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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: 14-20 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 2

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	27	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6			99	2.1	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.86	3.54	11												9					0
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
2	28	16	May 7(1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-7			7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.68	6												6					0
3	29	20	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10			4	4.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.08	3.16	16												12					0
4	30	25	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3			3	7.1	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.57	2.30	25												23					0
5	31	31	May 21(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	4	8.0	7	3	1	3	2	0	0	0.76	2.64	33	7	14	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.62	-0.228	3.68	-0.31%	0.52	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	32	36	May 28(1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-2)	6	4.1	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.96	2.75	19	9	5	0	0	4	48			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.194	2.14	-0.19%	-1.16	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d1
7	33	38	May 29	CLE		PHA	L,4-9			0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.93	2.78	5												3					0
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
8	34	45	Jun 4(1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6			5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.92	2.78	1												1					0
9	35	46	Jun 4(2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3		S(1)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.90	2.71	2												2					0
10	36	50	Jun 11(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(0-3)	6	6.1	4	3	3	3	6	0	1	1.49	2.71	25						56						21					0
11	37	53	Jun 14(2)	CLE		DET	L,3-11			2	0.2	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.46	2.74	6												5					0
12	38	55	Jun 16	CLE		CHW	L,1-3			1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	2.63	7												7					0
13	39	57	Jun 18(2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	6-9		1	3.1	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.49	2.54	12	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.136	1.53	0.12%	1.27	6t --- 0 out d3	9t 1-- 1 out a1
14	40	63	Jun 25(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-11	5-7		6	3.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.39	2.48	10	1	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.000	.03	0.00%	1.30	5b 12- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d9
15	41	65	Jun 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.49	2.45	12	2	7	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.24	0.003	.25	0.00%	-0.68	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
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
16	42	70	Jul 2(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-9	W(1-3)	3	8.2	5	3	3	3	6	0	0	1.74	2.44	35	12	9	0	4	5	65			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.283	.87	0.24%	0.48	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a3
17	43	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS-6		4	5.2	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	2.15	2.92	23	12	1	0	1	4	45			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.116	1.37	-0.12%	-1.40	1b start a 1	6b --- 2 out a1
18	44	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	2-5		0	4.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.43	3.00	16	4	5	2	1	5		2	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	2	0	0	.37	-0.103	.79	-0.13%	-1.74	2b -23 0 out d2	5b 3 out d6
19	45	81	Jul 14	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG(14)	W(2-3)	5	14.0	8	2	2	8	10	0	0	2.23	2.99	56	23	8	1	3	7	90			0	0	0	44	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.09	0.843	3.79	0.92%	4.09	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
20	46	83	Jul 16(1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	10-GF(12)	L(2-4)	1	3.0	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.26	3.06	15	4	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	-0.074	7.93	-0.13%	0.31	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
21	47	87	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.14	2.99	34						76						31	3	0			0
22	48	93	Jul 25	CLE		NYY	W,10-0	SHO	W(4-4)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	10	0	0	1.95	2.80	34	9	8	0	0	6	84			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.144	1.25	0.28%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
23	49	99	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(4-5)	5	9.0	2	1	0	2	5	0	0	1.79	2.75	31						84						29	0	0			0
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
24	50	106	Aug 6(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	GS-	L(4-6)	5	5.2	3	6	5	5	1	0	0	2.09	2.86	25						37						20					0
25	51	108	Aug 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-8		3	7.2	9	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.25	2.88	33	7	14	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.235	.33	-0.03%	-0.78	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out tie
26	52	113	Aug 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-8	GS-	L(4-7)	3	5.0	8	7	4	3	2	0	0	2.44	2.91	27						28						24					0
27	53	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-3	L(4-8)	4	2.2	6	8	8	4	2	1	0	2.94	3.07	18	2	4	0	3	6	12			0	0	0	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.376	.04	-0.01%	-6.91	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d8
28	54	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	W(5-8)	2	9.0	8	3	2	2	6	1	0	2.88	3.09	35	8	12	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.123	.02	0.00%	1.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
29	55	126	Aug 27(2)	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.71	3.04	33	5	14	1	0	7	76			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.640	.06	0.02%	3.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
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
30	56	131	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(7-8)	6	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.61	3.03	33						75						31	2	0			0
31	57	137	Sep 10(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	W(8-8)	6	9.0	7	4	1	1	5	0	2	2.52	3.01	38						67						35	0	0			0
32	58	138	Sep 15(1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG(12)	W(9-8)	4	12.0	10	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.50	2.99	46	13	16	0	0	10	71			0	0	0	42	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.75	0.547	.00	0.00%	2.22	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
33	59	142	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	W(10-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.48	2.94	36	12	9	0	0	9	65			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.066	.00	0.00%	1.92	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
34	60	146	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	GS-6	L(10-9)	3	6.0	9	5	5	3	5	1	0	2.64	2.99	29	8	4	1	0	9	36			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
35	61	152	Sep 29(2)	CLE		PHA	T,1-1	CG		5	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.56	2.95	34						71						33	3	0			0
							14-20		W-L:10-9,Sv:1	3.5	203.2	160	74	58	70	115	5	3	2.56	2.95	821	0.99		3%	5%	106	60	4	75%	2	1	1	732	25	2	3	8	0	4	1.22	1.232	1.30	0.65%	5.92

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