4.3 7.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 118 -11 4.4 4.5 6.7
G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1941 21 CLE AL 9 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 4.4
1942 22 CLE AL 14 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 9.5
1943 23 CLE AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.0
1944 24 CLE AL 35 14 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 3 7.9
1945 25 CLE AL 33 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3.3
1946 26 CLE AL 29 8 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 5.9
1947 27 CLE AL 29 22 15 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 13 3 4 6.5
1948 28 CLE AL 38 29 10 3 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 33 6 18% 5 .771 6 8 14 4 3 22 18 11 21 3 22 6 6.8
1949 29 CLE AL 27 15 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 4 .976 2 3 10 0 1 14 3 12 9 2 9 2 5.1
1950 30 CLE AL 31 18 11 6 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 17 6 35% 8 1.246 5 2 10 3 2 13 9 9 7 6 8 5 4.9
1951 31 CLE AL 27 19 8 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 20 10 50% 6 .909 10 1 7 5 4 10 10 9 13 1 13 3 7.7
1952 32 CLE AL 29 16 5 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 3 75% 6 .867 2 0 13 2 0 14 2 14 10 2 10 2 5.9
1953 33 TOT AL 24 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 4 44% 1.014 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 2 0 3.0
1953 33 CLE AL 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 1.324 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 3.0
1953 33 DET AL 19 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 6 .988 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.0
1954 34 DET AL 36 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 0 0% 7 .994 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 4.5
1955 35 DET AL 28 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .863 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 12.3
1956 36 DET AL 40 27 12 3 0 1 4 0 400% 3 2 16 9 56% 7 .933 6 4 17 6 3 18 9 18 18 5 18 4 6.3
1957 37 DET AL 15 14 6 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 15 5 33% 8 1.092 4 5 5 3 1 10 6 8 7 3 9 1 4.6
17 Yrs 447 222 110 25 14 12 23 4 192% 17 5 126 45 36% .952 40 26 80 26 17 108 65 86 136 35 95 36 6.3
G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1941 21 CLE AL 106 0.0% 17.9% 10.4% 4.7% 20% 71%
1942 22 CLE AL 198 1.0% 7.1% 11.6% 79%
1943 23 CLE AL 17 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 76%
1944 24 CLE AL 820 0.6% 14.0% 8.5% 2.8% 14% 75%
1945 25 CLE AL 1027 0.6% 9.8% 6.4% 4.4% 20% 81%
1946 26 CLE AL 661 3.0% 11.4% 7.1% 3.8% 16% 77%
1947 27 CLE AL 368 2.2% 10.6% 9.8% 74%
1948 28 CLE AL 545 59% 1.8% 9.2% 9.4% 7.0% 35% 0.66 77% 97 10 10%
1949 29 CLE AL 391 48% 2.1% 5.6% 10.2% 7.4% 34% 0.78 81% 81 9 11%
1950 30 CLE AL 464 59% 2.2% 9.3% 7.8% 6.9% 34% 0.65 78% 91 8 9%
1951 31 CLE AL 449 51% 1.3% 8.9% 6.5% 5.6% 26% 0.69 81% 80 8 10%
1952 32 CLE AL 505 55% 2.8% 12.9% 5.6% 6.9% 32% 0.66 78% 85 6 7%
1953 33 TOT AL 594 61% 2.9% 11.3% 6.6% 7.6% 30% 0.59 77% 115 11 10%
1953 33 CLE AL 46 78% 0.0% 17.4% 6.5% 4.4% 18% 1.40 72% 16 2 13%
1953 33 DET AL 548 60% 3.1% 10.8% 6.6% 7.9% 31% 0.55 77% 99 9 9%
1954 34 DET AL 1049 60% 2.5% 9.7% 5.4% 6.6% 29% 0.61 80% 181 12 7%
