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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-16 / in Starts: 20-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	50 (21-18-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (35-22-11)

Most Driven In
F Mackiewicz	4
D Ross	2
L Boudreau	2
R Cullenbine	1

Most Driven In By
M Rocco	3
P Seerey	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	71	3 (2)	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.76	0.014	1.63	0.02%	0.02	P
2	72	8 (4)	Apr 29 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	73	13 (4)	May 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.74	-0.057	1.17	-0.06%	-0.50	P
4	74	19 (5)	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	1			0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9						P
5	75	21 (1)	May 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0			0	0	0	.077	.294	.077	.371	9						P
6	76	25 (3)	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.238	.059	.297	9	.93	-0.090	1.54	-0.09%	-0.68	P
7	77	29 (3)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.053	.217	.053	.270	9	1.49	-0.069	3.01	-0.08%	-0.55	P
8	78	30	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.053	.217	.053	.270	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	79	35 (4)	Jun 3 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.043	.185	.043	.229	9	.34	-0.035	.73	-0.05%	-0.86	P
10	80	39 (3)	Jun 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.233	.115	.349	9	.58	0.027	1.07	0.03%	0.35	P
11	81	44 (4)	Jun 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.92	0.022	1.76	0.03%	0.16	P
12	82	48 (3)	Jun 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.129	.358	9	.87	-0.071	1.52	-0.07%	-0.58	P
13	83	53 (4)	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.231	.143	.374	9						P
14	84	58 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.220	.135	.355	9	1.03	-0.049	.98	-0.03%	-0.33	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	85	60 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.214	.132	.346	9	.94	-0.025	.55	-0.01%	-0.32	PH
16	86	63 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.175	.402	9	.50	0.066	.36	0.03%	0.48	P
17	87	69 (5)	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.167	.384	9	.32	-0.015	.25	-0.01%	-0.22	P
18	88	72 (2)	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-4	CG	5	5	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.275	.255	.530	9	.09	0.020	.11	0.01%	3.06	P
19	89	76 (3)	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.220	.291	.260	.551	9	1.04	0.034	1.30	0.03%	0.12	P
20	90	80 (3)	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.286	.255	.541	9	2.14	-0.106	2.68	-0.08%	-1.09	PH
21	91	81	Jul 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.288	.245	.533	9	.71	-0.031	.70	-0.02%	-0.26	P
22	92	85 (3)	Jul 27	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.250	.540	9	.53	0.011	.77	0.01%	0.08	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	93	90 (4)	Aug 1	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.220	.292	.254	.547	9						P
24	94	95 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.303	.254	.557	9	1.36	0.041	1.65	0.03%	0.12	PH
25	95	97 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS-0	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.314	.270	.584	9						P
26	96	99 (1)	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.310	.266	.575	9	7.07	-0.153	15.87	-0.21%	-0.43	PH
27	97	101 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.307	.254	.560	9	.36	-0.012	.49	-0.01%	-0.70	P
28	98	106 (4)	Aug 15	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.316	.257	.574	9						P
29	99	108 (1)	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.316	.257	.574	9						P
30	100	113 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-6	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.325	.257	.582	9	1.95	0.025	5.79	0.05%	0.27	P
31	101	116 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.337	.274	.611	9	1.68	0.157	1.03	0.06%	1.86	P
32	102	119 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.333	.273	.606	9	2.41	-0.005	1.44	0.00%	-0.71	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	103	126 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.330	.269	.599	9	1.22	-0.029	1.11	-0.02%	-0.08	P
34	104	135 (8)	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.275	.608	9	.77	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
35	105	139 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.319	.262	.581	9	.46	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.78	P
36	106	143 (3)	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.316	.261	.578	9						P
37	107	146 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.307	.253	.560	9	.88	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.71	P
							21-16		104	91	8	21	2	0	0	10	10	0	17	0	3		0	2	0	0	.231	.307	.253	.560		.93	-0.419	1.18	-0.44%	-2.00

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