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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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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

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

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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
1983 31 OAK AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 156 136 0 0 0 68 0 0 68 0 0 748 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00

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 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

Similarity Scores

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  2. Jim King (940)
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  5. Don Lock (924)
  6. Max Alvis (919)
  7. Ed Kirkpatrick (918)
  8. Carmelo Martinez (918)
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  10. Craig Paquette (912)
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  3. Jeff King (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Sudakis (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Sudakis (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jack Howell (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jack Howell (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Don Lock (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Hickman (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim King (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

December 8, 1983: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Tim Stoddard.

April 3, 1986: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

May 12, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

December 8, 1986: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Baltimore Orioles$483,333
1986Baltimore Orioles$450,000
Oakland Athletics$60,000
Career (may be incomplete)$993,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Wayne Dale Wayne Gross

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