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Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Pitching Comparison

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	98	88	.527	3.66	455	167	172	58	10	66	1688.1	1672	831	686	106	733	53	697	15	2	36	7342	2532	115	4.00	1.424	8.9	0.6	3.9	3.7
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	123	108	.532	3.41	447	225	110	92	17	23	2064.2	1940	893	782	186	630	70	904	68	3	18	8676	2730	108	3.85	1.245	8.5	0.8	2.7	3.9

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	0	0		1.93	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	20	7			1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	9.6
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	34	8			0.889	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Value

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	24.7	8.9
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	22.6	7.1

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Against

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	2532	6442	1312	205	49	73	44	62.39	0	155	133	7	.260	.336	.356	.692	87	.096	.277	779	2293	360	2420	2532
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	2730	7841	1356	338	60	50	44	53.19	7	113	121	20	.247	.308	.377	.685	95	.130	.259	920	2956	584	2638	2730

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	7	18	4	2	0	0	2	0.00	0	0	2	0	.333	.333	.444	.778		.111	.462	2	8	2	6	7
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	8	32	4	2	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.219	.242	.375	.617		.156	.207	3	12	3	8	8

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Starting & Relieving

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	95	57	50.4	271	94	35	18	78.6	172	288
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	135	60	53.9	172	69	40	8	74.2	110	222

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	0			4	1	25	0		1	3
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	100	70.0						0	0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Ratios

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1	9.5	10.0	-0.5
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2	10.4	7.3	3.2

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	25.0	0.0	25.0
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	5.9	2.9	2.9

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Pitch Summary

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	167	1688.1
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	447	225	2064.2

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	4.2	68		45	66.18
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	1	9.0	95	95	65	68.42

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Head-to-Head Pitching

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Steve Gromek	2	1	.667	3.06	5	4	0	2	0	0	32.1	31	14	11	2	7	1	15	0	0	0	136	1.175	8.6	0.6	1.9	4.2
2	Al Benton	3	1	.750	3.28	5	5	0	1	0	0	35.2	24	14	13	0	14	1	15	1	0	0	148	1.065	6.1	0.0	3.5	3.8

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Al Benton	DET	1946-09-22 (2)	GS-7, W	6.2	7	3	3	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	29	10	26	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	50			0.0	-0.43			1.29
2	Steve Gromek	CLE	1946-09-22 (2)	GS-4, L	3.2	7	3	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	21	10	18	3	2	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	4	34			-0.2	-2.03			0.90
3	Al Benton	DET	1946-08-12	GS-9, W	9.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	6	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	73			0.2	1.81			1.48
4	Steve Gromek	CLE	1946-08-12	GS-8	8.0	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	30	8	30	4	2	0	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	3	67			0.1	1.39			0.85
5	Al Benton	DET	1945-09-26 (2)	GS-6, L	5.0	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	22	8	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	2	52			-0.1	-0.29			1.27
6	Steve Gromek	CLE	1945-09-26 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	1	1	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	35	8	31	2	3	1	0	1	0	11	0	2	0	4	72			0.5	2.19			1.44
7	Al Benton	DET	1945-08-26 (2)	GS-6	6.0	5	4	4	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	29	11	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	43			-0.2	-1.52			1.42
8	Steve Gromek	CLE	1945-08-26 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	35	9	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	59			-0.1	-0.28			0.85
9	Al Benton	DET	1941-09-06 (2)	CG, W	9.0	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	35	9	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	68			0.2	3.27			0.65
10	Steve Gromek	CLE	1941-09-06 (2)	4-6	2.2	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	7	14	5	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0				-0.1	-1.33	2	1	0.41

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batter vs. Pitcher

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1941	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1945	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1946	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Al Benton (Pitcher) vs. Steve Gromek (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1941	1941-09-06 (2)	CLE	DET	down 4-1	t5	---	0		Strikeout
2	1945	1945-08-26 (2)	CLE	DET	down 1-0	b2	123	2		Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
3	1945	1945-08-26 (2)	CLE	DET	tied 1-1	b4	123	1		Flyball: LF; D. Ross Scores
4	1945	1945-08-26 (2)	CLE	DET	ahead 1-3	b6	-2-	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted; P. Seerey to 3B
5	1945	1945-09-26 (2)	CLE	DET	tied 0-0	t3	---	1		Groundout: 1B unassisted
6	1945	1945-09-26 (2)	CLE	DET	down 1-0	t5	---	1		Lineout: SS
7	1946	1946-08-12	CLE	DET	down 1-0	b3	---	1		Strikeout
8	1946	1946-08-12	CLE	DET	down 1-0	b6	---	1		Strikeout
9	1946	1946-09-22 (2)	CLE	DET	down 1-0	b3	---	2		Foul Popfly: 3B

