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 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
1984 TOR AL 22 3B 12 1 28.0 15 4 10 1 0 .933 1.0 42.9 1.0 0.6 0.5 0 4.50 1.17 .953 2.76 2.19
1984 TOR AL 22 OF 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.48 2.15
1984 TOR AL 22 RF 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1984 TOR AL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .967 4.95 3.90
1985 TOR AL 23 3B 5 2 27.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.4 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0 2.67 1.60 .950 2.87 2.38
1985 TOR AL 23 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1986 TOR AL 24 3B 42 27 245.1 83 19 59 5 3 .940 0.9 4.4 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 2.86 1.86 .948 2.74 2.37
1986 TOR AL 24 2B 14 5 64.0 32 15 16 1 5 .969 -1.3 -24.4 -1.3 -0.3 -1.0 0 4.36 2.21 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 TOR AL 24 DH 14
1986 TOR AL 24 OF 9 2 30.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -0.6 -24.0 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 1.80 0.67 .986 2.40 2.06
1986 TOR AL 24 SS 5 0 12.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 20.0 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0 3.75 1.00 .960 4.50 3.94
1986 TOR AL 24 LF 4 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.20 1.78
1986 TOR AL 24 RF 3 2 16.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.81 1.67 .983 2.14 1.80
1986 TOR AL 24 CF 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 2.88 2.45
1987 TOR AL 25 3B 119 74 723.1 232 52 168 12 11 .948 0.1 0.2 1.1 -1.9 2.9 -1 2.74 1.85 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 TOR AL 25 SS 21 8 103.0 49 20 28 1 7 .980 2.3 26.8 1.3 1.6 -0.3 1 4.19 2.29 .969 4.59 4.02
1987 TOR AL 25 2B 7 1 19.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -25.3 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 3.32 1.00 .986 5.12 4.49
1987 TOR AL 25 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
1987 TOR AL 25 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 2.00
1987 TOR AL 25 DH 1
1988 TOR AL 26 3B 156 147 1307.2 477 114 349 14 31 .971 14.2 13.0 14.2 4.4 9.8 0 3.19 2.97 .953 2.71 2.36
1988 TOR AL 26 2B 7 2 33.1 22 4 16 2 4 .909 1.6 57.6 1.6 0.5 1.1 0 5.40 2.86 .982 5.10 4.40
1988 TOR AL 26 CF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.38 1.50 1.000 2.92 2.50
1988 TOR AL 26 OF 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.38 1.50 .967 2.48 2.15
1988 TOR AL 26 DH 1
1988 TOR AL 26 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.10
1989 TOR AL 27 3B 119 118 1045.1 399 86 291 22 15 .945 6.8 7.8 8.8 5.6 3.2 -2 3.25 3.17 .943 2.73 2.34 AS
1989 TOR AL 27 OF 16 15 140.0 37 35 2 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.5 0 2.38 2.31 .978 2.42 2.12 AS
1989 TOR AL 27 RF 14 13 122.0 36 34 2 0 1 1.000 0.2 2.0 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 2.66 2.57 .978 2.33 1.90 AS
1989 TOR AL 27 LF 3 2 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.00 0.67 1.000 2.15 1.83 AS
1989 TOR AL 27 DH 1 AS
1989 TOR AL 27 SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 60.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 2.00 .950 4.95 4.10 AS
1990 TOR AL 28 3B 145 143 1267.2 422 123 280 19 21 .955 -4.3 -4.1 -3.3 -2.7 -0.6 -1 2.86 2.78 .943 2.75 2.32 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 TOR AL 28 OF 6 5 41.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -64.4 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 -1 1.32 1.00 .983 2.39 2.03 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 TOR AL 28 RF 6 5 41.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -64.4 -1.2 -1.1 -0.1 -1 1.54 1.17 .971 2.24 1.82 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1990 TOR AL 28 DH 1 AS,MVP-4,GG,SS
1991 TOR AL 29 3B 111 109 977.1 341 97 231 13 16 .962 -2.3 -2.8 -1.3 1.3 -2.6 -1 3.02 2.95 .955 2.79 2.33
1991 TOR AL 29 DH 2
1992 TOR AL 30 3B 120 118 1021.2 336 104 215 17 10 .949 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -2.0 2.9 -1 2.81 2.66 .950 2.78 2.40
1993 CAL AL 31 3B 17 17 139.0 64 18 42 4 3 .938 -1.1 -9.5 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 3.88 3.53 .952 2.69 2.31
1993 CAL AL 31 DH 1
1993 CAL AL 31 LF 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1993 CAL AL 31 OF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.40 2.10
10 Seasons 3B 846 756 6782.1 2377 619 1651 107 110 .955 15.3 2.7 21.3 4.7 16.5 -6 3.01 2.68 .949 2.75 2.34
7 Seasons OF 38 22 228.0 58 55 2 1 1 .983 -1.7 -8.9 -0.7 -1.5 0.8 -1 2.25 1.50 .981 2.41 2.09
4 Seasons 2B 29 8 117.1 61 22 36 3 10 .951 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.45 2.00 .982 5.11 4.40
5 Seasons SS 29 8 120.0 59 23 34 2 7 .966 2.6 26.0 1.6 1.5 0.1 1 4.28 1.97 .968 4.59 4.01
4 Seasons RF 25 20 183.0 51 48 2 1 1 .980 -1.5 -9.8 -0.5 -1.2 0.7 -1 2.46 2.00 .978 2.29 1.87
7 Seasons DH 21
3 Seasons LF 8 2 30.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -28.0 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.50 0.63 1.000 2.16 1.80
3 Seasons CF 6 0 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 3.60 1.00 1.000 2.88 2.43
