Wayne Gross
Wayne Dale Gross
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 14, 1952 in Riverside, CA
High School: Riverside Polytechnic (Riverside, CA)
School: California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Drafted
by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1976
Final Game: October 1, 1986
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Standard Batting

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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
1976 24 OAK AL 10 20 18 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 /3D9
1977 25 OAK AL 146 582 485 66 113 21 1 22 63 5 4 86 84 .233 .352 .416 .769 112 202 7 5 3 3 6 *5/3 AS
1978 26 OAK AL 118 335 285 18 57 10 2 7 23 0 2 40 63 .200 .308 .323 .631 83 92 3 5 4 1 2 53
1979 27 OAK AL 138 521 442 54 99 19 1 14 50 4 3 72 62 .224 .332 .367 .699 94 162 8 1 3 3 9 *53/79
1980 28 OAK AL 113 419 366 45 103 20 3 14 61 5 3 44 39 .281 .355 .467 .822 131 171 2 1 2 6 9 53/D
1981 29 OAK AL 82 287 243 29 50 7 1 10 31 2 1 34 28 .206 .304 .366 .670 97 89 7 2 4 4 0 *5/3D
1982 30 OAK AL 129 451 386 43 97 14 0 9 41 3 1 53 50 .251 .342 .358 .700 98 138 4 2 7 3 0 53/D7
1983 31 OAK AL 136 384 339 34 79 18 0 12 44 3 5 36 52 .233 .311 .392 .703 99 133 5 3 4 2 4 35/D19
1984 32 BAL AL 127 414 342 53 74 9 1 22 64 1 2 68 69 .216 .346 .442 .788 119 151 6 1 1 2 4 *5/3D
1985 33 BAL AL 103 264 217 31 51 8 0 11 18 1 1 46 48 .235 .369 .424 .793 120 92 3 0 1 0 0 5D/3
1986 34 OAK AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
11 Seasons 1105 3680 3125 373 727 126 9 121 396 24 22 482 496 .233 .337 .395 .732 106 1234 45 20 29 24 34
162 Game Avg. 162 540 458 55 107 18 1 18 58 4 3 71 73 .233 .337 .395 .732 106 181 7 3 4 4 5
OAK (9 yrs) 875 3002 2566 289 602 109 8 88 314 22 19 368 379 .235 .332 .386 .719 103 991 36 19 27 22 30
BAL (2 yrs) 230 678 559 84 125 17 1 33 82 2 3 114 117 .224 .355 .435 .790 119 243 9 1 2 2 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1976 24 OAK AL 20 14 1 1.9 82 .235 .222 .250 .300 .314 .222 .353 .522 .666 59 .210 -0.9 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
1977 25 OAK AL 582 389 76 5.2 97 .238 .233 .263 .352 .326 .416 .400 .769 .726 112 .555 11.1 1.1 .768 .363 .184 8.1
1978 26 OAK AL 335 238 31 3.5 89 .231 .200 .254 .308 .318 .323 .374 .631 .693 83 .402 -5.2 -0.5 .579 .256 .123 .0
1979 27 OAK AL 521 360 57 4.2 97 .230 .224 .262 .332 .326 .367 .397 .699 .724 94 .450 -1.2 -0.1 .667 .308 .143 6.2
1980 28 OAK AL 419 276 64 6.2 93 .279 .281 .261 .355 .322 .467 .387 .822 .709 131 .637 16.8 1.6 .813 .311 .186 7.4
1981 29 OAK AL 287 209 28 3.6 85 .191 .206 .250 .304 .314 .366 .364 .670 .678 97 .442 -0.2 -0.0 .627 .305 .160 3.3
1982 30 OAK AL 451 304 52 4.6 93 .267 .251 .257 .342 .320 .358 .392 .700 .711 98 .501 1.5 0.2 .663 .249 .106 4.5
1983 31 OAK AL 384 276 41 4.0 92 .242 .233 .257 .311 .318 .392 .388 .703 .706 99 .439 0.2 0.0 .630 .260 .159 4.8
1984 32 BAL AL 414 279 55 5.3 95 .206 .216 .261 .346 .324 .442 .394 .788 .718 119 .572 10.1 1.0 .793 .421 .225 1.9
1985 33 BAL AL 264 171 37 5.8 96 .253 .235 .258 .369 .323 .424 .400 .793 .723 120 .605 7.6 0.7 .812 .401 .189 1.8
1986 34 OAK AL 3 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .252 .333 .319 .000 .393 .333 .712 5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
11 Seasons 3680 2518 442 4.7 93 .239 .233 .259 .337 .322 .395 .390 .732 .711 106 .517 39.6 3.9 .705 .317 .162 40.1
