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Word: gromek (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Silent Bats. It went on like that for four days: good pitching and terrible hitting. Cleveland's brilliant southpaw Rookie Gene Bearden, shutting out the Braves (2-0), only twice let the count go to three balls on any Boston batter. Knuckle-bailer Steve Gromek, who out-pitched Sain in the fourth game (2-1), gave only one base on balls. The 1948 World Series was in danger of being remembered only for precision pitching. Grantland Rice called it the Series of silent bats. Disgusted fans and sportwriters complained that it was the dullest World Series in memory. What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pitching Pays | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Cleveland Indians had the league's best four-man pitching staff-Bob Feller, Steve Gromek, Red Embree, Allie Reynolds-and the league's best shortstop, Player-Manager Lou Boudreau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Yanks & the Cards | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

Muncrief, St. L. Newhouser, Det Leonard, Wash. Gromek, Cleve. Ferriss, Boston Wolff, Wash. Benton, Det. Reynolds, Cleve Sevens, N. Y. Potter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: FINAL STANDINGS | 10/8/1945 | See Source »

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