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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1990 25 CIN NL 0 0 4.26 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 99 1.263 8.5 0.0 2.8 4.3 1.50
1991 26 CIN NL 6 4 .600 3.47 29 9 6 1 0 0 85.2 93 43 33 8 40 2 40 0 1 5 381 111 1.553 9.8 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00
1992 27 LAD NL 1 1 .500 4.18 16 1 7 0 0 0 23.2 32 14 11 1 10 1 14 0 1 1 109 85 1.775 12.2 0.4 3.8 5.3 1.40
1993 28 LAD NL 0 0 0.60 10 0 0 0 0 0 15.0 13 1 1 0 4 0 12 0 0 0 59 651 1.133 7.8 0.0 2.4 7.2 3.00
1999 34 BOS AL 0 2 .000 7.82 11 1 7 0 0 0 12.2 15 11 11 3 8 2 9 3 0 1 64 66 1.816 10.7 2.1 5.7 6.4 1.13
2000 35 HOU NL 0 1 .000 10.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 8 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 51 2.538 18.7 4.2 4.2 6.2 1.50
6 Yrs 7 8 .467 3.90 73 12 22 1 0 0 147.2 168 80 64 14 66 5 81 3 2 7 661 102 1.585 10.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.23
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .467 3.90 58 10 18 1 0 0 118 134 64 51 11 53 4 65 2 2 6 529 102 1.585 10.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.23
LAD (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 2.79 26 1 7 0 0 0 38.2 45 15 12 1 14 1 26 0 1 1 168 132 1.526 10.5 0.2 3.3 6.1 1.86
CIN (2 yrs) 6 4 .600 3.52 34 9 8 1 0 0 92.0 99 46 36 8 42 2 43 0 1 5 406 110 1.533 9.7 0.8 4.1 4.2 1.02
BOS (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.82 11 1 7 0 0 0 12.2 15 11 11 3 8 2 9 3 0 1 64 66 1.816 10.7 2.1 5.7 6.4 1.13
HOU (1 yr) 0 1 .000 10.38 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 9 8 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 51 2.538 18.7 4.2 4.2 6.2 1.50
NL (5 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.53 62 11 15 1 0 0 135.0 153 69 53 11 58 3 72 0 2 6 597 109 1.563 10.2 0.7 3.9 4.8 1.24
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.82 11 1 7 0 0 0 12.2 15 11 11 3 8 2 9 3 0 1 64 66 1.816 10.7 2.1 5.7 6.4 1.13