162 Game Avg. 540 369 65 4.7 93 .239 .233 .259 .337 .322 .395 .390 .732 .711 106 .517 6 1 .705 .317 .162 6
OAK (9 yrs) 3002 2068 350 4.5 93 .242 .235 .259 .332 .321 .386 .388 .719 .710 103 .500 21.9 2.1 .684 .296 .152 35.2
BAL (2 yrs) 678 450 92 5.5 96 .224 .224 .260 .355 .323 .435 .397 .790 .720 119 .584 17.7 1.7 .800 .413 .211 3.8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 29 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 OAK AL ALCS NYY L 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 5 10 10 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .500 .700 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 OAK AL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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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
1976 24 OAK AL 20 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 18.0 18.0 0.86 85%
1977 25 OAK AL 582 3.8% 14.4% 14.8% 7.6% 39% 0.98 5.8 22.0 7.7 0.93 66%
1978 26 OAK AL 335 2.1% 18.8% 11.9% 5.7% 33% 1.58 4.5 40.7 12.4 0.79 64%
1979 27 OAK AL 521 2.7% 11.9% 13.8% 6.5% 34% 0.86 7.1 31.6 8.8 0.85 71%
1980 28 OAK AL 419 3.3% 9.3% 10.5% 8.8% 36% 0.89 9.4 26.1 6.0 0.78 76%
1981 29 OAK AL 287 3.5% 9.8% 11.9% 6.3% 36% 0.82 8.7 24.3 7.8 0.81 73%
1982 30 OAK AL 451 2.0% 11.1% 11.8% 5.1% 24% 0.94 7.7 42.9 9.4 0.72 73%
1983 31 OAK AL 384 3.1% 13.5% 9.4% 7.8% 38% 1.44 6.5 28.3 7.7 0.81 72%
1984 32 BAL AL 414 5.3% 16.7% 16.4% 7.7% 43% 1.01 5.0 15.5 5.3 0.54 61%
1985 33 BAL AL 264 4.2% 18.2% 17.4% 7.2% 37% 1.04 4.5 19.7 12.1 0.83 60%
1986 34 OAK AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 67%
11 Seasons 3680 3.3% 13.5% 13.1% 7.0% 35% 1.03 6.3 25.8 7.9 0.79 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1976 24 OAK AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1977 25 OAK AL 8 0 24% 206 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 13 44% 25 16 9 6 4 2 14 5 9
1978 26 OAK AL 2 0 12% 103 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 37% 13 8 5 2 2 0 4 2 2
1979 27 OAK AL 5 0 25% 187 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 4 38% 31 23 8 5 2 3 11 4 7
1980 28 OAK AL 5 0 23% 143 5 3 63% 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 6 29% 23 19 4 2 0 1 10 5 5
1981 29 OAK AL 1 0 25% 92 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 8 36% 11 8 3 6 4 2 5 2 3
1982 30 OAK AL 4 0 24% 172 3 1 75% 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 34% 28 19 9 6 6 0 7 2 5
1983 31 OAK AL 6 0 21% 155 3 5 38% 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 33% 18 13 4 5 4 1 10 4 6
1984 32 BAL AL 2 0 26% 129 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 44% 24 15 9 8 6 2 7 1 6
1985 33 BAL AL 3 0 23% 97 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 32% 19 14 5 0 0 0 6 2 3
1986 34 OAK AL 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
11 Seasons 36 0 23% 1286 24 22 52% 18 15 3 3 3 4 8 4 26 63 37% 192 135 56 41 29 11 74 27 46
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1976 24 OAK AL 20 100% 4 2 1 0 0 0.86 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1977 25 OAK AL 582 68% 113 0 0 0 0 3.88 22 0 9 17 5 12 10 0 3 3 100% 111 7 6% 59 16 27% 370 46 12% 28 11 39% 34 17 50% 0
1978 26 OAK AL 335 65% 57 12 2 0 1 1.43 7 0 7 6 1 4 3 0 5 4 80% 69 3 4% 26 11 42% 178 16 9% 9 4 44% 13 3 23% 0
