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: 19-17 / in Starts: 16-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 2

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	329	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	0	0	2	9	0	0	0.00	1.06	35	7	10	0	2	7	80			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.488	2.70	0.74%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	330	5	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	1	1.50	1.56	37	7	17	2	4	9	60			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.12	0.032	3.42	0.06%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
3	331	9	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(3-0)	5	9.0	6	3	3	0	1	3	0	2.00	3.21	34	9	18	0	8	6	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.099	2.75	0.18%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
4	332	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(4-0)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	1.75	3.18	33	7	16	1	3	4	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.204	1.63	0.39%	3.01	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
5	333	16	May 9(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(5-0)	7	11.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	1	1.72	3.27	43	10	20	2	2	8	73			2	1	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.636	7.27	1.59%	3.37	1b start a 2	11b 3 out a1
6	334	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS-7	L(5-1)	4	7.0	12	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.33	3.06	33	6	10	2	1	12	36			0	1	0	31	4	1	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.330	3.19	-0.78%	-1.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	335	24	May 16(2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	14-GF(14)	W(6-1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	3.05	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.130	5.24	0.23%	0.46	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
8	336	26	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(7-1)	1	9.0	6	3	3	4	7	2	1	2.39	3.38	37	8	11	0	3	6	66			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	1	0	.67	0.115	1.88	0.20%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	337	30	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	L(7-2)	4	7.1	10	4	4	2	5	3	0	2.65	3.77	33	5	11	3	2	10	45			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.238	4.62	-0.44%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out d3
10	338	34	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.76	3.78	27	5	12	0	3	6	55			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.000	3.56	0.00%	0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	339	36	May 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	3.76	5	1	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.013	.61	0.02%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
12	340	40	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	GS-4	L(7-4)	2	4.0	6	6	6	3	2	1	0	3.24	3.91	21	2	8	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	1	0	.68	-0.288	1.40	-0.36%	-4.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
13	341	46	Jun 7(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-6	L(7-5)	4	6.0	8	3	3	1	5	0	1	3.32	3.76	26	6	5	0	4	8	48			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.072	.96	-0.05%	0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	342	52	Jun 11(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(7-6)	3	8.0	4	2	2	3	3	1	1	3.24	3.85	32	4	17	0	7	4	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.073	1.06	0.04%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	343	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.05	3.81	35	10	11	1	4	7	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.295	.28	0.07%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	344	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(9-6)	6	9.0	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.89	3.59	35	6	14	1	3	9	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	0.426	.20	0.05%	3.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	345	68	Jun 29(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-4	L(9-7)	6	4.0	8	3	3	0	0	1	1	3.02	3.69	20	8	3	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	.72	-0.148	.09	-0.01%	-1.05	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
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
18	346	72	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.99	3.63	30	7	12	1	3	7	55			0	0	0	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	.89	-0.013	.03	0.00%	1.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
19	347	77	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-8)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.79	3.48	33	7	15	1	4	6	78			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.561	.00	0.00%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	348	80	Jul 11	DET		BAL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.78	3.46	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.12	0.274	.03	0.00%	0.87	9t 12- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
21	349	81	Jul 15(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-9)	3	7.0	8	3	3	2	0	1	0	2.83	3.54	31	12	9	0	1	8	47			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.083	.00	0.00%	0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
22	350	88	Jul 20(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	SHO	W(11-9)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	2	0	2	2.66	3.52	36	7	16	0	3	7	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.08	0.030	.00	0.00%	4.26	1b start a 9	9b 3 out a12
23	351	95	Jul 27(1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(12-9)	6	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	2	0	2.63	3.58	33	12	14	2	1	4	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.164	.00	0.00%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
24	352	101	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	L(12-10)	3	9.0	9	4	2	3	2	2	2	2.59	3.74	42	11	15	1	2	9	56			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.01	0.138	.00	0.00%	0.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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
25	353	106	Aug 5	DET		WSH	L,1-4	GS-8	L(12-11)	4	8.0	11	4	4	4	3	1	0	2.68	3.79	40	9	13	3	2	11	43			0	0	0	36	3	0	2	0	0	1	1.05	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-0.29	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
26	354	109	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	7-GF(10)	BW(13-11)	2	3.1	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.68	3.78	16	5	4	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.92	0.188	.00	0.00%	0.81	7t 12- 2 out a1	10t end tie
27	355	111	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(13-12)	2	8.0	3	2	0	3	2	0	0	2.57	3.75	30	15	7	1	2	3	71			0	2	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.071	.00	0.00%	1.71	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
28	356	115	Aug 15(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.50	3.71	33	6	20	2	7	4	74			2	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.74	0.706	.00	0.00%	3.39	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
29	357	121	Aug 20	DET		CHW	L,2-8	GS-7	L(14-13)	4	7.0	9	8	8	3	3	1	0	2.76	3.74	33	9	9	2	1	9	27			1	0	0	25	3	1	1	0	2	0	.97	-0.352	.00	0.00%	-4.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
30	358	125	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	L(14-14)	4	4.1	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	2.92	3.76	21	5	8	1	1	5	30			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-1.83	1b start a 2	5b -23 1 out tie
31	359	129	Aug 29(1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-3	GS-8	W(15-14)	3	8.0	10	3	1	0	5	0	1	2.85	3.68	36	6	15	0	3	9	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.29	0.109	.00	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out a11
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
32	360	134	Sep 3	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(16-14)	4	10.0	13	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.85	3.66	40	10	16	0	4	12	56			0	0	0	40	3	0	0	3	0	1	1.44	0.228	.00	0.00%	1.64	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
33	361	139	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GS-1	L(16-15)	4	0.0	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	2.89	3.68	5	1	0	0	0	2	36			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.57	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-3.83	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out d2
34	362	143	Sep 12(1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	SHO	W(17-15)	3	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	1	2.78	3.64	37	8	14	1	7	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.326	.00	0.00%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
35	363	148	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	L(17-16)	5	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	2	0	2.81	3.71	28	7	9	1	4	9	48			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.148	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
36	364	152	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(18-16)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	2	1	0	2.74	3.75	35	9	16	0	3	4	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.251	.00	0.00%	2.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
							19-17		W-L:18-16,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.6	252.2	236	85	77	57	102	26	12	2.74	3.75	1049	0.63		5%	15%	231	58	4	0%	8	8	0	959	37	6	7	12	8	11	.99	3.214	1.19	1.92%	34.05

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