Kip Gross

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: August 24, 1964 in Scottsbluff, NE us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Murray State College (Tishomingo, OK) and the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE).

High School: Gering HS (Gering, NE)

Schools: Murray State College (Tishomingo, OK), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

Debut: April 21, 1990 (Age 25-240d, 15,747th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 29, 2000 (Age 35-279d)
vs. COL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Kip Lee Gross

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

ERA

3.90

147.2

WHIP

1.585

Summary of 14 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 7 go ahead

4 Tms
CIN	8
BOS	3
HOU	2
LAD	1

Platoon
vs LHB	10
vs RHB	4

Home/Road
Away	10
Home	4

Outs
1	5
0	5
2	4

9 Opps
SFG	2
OAK	2
LAD	2
SDP	2
MIL	2
NYM	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
TOR	1

12 Batters
Bip Roberts	2
Matt Stairs	2
Dave Anderson	1
Dickie Thon	1
Will Clark	1
Lenny Harris	1
Darryl Strawberry	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Dick Schofield	1
Charlie Hayes	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Barry Bonds	1

8 Parks
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	6
7	4
89	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	8
2	2
6	1
4	1
3	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	8
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	6
1--	4
12-	1
123	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

26 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	6
1 on	5
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	8

Inning
1	3
2	1
3	2
4	3
5	1
7	2
9	2

1-3	6
4-6	4
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	2
+2	2
+1	1
Tied	6
-1	2

Ahead	6
Tied	6
Behind	2

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-0	2
3-2	2
1-1	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	4
RF	3
2B	3
SS	2
CF	1
LF	1

OrderPos
5th	3
4th	3
3rd	3
1st	2
2nd	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1991-07-14	Barry Bonds	PIT	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	6,(3-2) BCBBF>X	2	5	7	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Bonilla Scores; B. Bonds Scores
2	2	2	1	1991-08-01	Will Clark	SFG	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(2-1) BSB11.X	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Clark Scores
3	3	3	1	1991-08-06	Darryl Strawberry	LAD	@	CIN	behind 0-1	t 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	9	21%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Daniels Scores; D. Strawberry Scores
4	4	4	2	1991-08-06	Lenny Harris	LAD	@	CIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	2	4	17%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); O. Hershiser Scores; L. Harris Scores
5	5	5	1	1991-08-11	Bip Roberts	SDP		CIN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Roberts Scores
6	6	6	2	1991-08-11	Bip Roberts	SDP		CIN	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	6%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Roberts Scores
7	7	7	1	1991-09-02	Dickie Thon	PHI		CIN	ahead 6-0	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) ..X	2	2	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Ready Scores; D. Thon Scores
8	8	8	1	1991-09-18	Dave Anderson	SFG		CIN	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	3	3	6%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Thompson Scores; D. Anderson Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1992-05-10	Dick Schofield	NYM		LAD	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	5%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Schofield Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1999-04-30	Matt Stairs	OAK		BOS	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	8,(3-2) SBBSFFBX	4	5	9	20%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); T. Phillips Scores; J. Giambi Scores; J. Jaha Scores
11	11	2	1	1999-05-03	Matt Stairs	OAK		BOS	behind 10-11	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	8	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1999-05-16	Carlos Delgado	TOR		BOS	tied 6-6	b 9	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	4	3	6%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Gonzalez Scores; S. Green Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2000-05-22 (2)	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL		HOU	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	9	26%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Belliard Scores; M. Loretta Scores
14	14	2	2	2000-05-22 (2)	Charlie Hayes	MIL		HOU	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	6%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)