Steve Gromek
1941–1957 · bats B / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
470G
.197AVG
.279OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
124H
0HR
40RBI
2SB
123–108W–L
2,064.2IP
904K
3.41ERA
225GS
23SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 630 | 629 |
| Batting · Walks | 71 | 72 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,676 | 8,680 |
| Pitching · p er | 782 | 784 |
| Pitching · p hr | 186 | 185 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,194 | 6,192 |
| Pitching · p k | 904 | 903 |
| Pitching · p w | 630 | 629 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470 | 742 | 630 | 58 | 124 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 71 | 146 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | .197 | .279 | .217 | .496 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,064.7 | 447 | 225 | 92 | 123 | 108 | 23 | 1,940 | 893 | 782 | 186 | 630 | 904 | 0 | 0 | 3.41 | 1.245 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1944-06-18 to 1944-07-14
6longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1945-05-24 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 14 innings pitched | 1944-07-14 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 219 | 340 | 63 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 72 | .216 | .268 | .241 |
| Away | 251 | 402 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 44 | 74 | .180 | .261 | .198 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 28 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | .109 | .220 | .109 |
| May | 92 | 120 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 27 | .168 | .258 | .198 |
| June | 91 | 132 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 | .196 | .250 | .232 |
| July | 97 | 165 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 33 | .218 | .285 | .254 |
| August | 93 | 156 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 29 | .191 | .263 | .198 |
| September | 66 | 107 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | .253 | .280 | .253 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 75 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 27 | .167 | .286 | .205 |
| boston-red-sox | 72 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | .256 | .295 | .280 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 70 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | .238 | .305 | .257 |
| chicago-white-sox | 66 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .179 | .202 | .202 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 54 | 106 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | .198 | .264 | .209 |
| st-louis-browns | 46 | 72 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | .234 | .278 | .250 |
| detroit-tigers | 40 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | .177 | .209 | .210 |
| baltimore-orioles | 19 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .067 | .162 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  Cleveland Guardians | 9 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 23 | 19 |
| 1942 | Cleveland Guardians | 14 | 15 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 44 | 14 |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | 4 | 4 |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians | 44 | 72 | 19 | – | 7 | 1 | .264 | 203 | 115 |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians | 37 | 91 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .231 | 251 | 101 |
| 1946 | Cleveland Guardians | 37 | 56 | 11 | – | – | 1 | .196 | 153 | 75 |
| 1947 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 22 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .318 | 84 | 39 |
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 41 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .146 | 130 | 50 |
| 1949 | Cleveland Guardians | 27 | 24 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 92 | 22 |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 31 | 38 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .158 | 113 | 43 |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 27 | 27 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .296 | 107 | 40 |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 30 | 3 | – | 3 | – | .100 | 122 | 65 |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 24 | 43 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .070 | 136 | 67 |
| 1954 |  Detroit Tigers | 36 | 79 | 15 | – | 3 | – | .190 | 252 | 102 |
| 1955 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 54 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .167 | 180 | 72 |
| 1956 | Detroit Tigers | 40 | 27 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .148 | 141 | 64 |
| 1957 | Detroit Tigers | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 23 | 11 |