10 Seasons TOT 942 794 7247.2 2555 719 1723 113 128 .956 16.1 2.7 22.1 4.4 17.6 -1 -5 3.03 2.59 .907 2.81 2.45
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
1984 TOR AL 22 15 1 15 13 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0
1985 TOR AL 23 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 TOR AL 24 87 36 87 64 0 0 0 14 42 5 4 2 3 9 2 10 23
1987 TOR AL 25 138 83 138 133 0 0 0 8 119 21 0 2 0 2 0 18 16
1988 TOR AL 26 158 149 158 157 0 0 0 7 156 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 1
1989 TOR AL 27 135 133 135 134 0 0 0 0 119 1 3 0 14 16 0 1 0
1990 TOR AL 28 150 148 150 148 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 6 6 0 2 0
1991 TOR AL 29 113 111 113 111 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1992 TOR AL 30 120 118 120 120 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1993 CAL AL 31 18 18 18 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
10 Seasons 939 799 939 902 0 0 0 30 846 29 8 6 25 38 5 41 41
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%
1984 TOR AL 22 128 61% 77% 21% 12 100% 0 3 3 0 0 10 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 TOR AL 23 121 62% 68% 18% 8 100% 0 2 2 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 TOR AL 24 1064 55% 76% 26% 77 92% 0 19 11 4 4 59 50 8 1 1 5 0 5 0 5 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 100%
1987 TOR AL 25 3207 60% 74% 26% 228 89% 1 52 42 3 7 165 130 30 2 4 12 0 12 0 12 11 9 0 10 1 1 0 11 64%
1988 TOR AL 26 5791 62% 77% 32% 481 90% 8 116 85 11 20 350 273 61 6 4 14 0 8 6 13 31 22 1 25 3 3 0 23 70%
1989 TOR AL 27 4563 66% 79% 33% 392 88% 10 86 55 7 24 290 235 42 3 5 22 0 13 9 19 15 9 1 11 2 1 1 31 74%
1990 TOR AL 28 5520 62% 79% 32% 412 89% 5 122 90 9 24 280 218 47 2 8 19 0 10 9 15 21 12 3 17 4 4 0 22 73%
1991 TOR AL 29 4276 61% 76% 31% 350 86% 4 96 66 11 19 231 193 34 1 7 13 0 6 7 10 16 10 2 12 3 0 2 15 60%
1992 TOR AL 30 4481 57% 76% 29% 330 88% 2 104 72 9 23 215 176 33 3 9 17 0 7 10 14 10 5 1 6 2 1 1 8 75%
1993 CAL AL 31 621 67% 80% 33% 66 86% 0 17 16 0 1 42 33 8 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
10 Seasons 29772 61% 77% 30% 2356 89% 30 617 442 54 122 1648 1321 265 18 39 107 0 66 41 92 110 72 8 86 16 10 5 116 71%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 TOR AL 22 9 78% 78% 56% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 TOR AL 24 50 58% 76% 24% 5 100% 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 TOR AL 25 438 54% 74% 24% 43 88% 0 20 11 7 2 29 22 7 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 2 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1
1988 TOR AL 26 3 33% 67% 67% 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
1989 TOR AL 27 7 100% 86% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 507 55% 74% 24% 53 89% 0 23 14 7 2 35 28 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 4 0 2 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1985 TOR AL 23 6 50% 50% 33% 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
1986 TOR AL 24 282 59% 71% 28% 19 84% 0 15 5 9 1 16 12 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0
1987 TOR AL 25 77 57% 74% 26% 4 75% 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 26 151 51% 79% 35% 21 90% 0 4 2 2 0 17 11 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 516 56% 73% 30% 44 86% 0 22 8 12 2 37 26 8 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 10 2 2 4 1 9 5 4 1 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 30% 92%

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%
1984 TOR AL 22 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 16 69% 94% 38% 2 100%
1986 TOR AL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 66 44% 77% 23% 8 63%
1989 TOR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 19 9 47.4% 9 1 5.3% 1 533 64% 79% 41% 65 54%
1990 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 172 62% 77% 40% 19 37%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 13 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 23 9 39.1% 13 1 4.3% 1 787 62% 78% 39% 94 52%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.7% 56% 77% 35% 59%

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%
1986 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 38 58% 74% 32% 2 0%
1989 TOR 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 85 78% 73% 41% 4 50%
1993 CAL AL 31 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 16 75% 75% 69% 4 75%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 139 72% 73% 42% 10 50%
MLB Averages 59.6% 2.6% 56% 77% 35% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1986 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 24 54% 71% 42% 6 33%
1987 TOR AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 10 40% 70% 10% 1 100%
1988 TOR AL 26 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 34 74% 74% 32% 3 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 68 62% 72% 32% 10 60%
MLB Averages 41.6% 1.9% 56% 77% 35% 64%

* 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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