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1941	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1945	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	0	0	0	0
3	1946	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	0	0

Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Steve Gromek (Pitcher) vs. Al Benton (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1941	1941-09-06 (2)	DET	CLE	ahead 1-6	b5	123	1		Flyball: Unknown out on play
2	1945	1945-08-26 (2)	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	t2	1--	2		Strikeout
3	1945	1945-08-26 (2)	DET	CLE	down 2-1	t5	---	2		Strikeout
4	1945	1945-09-26 (2)	DET	CLE	tied 0-0	b3	-2-	0		Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; B. Swift to 3B
5	1945	1945-09-26 (2)	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	b5	--3	1		Fielder's Choice P/Sacrifice Bunt; J. Outlaw Scores/unER
6	1946	1946-08-12	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	t3	---	0		Single to SS
7	1946	1946-08-12	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	t5	---	1		Strikeout
8	1946	1946-08-12	DET	CLE	ahead 0-2	t7	---	2		Strikeout
9	1946	1946-09-22 (2)	DET	CLE	ahead 0-1	t2	---	2		Strikeout
10	1946	1946-09-22 (2)	DET	CLE	ahead 0-2	t4	1--	1		Strikeout

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Comparison

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Totals

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	0	0	7	200	.098	.112	.111	.223	-41	57	13	1	59		0
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	630	58	124	9	2	0	40	2	0	71	146	.197	.279	.217	.497	40	137	13	1	40	0	0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Value

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-6.0	-6.0	-6.0	0.0	-117	-1	-1	0
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	2.5	2.4	2.4	0.0	-53	1	0	0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Sabermetric

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	7	58	67	534	7	.160	36	-107	-10.7	.014	2.6		0
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	11	196	198	559	47	.256	98	-52	-5.3	.021	4.3	100.0	2

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Al Benton	34	1945	1945	3	0	0	0	0	0			0						0
2	Steve Gromek	28	1948	1948	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	.000	0			.000	3.0		0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Win Probability

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Al Benton	23-41	1934	1952	455	579	-8.6	-8.3	-0.7	-98.23	-9.7	-97.73	0.96
2	Steve Gromek	21-37	1941	1957	470	743	-6.3	-5.7	-0.8	-64.36	-6.6	-61.83	0.98

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Head-to-Head Batting

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Gromek	5	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	1		0
2	Al Benton	5	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	4		0

Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Game Logs

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Al Benton vs. Steve Gromek: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Al Benton	DET	1946-09-22 (2)	*	7	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.54	-0.038	0.00	0.00%	-0.48			P
2	Steve Gromek	CLE	1946-09-22 (2)	*	4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.48	-0.012	0.00	0.00%	-0.09			P
3	Al Benton	DET	1946-08-12	*	10	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0		0	0.57	0.013	0.03	0.00%	0.14			P
4	Steve Gromek	CLE	1946-08-12	*	8	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.93	-0.044	0.00	0.00%	-0.27			P
5	Al Benton	DET	1945-09-26 (2)	*	6	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	2		0	1.42	0.044	0.00	0.00%	0.42			P
6	Steve Gromek	CLE	1945-09-26 (2)	*	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1		0	0.88	-0.070	0.00	0.00%	-0.71			P
7	Al Benton	DET	1945-08-26 (2)	*	7	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.64	-0.033	5.06	-0.16%	-0.28			P
8	Steve Gromek	CLE	1945-08-26 (2)	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0		0	2.41	-0.005	1.44	0.00%	-0.71			P
9	Al Benton	DET	1941-09-06 (2)	*	9	9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2		0	0.87	-0.044	0.00	0.00%	-1.41			P
10	Steve Gromek	CLE	1941-09-06 (2)		4	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0	0.96	-0.026	0.00	0.00%	-0.27			P

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Game data: Game data is only available for the American League, National League, and Federal League. Since 1901 for regular season data, since 1933 for the All-Star Game, and since 1903 for the Postseason.

Season data: Since 1871. Stats relying on play-by-play data are complete back to 1969, nearly complete back to 1950, and mostly complete back to 1912. Postseason data since 1903.

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