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Steve
Gromek		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 15, 1920 in Usa, MI, HAMTRAMCK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 NYG NL   10 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4
1942 22 NYG NL   9 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4
1943 23 BSN NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1944 24 BSN NL   9 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 4 4
1945 25 BSN NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1946 26 BSN NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
1947 27 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
1948 28 BSN NL   9 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
1949 29 BSN NL $ 300,000 9 5 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1950 30 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1951 31 BSN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3
1952 32 BSN NL   8 5 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3
1953 33 BSN NL   8 5 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 21 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1942 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1943 23 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1944 24 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1945 25 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1946 26 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 28 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 29 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 30 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 31 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 32 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 33 BSN NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1941 21 AAA   18 5 .783 28 28 3 1 0 198.7 210 60 9 50 133 2.72 .269 .313 .350 .663  
1942 22 AAA   1 4 .200 5 5 0 0 0 35.0 42 19 5 12 23 4.89 .294 .348 .490 .838  
1943 23 AA   9 7 .563 22 22 4 2 0 169.0 120 37 11 48 151 1.97 .197 .255 .287 .542  
1944 24 AA   13 12 .520 29 29 4 1 0 207.3 169 66 17 66 185 2.86 .222 .284 .333 .617  
1945 25 AA   6 9 .400 20 20 2 0 0 136.3 117 59 13 45 123 3.89 .228 .290 .348 .638  
1946 26 AA   4 3 .571 41 0 0 0 3 46.7 43 18 6 18 46 3.47 .239 .308 .406 .714  
1947 27 BSN NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 3 2 1 9.00 .417 .462 .917 1.378 0.0
    AA   1 1 .500 32 0 0 0 3 63.0 42 9 4 14 63 1.29 .191 .239 .273 .512  
1948 28 AAA   3 2 .600 29 0 0 0 2 35.0 45 14 1 19 22 3.60 .324 .405 .410 .815  
1949 29 BSN NL 10 13 .435 29 29 8 0 0 217.7 217 96 19 117 67 3.97 .263 .355 .367 .721 13.5
    AAA   1 4 .200 18 0 0 0 1 23.0 21 12 1 7 16 4.70 .239 .295 .318 .613  
1950 30 BSN NL 14 11 .560 31 31 3 0 0 226.0 228 103 24 114 95 4.10 .265 .350 .399 .749 18.4
1951 31 BSN NL 12 15 .444 37 37 3 0 0 258.3 274 144 35 132 107 5.02 .276 .361 .433 .794 12.1
1952 32 AAA   13 2 .867 25 20 1 0 0 139.0 136 43 18 65 106 2.78 .260 .342 .421 .762  
1953 33 AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393  
4 Years Sim 36 39 .480 103 97 14 0 0 707.0 729 348 81 365 270 4.43 .270 .356 .406 .763 44.0
6 Years AAA 36 17 .679 106 53 4 1 3 432.7 455 148 34 154 301 3.08 .271 .332 .386 .718  
5 Years AA 33 32 .508 144 71 10 3 6 622.3 491 189 51 191 568 2.73 .215 .275 .324 .599  
11 Years Minors 69 49 .585 250 124 14 4 9 1055.0 946 337 85 345 869 2.87 .238 .299 .351 .650  
Season Average 9 9 .500 25 24 3 0 0 176.7 182 87 20 91 67 4.43 .270 .356 .406 .763  
Career Highs 14 15 .560 37 37 8 0 0 258.3 274 144 35 132 107 9.00 .417 .462 .917 1.378  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   349 158 39 176 144   .269 .357 .402 .758
vs LH   380 190 42 189 126   .270 .357 .410 .767
Home 18 15 .545 49 46 6 0 0 333.6 332 156 35 180 124 4.21 .262 .354 .389 .743
Away 18 24 .429 54 51 8 0 0 373.3 397 192 46 185 146 4.63 .277 .359 .422 .781
Mar/Apr 5 8 .385 14 14 3 0 0 104.3 122 65 15 49 43 5.61 .294 .369 .467 .836
May 6 4 .600 14 14 1 0 0 97.3 111 57 16 44 37 5.27 .290 .363 .465 .828
June 10 4 .714 20 20 4 0 0 154.0 137 53 9 77 55 3.10 .245 .336 .327 .664
July 7 8 .467 20 20 2 0 0 141.0 135 62 13 79 51 3.96 .258 .355 .376 .731
August 3 8 .273 13 13 0 0 0 89.7 102 60 11 52 31 6.02 .284 .375 .426 .801
Sep/Oct 5 7 .417 22 16 4 0 0 120.7 122 51 17 64 53 3.80 .265 .354 .416 .771
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1946 26 AA   7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.6  
1947 27 AA   7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
1949 29 BSN NL 29 73 2 10 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 12 .137 .158 .178 .336 1.0 0.0
1950 30 BSN NL 31 72 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 16 .153 .173 .167 .340 0.8 0.0
1951 31 BSN NL 37 87 7 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 23 .184 .202 .195 .398 2.4 0.0
3 Years Sim 97 232 11 37 3 1 0 14 0 0 6 51 .159 .179 .181 .360 4.2 0.0
2 Years AA 14 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.1  
162 Game Average 387 18 61 5 1 0 23 0 0 10 85 .159 .179 .181 .360 7.0  
Career Highs 37 87 7 16 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 23 .184 .202 .195 .398 2.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   127 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 29 .150 .173 .165 .338 0.9
vs LH   105 4 18 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 22 .171 .187 .200 .387 2.1
Home 46 100 4 17 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 25 .170 .194 .210 .404 2.5
Away 51 132 7 20 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 26 .152 .168 .159 .327 0.5
RISP   50 0 11 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 9 .220 .212 .280 .492 2.5
Close/Late   25 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .080 .080 .120 .200 -1.0
Mar/Apr 14 34 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .206 .229 .206 .434 1.2
May 14 28 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .107 .103 .107 .211 -0.9
June 20 51 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .137 .135 .176 .311 -0.3
July 20 47 0 9 1 1 0 6 0 0 3 9 .191 .240 .255 .495 2.6
August 13 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .097 .125 .097 .222 -0.8
Sep/Oct 16 41 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .195 .214 .195 .409 1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 27 BSN NL P 6 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40    
1949 29 BSN NL P 29 29 217.7 15 59 0 4 1.000 3.06    
1950 30 BSN NL P 31 31 226.0 13 46 0 2 1.000 2.35    
1951 31 BSN NL P 37 37 258.3 21 65 1 7 .989 3.00    
Career Totals   103 97 707.0 51 171 1 13 .996 2.83    
Career Highs   37 37 258.3 21 65 1 7 1.000 5.40    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1951-6-35
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1941
Injured on 5/20/1941 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (N) on 2/7/1943 (Going to BSN: P Steve Gromek. Going to NYG: P Jim Bivin)
Injured on 4/23/1943 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 5/3/1945 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1945 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Earned first career win on 6/2/1949
Had first career hit on 6/11/1949, off Ed Head (OAK)
Won Bronze Rookie in 1949, going 10-13, 3.97 ERA
Injured on 7/31/1950 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/21/1952 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 4/4/1953 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career
 
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