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Kelly Gruber
Kelly Wayne Gruber

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 20, 1984
  vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 29, 1993
Born February 26, 1962 in Houston, TX

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1980. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 22 TOR AL  15   16    1    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   5  .063  .063  .250  -19    4   0   0   0   0   1
 1985 23 TOR AL   5   13    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .231  .231  .231   25    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 24 TOR AL  87  143   20   28   4  1   5   15   2  5   5  27  .196  .220  .343   49   49   2   2   0   0   4
 1987 25 TOR AL 138  341   50   80  14  3  12   36  12  2  17  70  .235  .283  .399   77  136   1   2   2   7  11
 1988 26 TOR AL 158  569   75  158  33  5  16   81  23  5  38  92  .278  .328  .438  113  249   5   4   1   7  20
 1989 27 TOR AL 135  545   83  158  24  4  18   73  10  5  30  60  .290  .328  .448  123  244   0   5   0   3  13 AS
 1990 28 TOR AL 150  592   92  162  36  6  31  118  14  2  48  94  .274  .330  .512  127  303   1  13   2   8  14 SS,MVP-4,AS
 1991 29 TOR AL 113  429   58  108  18  2  20   65  12  7  31  70  .252  .308  .443  102  190   3   5   5   6   7
 1992 30 TOR AL 120  446   42  102  16  3  11   43   7  7  26  72  .229  .275  .352   72  157   1   4   3   4  14
 1993 31 CAL AL  18   65   10   18   3  0   3    9   0  0   2  11  .277  .309  .462  102   30   2   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     939 3159  431  818 148 24 117  443  80 33 197 504  .259  .307  .432  102 1365  15  35  13  36  86
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        545   74  141  26  4  20   76  14  6  34  87  .259  .307  .432  102  235   3   6   2   6  15
 Career High    158  592   92  162  36  6  31  118  23  7  48  94  .290  .330  .512  127  303   5  13   5   8  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 22 TOR AL   16   16    0   0.0   100| .063  .268| .063  .332| .250  .405| .313  .736| -19  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1985 23 TOR AL   13   10    1   2.7   102| .231  .266| .231  .332| .231  .413| .462  .745|  25  .271  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1986 24 TOR AL  152  128    8   1.7   103| .196  .265| .220  .333| .343  .413| .563  .747|  49  .132 -11.1  -1.1  28%
 1987 25 TOR AL  368  277   37   3.6   108| .235  .267| .283  .336| .399  .429| .682  .765|  77  .352 -12.7  -1.2  85%
 1988 26 TOR AL  623  445   79   4.8    94| .278  .259| .328  .324| .438  .391| .766  .715| 113  .534   9.1   0.9  82%
 1989 27 TOR AL  583  410   77   5.0    88| .290  .254| .328  .318| .448  .373| .776  .691| 123  .567  14.6   1.5  66%
 1990 28 TOR AL  662  460  101   5.9    99| .274  .266| .330  .335| .512  .398| .842  .733| 127  .631  20.3   2.0  87%
 1991 29 TOR AL  474  343   58   4.6   100| .252  .265| .308  .334| .443  .402| .751  .736| 102  .501  -0.4   0.0  63%
 1992 30 TOR AL  481  370   39   2.8    98| .229  .265| .275  .335| .352  .393| .627  .728|  72  .308 -19.4  -2.0  50%
 1993 31 CAL AL   70   51    9   4.7   105| .277  .270| .309  .341| .462  .413| .771  .754| 102  .490  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3442 2510  409   4.4    98| .259  .263| .307  .330| .432  .397| .739  .727| 102  .487  -4.1  -0.3  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 22 TOR AL 3B 12 4 10 1 0 .933 .952 1.17 2.19 4.50 2.76 1 28.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.90 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 1985 23 TOR AL 3B 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.38 2.67 2.87 2 27.