Henry Gruber

Henry John Gruber

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 14, 1863 in Hamden, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1887
Teams (by GP): Spiders/Infants/Wolverines 1887-1891

Final Game: October 2, 1891
Died: September 26, 1932 in New Haven, CT
Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, West Haven, CT
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1885	21	HFD,WBY,HFD	N/A	17	16	.515	1.40	35	34		32	2		303.0	258	166	47		60	207	1		36			1.050	7.7		1.8	6.1	3.45	HFD,WBY,HFD · SNEL,EL,CTST
1887	23	HFD	N/A	21	7	.750	1.48	29	29		26			255.1	250	134	42		44	122	4		26			1.151	8.8		1.6	4.3	2.77	HFD · EL
1887	23	DTN	NL	4	3	.571	2.74	7	7	0	7	0	0	62.1	63	29	19	3	21	12	0	0	1	261	148	1.348	9.1	0.4	3.0	1.7	0.57
1888	24	DTN	NL	11	14	.440	2.29	27	25	2	25	3	0	240.0	196	121	61	8	41	71	4	0	15	966	120	0.988	7.4	0.3	1.5	2.7	1.73
1889	25	CLV	NL	7	16	.304	3.64	25	23	2	23	0	1	205.0	198	125	83	6	94	74	8	0	18	906	114	1.424	8.7	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.79
1890	26	CLE	PL	22	23	.489	4.27	48	44	4	39	1	0	383.1	464	352	182	15	204	110	15	1	36	1839	93	1.743	10.9	0.4	4.8	2.6	0.54
1891	27	CLV	NL	17	22	.436	4.13	44	40	4	35	1	0	348.2	407	258	160	10	119	79	7	0	20	1576	83	1.509	10.5	0.3	3.1	2.0	0.66
1892	28	NHV	N/A	6	9	.400	2.03	18	17		16	0		150.2	143	86	34		37	40	3		7			1.195	8.5		2.2	2.4	1.08	NHV · EL
1893	29	TRY	N/A	22	17	.564	2.64	43	37		34	1		344.2	392	243	101		135	51						1.529	10.2		3.5	1.3	0.38	TRY · EL
1894	30	TRY,SPF	N/A					43																								TRY,SPF · EL
1895	31	SPF	A	18	15	.545	3.02	36	35		32	0		303.2	379	217	102		82	64	3		7			1.518	11.2		2.4	1.9	0.78	SPF · EL
5 Yrs				61	78	.439	3.67	151	139	12	129	5	1	1239.1	1328	885	505	42	479	346	34	1	90	5548	99	1.458	9.6	0.3	3.5	2.5	0.72
162 Game Avg.				14	18	.439	3.67	35	33	3	30	1	0	291	311	208	118	10	112	81	8	0	21	1301	99	1.458	9.6	0.3	3.5	2.5	0.72

CLV (2 yrs)				24	38	.387	3.95	69	63	6	58	1	1	553.2	605	383	243	16	213	153	15	0	38	2482	93	1.477	9.8	0.3	3.5	2.5	0.72
DTN (2 yrs)				15	17	.469	2.38	34	32	2	32	3	0	302.1	259	150	80	11	62	83	4	0	16	1227	127	1.062	7.7	0.3	1.8	2.5	1.34
CLE (1 yr)				22	23	.489	4.27	48	44	4	39	1	0	383.1	464	352	182	15	204	110	15	1	36	1839	93	1.743	10.9	0.4	4.8	2.6	0.54

NL (4 yrs)				39	55	.415	3.40	103	95	8	90	4	1	856.0	864	533	323	27	275	236	19	0	54	3709	102	1.331	9.1	0.3	2.9	2.5	0.86
PL (1 yr)				22	23	.489	4.27	48	44	4	39	1	0	383.1	464	352	182	15	204	110	15	1	36	1839	93	1.743	10.9	0.4	4.8	2.6	0.54

