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Stephen Joseph Gromek

First name: Steve

Last name: Gromek

Birthdate: 1920-01-15

Bats: B   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 115181

Retro ID: groms101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1941CLE0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1942CLE0.20.00.20.30.4-0.21
1943CLE0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
1944CLE1.00.01.00.91.2-0.24
1945CLE1.30.01.30.61.00.43
1946CLE0.80.00.80.10.30.51
1947CLE0.30.00.30.30.3-0.11
1948CLE0.60.00.6-0.10.10.50
1949CLE0.40.00.40.10.20.21
1950CLE0.50.00.5-0.20.00.60
1951CLE0.40.00.40.20.30.11
1952CLE0.50.00.50.10.20.21
1953CLE0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
1953DET0.60.00.6-0.4-0.20.8-1
1954DET1.20.01.20.50.80.42
1955DET0.90.00.90.91.2-0.23
1956DET0.50.00.50.40.60.02
1957DET0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career9.30.09.33.66.33.119

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1941CLE6-1-10000000109.40.00.00.00.00
1942CLE17110000000238.90.30.00.00.30
1943CLE2110000000018.60.10.00.00.10
1944CLE83-2-21100000779.30.80.0-0.10.70
1945CLE104-4-3000-1000738.50.40.0-0.10.30
1946CLE58-6-6-10000006-18.5-0.10.00.0-0.10
1947CLE22000000000229.00.20.00.00.20
1948CLE45-6-600000004-29.7-0.20.00.0-0.20
1949CLE28-3-30000000308.90.00.00.00.00
1950CLE41-7-700000004-310.0-0.30.00.0-0.30
1951CLE33000-100000219.10.10.00.00.10
1952CLE38-4-40000000409.50.00.00.00.00
1953CLE3-1-100000000-19.6-0.10.00.0-0.10
1953DET47-9-900000004-510.6-0.50.00.0-0.50
1954DET98-8-800000001028.90.20.00.00.20
1955DET74-3-30110000879.90.70.00.00.70
1956DET41-1-100000004310.10.30.00.00.30
1957DET2-1-100000000-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career742-54-53011-10006816-1.80.0-0.21.60

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1941 CLE AL 9 1.1 23.3 12 11 -1 2.59 9.2 -0.12 -0.03 0 1.11 0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 2
1942 CLE AL 14 1.7 44.3 24 21 -2 3.16 9.3 -0.09 -0.03 -2 0.70 -2 -0.2 0.6 1.0 0.1 2
1943 CLE AL 3 0.1 4.0 4 2 0 1.33 10.1 -0.21 -0.18 -2 0.02 -1 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0
1944 CLE AL 35 8.5 203.7 74 89 6 5.82 8.6 -0.01 -0.18 4 0.95 4 0.5 4.8 3.8 2.3 14
1945 CLE AL 33 11.5 251.0 79 105 2 7.61 8.0 0.04 -0.18 20 1.01 20 2.5 8.2 3.2 4.8 25
1946 CLE AL 29 7.2 153.7 80 67 1 5.30 9.1 0.07 -0.03 -13 1.06 -13 -1.4 2.2 5.0 0.1 7
1947 CLE AL 29 3.8 84.3 43 38 3 2.91 9.2 -0.15 -0.03 -9 1.02 -9 -1.0 0.9 2.9 -0.2 3
1948 CLE AL 38 5.6 130.0 51 68 7 3.42 9.7 -0.05 -0.03 9 1.01 9 0.9 3.7 1.9 2.1 11
1949 CLE AL 27 3.8 92.0 41 44 3 3.41 9.3 -0.07 -0.03 -2 0.89 -2 -0.2 1.7 2.1 0.6 5
1950 CLE AL 31 5.2 113.3 50 57 4 3.65 9.6 -0.05 -0.09 1 1.02 1 0.1 2.7 2.5 1.2 8
1951 CLE AL 27 5.1 107.0 40 50 1 3.96 8.9 -0.10 -0.09 7 1.12 7 0.8 3.3 1.7 1.8 10
1952 CLE AL 29 5.1 122.7 55 54 2 4.23 8.9 -0.07 -0.09 -6 0.83 -6 -0.7 1.8 3.2 0.3 5
1953 CLE AL 5 0.5 11.0 4 5 0 2.20 8.8 -0.26 -0.09 1 1.07 1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 1
1953 DET AL 19 5.8 125.7 70 62 -2 6.62 9.8 0.07 -0.09 -6 1.01 -6 -0.6 2.3 3.5 0.6 7
1954 DET AL 36 11.7 252.7 85 117 8 7.02 8.6 0.10 -0.09 25 1.04 26 3.0 8.8 2.8 5.4 26
1955 DET AL 28 8.1 180.7 89 86 6 6.45 9.5 0.09 -0.09 -9 0.98 -9 -0.9 3.2 5.0 0.8 10
1956 DET AL 40 6.2 141.0 74 70 6 3.52 9.8 -0.14 -0.09 -13 0.90 -12 -1.2 1.9 4.3 0.1 6
1957 DET AL 15 1.1 23.7 16 11 -1 1.58 9.3 -0.27 -0.09 -5 1.15 -5 -0.5 0.0 1.0 -0.3 0
Career 447 92.1 2064.1 891 957 43 0 3 1.1 47 44.8 20.1 142

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1941 CLE 1 -1.0 -1
1942 CLE 7 0.0 0
1943 CLE 0 0.0 0
1944 CLE 18 -2.0 -2
1945 CLE 36 -2.0 -2
1946 CLE 27 -1.0 -1
1947 CLE 18 0.0 0
1948 CLE 22 -1.0 -1
1949 CLE 20 1.0 1
1950 CLE 20 1.0 1
1951 CLE 22 1.0 1
1952 CLE 16 -1.0 -1
1953 CLE 0 0.0 0
1953 DET 19 -1.0 -1
1954 DET 38 -1.0 -1
1955 DET 32 -1.0 -1
1956 DET 21 -1.0 -1
1957 DET 4 0.0 0
321 -9.0 -9

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1948CLE0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10
Career0.00.00.0-0.1-0.10.10

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1948CLE3-1-100000000-16.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career3-1-100000000-1--0.10.00.0-0.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1948 CLE MLB 1 0.4 9.0 1 5 0 9.00 7.1 0.12 0.00 4 1.00 4 0.6 0.8 -0.4 0.7 2
Career 1 0.4 9 1 5 0 4 4 0.6 0.8 -0.4 0.7 2

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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