Kelly Gruber
Kelly Wayne Gruber
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 26, 1962 in Houston, TX
High School: Westlake (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1984
Final Game: June 29, 1993
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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
1984 22 TOR AL 15 16 16 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .063 .063 .250 .313 -19 4 1 0 0 0 0 5/96
1985 23 TOR AL 5 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 /54
1986 24 TOR AL 87 152 143 20 28 4 1 5 15 2 5 5 27 .196 .220 .343 .563 49 49 4 0 2 2 0 54D/6798
1987 25 TOR AL 138 368 341 50 80 14 3 12 36 12 2 17 70 .235 .283 .399 .682 77 136 11 7 1 2 2 *56/48D
1988 26 TOR AL 158 623 569 75 158 33 5 16 81 23 5 38 92 .278 .328 .438 .766 113 249 20 7 5 4 1 *5/48D6
1989 27 TOR AL 135 583 545 83 158 24 4 18 73 10 5 30 60 .290 .328 .448 .775 123 244 13 3 0 5 0 *59/7D6 AS
1990 28 TOR AL 150 662 592 92 162 36 6 31 118 14 2 48 94 .274 .330 .512 .842 127 303 14 8 1 13 2 *5/9D AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 29 TOR AL 113 474 429 58 108 18 2 20 65 12 7 31 70 .252 .308 .443 .751 102 190 7 6 3 5 5 *5/D
1992 30 TOR AL 120 481 446 42 102 16 3 11 43 7 7 26 72 .229 .275 .352 .627 72 157 14 4 1 4 3 *5
1993 31 CAL AL 18 70 65 10 18 3 0 3 9 0 0 2 11 .277 .309 .462 .770 102 30 2 1 2 0 0 5/D7
10 Seasons 939 3442 3159 431 818 148 24 117 443 80 33 197 504 .259 .307 .432 .739 102 1365 86 36 15 35 13
162 Game Avg. 162 594 545 74 141 26 4 20 76 14 6 34 87 .259 .307 .432 .739 102 235 15 6 3 6 2
TOR (9 yrs) 921 3372 3094 421 800 145 24 114 434 80 33 195 493 .259 .307 .431 .738 102 1335 84 35 13 35 13
CAL (1 yr) 18 70 65 10 18 3 0 3 9 0 0 2 11 .277 .309 .462 .770 102 30 2 1 2 0 0

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
1984 22 TOR AL 16 16 0 0.0 100 .000 .063 .268 .063 .332 .250 .405 .313 .736 -19 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .250 .188 .188 .0
1985 23 TOR AL 13 10 1 2.7 102 .300 .231 .266 .231 .332 .231 .413 .462 .745 25 .271 -1.4 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
1986 24 TOR AL 152 128 8 1.7 103 .204 .196 .265 .220 .333 .343 .413 .563 .747 49 .132 -11.1 -1.1 .411 .161 .147 2.9
1987 25 TOR AL 368 277 37 3.6 108 .261 .235 .267 .283 .336 .399 .429 .682 .765 77 .352 -12.7 -1.2 .620 .243 .164 12.0
1988 26 TOR AL 623 445 79 4.8 94 .305 .278 .259 .328 .324 .438 .391 .766 .715 113 .534 9.1 0.9 .716 .258 .160 18.9
1989 27 TOR AL 583 410 77 5.0 88 .297 .290 .254 .328 .318 .448 .373 .775 .691 123 .567 14.6 1.5 .696 .222 .158 12.9
1990 28 TOR AL 662 460 101 5.9 99 .273 .274 .266 .330 .335 .512 .398 .842 .733 127 .631 20.3 2.0 .832 .340 .238 19.3
1991 29 TOR AL 474 343 58 4.6 100 .256 .252 .265 .308 .334 .443 .402 .751 .736 102 .501 -0.4 0.0 .693 .275 .191 15.0
1992 30 TOR AL 481 370 39 2.8 98 .248 .229 .265 .275 .335 .352 .393 .627 .728 72 .308 -19.4 -2.0 .512 .182 .123 8.6
1993 31 CAL AL 70 51 9 4.7 105 .294 .277 .270 .309 .341 .462 .413 .770 .754 102 .490 -0.3 0.0 .673 .215 .185 .0
10 Seasons 3442 2510 409 4.4 98 .272 .259 .263 .307 .330 .432 .397 .739 .727 102 .487 -4.1 -0.3 .669 .250 .173 95.0
162 Game Avg. 594 433 71 4.4 98 .272 .259 .263 .307 .330 .432 .397 .739 .727 102 .487 -4.1 -0.3 .669 .250 .173 16
TOR (9 yrs) 3372 2459 400 4.4 98 .272 .259 .262 .307 .330 .431 .396 .738 .726 102 .487 -3.8 -0.3 .669 .251 .173 94.0
CAL (1 yr) 70 51 9 4.7 105 .294 .277 .270 .309 .341 .462 .413 .770 .754 102 .490 -0.3 0.0 .673 .215 .185 .0