1955 35 DET AL 761 58% 3.4% 9.6% 4.9% 6.6% 27% 0.50 80% 144 8 6%
1956 36 DET AL 612 61% 4.1% 10.5% 7.7% 7.7% 33% 0.52 75% 124 5 4%
1957 37 DET AL 113 60% 2.7% 9.7% 11.5% 8.9% 31% 0.48 73% 30 2 7%
17 Yrs 8680 58% 2.1% 10.4% 7.3% 5.5% 25% 0.61 78% 1028 79 8%
MLB Averages 50% 1.9% 11.0% 10.2% 5.0% 20% 0.96 84% 11%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1941 21 CLE AL 25 0 0
1942 22 CLE AL 46 2 1
1943 23 CLE AL 6 0 0
1944 24 CLE AL 160 5 2
1945 25 CLE AL 229 6 0
1946 26 CLE AL 159 20 0
1947 27 CLE AL 77 8 1
1948 28 CLE AL 545 109 10 0 12 7 3 3 7 23 8 4 35% 7 3 0 217 2 2 50% 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1949 29 CLE AL 391 86 8 0 9 2 6 1 7 19 7 3 37% 4 2 0 142 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1950 30 CLE AL 464 94 10 0 14 4 6 4 6 34 14 4 41% 6 2 0 160 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1951 31 CLE AL 449 98 6 0 17 0 6 1 5 22 10 2 45% 10 1 1 172 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1952 32 CLE AL 504 109 14 0 4 6 8 3 11 25 13 4 52% 6 3 0 172 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1953 33 TOT AL 594 149 17 0 15 10 7 11 6 33 18 3 55% 5 0 2 225 5 3 63% 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0
1953 33 CLE AL 46 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9 4 1 44% 1 0 1 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1953 33 DET AL 548 138 17 0 10 10 7 11 6 24 14 2 58% 4 0 1 209 5 2 71% 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
1954 34 DET AL 1049 236 26 0 14 12 14 18 8 33 13 4 39% 11 1 1 390 8 8 50% 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1955 35 DET AL 761 183 26 0 21 10 16 12 14 30 15 3 50% 8 1 0 273 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1956 36 DET AL 612 142 25 1 21 10 15 12 13 38 19 5 50% 4 0 0 226 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
1957 37 DET AL 113 32 3 0 11 0 3 2 1 10 3 1 30% 0 1 0 47 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Yrs 5482 1940 186 1 138 61 84 67 78 267 120 33 45% 61 18 4 2024 33 29 53% 30 25 1 3 2 1 5 1 44 1
MLB Averages 52% 55%
PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1941 21 1 1 .500 4.24 9 2 5 1 0 2 23.1 25 12 11 0 11 19 0 0 0 106 94 1.543 9.6 0.0 4.2 7.3 1.73 94
1942 22 3 1 .750 3.86 23 2 11 1 0 2 67.2 71 36 29 2 34 33 0 0 1 303 95 1.552 9.4 0.3 4.5 4.4 0.97 95
1943 23 3 1 .750 4.14 26 2 14 1 0 2 71.2 77 40 33 2 34 37 0 0 1 320 88 1.549 9.7 0.3 4.3 4.6 1.09 88
1944 24 13 10 .565 2.97 61 23 22 13 2 3 275.1 237 114 91 7 104 152 3 0 3 1140 114 1.238 7.7 0.2 3.4 5.0 1.46 114
1945 25 32 19 .627 2.77 94 53 24 34 5 4 526.1 466 194 162 13 170 253 7 1 3 2166 120 1.208 8.0 0.2 2.9 4.3 1.49 120
1946 26 37 34 .521 3.12 123 74 30 39 7 8 680.0 625 273 236 33 217 328 10 1 3 2827 106 1.238 8.3 0.4 2.9 4.3 1.51 106
1947 27 40 39 .506 3.19 152 81 45 39 7 12 764.1 702 316 271 41 253 367 11 1 4 3194 104 1.249 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.3 1.45 104
1948 28 49 42 .538 3.14 190 90 55 43 8 14 894.1 811 368 312 51 304 417 17 1 7 3740 110 1.247 8.2 0.5 3.1 4.2 1.37 110
1949 29 53 48 .525 3.16 217 102 60 46 8 14 986.1 897 409 346 59 344 439 19 1 9 4130 111 1.258 8.2 0.5 3.1 4.0 1.28 111
1950 30 63 55 .534 3.21 248 115 71 50 9 14 1099.2 991 459 392 69 380 482 22 2 11 4594 112 1.247 8.1 0.6 3.1 3.9 1.27 112
