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	19-17 / in Starts: 16-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 98 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	86 (40-32-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 98 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Tuttle	1
W Dropo	1
C King	1
F Bolling	0
R Wilson	0

Most Driven In By
H Kuenn	2
R Boone	1
R Wilson	1
B Nieman	1
F Hatfield	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	352	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.31	-0.131	3.31	-0.20%	-1.68	P
2	353	5 (3)	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	1.09	-0.045	3.32	-0.08%	-1.19	P
3	354	9 (3)	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.90	-0.036	2.67	-0.06%	-0.31	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
4	355	12 (2)	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	.30	-0.002	.96	-0.01%	-0.01	P
5	356	16 (3)	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	1.24	-0.081	5.16	-0.20%	-0.69	P
6	357	21 (4)	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	9	1.14	-0.002	4.47	0.00%	0.01	P
7	358	24 (2)	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	14-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	1.73	-0.042	5.17	-0.08%	-0.15	P
8	359	26 (1)	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.174	.095	.269	9	.40	-0.037	1.11	-0.06%	-1.41	P
9	360	30 (3)	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9	.60	-0.030	1.83	-0.06%	-0.32	P
10	361	34 (3)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.185	.083	.269	9	1.38	-0.012	4.91	-0.03%	0.00	P
11	362	36 (1)	May 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.185	.083	.269	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
12	363	40 (3)	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.179	.080	.259	9	2.42	-0.063	5.01	-0.08%	-0.56	P
13	364	46 (5)	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.63	0.021	2.05	0.02%	0.17	P
14	365	52 (5)	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.133	.345	9	.79	-0.058	.70	-0.03%	-0.40	P
15	366	56 (3)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.229	.129	.358	9	1.33	0.062	.51	0.01%	0.12	P
16	367	61 (4)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.256	.147	.403	9	.84	0.118	.17	0.02%	1.06	P
17	368	68 (6)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.97	-0.025	.12	0.00%	-0.23	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
18	369	72 (3)	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.238	.135	.373	9	.86	-0.041	.03	0.00%	-0.34	P
19	370	77 (4)	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9	.72	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
20	371	80 (2)	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	9						P
21	372	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.234	.143	.377	9	1.47	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.02	P
22	373	88 (6)	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.130	.361	9	.25	0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
23	374	95 (6)	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.232	.140	.372	9	1.09	-0.080	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
24	375	101 (5)	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.254	.154	.408	9	1.13	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.61	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
25	376	106 (4)	Aug 5	DET		WSH	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.246	.148	.394	9	1.79	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
26	377	109 (2)	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.242	.145	.387	9	1.00	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
27	378	111 (1)	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	.78	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
28	379	115 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.254	.153	.406	9	1.47	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
29	380	121 (5)	Aug 20	DET		CHW	L,2-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.243	.145	.388	9	2.38	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.18	P
30	381	125 (3)	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.236	.141	.377	9	.72	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
31	382	129 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-3	GS-9	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.273	.176	.449	9	.29	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.93	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
32	383	134 (4)	Sep 3	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.275	.183	.458	9	.93	0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
33	384	139 (4)	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.275	.183	.458	9						P
34	385	143 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.289	.203	.492	9	1.05	0.019	.00	0.00%	1.03	P
35	386	148 (4)	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.282	.197	.480	9	1.13	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
36	387	152 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.273	.190	.463	9	.99	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-1.12	P
							19-17		98	79	6	15	0	0	0	3	8	0	21	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.273	.190	.463		1.01	-0.881	1.14	-0.84%	-9.70

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