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
1989 27 TOR AL ALCS OAK L 5 21 17 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .294 .381 .353 .734 6 1 0 0 1 1
1991 29 TOR AL ALCS MIN L 5 21 21 1 6 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 .286 .286 .333 .619 7 0 0 0 0 0
1992 30 TOR AL ALCS OAK W 6 25 22 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 .091 .167 .273 .439 6 1 0 1 0 0
1992 30 TOR AL WS ATL W 6 22 19 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 .105 .190 .263 .454 5 1 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 22 89 79 8 15 3 0 2 8 3 0 7 14 .190 .253 .304 .557 24 3 0 2 1 1
3 ALCS 16 67 60 6 13 3 0 1 7 2 0 5 9 .217 .273 .317 .589 19 2 0 1 1 1
1 WS 6 22 19 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 .105 .190 .263 .454 5 1 0 1 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
1989 TOR AL 27 DNP
1990 TOR AL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1984 22 TOR AL 16 6.3% 31.3% 0.0% 6.3% 100% 3.2 16.0 8.0 0.57 63%
1985 23 TOR AL 13 0.0% 23.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 13.0 0.17 77%
1986 24 TOR AL 152 3.3% 17.8% 3.3% 6.6% 36% 5.40 5.3 28.6 9.5 0.71 74%
1987 25 TOR AL 368 3.3% 19.0% 4.6% 7.9% 36% 4.12 4.9 28.4 9.5 0.88 71%
1988 26 TOR AL 623 2.6% 14.8% 6.1% 8.7% 34% 2.42 6.2 35.6 7.0 0.87 1.19 75% 22% 10.5% 39%
1989 27 TOR AL 583 3.1% 10.3% 5.2% 7.9% 29% 2.00 9.1 30.3 7.5 0.71 0.96 81% 23% 7.6% 17%
1990 28 TOR AL 662 4.7% 14.2% 7.3% 11.0% 45% 1.96 6.3 19.1 5.0 0.72 0.89 73% 18% 12.6% 16%
1991 29 TOR AL 474 4.2% 14.8% 6.5% 8.4% 37% 2.26 6.1 21.5 6.6 0.91 1.17 73% 14% 13.2% 20%
1992 30 TOR AL 481 2.3% 15.0% 5.4% 6.2% 29% 2.77 6.2 40.5 10.4 0.67 0.81 76% 17% 6.2% 21%
1993 31 CAL AL 70 4.3% 15.7% 2.9% 8.6% 33% 5.50 5.9 21.7 7.2 0.86 1.05 73% 13% 13.6% 24%
10 Seasons 3442 3.4% 14.6% 5.7% 8.4% 35% 2.56 6.3 27.0 7.1 0.77 0.96 75% 19% 10.0% 22%
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
1984 22 TOR 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
1985 23 TOR AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 24 TOR AL 0 0 54% 57 2 5 29% 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 59% 11 6 5 2 1 1 4 0 4
1987 25 TOR AL 8 0 41% 115 12 2 86% 12 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 14 48% 13 7 6 3 1 2 13 6 6
1988 26 TOR AL 6 0 32% 196 23 5 82% 23 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 5 19 45% 32 20 11 6 4 2 24 9 15
1989 27 TOR AL 10 0 38% 227 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 48% 36 22 13 6 4 2 20 4 15
1990 28 TOR AL 7 0 33% 231 14 2 88% 14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 25 55% 27 18 9 8 4 4 27 6 21
1991 29 TOR AL 11 0 30% 150 12 7 63% 10 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 45% 15 11 4 6 1 5 10 4 5
1992 30 TOR AL 7 0 26% 143 7 7 50% 5 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 66% 17 8 8 5 1 4 13 2 11
1993 31 CAL AL 2 0 39% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 63% 5 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
10 Seasons 51 0 34% 1142 80 33 71% 76 29 4 2 0 2 10 1 29 99 52% 156 94 59 37 17 20 113 31 79
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
