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Historical player · 1941–1957

Steve Gromek

B/T B/R · HT 74 · WT 180 · Born 1/15/1920 · From Hamtramck, MI USA · Debut 1941-08-18 · Final 1957-07-25

Career · batting

470

630

124

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.197 · 0.497

Career · pitching

447

225

2,064.7

W-L

123-108

904

ERA

3.41

WHIP

1.25

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1941–1953

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Hits

#385 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Luplow

↓ 1 R. Torres

RBI

#458 on the Indians

↑ 1 F. Buelow

↓ 1 S. Webb

#444 on the Indians

↑ 1 M. Allison

↓ 1 J. Adcock

Runs

#405 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Bell

↓ 1 C. Carr

#348 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Guyer

↓ 1 B. Berger

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1953–1957

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Hits

#597 on the Tigers

↑ 1 B. Bell

↓ 1 W. Wyatt

RBI

#612 on the Tigers

↑ 1 J. Cardona

↓ 1 J. Walewander

Runs

#535 on the Tigers

↑ 1 D. Baker

↓ 1 A. Benton

#339 on the Tigers

↑ 1 R. Cedeno

↓ 1 K. Bartee

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

Hits

124

#5,743 all-time MLB

↑ 1 P. Arango

↓ 1 M. Wheat

RBI

#6,266 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 B. Zipfel

#7,016 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Abbey

↓ 1 J. Abadie

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1941	Indians	AL	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.167	—	0.167
1942	Indians	AL	14	15	2	5	1	1	2	0	2	1	0.333	—	0.533
1943	Indians	AL	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	—	1.000
1944	Indians	AL	44	73	11	19	1	1	7	1	6	13	0.260	—	0.301
1945	Indians	AL	37	91	8	21	2	0	10	0	10	17	0.231	—	0.253
1946	Indians	AL	37	56	4	11	0	0	0	1	2	14	0.196	—	0.196
1947	Indians	AL	30	22	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	5	0.318	—	0.364
1948	Indians	AL	38	41	3	6	1	0	1	0	3	7	0.146	—	0.171
1949	Indians	AL	27	24	2	4	1	0	1	0	2	5	0.167	—	0.208
1950	Indians	AL	31	38	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	9	0.158	—	0.158
1951	Indians	AL	27	27	2	8	1	0	2	0	5	8	0.296	—	0.333
1952	Indians	AL	30	30	2	3	0	0	3	0	5	10	0.100	—	0.100
1953	Indians	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	—	0.000
1953	Tigers	AL	19	41	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	10	0.073	—	0.073
1954	Tigers	AL	36	79	6	15	0	0	3	0	8	21	0.190	0.273	0.190
1955	Tigers	AL	28	54	10	9	1	0	5	0	16	12	0.167	0.357	0.185
1956	Tigers	AL	40	27	3	4	0	0	1	0	11	10	0.148	0.395	0.148
1957	Tigers	AL	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			470	630	58	124	9	2	40	2	71	146	0.197	0.279	0.218

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1941	Indians	AL	1	1	9	2	2	23.3	25	11	11	19	4.24	1.54
1942	Indians	AL	2	0	14	0	0	44.3	46	18	23	14	3.65	1.56
1943	Indians	AL	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	6	4	0	4	9.00	1.50
1944	Indians	AL	10	9	35	21	1	203.7	160	58	70	115	2.56	1.13
1945	Indians	AL	19	9	33	30	1	251.0	229	71	66	101	2.55	1.18
1946	Indians	AL	5	15	29	21	4	153.7	159	74	47	75	4.33	1.34
1947	Indians	AL	3	5	29	7	4	84.3	77	35	36	39	3.74	1.34
1948	Indians	AL	9	3	38	9	2	130.0	109	41	51	50	2.84	1.23
1949	Indians	AL	4	6	27	12	0	92.0	86	34	40	22	3.33	1.37
1950	Indians	AL	10	7	31	13	0	113.3	94	46	36	43	3.65	1.15
1951	Indians	AL	7	4	27	8	1	107.3	98	33	29	40	2.77	1.18
1952	Indians	AL	7	7	29	13	1	122.7	109	50	28	65	3.67	1.12
1953	Indians	AL	1	1	5	1	0	11.0	11	4	3	8	3.27	1.27
1953	Tigers	AL	6	8	19	17	1	125.7	138	63	36	59	4.51	1.38
1954	Tigers	AL	18	16	36	32	1	252.7	236	77	57	102	2.74	1.16
1955	Tigers	AL	13	10	28	25	0	181.0	183	80	37	73	3.98	1.22
1956	Tigers	AL	8	6	40	13	4	141.0	142	67	47	64	4.28	1.34
1957	Tigers	AL	0	1	15	1	1	23.7	32	16	13	11	6.08	1.90
Career			123	108	447	225	23	2,064.7	1,940	782	630	904	3.41	1.25

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	447	71	598.0	126	248	13	20

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1964	BBWAA	1	151	Ballot