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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: 9-18 / in Starts: 5-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 3

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	95	3	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,0-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	4	5	3	4	1	0	0	4.50	4.25	26	5	12	1	0	4	45			0	1	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.183	2.81	-0.34%	-2.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
2	96	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9		6	8.2	6	4	4	6	5	1	0	4.30	4.70	38	18	3	0	2	6	55			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.96	-0.229	4.30	-0.30%	0.07	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 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	97	16	May 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	GS-	L(0-2)	8	5.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	5.03	4.82	22						38						20					0
4	98	19	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	4-7	L(0-3)	2	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.56	4.19	16	3	7	1	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.007	.72	0.00%	0.79	4b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d1
5	99	25	May 15(2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-3)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.31	3.41	31	4	15	0	0	4	85			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.66	0.303	.49	0.13%	3.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	100	30	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	3	0	3.24	4.14	35	9	13	0	0	10	56			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.032	.75	0.01%	0.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	101	36	May 26(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-3)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	2.66	3.85	32	11	14	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.598	.70	0.22%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	102	40	May 30(2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	GS-6	L(3-4)	3	5.2	8	4	4	2	1	2	0	3.04	4.25	27	8	8	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.154	.44	-0.04%	-1.86	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
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	103	42	Jun 3(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.18	4.24	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	0.018	.77	0.00%	-2.44	9b -23 2 out a4	9b end a 1
10	104	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS-	L(3-5)	1	7.1	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.52	4.25	33						41						31					0
11	105	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	5.0	8	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.04	4.31	24	9	6	1	1	6	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	.90	-0.168	.15	-0.02%	-2.57	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out d4
12	106	61	Jun 23(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-7)	12	6.2	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.93	4.22	29	7	11	2	0	6	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.057	.36	-0.01%	0.57	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
13	107	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(4-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.72	4.09	37	5	17	0	5	8	68			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.040	.02	0.00%	1.94	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
14	108	69	Jun 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,5-5	9-GF	BS(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	4.05	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.32	-0.189	.12	0.00%	-0.20	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end tie
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	109	73	Jul 4(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-2	L(4-8)	3	1.1	3	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.14	4.28	10	1	3	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.360	.09	-0.02%	-4.54	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d4
16	110	81	Jul 14(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	GS-3		9	2.2	6	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.52	4.35	15	0	5	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.363	.02	-0.01%	-3.87	1b start a 4	3b -2- 2 out tie
17	111	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.32	4.26	16	3	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.155	.01	0.00%	1.79	6b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
18	112	93	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	GS-9	L(4-9)	7	8.1	7	5	3	2	4	2	0	4.24	4.36	34	8	13	1	4	7	55			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.26	-0.623	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d1
19	113	99	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	GS-8	L(4-10)	3	7.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.29	4.47	29	7	12	2	4	7	48			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 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
20	114	104	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS-5	L(4-11)	6	4.2	10	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.59	4.44	25	7	6	2	2	7	19			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-2.22	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
21	115	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4		S(3)	2	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	4.41	9												8					0
22	116	112	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS-8		2	8.0	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	4.28	4.32	30	9	9	0	0	7	67			0	1	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.077	.00	0.00%	1.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
23	117	115	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	8-GF	S(4)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.21	4.27	6	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	0.344	.00	0.00%	1.21	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
24	118	117	Aug 18(1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	10-11	L(4-12)	2	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	4.25	4.29	8	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.325	.00	0.00%	-2.38	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 123 0 out d1
25	119	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	GS-6	L(4-13)	10	6.0	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.33	4.32	27	7	10	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
26	120	132	Sep 2(2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,2-2	13-GF(13)		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.30	4.35	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	0.133	.00	0.00%	0.48	13b --- 0 out tie	13b end tie
27	121	135	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	GS-	L(4-14)	1	7.0	11	4	4	3	5	1	0	4.34	4.35	34						41						30					0
28	122	141	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(5-14)	5	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.20	4.26	34	10	10	1	3	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.237	.00	0.00%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	123	152	Sep 22(2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-4	L(5-15)	11	3.2	7	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.28	4.26	21	4	5	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
							9-18		W-L:5-15,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.8	153.2	159	79	73	46	75	20	3	4.28	4.26	660	0.74		4%	7%	123	49	4	75%	1	4	1	602	27	6	1	9	0	7	1.12	-1.392	.61	-0.37%	-10.54

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