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
1887	23	DTN	NL	62.1	7	7	29	4.19	5.86	0.37	0.00	100.0	5.50	11	1.0		-0.1	1.5	16	.648	.506	$
1888	24	DTN	NL	240.0	27	25	121	4.54	4.42	0.03	0.00	97.0	4.26	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.3	1.4	13	.488	.498	$
1889	25	CLV	NL	205.0	25	23	125	5.49	5.99	0.35	0.00	103.0	5.81	12	1.1	1.0	-0.2	2.6	31	.544	.507	$
1890	26	CLE	PL	383.1	48	44	352	8.26	6.94	-0.44	0.00	94.0	6.93	-56	-4.0	1.0	-0.4	-2.3	-24	.417	.475	$
1891	27	CLV	NL	348.2	44	40	258	6.66	5.48	-0.22	0.00	102.0	5.82	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.3	0.6	7	.452	.487	$
5 Seasons				1239.1	151	139	885	6.43	5.83	-0.12	0.00	98.6	5.84	-60	-4.3	1.0	-1.2	3.8	43	.472	.495	$

CLV (2 yrs)				553.2	69	63	383	6.23	5.67	-0.01	0.00	102.4	5.82	-12	-1.0	1.0	-0.5	3.2	37	.485	.497	$
DTN (2 yrs)				302.1	34	32	150	4.47	4.72	0.10	0.00	97.6	4.51	8	0.7	1.0	-0.3	2.9	30	.521	.502	$
CLE (1 yr)				383.1	48	44	352	8.26	6.94	-0.44	0.00	94.0	6.93	-56	-4.0	1.0	-0.4	-2.3	-24	.417	.475	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1887	23	4	3	.571	2.74	7	7	0	7	0	0	62.1	63	29	19	3	21	12	0	0	1	261	148	1.348	9.1	0.4	3.0	1.7	0.57	148
1888	24	15	17	.469	2.38	34	32	2	32	3	0	302.1	259	150	80	11	62	83	4	0	16	1227	127	1.062	7.7	0.3	1.8	2.5	1.34	127
1889	25	22	33	.400	2.89	59	55	4	55	3	1	507.1	457	275	163	17	156	157	12	0	34	2133	120	1.208	8.1	0.3	2.8	2.8	1.01	120
1890	26	44	56	.440	3.49	107	99	8	94	4	1	890.2	921	627	345	32	360	267	27	1	70	3972	106	1.438	9.3	0.3	3.6	2.7	0.74	106
1891	27	61	78	.439	3.67	151	139	12	129	5	1	1239.1	1328	885	505	42	479	346	34	1	90	5548	99	1.458	9.6	0.3	3.5	2.5	0.72	99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1887	23	7	1	.875	1.89	81.0	68	19	17	3	23	16	0	1.123	7.6	2.6	1.8	0.70	0.3	7
1888	24	23	8	.742	2.28	288.0	234	81	73	10	49	85	5	0.983	7.3	1.5	2.7	1.73	0.3	27
1889	25	21	8	.724	2.52	264.0	206	82	74	6	98	95	8	1.152	7.0	3.3	3.2	0.97	0.2	25
1890	26	40	17	.702	2.64	521.0	471	170	153	15	207	150	15	1.301	8.1	3.6	2.6	0.72	0.3	48
1891	27	30	18	.625	3.06	433.0	422	163	147	10	123	98	7	1.259	8.8	2.6	2.0	0.80	0.2	44
5 Yrs		121	52	.699	2.63	1587.0	1401	515	464	44	500	444	35	1.198	7.9		2.5	0.89	0.2	151

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1888 NL 2.29 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1890 PL 22 (6th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1888 NL 0.988 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1888 NL 7.350 (6th) 1889 NL 8.693 (6th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1891 NL 3.072 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1890 PL 48 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1889 NL 1 (4th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1890 PL 383.3 (5th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1890 PL 110 (9th)	Games Started s c a p y 1890 PL 44 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1890 PL 39 (4th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1890 PL 1 (9th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1890 PL 15 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1890 PL 204 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 1890 PL 464 (2nd) 1891 NL 407 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1889 NL 0.263 (10th)
Losses s c a p y 1890 PL 23 (6th) 1891 NL 22 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1890 PL 182 (4th) 1891 NL 160 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1889 NL 18 (4th) 1890 PL 36 (1st) 1891 NL 20 (6th) Career 90 (133rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1890 PL 15 (8th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1890 PL 1,839 (3rd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1888 NL 2 (3rd) 1890 PL 4 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1888 NL 120 (9th) 1889 NL 116 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Frank Hankinson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike O'Neill (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Ring (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Ring (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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