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Kip Gross

Kip Lee Gross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 24, 1964 in Scottsbluff, NE
School: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed August 19, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1990
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/RedSox/Astros 1990-2000

Final Game: May 29, 2000
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1990 25 CIN NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 26 CIN NL 29 25 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1992 27 LAD NL 16 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 473 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 28 LAD NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 34 BOS AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 35 HOU NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Yrs 73 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .160 .160 .160 .320 -11 4 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 55 4 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .160 .160 .160 .320 -11 9 0 0 9 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 26 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 473 2 0 0 1 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 34 25 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 2 0 0 3 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 62 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .160 .160 .160 .320 -11 4 0 0 4 0 0
AL (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1990 25 CIN NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1991 26 CIN NL 29 25 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $108,000 1
1992 27 LAD NL 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .512 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $150,000 1
1993 28 LAD NL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $165,000 1
1999 34 BOS AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000 1
2000 35 HOU NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
6 Seasons 73 29 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $923,000
LAD (2 yrs) 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $315,000
CIN (2 yrs) 34 25 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $108,000
BOS (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $500,000
HOU (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1991 26 CIN NL 25 23 0 0.0 97 .125 .091 .262 .091 .330 .091 .393 .182 .723 -49 .000 -4.5 -0.5 .100 .000 .000
1992 27 LAD NL 3 1 2 54.0 91 1.000 1.000 .258 1.000 .324 1.000 .380 2.000 .703 473 .991 0.9 0.1 .000 .000
2000 35 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .281 .000 .360 .000 .460 .000 .820 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 29 25 2 2.2 97 .211 .160 .263 .160 .331 .160 .394 .320 .726 -11 .226 -3.9 -0.4 .190 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 64 55 4 2.2 97 .211 .160 .263 .160 .331 .160 .394 .320 .726 -11 .226 -3.9 -0.4 .190 .000 .000
LAD (2 yrs) 3 1 2 54.0 91 1.000 1.000 .258 1.000 .324 1.000 .380 2.000 .703 473 .991 0.9 0.1 .000 .000
CIN (2 yrs) 25 23 0 0.0 97 .125 .091 .262 .091 .330 .091 .393 .182 .723 -49 .000 -4.5 -0.5 .100 .000 .000
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 122 .000 .000 .281 .000 .360 .000 .460 .000 .820 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1991 26 CIN NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 22.0 1.50 2.40 64% 16% 0.0% 17%
1992 27 LAD NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 1.00 67% 33% 0.0% 0%
2000 35 HOU NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 100%
6 Yrs 29 0.0% 20.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.2 12.5 1.25 2.17 66% 17% 0.0% 25%
MLB Averages 2.5% 16.0% 9.0% 7.5% 32% 1.78 5.5 35.0 7.7 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.5% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1990 25 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1991 26 CIN NL -4.5 -0.5 25 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .63 -0.4 0.1 -5.3 -0.5 1.00 -4.8 0
1992 27 LAD NL 0.9 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .97 0.1 -0.0 2.0 0.2 1.11 1.5 0
1993 28 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
2000 35 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .99 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
6 Yrs -3.9 -0.4 29 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .68 -0.3 0.1 -3.6 -0.4 1.00 -3.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1991 26 CIN NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 LAD NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 35 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1991 26 CIN NL 25 20% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 20 1 5% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1992 27 LAD NL 3 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
2000 35 HOU NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 29 17% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 4 0 0% 6 3 50% 23 3 13% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 56% 73% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1991 26 CIN NL 25 63 2.52 51 81% 18% 29% 16% 37% 82% 0% 67% 64% 64% 0% 0 0 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 17% 0 0 0
1992 27 LAD NL 3 5 1.67 5 100% 20% 0% 20% 60% 80% 80% 100% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 35 HOU NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 0% 50% 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 29 70 2.41 58 83% 17% 26% 17% 40% 83% 0% 69% 69% 66% 0% 0 0 3% 1 0 0% 0 0 17% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 26 34 25 22 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 2 0 0 3 0 0
1992 27 50 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1993 28 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1994 29 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1995 30 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1996 31 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1997 32 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1998 33 60 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
1999 34 71 28 24 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 4 0 0 4 0 0
2000 35 73 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .160 .160 .160 .320 -11 4 0 0 4 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1991 26 29 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1992 27 16 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 16
2000 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
3 Yrs 47 29 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .080 .080 .080 .160 2 47
162 Game Avg. 162 100 86 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 21 .080 .080 .080 .160 7 47

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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