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1990 25 CIN NL 6.1 5 0 3 4.26 4.28 -0.10 -0.33 105.6 4.29 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .498 .500 $
1991 26 CIN NL 85.2 29 9 43 4.52 4.20 -0.06 -0.04 103.5 4.37 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.1 0.4 6 .492 .499 $108,000
1992 27 LAD NL 23.2 16 1 14 5.32 3.89 -0.67 -0.19 100.6 4.40 -3 -0.3 .6 0.0 -0.1 -0 .482 .498 $150,000
1993 28 LAD NL 15.0 10 0 1 0.60 4.44 -0.54 -0.34 101.1 4.69 7 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.8 8 .572 .504 $165,000
1999 34 BOS AL 12.2 11 1 11 7.82 5.28 0.33 -0.25 98.6 4.64 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .464 .498 $500,000
2000 35 HOU NL 4.1 2 1 8 16.62 4.67 -0.42 0.13 103.0 5.37 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .291 .497 $
6 Seasons 147.2 73 12 80 4.88 4.29 -0.19 -0.12 102.4 4.46 -8 -0.6 .8 -0.1 0.4 7 .491 .499 $923,000
LAD (2 yrs) 38.2 26 1 15 3.49 4.10 -0.62 -0.25 100.8 4.51 4 0.4 .8 0.0 0.7 8 .516 .501 $315,000
CIN (2 yrs) 92.0 34 9 46 4.50 4.21 -0.07 -0.06 103.6 4.37 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.1 0.4 7 .493 .499 $108,000
BOS (1 yr) 12.2 11 1 11 7.82 5.28 0.33 -0.25 98.6 4.64 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .464 .498 $500,000
HOU (1 yr) 4.1 2 1 8 16.62 4.67 -0.42 0.13 103.0 5.37 -5 -0.4 1.7 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .291 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1990 25 CIN NL 5 25 22 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 .273 .320 .273 .593 .300 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
1991 26 CIN NL 29 381 333 43 93 12 1 8 8 3 40 40 .279 .355 .393 .748 .296 131 11 0 6 2 2 8
1992 27 LAD NL 16 109 99 14 32 5 1 1 2 1 10 14 .323 .385 .424 .810 .369 42 3 0 0 0 1 2
1993 28 LAD NL 10 59 55 1 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 12 .236 .288 .273 .561 .302 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 34 BOS AL 11 64 50 11 15 3 0 3 0 0 8 9 .300 .419 .540 .959 .308 27 2 3 1 1 2 1
2000 35 HOU NL 2 23 21 8 9 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .429 .478 .762 1.240 .438 16 2 0 0 0 0 2
6 Yrs 73 661 580 80 168 23 2 14 13 6 66 81 .290 .363 .409 .772 .315 237 18 3 7 4 5 13
162 Game Avg. 58 529 464 64 134 18 2 11 10 5 53 65 .290 .363 .409 .772 .315 190 14 2 6 3 4 10
MLB Averages .265 .335 .412 .747 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 25 CIN NL 0.1 0.0 27 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .16 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.16 1.5 0 0 5
1991 26 CIN NL 0.9 0.1 403 -0.7 4.8 -5.4 .77 -0.6 -0.2 -8.5 -0.9 0.77 -7.1 4 4 12
1992 27 LAD NL -2.6 -0.3 114 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .53 -0.5 0.1 -2.0 -0.2 0.53 -4.6 3 0 12
1993 28 LAD NL 5.9 0.6 63 0.7 1.3 -0.6 1.22 0.5 0.0 6.6 0.7 1.22 5.6 3 1 6
1999 34 BOS AL -3.2 -0.3 66 -1.0 0.6 -1.5 .81 -0.3 -0.9 -3.0 -0.3 0.81 -3.7 2 0 7
2000 35 HOU NL -3.4 -0.3 23 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 1.07 -0.5 0.2 -4.2 -0.4 1.07 -5.4 1 0 0
6 Yrs -2.2 -0.1 696 -1.5 8.0 -9.5 .76 -1.2 -0.8 -11.0 -1.0 0.76 -13.7 13 5 42

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1991 26 CIN NL 29 9 4 4 1 0 0 4 5 .444 1 0 1 0 4 44% 45.2 74 23 17 6 0 4 5.3 6.9 5.6 89 3 4 2 0 116
1992 27 LAD NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 47.0 47 47 4 3 0 1 9.0 12.0 6.0 97 0 1 0 0 97
1999 34 BOS AL 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 33 33 3 2 1 0 9.0 4.5 3.0 73 1 0 0 0 73
2000 35 HOU NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27.0 27 27 2 2 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.0 74 1 0 0 0 74
4 Yrs 58 12 5 5 2 0 0 5 7 .417 1 1 1 0 5 42% 43 74 23 26 13 1 6 5.5 6.8 5.3 87 5 5 2 0 116
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 105 -21 4.8 4.7 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 25 CIN NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .163 0 0 5 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 2 0 3.8 24
1991 26 CIN NL 29 20 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 10 71% 5 .773 4 4 12 4 1 15 7 13 10 5 10 3 5.3 29
1992 27 LAD NL 16 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 1 11% 8 .527 3 0 12 3 1 11 5 10 6 6 6 3 3.5 17
1993 28 LAD NL 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 33% 8 1.217 3 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 5 2 5 4 4.5 21
1999 34 BOS AL 11 10 7 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 2 29% 9 .807 2 0 7 2 1 7 3 7 2 4 4 2 2.9 18
2000 35 HOU NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1.072 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 12
6 Yrs 73 61 22 2 3 1 0 1 0% 8 7 34 14 41% .763 13 5 42 15 3 43 18 43 25 19 27 12 4.1 22

