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: 17-11 / in Starts: 15-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	365	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.00	1.48	33	8	13	2	5	8	67			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.146	1.17	0.21%	2.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
2	366	6	Apr 17	DET		KCA	W,16-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	5	0	1	1.00	1.70	34	5	15	0	0	7	77			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.229	1.14	0.32%	4.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a16
3	367	8	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	4.0	7	8	6	4	1	1	0	3.27	2.87	24	3	9	1	0	7	17			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	2	1	.83	-0.493	1.92	-0.68%	-5.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
4	368	12	Apr 27	DET		BAL	W,11-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	3	2	5	4	1	0	2.90	3.37	39	6	17	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.47	0.181	1.20	0.28%	1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
5	369	17	May 2	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.48	2.99	32	8	16	2	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	0	.46	0.279	1.63	0.59%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	370	22	May 7	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2.02	2.75	33	8	17	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	.54	0.356	1.95	0.77%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	371	27	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	2	0	2.50	3.20	22	12	7	1	0	3	37			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.183	1.96	-0.35%	-1.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
8	372	36	May 24	DET	@	KCA	W,9-6	GS-5		10	5.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.44	3.08	18	8	3	1	0	3	59			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.165	2.78	0.24%	1.49	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
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	373	44	Jun 2	DET		WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-2)	8	7.1	7	3	1	2	3	1	0	2.31	3.20	30	9	10	1	0	6	57			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	0.172	1.58	0.15%	1.51	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a3
10	374	52	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,3-7	GS-4	L(6-3)	6	3.2	7	7	7	3	2	1	0	3.09	3.41	21	3	6	0	0	7	18			1	0	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.429	2.46	-0.85%	-5.27	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d5
11	375	58	Jun 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(6-4)	7	10.1	6	3	3	1	10	2	0	3.02	3.39	37	8	12	0	0	6	78			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.36	-0.120	1.85	-0.10%	1.39	1b start tie	11b -2- 1 out d1
12	376	64	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-4)	7	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	3.26	30	4	22	3	0	3	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.348	.49	0.15%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	377	69	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.75	3.29	39	12	14	2	0	7	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	3	1.93	0.233	2.45	0.18%	1.57	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
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
14	378	75	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS-7	L(8-5)	3	6.2	9	8	8	0	3	3	1	3.26	3.58	29	7	9	0	0	9	27			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.08	-0.531	.66	-0.19%	-3.75	1b start tie	7b --3 2 out d2
15	379	80	Jul 10(1)	DET		KCA	L,5-9	GS-4	L(8-6)	5	3.1	8	5	4	0	1	2	0	3.49	3.76	17	5	3	0	0	8	27			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.260	.19	-0.05%	-3.44	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d4
16	380	86	Jul 17	DET		NYY	W,6-5	GS-7		6	6.0	8	5	5	3	6	2	1	3.70	3.92	29	6	7	0	0	6	39			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.322	.57	-0.11%	-2.45	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
17	381	91	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,10-4	GS-8	W(9-6)	5	8.0	8	4	4	4	3	2	0	3.75	4.08	36	6	15	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.196	.43	0.08%	-0.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
18	382	96	Jul 27(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(10-6)	3	6.2	9	4	4	2	3	0	1	3.84	4.01	32	4	13	3	0	9	41			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.171	.67	0.10%	-1.27	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a4
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	383	103	Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	GS-6		5	5.2	14	7	6	0	2	0	1	4.08	3.93	31	2	12	1	0	14	17			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.096	.68	-0.04%	-2.62	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 2 out a3
20	384	108	Aug 7(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-7	W(11-6)	4	6.2	7	2	2	2	0	2	1	4.01	4.11	30	9	13	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.179	1.82	0.18%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
21	385	113	Aug 12	DET		CHW	L,1-2	GS-7	L(11-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.94	4.09	28	4	13	3	0	7	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.086	.32	0.02%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	386	119	Aug 19	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS-7	L(11-8)	6	7.0	8	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.94	4.14	31	8	14	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.041	.09	0.00%	0.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	387	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	L(11-9)	4	8.0	6	3	3	0	1	2	1	3.91	4.22	31	6	19	4	0	4	59			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.285	.01	0.00%	0.90	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d1
24	388	129	Aug 29(1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	GS-2	L(11-10)	4	2.0	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	4.03	4.21	12	5	1	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-3.03	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
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	389	134	Sep 3	DET	@	KCA	W,11-6	GS-3		4	3.0	7	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.17	4.26	15	2	6	1	0	7	29			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-2.51	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
26	390	139	Sep 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	5-8	W(12-10)	4	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	4.21	13	5	7	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.065	.00	0.00%	2.17	5b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d3
27	391	144	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	4-6		4	2.1	2	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.12	4.23	10	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.66	4b --3 2 out d4	6b 3 out d6
28	392	146	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	4-GF	W(13-10)	2	6.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.99	4.20	25	2	13	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.385	.00	0.00%	3.11	4b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
							17-11		W-L:13-10	4.6	180.2	183	89	80	37	72	26	9	3.99	4.20	761	0.55		6%	1%	168	50	1	0%	5	4	0	701	20	4	5	8	6	8	.86	-0.105	1.07	0.89%	2.30

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