1984 22 TOR AL 16 63% 1 4 1 1 1 0.44 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 17 1 6% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1985 23 TOR AL 13 31% 3 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 11 1 9% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1986 24 TOR AL 152 41% 28 7 2 0 1 1.50 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 100% 32 4 13% 17 7 41% 102 10 10% 8 4 50% 6 1 17% 0
1987 25 TOR AL 368 45% 80 16 2 0 1 1.02 12 0 5 8 4 5 7 0 2 1 50% 57 11 19% 32 7 22% 204 26 13% 24 10 42% 24 9 38% 0
1988 26 TOR AL 623 32% 158 21 3 3 0 0 0 0.49 16 0 12 15 1 5 11 1 9 5 56% 115 20 17% 56 20 36% 385 68 18% 38 24 63% 27 16 59% 0
1989 27 TOR AL 583 30% 158 15 2 0 0 0 0 18 0 13 11 7 8 10 0 2 0 0% 100 13 13% 65 24 37% 335 56 17% 42 24 57% 57 26 46% 0
1990 28 TOR AL 662 28% 162 13 0 1 0 0 0 3.60 31 1 16 23 8 23 8 0 2 1 50% 130 14 11% 70 32 46% 406 88 22% 51 29 57% 40 22 55% 0
1991 29 TOR AL 474 26% 108 36 4 1 0 0 0 2.46 20 0 13 12 8 8 12 0 4 3 75% 89 7 8% 53 20 38% 318 49 15% 34 16 47% 49 25 51% 0
1992 30 TOR AL 481 24% 102 43 2 1 0 0 0 7.70 11 1 12 8 3 7 4 0 1 1 100% 97 14 14% 56 14 25% 301 33 11% 26 12 46% 30 13 43% 0
1993 31 CAL AL 70 33% 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 100% 12 2 17% 7 5 71% 40 7 18% 4 3 75% 8 6 75% 0
10 Seasons 3442 31% 818 129 11 34 6 1 3 1.29 117 2 77 83 34 61 56 2 24 15 63% 640 86 13% 359 130 36% 2119 339 16% 229 123 54% 243 119 49% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 TOR AL 623 2133 3.42 1403 66% 16% 18% 31% 35% 84% 1% 55% 79% 46% 4% 24 3 11% 69 33 7% 46 26 20% 0 3 0
1989 27 TOR AL 570 1886 3.31 1249 66% 15% 16% 31% 38% 85% 0% 56% 81% 43% 3% 17 2 11% 63 40 4% 24 12 19% 13 2 3
1990 28 TOR AL 632 2115 3.35 1384 65% 15% 19% 30% 35% 85% 1% 55% 77% 46% 3% 21 7 13% 79 45 5% 33 19 13% 30 1 5
1991 29 TOR AL 474 1603 3.38 1061 66% 16% 21% 28% 35% 84% 4% 56% 75% 45% 5% 24 8 12% 58 31 5% 22 14 21% 0 0 0
1992 30 TOR AL 481 1624 3.38 1059 65% 17% 19% 28% 36% 83% 2% 54% 77% 41% 3% 14 3 11% 51 34 7% 35 21 14% 0 0 0
1993 31 CAL AL 67 237 3.54 155 65% 19% 18% 28% 34% 81% 0% 53% 78% 30% 6% 4 1 16% 11 6 7% 5 3 18% 3 0 0
6 Seasons 2847 9598 3.37 6311 66% 16% 18% 30% 36% 84% 1% 55% 78% 44% 4% 104 24 12% 331 189 6% 165 95 17% 46 6 8
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
1984 22 15 16 16 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .063 .063 .250 .313 -19 4 1 0 0 0 0
1985 23 20 29 29 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 8 .138 .138 .241 .379 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
1986 24 107 181 172 21 32 4 1 6 18 2 5 5 35 .186 .207 .326 .532 41 56 5 0 2 2 0
1987 25 245 549 513 71 112 18 4 18 54 14 7 22 105 .218 .258 .374 .633 65 192 16 7 3 4 2
1988 26 403 1172 1082 146 270 51 9 34 135 37 12 60 197 .250 .296 .408 .703 90 441 36 14 8 8 3
1989 27 538 1755 1627 229 428 75 13 52 208 47 17 90 257 .263 .306 .421 .727 101 685 49 17 8 13 3
1990 28 688 2417 2219 321 590 111 19 83 326 61 19 138 351 .266 .313 .445 .758 108 988 63 25 9 26 5
1991 29 801 2891 2648 379 698 129 21 103 391 73 26 169 421 .264 .312 .445 .757 107 1178 70 31 12 31 10
1992 30 921 3372 3094 421 800 145 24 114 434 80 33 195 493 .259 .307 .431 .738 102 1335 84 35 13 35 13
1993 31 939 3442 3159 431 818 148 24 117 443 80 33 197 504 .259 .307 .432 .739 102 1365 86 36 15 35 13

