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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-17 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 3

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	191	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	2	2	1	6	2	1	2.00	4.73	30	11	9	1	0	2	80			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.39	0.217	1.00	0.34%	2.99	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
2	192	7	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	GS-5		5	4.0	8	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.46	4.59	23	6	5	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.255	3.92	-0.45%	-1.85	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	193	16	May 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	L(1-1)	12	8.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.57	4.18	34	12	9	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.23	0.307	3.51	0.52%	3.14	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
4	194	20	May 15(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.57	4.23	26	11	5	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.063	2.48	0.10%	1.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
5	195	23	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.43	4.27	36	11	14	2	0	8	62			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.538	3.24	0.75%	2.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	196	26	May 22(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	4-5		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	4.18	7	3	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.029	.57	0.03%	1.03	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
7	197	28	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-1	L(2-3)	2	0.0	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.00	4.41	4	0	0	0	0	1	33			0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.232	1.87	-0.24%	-2.84	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d1
8	198	32	May 29(1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	6.0	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	2.80	4.36	24	7	11	1	0	3	53			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.069	1.52	-0.06%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	199	36	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.74	4.38	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.019	.71	0.02%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
10	200	42	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,11-5	GS-4		4	4.0	3	5	0	3	2	0	0	2.52	4.33	20	6	6	0	0	3	45			0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.30	-0.322	1.27	-0.19%	-2.93	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
11	201	53	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	6-6		11	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.82	4.61	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.057	.62	-0.11%	-1.47	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d5
12	202	55	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	4-6		1	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.70	4.57	9	1	6	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.112	1.89	0.17%	1.81	4b 123 2 out d2	6b 3 out d2
13	203	61	Jun 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(3-4)	5	10.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.42	4.31	35	7	20	1	0	5	77			0	2	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.655	2.72	0.86%	4.12	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
14	204	64	Jun 29(2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	9-GF	W(4-4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	4.25	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	205	69	Jul 3(2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.56	4.36	26	4	12	0	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.114	2.01	-0.11%	0.11	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
16	206	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS-3		2	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	2.99	4.32	13	2	3	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.283	3.41	-0.43%	-2.91	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out d2
17	207	79	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	GS-2		9	1.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.30	4.37	9	0	4	0	0	3	34			0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.251	4.06	-0.49%	-2.89	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
18	208	84	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	6-7		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3.33	4.36	9	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.012	.99	-0.05%	0.04	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	209	103	Aug 7(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	6-7		17	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.26	4.36	6	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	.90	0.074	3.78	0.19%	1.44	6b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d2
20	210	106	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	3-6		3	3.2	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.33	4.40	20	3	5	0	0	7		0	0	1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.081	3.79	-0.16%	-0.38	3t --- 0 out d1	6t 12- 2 out d2
21	211	113	Aug 17(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.40	4.54	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.027	.82	-0.07%	-0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
22	212	116	Aug 21(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	4-7	L(4-5)	3	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.35	4.42	14	6	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.015	2.45	-0.02%	1.03	4b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
23	213	122	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	4.41	8	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.012	.31	0.03%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
24	214	125	Aug 29(2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.20	4.40	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.049	.85	0.06%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d2	9t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	215	143	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	7-7		20	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	4.40	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-2.50	7b 12- 1 out d4	7b -23 1 out d6
26	216	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.13	4.39	9	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	.22	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.14	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	217	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	7-7	L(4-6)	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.33	4.53	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.64	7b --- 0 out tie	7b -2- 0 out d1
							10-17		W-L:4-6	3.0	92.0	86	41	34	40	22	8	2	3.33	4.53	391	0.79		3%	0%	83	51	7	29%	1	4	0	345	16	5	5	9	0	4	.98	0.119	2.31	0.68%	4.50

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