1951 31 70 59 .543 3.17 275 123 79 54 9 15 1207.0 1089 500 425 75 409 522 26 2 12 5044 114 1.241 8.1 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.28 114
1952 32 77 66 .538 3.22 304 136 84 57 10 16 1329.2 1198 555 475 89 437 587 28 2 15 5549 111 1.230 8.1 0.6 3.0 4.0 1.34 111
1953 33 84 75 .528 3.33 328 154 87 63 11 17 1466.1 1347 629 542 106 476 654 37 2 15 6143 109 1.243 8.3 0.7 2.9 4.0 1.37 109
1954 34 102 91 .528 3.24 364 186 91 80 15 18 1719.0 1583 714 619 132 533 756 49 2 16 7192 112 1.231 8.3 0.7 2.8 4.0 1.42 112
1955 35 115 101 .532 3.31 392 211 92 88 17 18 1900.0 1766 803 699 158 570 5 829 58 3 17 7952 111 1.229 8.4 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.45 111
1956 36 123 107 .535 3.38 432 224 104 92 17 22 2041.0 1908 877 766 183 617 12 893 67 3 17 8563 109 1.237 8.4 0.8 2.7 3.9 1.45 109
1957 37 123 108 .532 3.41 447 225 110 92 17 23 2064.2 1940 893 782 186 630 15 904 68 3 18 8676 108 1.245 8.5 0.8 2.7 3.9 1.43 108

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1941 21 1 1 .500 3.96 25.0 25 12 11 0 11 20 0 1.440 9.0 4.0 7.2 1.82 0.0 9
1942 22 2 2 .500 4.30 44.0 51 23 21 2 26 14 0 1.750 10.4 5.3 2.9 0.54 0.4 14
1943 23 0 0 7.50 6.0 0 6 5 0 0 6 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 3
1944 24 14 8 .636 3.12 199.0 178 77 69 6 78 113 3 1.286 8.1 3.5 5.1 1.45 0.3 35
1945 25 16 11 .593 3.21 247.0 263 98 88 7 76 100 5 1.372 9.6 2.8 3.6 1.32 0.3 33
1946 26 6 10 .375 5.33 152.0 179 100 90 23 53 74 3 1.526 10.6 3.1 4.4 1.40 1.4 29
1947 27 4 5 .444 4.45 85.0 85 47 42 9 40 39 1 1.471 9.0 4.2 4.1 0.98 1.0 29
1948 28 9 5 .643 2.84 133.0 113 47 42 10 53 51 6 1.248 7.6 3.6 3.5 0.96 0.7 38
1949 29 6 4 .600 3.42 92.0 89 39 35 8 41 22 2 1.413 8.7 4.0 2.2 0.54 0.8 27
1950 30 7 6 .538 3.46 117.0 95 50 45 10 36 44 3 1.120 7.3 2.8 3.4 1.22 0.8 31
1951 31 8 4 .667 2.92 111.0 105 40 36 6 31 41 4 1.225 8.5 2.5 3.3 1.32 0.5 27
1952 32 6 7 .462 4.43 124.0 123 68 61 16 32 66 2 1.250 8.9 2.3 4.8 2.06 1.2 29
1953 33 7 8 .467 4.47 139.0 154 77 69 18 40 68 9 1.396 10.0 2.6 4.4 1.70 1.2 24
1954 34 18 10 .643 2.99 256.0 254 94 85 28 61 103 13 1.230 8.9 2.1 3.6 1.69 1.0 36
1955 35 10 10 .500 4.16 184.0 193 94 85 27 39 74 9 1.261 9.4 1.9 3.6 1.90 1.3 28
1956 36 8 8 .500 4.13 146.0 145 74 67 26 48 66 9 1.322 8.9 3.0 4.1 1.38 1.6 40
1957 37 1 1 .500 6.65 23.0 34 19 17 3 14 11 1 2.087 13.3 5.5 4.3 0.79 1.2 15
17 Yrs 123 100 .552 3.75 2083.0 2086 965 868 199 679 912 70 1.327 9.0 3.9 1.34 0.9 447
W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1945 AL  5.0 (4th)
1954 AL  5.4 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 AL  2.56 (6th)
1945 AL  2.55 (7th)
1954 AL  2.74 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1945 AL  19 (4th)
1954 AL  18 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1945 AL  .679 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1944 AL  1.129 (3rd)
1945 AL  1.175 (6th)
1954 AL  1.160 (5th)
1955 AL  1.215 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  7.070 (1st)
1945 AL  8.211 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 AL  2.367 (5th)
1954 AL  2.030 (2nd)
1955 AL  1.840 (1st)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  5.082 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (5th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 AL  251.0 (5th)
1954 AL  252.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 AL  115 (6th)