1979 27 OAK AL 521 73% 99 5 2 1 2 2.48 14 1 9 12 2 3 11 0 4 3 75% 97 8 8% 45 13 29% 315 37 12% 29 14 48% 35 13 37% 0
1980 28 OAK AL 419 86% 103 12 2 1 3 1.71 14 0 6 14 0 3 11 0 4 2 50% 79 2 3% 39 18 46% 272 49 18% 26 16 62% 31 13 42% 0
1981 29 OAK AL 287 89% 50 8 1 1 1 1.98 10 0 4 10 0 3 7 0 4 4 100% 65 7 11% 37 13 35% 170 23 14% 24 10 42% 20 8 40% 0
1982 30 OAK AL 451 90% 97 20 6 0 3 1.57 9 0 4 9 0 3 6 0 7 7 100% 81 4 5% 39 18 46% 262 32 12% 17 9 53% 22 11 50% 0
1983 31 OAK AL 384 74% 79 7 2 0 0 1.87 12 0 5 11 1 4 8 0 4 4 100% 71 5 7% 29 15 52% 227 32 14% 18 10 56% 20 7 35% 0
1984 32 BAL AL 414 99% 74 13 4 0 1 1.96 22 2 17 22 0 12 10 0 1 1 100% 81 6 7% 28 12 43% 273 43 16% 28 17 61% 20 9 45% 0
1985 33 BAL AL 264 98% 51 24 7 1 1 1.23 11 0 4 10 1 9 2 0 1 1 100% 46 3 7% 17 2 12% 140 8 6% 4 1 25% 11 3 27% 0
1986 34 OAK AL 3 100% 0 2 0 0 0 1.54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 3680 81% 727 105 27 4 12 1.62 121 3 66 111 10 53 68 0 33 29 88% 700 45 6% 320 119 37% 2215 287 13% 184 93 51% 207 85 41% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1976 24 10 20 18 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 59 4 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 156 602 503 66 117 21 1 22 64 5 4 88 85 .233 .351 .410 .760 110 206 7 5 3 3 6
1978 26 274 937 788 84 174 31 3 29 87 5 6 128 148 .221 .335 .378 .714 101 298 10 10 7 4 8
1979 27 412 1458 1230 138 273 50 4 43 137 9 9 200 210 .222 .334 .374 .708 98 460 18 11 10 7 17
1980 28 525 1877 1596 183 376 70 7 57 198 14 12 244 249 .236 .339 .395 .734 106 631 20 12 12 13 26
1981 29 607 2164 1839 212 426 77 8 67 229 16 13 278 277 .232 .334 .392 .726 105 720 27 14 16 17 26
1982 30 736 2615 2225 255 523 91 8 76 270 19 14 331 327 .235 .336 .386 .721 104 858 31 16 23 20 26
1983 31 872 2999 2564 289 602 109 8 88 314 22 19 367 379 .235 .332 .387 .719 103 991 36 19 27 22 30
1984 32 999 3413 2906 342 676 118 9 110 378 23 21 435 448 .233 .334 .393 .727 105 1142 42 20 28 24 34
1985 33 1102 3677 3123 373 727 126 9 121 396 24 22 481 496 .233 .337 .395 .732 106 1234 45 20 29 24 34
1986 34 1105 3680 3125 373 727 126 9 121 396 24 22 482 496 .233 .337 .395 .732 106 1234 45 20 29 24 34

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 24 10 21 19 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .263 .333 .263 .596 2 10
1977 25 146 598 496 71 124 23 1 24 68 5 94 84 .250 .373 .446 .818 82 146
1978 26 118 351 296 22 68 12 2 8 28 0 48 63 .230 .348 .365 .712 37 118
1979 27 139 534 452 58 107 21 1 15 54 4 78 62 .237 .348 .387 .735 61 138
1980 28 113 433 377 51 114 22 3 15 69 6 49 39 .302 .379 .496 .875 72 113
1981 29 124 447 379 53 87 12 2 17 57 3 59 42 .230 .333 .406 .740 51 82
1982 30 129 464 399 48 110 16 0 10 46 3 60 50 .276 .371 .391 .762 58 129
1983 31 136 390 346 39 86 20 0 13 50 3 39 52 .249 .328 .419 .747 47 136
1984 32 127 425 348 57 80 10 1 24 69 1 74 69 .230 .365 .471 .836 60 127
1985 33 103 273 222 33 56 9 0 12 19 1 51 48 .252 .392 .455 .847 39 103
1986 34 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 3
11 Seasons 1148 3939 3336 432 837 145 10 138 461 26 555 510 .251 .359 .424 .783 509 1105
162 Game Avg. 162 556 471 61 118 20 1 19 65 4 78 72 .251 .359 .424 .783 72 1105

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  86 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL  9 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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