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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 OAK AL 24 1B 3 3 23.0 29 27 1 1 2 .966 -0.3 -15.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 10.96 9.33 .993 9.86 8.87
1976 OAK AL 24 DH 3
1976 OAK AL 24 OF 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.43 2.20
1976 OAK AL 24 RF 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.25 1.90
1977 OAK AL 25 3B 145 145 1260.2 395 126 242 27 26 .932 -14.2 -13.5 -15.2 -9.5 -5.7 1 2.63 2.54 .958 2.97 2.72 AS
1977 OAK AL 25 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80 AS
1978 OAK AL 26 3B 106 80 731.1 242 72 150 20 22 .917 -5.3 -8.7 -6.3 -4.9 -1.4 1 2.73 2.09 .956 3.00 2.59
1978 OAK AL 26 1B 15 3 46.0 50 48 0 2 3 .960 -1.8 -47.0 -1.8 -0.7 -1.1 0 9.39 3.20 .992 10.06 8.75
1979 OAK AL 27 3B 120 116 999.2 351 120 211 20 19 .943 -10.4 -12.5 -9.4 -3.9 -5.5 -1 2.98 2.76 .954 3.07 2.66
1979 OAK AL 27 1B 18 12 118.1 144 129 14 1 8 .993 2.4 24.3 2.4 1.3 1.1 0 10.88 7.94 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 OAK AL 27 LF 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.25 1.80
1979 OAK AL 27 OF 2 1 11.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 2.45 1.50 .967 2.45 2.15
1979 OAK AL 27 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1980 OAK AL 28 3B 99 91 764.2 210 69 130 11 13 .948 -2.0 -3.1 -2.0 2.6 -4.6 0 2.34 2.01 .951 3.01 2.59
1980 OAK AL 28 1B 10 5 57.0 62 56 6 0 3 1.000 2.4 50.5 2.4 2.6 -0.2 0 9.79 6.20 .992 10.03 8.40
1980 OAK AL 28 DH 1
1981 OAK AL 29 3B 73 65 599.0 203 65 127 11 7 .946 5.5 11.0 6.5 2.8 3.7 -1 2.88 2.63 .950 2.95 2.52
1981 OAK AL 29 1B 2 0 3.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.50 1.000 10.20 8.55
1981 OAK AL 29 DH 1
1982 OAK AL 30 3B 108 87 831.0 304 113 182 9 25 .970 2.6 3.8 2.6 1.3 1.3 0 3.19 2.73 .953 3.07 2.62
1982 OAK AL 30 1B 16 9 94.0 99 90 7 2 6 .980 -2.1 -26.8 -2.1 -1.5 -0.6 0 9.29 6.06 .992 9.85 8.51
1982 OAK AL 30 DH 1
1982 OAK AL 30 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 1.90
1983 OAK AL 31 1B 74 47 433.2 449 426 21 2 41 .996 -0.4 -1.1 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 9.28 6.04 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 OAK AL 31 3B 67 44 413.1 146 47 92 7 10 .952 1.7 4.9 1.7 0.2 1.5 0 3.03 2.07 .955 3.07 2.57
1983 OAK AL 31 DH 1
1983 OAK AL 31 P 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.70
1983 OAK AL 31 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1984 BAL AL 32 3B 117 108 852.0 287 64 205 18 13 .937 3.4 4.8 2.4 0.4 2.1 1 2.84 2.30 .951 2.75 2.19
1984 BAL AL 32 1B 3 0 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.67 1.000 9.72 8.27
1984 BAL AL 32 DH 1
1985 BAL AL 33 3B 67 57 445.2 149 41 98 10 14 .933 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 1 2.81 2.07 .954 2.85 2.38
1985 BAL AL 33 DH 10
1985 BAL AL 33 1B 9 5 44.0 44 40 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 27.3 1.0 1.0 0.0 0 9.00 4.89 .991 9.76 8.67
1986 OAK AL 34 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
10 Seasons 3B 903 793 6898.1 2288 717 1437 134 149 .941 -18.9 -3.3 -20.9 -12.3 -8.5 2 2.81 2.39 .954 2.97 2.55
10 Seasons 1B 151 84 826.0 887 825 53 9 64 .990 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.8 -0.9 0 9.57 5.81 .992 9.93 8.45
7 Seasons DH 18
2 Seasons OF 4 2 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 34.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.57 1.50 .967 2.44 2.17
3 Seasons RF 4 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 2.25 0.75 .967 2.18 1.87
2 Seasons LF 3 1 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 46.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0 2.77 1.33 .975 2.28 1.83
1 Season P 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.70
11 Seasons TOT 1059 879 7747.2 3181 1548 1490 143 213 .955 -17.4 -2.7 -19.4 -10.2 -9.1 0 2 3.53 2.87 .920 3.71 3.39
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 OAK AL 24 10 4 10 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0
