 After being pulled in the second inning in a July 16 start against the Athletics, he was kept as a reliever the rest of the year.Gromek finished the season with four wins, six losses, and a 3.33 ERA in 92 innings over 27 games, 12 of them starts.The Indians offered Gromek a salary cut for 1950 due to his losing record the prior year, to which Gromek objected.