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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
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 Pitching

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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 93 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 94 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 34 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 2 820 128 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 128 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 77 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 93 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 3 546 143 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 2 464 119 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 1 450 137 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 92 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 46 115 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 134 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 97 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 96 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 63 1.901 12.2 1.1 4.9 4.2 0.85
17 Seasons 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 103 1.272 9.1 1.2 2.4 3.8 1.63

Postseason Pitching

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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

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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 CLE AL 21 P 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.16
1942 CLE AL 22 P 14 10 2 6 2 1 .800 0.57 .960 1.30
1943 CLE AL 23 P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.27
1944 CLE AL 24 P 35 34 10 22 2 3 .941 0.91 .962 1.14
1945 CLE AL 25 P 33 48 15 31 2 1 .958 1.39 .954 1.28
1946 CLE AL 26 P 29 32 10 21 1 2 .969 1.07 .950 1.01
1947 CLE AL 27 P 29 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.52 .956 0.95
1948 CLE AL 28 P 38 27 8 17 2 3 .926 0.66 .963 0.91
1949 CLE AL 29 P 27 27 8 18 1 0 .963 0.96 .963 1.01
1950 CLE AL 30 P 31 25 11 14 0 3 1.000 0.81 .948 0.96
1951 CLE AL 31 P 27 31 13 18 0 3 1.000 1.15 .952 0.99
1952 CLE AL 32 P 29 16 7 9 0 0 1.000 0.55 .962 1.03
1953 TOT AL 33 P 24 23 10 13 0 1 1.000 0.96 .957 0.88
1953 CLE AL 33 P 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 1.000 0.88
1953 DET AL 33 P 19 22 9 13 0 1 1.000 1.16 .955 0.88
1954 DET AL 34 P 36 32 252.2 43 16 26 1 1 .977 1.50 1.17 .958 2.01 0.93 MVP-26
1955 DET AL 35 P 28 25 180.2 35 12 22 1 2 .971 1.69 1.21 .954 1.99 0.83
1956 DET AL 36 P 40 13 141.0 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.43 .947 1.92 0.82
1957 DET AL 37 P 15 1 23.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.14 0.20 .967 1.98 0.86
17 Seasons P 447 71 598.0 387 126 248 13 20 .966 5.63 0.84 .956 1.98 0.99
17 Seasons TOT 447 71 598.0 387 126 248 13 20 .966 5.63 0.84 .922 1.98 0.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1944 AL--2.563--6th
1945 AL--2.546--7th
1954 AL--2.743--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--1.216--4th
Career--1.245--250th

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
Career--186--232nd

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--1.790--5th
1955 AL--1.973--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 AL--.221--10th
1945 AL--.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--165th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 AL--1026--7th
1954 AL--1049--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1944 AL--129--8th
1945 AL--128--8th
1954 AL--134--5th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (435), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (641), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (426), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Al Aber, Ray Boone and Dick Weik to the Detroit Tigers for Owen Friend, Joe Ginsberg, Art Houtteman and Bill Wight.

August 16, 1957: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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