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
1984 22 15 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1985 23 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5
1986 24 87 145 139 19 24 3 1 4 14 2 4 27 .173 .193 .295 .488 8 87
1987 25 138 365 339 47 78 14 3 12 34 12 17 70 .230 .279 .395 .675 35 138
1988 26 158 625 575 81 164 34 5 17 88 24 39 92 .285 .336 .450 .786 86 158
1989 27 135 597 557 97 170 26 4 19 85 11 32 60 .305 .343 .469 .812 90 135
1990 28 150 667 597 95 167 37 6 32 122 14 49 94 .280 .336 .523 .858 105 150
1991 29 113 472 430 58 109 18 2 20 65 12 31 70 .253 .309 .444 .754 58 113
1992 30 120 477 444 44 100 16 3 11 45 7 25 72 .225 .270 .349 .620 41 120
1993 31 18 67 64 9 17 3 0 3 8 0 2 11 .266 .299 .453 .752 8 18
10 Seasons 939 3444 3174 451 829 151 24 118 464 82 199 504 .261 .309 .435 .744 432 939
162 Game Avg. 162 594 548 78 143 26 4 20 80 14 34 87 .261 .309 .435 .744 75 939

* 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
1989
1990 *

Gold Gloves
1990-AL-3B

Silver Sluggers
1990-AL-3B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1990-AL-4-45%
0.45 Career Shares (455th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1990 AL--.512--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1990 AL--.842--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1988 AL--158--4th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1990 AL--92--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1990 AL--303--2nd

Doubles s c a p y
1990 AL--36--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1990 AL--31--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1990 AL--118--2nd

Runs Created s c a p y
1990 AL--101--7th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1990 AL--73--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 AL--8--3rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1990 AL--13--2nd

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1988 AL--20--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1988 AL--18.9--7th
1990 AL--19.3--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1990 AL--19.097--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1054), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (847), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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