League Leaders Who Led?

Steve Gromek

1941–1957  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 180 lb  ·  b. 1920 Hamtramck, MI

Career 123–108 · 3.41 ERA · 904 SO · 2064.2 IP · 470 G · 124 H · 40 RBI · .197 AVG

No league-leading finishes. This player never placed in the top 25 of a tracked category. The season record below is the full story.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Complete Games — #3 — 1945 #3
Shutouts — #3 — 1954 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #3 — 1944 #3
Walks + Hits / IP — #3 — 1944 #3

Pitching

17 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1941 CLE AL 1 1 4.24 9 2 2 23.1 25 11 0 11 19 1.54
1942 CLE AL 2 0 3.65 14 0 0 44.1 46 18 2 23 14 1.56
1943 CLE AL 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 6 4 0 0 4 1.50
1944 CLE AL 10 9 2.56 35 21 1 203.2 160 58 5 70 115 1.13
1945 CLE AL 19 9 2.55 33 30 1 251.0 229 71 6 66 101 1.18
1946 CLE AL 5 15 4.33 29 21 4 153.2 159 74 20 47 75 1.34
1947 CLE AL 3 5 3.74 29 7 4 84.1 77 35 8 36 39 1.34
1948 CLE AL 9 3 2.84 38 9 2 130.0 109 41 10 51 50 1.23
1949 CLE AL 4 6 3.33 27 12 0 92.0 86 34 8 40 22 1.37
1950 CLE AL 10 7 3.65 31 13 0 113.1 94 46 10 36 43 1.15
1951 CLE AL 7 4 2.77 27 8 1 107.1 98 33 6 29 40 1.18
1952 CLE AL 7 7 3.67 29 13 1 122.2 109 50 14 28 65 1.12
1953 DET +1 AL 7 9 4.41 24 18 1 136.2 149 67 17 39 67 1.38
1954 DET AL 18 16 2.74 36 32 1 252.2 236 77 26 57 102 1.16
1955 DET AL 13 10 3.98 28 25 0 181.0 183 80 26 37 73 1.22
1956 DET AL 8 6 4.28 40 13 4 141.0 142 67 25 47 64 1.34
1957 DET AL 0 1 6.08 15 1 1 23.2 32 16 3 13 11 1.90
Career — — 123 108 3.41 447 225 23 2064.2 1,940 782 186 630 904 1.25

Batting

17 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1941 CLE AL 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1942 CLE AL 14 15 2 5 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 .333 .412 .533 .945
1943 CLE AL 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1944 CLE AL 44 73 11 19 1 1 0 7 6 13 1 .260 .317 .301 .618
1945 CLE AL 37 91 8 21 2 0 0 10 10 17 0 .231 .307 .253 .560
1946 CLE AL 37 56 4 11 0 0 0 0 2 14 1 .196 .224 .196 .421
1947 CLE AL 30 22 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 .318 .318 .364 .682
1948 CLE AL 38 41 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 7 0 .146 .205 .171 .375
1949 CLE AL 27 24 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 .167 .231 .208 .439
1950 CLE AL 31 38 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 .158 .180 .158 .337
1951 CLE AL 27 27 2 8 1 0 0 2 5 8 0 .296 .406 .333 .740
1952 CLE AL 30 30 2 3 0 0 0 3 5 10 0 .100 .229 .100 .329
1953 DET +1 AL 24 43 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 .070 .070 .070 .140
1954 DET AL 36 79 6 15 0 0 0 3 8 21 0 .190 .273 .190 .463
1955 DET AL 28 54 10 9 1 0 0 5 16 12 0 .167 .357 .185 .542
1956 DET AL 40 27 3 4 0 0 0 1 11 10 0 .148 .395 .148 .543
1957 DET AL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 470 630 58 124 9 2 0 40 71 146 2 .197 .279 .218 .497

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 447 126 248 13 20 .966