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1990 25 CIN NL 25 64% 0.0% 12.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 0.82 1.14 80% 25% 0.0% 18% 3 0 0%
1991 26 CIN NL 381 44% 2.1% 10.5% 10.5% 5.5% 23% 1.01 1.40 75% 20% 6.2% 11% 68 11 16%
1992 27 LAD NL 109 51% 0.9% 12.8% 9.2% 6.4% 22% 1.10 2.06 77% 29% 2.9% 13% 21 3 14%
1993 28 LAD NL 59 56% 0.0% 20.3% 6.8% 3.4% 15% 0.48 0.48 73% 19% 0.0% 30% 11 0 0%
1999 34 BOS AL 64 42% 4.7% 14.1% 12.5% 9.4% 40% 1.05 1.64 61% 23% 17.6% 19% 15 2 13%
2000 35 HOU NL 23 83% 8.7% 13.0% 8.7% 13.0% 33% 0.78 2.33 70% 39% 25.0% 11% 9 2 22%
6 Yrs 661 48% 2.1% 12.3% 10.0% 5.9% 23% 0.95 1.38 74% 23% 6.4% 14% 127 18 14%
MLB Averages 44% 2.5% 16.0% 9.0% 7.5% 32% 0.80 1.08 71% 21% 7.5% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1990 25 CIN NL 24 97 4.04 52 54% 25% 12% 27% 37% 75% 0% 40% 85% 46% 8% 2 2 17% 4 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0
1991 26 CIN NL 383 1379 3.60 831 60% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 1% 45% 86% 56% 6% 23 11 17% 67 34 8 40% 7 10 -2 0 0
1992 27 LAD NL 110 354 3.22 217 61% 31% 12% 18% 39% 69% 3% 42% 82% 62% 8% 9 5 17% 19 11 2 14% 5 3 -1 0 0
1993 28 LAD NL 59 214 3.63 142 66% 24% 20% 25% 30% 76% 0% 50% 73% 51% 3% 2 2 20% 12 7 0 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 34 BOS AL 64 254 3.97 150 59% 26% 14% 31% 29% 74% 8% 44% 81% 55% 8% 5 2 16% 10 5 0 78% 4 1 0 0 0
2000 35 HOU NL 23 86 3.74 49 57% 22% 16% 24% 37% 78% 0% 44% 79% 43% 0% 0 0 17% 4 1 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 663 2384 3.60 1441 60% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 2% 45% 83% 55% 6% 41 22 17% 116 59 10 33% 17 14 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1990 25 CIN NL 25 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 7 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 26 CIN NL 381 93 35 1 8 0 10 2 6 4 4 19 8 5 42% 8 5 4 143 8 3 73% 7 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 15 0
1992 27 LAD NL 109 32 11 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 50% 2 1 0 48 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 28 LAD NL 59 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1999 34 BOS AL 64 15 2 0 3 1 6 0 3 0 3 6 3 0 50% 1 1 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 35 HOU NL 23 9 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 661 168 50 2 14 1 20 4 10 4 10 30 14 5 47% 13 7 4 264 13 6 68% 12 6 0 0 1 0 3 0 20 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1990 25 0 0 4.26 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 6 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 99 1.263 8.5 0.0 2.8 4.3 1.50 99
1991 26 6 4 .600 3.52 34 9 8 1 0 0 92.0 99 46 36 8 42 2 43 0 1 5 406 110 1.533 9.7 0.8 4.1 4.2 1.02 110
1992 27 7 5 .583 3.66 50 10 15 1 0 0 115.2 131 60 47 9 52 3 57 0 2 6 515 104 1.582 10.2 0.7 4.0 4.4 1.10 104
1993 28 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1994 29 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1995 30 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1996 31 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1997 32 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1998 33 7 5 .583 3.31 60 10 15 1 0 0 130.2 144 61 48 9 56 3 69 0 2 6 574 116 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 4.8 1.23 116
1999 34 7 7 .500 3.70 71 11 22 1 0 0 143.1 159 72 59 12 64 5 78 3 2 7 638 106 1.556 10.0 0.8 4.0 4.9 1.22 106
2000 35 7 8 .467 3.90 73 12 22 1 0 0 147.2 168 80 64 14 66 5 81 3 2 7 661 102 1.585 10.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.23 102

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1990 25 0 0 3.00 6.0 5 2 2 0 2 3 0 1.167 7.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 0.0 5
1991 26 5 4 .556 3.73 82.0 95 38 34 8 41 38 0 1.659 10.4 4.5 4.2 0.93 0.9 29
1992 27 1 1 .500 5.57 21.0 34 14 13 1 11 13 0 2.143 14.6 4.7 5.6 1.18 0.4 16
1993 28 1 0 1.000 0.64 14.0 13 1 1 0 4 11 0 1.214 8.4 2.6 7.1 2.75 0.0 10
1999 34 0 1 .000 6.92 13.0 14 11 10 3 7 9 3 1.615 9.7 4.8 6.2 1.29 2.1 11
2000 35 0 0 9.00 4.0 8 4 4 2 2 3 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 6.8 1.50 4.5 2
6 Yrs 7 6 .538 4.11 140.0 169 70 64 14 67 77 3 1.686 10.9 5.0 1.15 0.9 73

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