1945 AL  101 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1945 AL  30 (6th)
1954 AL  32 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 AL  21 (3rd)
1954 AL  17 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 AL  3 (9th)
1954 AL  4 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  20 (2nd)
1953 AL  17 (10th)
1954 AL  26 (1st)
1955 AL  26 (1st)
1956 AL  25 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
1945 AL  229 (7th)
1954 AL  236 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 AL  1.643 (8th)
1945 AL  1.530 (6th)
1954 AL  1.789 (5th)
1955 AL  1.973 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL  0.221 (10th)
1945 AL  0.215 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 AL  15 (4th)
1954 AL  16 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1945 AL  4 (10th)
1948 AL  6 (4th)
1953 AL  9 (3rd)
1954 AL  12 (1st)
1955 AL  9 (2nd)
1956 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  68 (211th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 AL  1,026 (7th)
1954 AL  1,049 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 AL  129 (9th)
1945 AL  127 (8th)
1954 AL  136 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1945 AL  21 (5th)
1948 AL  16 (9th)
1954 AL  29 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1945 AL  2.4 (5th)
1948 AL  1.6 (9th)
1954 AL  3.1 (3rd)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1948 AL  25.15 (4th)
1950 AL  18.70 (7th)
1954 AL  33.78 (4th)
Career  83.38 (181st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1948 AL  2.3 (5th)
1954 AL  3.2 (5th)
Career  9.2 (215th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1948 AL  1.5 (9th)
1950 AL  1.4 (10th)
1954 AL  2.0 (8th)
Career  7.5 (217th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1948 AL  2.6 (4th)
1950 AL  1.9 (7th)
1954 AL  3.7 (4th)
Career  8.8 (183rd)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (438), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (660), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Nelson Briles (962)
  2. Johnny Antonelli (952)
  3. Marty Pattin (951)
  4. Frank Lary (950)
  5. Johnny Sain (946)
  6. Mike Scott (946)
  7. Doc Medich (945)
  8. Howie Pollet (944)
  9. Joaquin Andujar (943)
  10. Bob Shaw (942)
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  1. Doc Medich (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jim Hardin (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Bosman (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Wayne Garland (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tommy Thomas (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Bouton (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Billingham (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Elmer Knetzer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ed Figueroa (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Murry Dickson (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Murry Dickson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bill Hands (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Johnny Sain (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Marty Pattin (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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