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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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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

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

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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 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--19.1--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1087), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (852), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1980.

December 5, 1983: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Cleveland Indians in the 1983 rule 5 draft.

December 8, 1992: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the California Angels for Luis Sojo.

September 7, 1993: Released by the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Toronto Blue Jays$88,000
1987Toronto Blue Jays$96,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$130,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$462,500
1990Toronto Blue Jays$1,150,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$3,033,333
1992Toronto Blue Jays$3,633,333
1993California Angels$4,333,334
Career (may be incomplete)$12,926,500
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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