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Steve Gromek

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Full Name: Stephen Joseph Gromek Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: August 18, 1941
Birthdate: January 15, 1920 Final Game: July 25, 1957
Birthplace: Hamtramck, Michigan MLB Experience: 17 years
Died: March 12, 2002
Deathplace: Clinton Twp; Macomb County, Michigan
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 15, 1920 in Hamtramck, Michigan, Steve Gromek (Stephen Joseph Gromek) played for the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 17 year career. Gromek broke into the bigs on August 18, 1941 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.56 ERA in 203.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Steve Gromek's best season was 1945, when he posted a 2.55 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 101 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1941 CLE A 9 2 1 1 4.24 19 12 11 1 0 2 23.1 25 0 11 0 0 0
1942 CLE A 14 0 2 0 3.65 14 24 18 0 0 0 44.1 46 2 23 0 1 0
1943 CLE A 3 0 0 0 9.00 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CLE A 35 21 10 9 2.56 115 74 58 12 2 1 203.2 160 5 70 0 2 3
1945 CLE A 33 30 19 9 2.55 101 80 71 21 3 1 251 229 6 66 0 0 4
1946 CLE A 29 21 5 15 4.33 75 79 74 5 2 4 153.2 159 20 47 0 0 3
1947 CLE A 29 7 3 5 3.74 39 43 35 0 0 4 84.1 77 8 36 0 1 1
1948 CLE A 38 9 9 3 2.84 50 52 41 4 1 2 130 109 10 51 0 3 6
1949 CLE A 27 12 4 6 3.33 22 41 34 3 0 0 92 86 8 40 0 2 2
1950 CLE A 31 13 10 7 3.65 43 50 46 4 1 0 113.1 94 10 36 0 2 3
1951 CLE A 27 8 7 4 2.77 40 41 33 4 0 1 107.1 98 6 29 0 1 4
1952 CLE A 29 13 7 7 3.67 65 55 50 3 1 1 122.2 109 14 28 0 3 2
1953 DET A 19 17 6 8 4.51 59 70 63 6 1 1 125.2 138 17 36 0 0 8
1953 CLE A 5 1 1 1 3.27 8 4 4 0 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 1
1953 TOT A 24 18 7 9 4.41 67 74 67 6 1 1 136.2 149 17 39 0 0 9
1954 DET A 36 32 18 16 2.74 102 85 77 17 4 1 252.2 236 26 57 0 1 12
1955 DET A 28 25 13 10 3.98 73 89 80 8 2 0 181 183 26 37 5 1 9
1956 DET A 40 13 8 6 4.28 64 74 67 4 0 4 141 142 25 47 7 0 9
1957 DET A 15 1 0 1 6.08 11 16 16 0 0 1 23.2 32 3 13 3 1 1
Total 447 225 123 108 3.41 904 893 782 92 17 23 2064.2 1940 186 630 15 18 68

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1941 CLE A P 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 CLE A P 14 0 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1943 CLE A P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1944 CLE A P 35 0 0 10 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1945 CLE A P 33 0 0 15 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1946 CLE A P 29 0 0 10 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1947 CLE A P 29 0 0 2 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1948 CLE A P 38 0 0 8 17 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1949 CLE A P 27 0 0 8 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1950 CLE A P 31 0 0 11 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 CLE A P 27 0 0 13 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CLE A P 29 0 0 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 DET A P 19 0 0 9 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CLE A P 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT A P 24 0 0 10 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 DET A P 36 0 0 16 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1955 DET A P 28 0 0 12 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1956 DET A P 40 0 0 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 DET A P 15 1 23.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
Total P 447 1 23.2 126 248 13 20 0 0 0 1 0 .966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1941 CLE A 9 6 1 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
1942 CLE A 14 15 2 5 0 2 .333 .412 .533 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE A 3 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CLE A 44 73 11 19 0 7 .260 .316 .301 1 1 6 13 0 5 1 0 1
1945 CLE A 37 91 8 21 0 10 .231 .307 .253 2 0 10 17 0 3 0 0 2
1946 CLE A 37 56 4 11 0 0 .196 .224 .196 0 0 2 14 0 0 1 0 2
1947 CLE A 30 22 1 7 0 1 .318 .318 .364 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1
1948 CLE A 38 41 3 6 0 1 .146 .205 .171 1 0 3 7 0 1 0 0 0
1949 CLE A 27 24 2 4 0 1 .167 .231 .208 1 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 0
1950 CLE A 31 38 1 6 0 1 .158 .179 .158 0 0 1 9 0 2 0 0 0
1951 CLE A 27 27 2 8 0 2 .296 .406 .333 1 0 5 8 0 1 0 0 1
1952 CLE A 30 30 2 3 0 3 .100 .229 .100 0 0 5 10 0 3 0 0 3
1953 DET A 19 41 0 3 0 2 .073 .073 .073 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 0
1953 CLE A 5 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 TOT A 24 43 0 3 0 2 .070 .070 .070 0 0 0 11 0 6 0 0 0
1954 DET A 36 79 6 15 0 3 .190 .273 .190 0 0 8 21 1 10 0 0 0
1955 DET A 28 54 10 9 0 5 .167 .357 .185 1 0 16 12 0 4 0 0 0
1956 DET A 40 27 3 4 0 1 .148 .395 .148 0 0 11 10 0 3 0 0 1
1957 DET A 15 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total 470 630 58 124 0 40 .197 .279 .217 9 2 71 146 1 40 2 0 13

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1939).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Boone, Al Aber and Dick Weik to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg (June 15, 1953).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (August 16, 1957).

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