1977 OAK AL 25 146 145 146 145 0 0 1 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1978 OAK AL 26 118 83 118 113 0 0 15 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1979 OAK AL 27 138 129 138 134 0 0 18 0 119 0 2 0 1 3 0 7 0
1980 OAK AL 28 113 96 113 105 0 0 10 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1981 OAK AL 29 82 65 82 76 0 0 2 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1982 OAK AL 30 129 96 129 124 0 0 16 0 107 0 1 0 0 1 0 30 0
1983 OAK AL 31 137 91 136 133 1 0 72 0 68 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1984 BAL AL 32 127 109 127 118 0 0 3 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0
1985 BAL AL 33 103 66 103 76 0 0 9 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 0
1986 OAK AL 34 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Seasons 1106 884 1105 1030 1 0 149 0 904 0 3 0 4 7 5 153 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 OAK AL 25 5745 54% 79% 25% 378 89% 6 127 85 17 25 242 200 36 1 8 27 2 21 4 19 26 20 3 25 1 1 0 17 71%
1978 OAK AL 26 3243 53% 78% 25% 224 88% 1 72 50 7 15 149 118 21 6 6 20 0 17 3 14 22 9 2 17 3 1 2 9 67%
1979 OAK AL 27 4774 54% 78% 23% 327 91% 10 118 77 20 21 213 160 33 7 4 21 0 19 2 16 21 15 2 19 1 0 1 11 82%
1980 OAK AL 28 3337 45% 80% 26% 218 82% 1 68 50 7 12 128 102 22 2 10 12 1 10 1 11 13 8 1 11 1 1 0 4 25%
1981 OAK AL 29 2567 50% 79% 25% 208 88% 2 68 55 5 8 125 101 19 2 2 11 2 8 1 9 7 5 0 6 1 0 1 13 38%
1982 OAK AL 30 3804 54% 79% 24% 295 91% 4 113 88 11 14 180 133 36 3 6 9 0 8 1 8 23 17 1 19 4 4 0 9 89%
1983 OAK AL 31 1886 62% 76% 23% 145 88% 0 43 31 7 5 94 74 20 0 2 7 0 7 0 7 9 6 1 9 0 0 0 2 0%
1984 BAL AL 32 3703 57% 82% 28% 262 94% 4 65 47 7 11 201 172 19 4 4 18 0 15 3 15 13 8 0 12 1 1 0 5 80%
1985 BAL AL 33 1981 52% 79% 24% 138 92% 1 41 28 7 6 95 70 24 0 5 10 0 8 2 9 13 12 0 13 0 0 0 1 0%
1986 OAK AL 34 8 25% 75% 25% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 31048 53% 79% 25% 2196 89% 29 715 511 88 117 1427 1130 230 25 47 136 5 114 17 108 147 100 10 131 12 8 4 71 63%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 OAK AL 24 111 40% 82% 28% 7 71% 0 26 0 26 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 25 9 67% 67% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 OAK AL 26 216 50% 79% 26% 6 83% 0 51 1 49 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1979 OAK AL 27 554 56% 82% 29% 39 97% 0 128 11 116 1 14 14 7 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
1980 OAK AL 28 241 42% 83% 26% 24 96% 0 56 2 54 0 16 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100%
1981 OAK AL 29 15 60% 73% 20% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 30 444 57% 81% 23% 18 89% 1 87 3 83 1 7 7 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 OAK AL 31 1939 62% 81% 23% 115 92% 0 429 13 406 9 80 19 6 5 1 4 2 0 2 0 2 41 1 1 0 36 2 5 1 4 3 100%
1984 BAL AL 32 24 58% 88% 17% 1 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 BAL AL 33 206 44% 76% 24% 15 100% 0 42 3 38 1 9 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3759 57% 81% 25% 227 93% 1 828 35 779 13 135 49 22 15 1 8 9 1 7 1 6 64 3 2 0 58 6 6 1 5 5 100%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1976 OAK AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 41 29% 95% 24% 6 50%
1979 OAK AL 27 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 0 4 50% 100% 25% 0
1983 OAK AL 31 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 0 6 33% 33% 17% 0
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 51 31% 88% 24% 6 50%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 46 61% 80% 30% 4 75%
1982 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 13 54% 92% 23% 2 50%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 59 59% 83% 29% 6 67%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 57% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1983 OAK AL 31 11 82% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 11 82% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 26% 91% 89%

* 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.

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