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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: 5-10 / in Starts: 1-0

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 6

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	433	2	Apr 17	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		99	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.12	9	2	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.114	1.24	0.17%	1.42	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	434	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	GS-3		3	2.1	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.38	5.46	15	1	6	1	0	4	37			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.125	3.11	-0.15%	-1.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
3	435	8	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,4-9	3-5	L(0-1)	3	1.2	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	7.71	6.17	13	1	3	0	2	4		1	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.58	-0.218	3.12	-0.26%	-2.25	3b -2- 1 out d1	5b 1-- 0 out d3
4	436	10	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.27	5.46	6	1	3	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.99	0.055	1.85	0.06%	1.00	7b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 2
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	437	14	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.52	4.94	4	0	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.18	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
6	438	15	May 2	DET		BOS	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.30	4.86	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	0.143	9.09	0.14%	0.76	9t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
7	439	19	May 6	DET		BAL	L,6-8	8-9	BS(1)	3	0.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.91	5.08	6	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	-0.351	6.83	-0.46%	-1.98	8t 12- 2 out a2	9t 12- 1 out tie
8	440	23	May 10	DET		CHW	L,4-6	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.97	4.67	7	2	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.021	.49	0.03%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
9	441	26	May 15	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	6-6		4	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	7.24	4.72	8	1	2	0	2	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.227	2.34	-0.27%	-3.51	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d5
10	442	39	May 30(1)	DET		KCA	W,6-5	9-10		14	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.36	5.32	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.153	1.25	-0.16%	-0.90	9t --- 0 out d1	10t 1-- 0 out tie
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
11	443	42	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	2-3		1	1.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.16	5.03	8	4	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.226	3.03	-0.34%	-1.99	2b 123 1 out a1	3b 3 out d3
12	444	54	Jun 13	DET		BAL	W,2-1	4-5		11	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.50	5.12	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.067	2.48	0.08%	0.54	4t --- 0 out tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
13	445	65	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	3-7		11	4.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.16	4.35	16	3	6	1	1	2		3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.169	.77	0.14%	3.36	3b 123 1 out d4	7b 3 out d1
14	446	68	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	8-8		2	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.35	5.06	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.011	.09	-0.01%	-3.00	8b --- 0 out d4	8b --- 0 out d7
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	447	92	Jul 25	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		26	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.08	4.95	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
							5-10		W-L:0-1,Sv:1,BSv:1	2.3	23.2	32	16	16	13	11	3	1	6.08	4.95	113	0.55		3%	12%	29	37	15	33%	0	1	0	96	7	0	3	2	1	0	1.09	-0.730	2.19	-1.02%	-5.74

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