Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.1

123

108

ERA

3.41

447

225

2064.2

904

WHIP

1.245

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 11-13 / in Starts: 9-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 5

1953 Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1953 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	305	21	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.59	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
2	306	27	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	7-7		7	0.2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.80	1.39	6	1	1	0	1	4		3	3	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.021	.31	-0.04%	-3.17	7b 123 0 out d3	7b 1-3 2 out d8
3	307	33	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	7-7		7	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.71	3.02	3	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.001	2.07	0.00%	0.58	7b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
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
4	308	41	Jun 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.50	1.34	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.13	0.269	6.12	0.46%	1.00	9t 1-- 1 out tie	10t end tie
5	309	47	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	1	3.27	2.23	29	10	6	1	1	6	57			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.63	0.019	5.14	0.04%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers
6	310	59	Jun 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-23	6-7		6	1.0	7	9	9	3	2	1	0	9.75	3.76	12	0	0	0	0	7		1	0	1	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-6.72	6b -2- 1 out d2	7b 12- 1 out d9
7	311	64	Jun 23	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.57	2.97	31	5	19	1	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.293	.00	0.00%	4.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
8	312	69	Jun 28(1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(2-2)	4	8.0	9	5	5	4	5	0	1	5.59	3.04	36	3	14	0	0	9	45			1	0	0	30	1	0	2	2	0	0	.81	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1b start tie	8b 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
9	313	73	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	4.74	3.04	35	11	10	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.421	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	314	79	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-8		3	7.2	12	6	6	5	1	1	0	5.12	3.53	39	7	14	0	0	12	27			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	-0.502	.00	0.00%	-2.37	1b start a 2	8b 12- 2 out d1
11	315	84	Jul 11	DET		SLB	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	6.0	7	5	5	0	0	3	1	5.40	4.24	26	5	13	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
12	316	87	Jul 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	6	3	3	1	3	2	1	5.13	4.45	31	6	14	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	317	92	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,8-7	GS-9		4	8.2	10	5	5	3	7	0	0	5.14	4.14	38	7	11	0	0	10	48			0	0	0	35	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.19	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a2
14	318	94	Jul 23(2)	DET		WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	4.12	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	0.275	.00	0.00%	0.87	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
15	319	98	Jul 26(2)	DET		NYY	L,4-14	GS-3	L(3-5)	2	3.0	7	4	4	1	1	2	1	5.35	4.47	17	1	6	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1t start tie	3t 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
16	320	103	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	2	2	4	1	0	5.11	4.45	30	5	12	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.056	.00	0.00%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
17	321	110	Aug 8	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	GS-7	L(3-6)	6	6.0	12	8	7	4	2	1	0	5.48	4.56	35	6	11	0	0	12	16			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.532	.00	0.00%	-4.41	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d2
18	322	120	Aug 18	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(4-6)	9	9.0	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	4.96	4.29	34	9	15	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.381	.00	0.00%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	323	125	Aug 23(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(4-7)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.75	4.22	33	10	12	1	0	7	59			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.72	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out d1
20	324	132	Aug 30(1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	W(5-7)	6	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.45	4.02	32	10	12	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.46	0.160	.00	0.00%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
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
21	325	138	Sep 3	DET		BOS	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-7)	3	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	3	0	4.49	4.23	30	5	10	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a1
22	326	145	Sep 9(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS-7	L(6-8)	5	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	1	2	4.45	4.28	31	8	9	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	27	0	1	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	327	149	Sep 13(2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-9	W(7-8)	3	8.1	8	4	4	3	4	1	1	4.44	4.30	37	6	15	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a2
24	328	156	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-12	GS-3	L(7-9)	11	3.0	7	4	1	3	3	0	0	4.41	4.28	18	3	2	0	0	7	35			2	0	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.45	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
							11-13		W-L:7-9,Sv:1	4.6	136.2	149	74	67	39	67	17	9	4.41	4.28	594	0.58		2%	1%	147	51	9	44%	5	3	1	541	25	3	6	11	0	5	1.01	-0.580	.32	0.46%	-4.65

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Gromek Pages

Steve Gromek Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Steve Gromek Pages at Baseball Reference