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1986 24 TOR AL 3B 42 19 59 5 3 .940 .948 1.86 2.37 2.86 2.74 27 245.3 2B 14 15 16 1 5 .969 .981 2.21 4.34 4.36 5.10 5 64.0 DH 14 OF 9 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.67 2.06 1.80 2.40 2 30.0 SS 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 3.94 3.75 4.50 0 12.0 LF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.77 0.00 2.20 0 9.0 RF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 1.80 2.81 2.14 2 16.0 CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.45 3.60 2.88 0 5.0 1987 25 TOR AL 3B 119 52 168 12 11 .948 .952 1.85 2.31 2.74 2.77 74 723.3 SS 21 20 28 1 7 .980 .970 2.29 4.02 4.19 4.59 8 103.0 2B 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 .986 1.00 4.49 3.32 5.12 1 19.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 DH 1 1988 26 TOR AL 3B 156 114 349 14 31 .971 .954 2.97 2.36 3.19 2.71 147 1307.7 2B 7 4 16 2 4 .909 .980 2.86 4.40 5.41 5.11 2 33.3 CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 3.38 2.93 0 8.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 DH 1 1989 27 TOR AL 3B 119 86 291 22 15 .945 .943 3.17 2.34 3.25 2.73 118 1045.3 AS OF 16 35 2 0 1 1.000 .979 2.31 2.12 2.38 2.42 15 140.0 AS RF 14 34 2 0 1 1.000 .978 2.57 1.90 2.66 2.33 13 122.0 AS LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.83 1.00 2.15 2 18.0 AS SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 AS DH 1 AS 1990 28 TOR AL 3B 145 123 280 19 21 .955 .944 2.78 2.32 2.86 2.75 143 1267.7 GG,AS RF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.82 1.54 2.24 5 41.0 AS DH 1 AS 1991 29 TOR AL 3B 111 97 231 13 16 .962 .955 2.95 2.33 3.02 2.79 109 977.3 DH 2 1992 30 TOR AL 3B 120 104 215 17 10 .949 .950 2.66 2.40 2.81 2.78 118 1021.7 1993 31 CAL AL 3B 17 18 42 4 3 .938 .951 3.53 2.31 3.88 2.69 17 139.0 LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 9.00 2.10 0 3.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1985 23 TOR AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.50 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1986 24 TOR AL 2B 14 15 16 1 5 .969 .981 2.21 4.34 4.36 5.10 5 64.0 1987 25 TOR AL 2B 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 .986 1.00 4.49 3.32 5.12 1 19.0 1988 26 TOR AL 2B 7 4 16 2 4 .909 .980 2.86 4.40 5.41 5.11 2 33.3 1984 22 TOR AL 3B 12 4 10 1 0 .933 .952 1.17 2.19 4.50 2.76 1 28.0 1985 23 TOR AL 3B 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.38 2.67 2.87 2 27.0 1986 24 TOR AL 3B 42 19 59 5 3 .940 .948 1.86 2.37 2.86 2.74 27 245.3 1987 25 TOR AL 3B 119 52 168 12 11 .948 .952 1.85 2.31 2.74 2.77 74 723.3 1988 26 TOR AL 3B 156 114 349 14 31 .971 .954 2.97 2.36 3.19 2.71 147 1307.7 1989 27 TOR AL 3B 119 86 291 22 15 .945 .943 3.17 2.34 3.25 2.73 118 1045.3 1990 28 TOR AL 3B 145 123 280 19 21 .955 .944 2.78 2.32 2.86 2.75 143 1267.7 1991 29 TOR AL 3B 111 97 231 13 16 .962 .955 2.95 2.33 3.02 2.79 109 977.3 1992 30 TOR AL 3B 120 104 215 17 10 .949 .950 2.66 2.40 2.81 2.78 118 1021.7 1993 31 CAL AL 3B 17 18 42 4 3 .938 .951 3.53 2.31 3.88 2.69 17 139.0 1986 24 TOR AL CF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.45 3.60 2.88 0 5.0 1987 25 TOR AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.35 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1988 26 TOR AL CF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 2.50 3.38 2.93 0 8.0 1986 24 TOR AL DH 14 1987 25 TOR AL DH 1 1988 26 TOR AL DH 1 1989 27 TOR AL DH 1 1990 28 TOR AL DH 1 1991 29 TOR AL DH 2 1993 31 CAL AL DH 1 1986 24 TOR AL LF 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.77 0.00 2.20 0 9.0 1989 27 TOR AL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.83 1.00 2.15 2 18.0 1993 31 CAL AL LF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 1.80 9.00 2.10 0 3.0 1984 22 TOR AL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.15 4.50 2.48 0 4.0 1986 24 TOR AL OF 9 6 0 1 0 .857 .984 0.67 2.06 1.80 2.40 2 30.0 1987 25 TOR AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 4.50 2.25 0 2.0 1988 26 TOR AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.15 3.38 2.48 0 8.0 1989 27 TOR AL OF 16 35 2 0 1 1.000 .979 2.31 2.12 2.38 2.42 15 140.0 1990 28 TOR AL OF 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.00 2.03 1.32 2.39 5 41.0 1993 31 CAL AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.10 6.00 2.40 0 3.0 1984 22 TOR AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 4.50 2.25 0 4.0 1986 24 TOR AL RF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .980 1.67 1.80 2.81 2.14 2 16.0 1989 27 TOR AL RF 14 34 2 0 1 1.000 .978 2.57 1.90 2.66 2.33 13 122.0 1990 28 TOR AL RF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.82 1.54 2.24 5 41.0 1984 22 TOR AL SS 1 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 2.00 3.90 9.00 4.95 0 2.0 1986 24 TOR AL SS 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 1.00 3.94 3.75 4.50 0 12.0 1987 25 TOR AL SS 21 20 28 1 7 .980 .970 2.29 4.02 4.19 4.59 8 103.0 1988 26 TOR AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.10 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1989 27 TOR AL SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 846 619 1651 107 110 .955 .949 2.68 2.34 3.01 2.75 756 6782.3 OF* 38 55 2 1 1 .983 .981 1.50 2.09 2.25 2.41 22 228.0 8 6 25# SS* 29 23 34 2 7 .966 .968 1.97 4.01 4.28 4.59 8 120.0 2B* 29 22 36 3 10 .951 .981 2.00 4.40 4.45 5.11 8 117.3 RF* 25 48 2 1 1 .980 .978 2.00 1.87 2.46 2.29 20 183.0 DH 21 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.62 1.80 1.50 2.16 2 30.0 CF* 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.43 3.60 2.88 0 15.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 942 719 1723 113 128 .956 .951 2.59 2.45 3.03 2.81 794 7248
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   ALCS  TOR OAK     L   5  17   2   5  1  0  0   1   3   2  .294  .381  .353   1  0   0   1   0 
 1991   ALCS  TOR MIN     L   5  21   1   6  1  0  0   4   0   4  .286  .286  .333   1  0   0   0   0 
 1992   ALCS  TOR OAK     W   6  22   3   2  1  0  1   2   2   3  .091  .167  .273   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    TOR ATL     W   6  19   2   2  0  0  1   1   2   5  .105  .190  .263   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2  16  60   6  13  3  0  1   7   5   9  .217  .273  .317   2  0   1   1   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2  22  79   8  15  3  0  2   8   7  14  .190  .253  .304   3  0   2   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1989   TOR AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1990   TOR AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   2  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   2  0   0   0   0  .000  .500  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1989
1990 *

Gold Gloves
1990-AL--3B

Silver Sluggers
1990-AL--3B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1990-AL-4-0.45
Car-452-0.45 shares

Slugging %
1990 AL-.512-6

OPS
1990 AL-.842-9

Games
1988 AL-158-4

Runs
1990 AL-92-7

Total Bases
1990 AL-303-2

Doubles
1990 AL-36-9

Home Runs
1990 AL-31-5

RBI
1990 AL-118-2

Runs Created
1990 AL-101-7

Extra-Base Hits
1990 AL-73-2

Hit By Pitch
1990 AL-8-3

Sac. Flies
1990 AL-13-2

Grounded into Double Plays
1988 AL-20-5

Power/Speed Number
1988 AL-18.9-7
1990 AL-19.3-7

At Bats per Home Run
1990 AL-19.1-9

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2261) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 18.0 (834) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1980.

December 5, 1983: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Cleveland Indians in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

December 8, 1992: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.

September 7, 1993: Released by the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Toronto Blue Jays$88,000
1987Toronto Blue Jays$96,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$130,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$462,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$1,150,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$3,033,333
1992Toronto Blue Jays$3,633,333
1993California Angels$4,333,334
Career (may be incomplete)$12,926,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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