Kelly Gruber

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 26, 1962 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westlake HS (Austin, TX).

High School: Westlake HS (Austin, TX)

Debut: April 20, 1984 (Age 22-054d, 14,884th in major league history)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 29, 1993 (Age 31-123d)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Kelly Wayne Gruber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.4

3159

818

117

.259

431

RBI

443

OBP

.307

SLG

.432

OPS

.739

OPS+

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 5	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 6	TOR	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
4	4	Apr 7	TOR	@	TEX	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
5	5	Apr 8	TOR	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 9	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	3B
7	7	Apr 10	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 11	TOR	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 12	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 14	TOR		KCR	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 15	TOR		KCR	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 16	TOR		KCR	W,15-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 17	TOR		NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 18	TOR		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B
15	15	Apr 19	TOR		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 21	TOR		TEX	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
17	17	Apr 22	TOR		TEX	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	18	Apr 23	TOR		TEX	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
19	19	Apr 24	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	28 (8)	May 4	TOR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	29	May 5	TOR		CAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
22	30	May 6	TOR		CAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	31	May 8	TOR		SEA	W,10-1	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	32	May 9	TOR		SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
25	33	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
26	34	May 12	TOR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
27	35	May 13	TOR	@	MIN	L,8-10	GS	42	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B RF
28	36	May 14	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
29	37	May 15	TOR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
30	38	May 16	TOR		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	39	May 17	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
32	40	May 19	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	3B
33	41	May 20	TOR	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
34	42	May 21	TOR	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
35	43	May 22	TOR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
36	44	May 23	TOR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	45	May 24	TOR		MIN	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
38	46	May 26	TOR		CHW	W,11-3	GS	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	47	May 27	TOR		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
40	48	May 28	TOR		CHW	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
41	49	May 29	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
42	50	May 30	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	51	May 31	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	52	Jun 2	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
45	53	Jun 3	TOR	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
46	54	Jun 4	TOR	@	BOS	W,13-11	CG	59	12.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
47	55	Jun 5	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
48	56	Jun 6	TOR		MIL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	57	Jun 7	TOR		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	58	Jun 9	TOR		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	59	Jun 10	TOR		DET	L,8-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
52	60	Jun 11	TOR		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
53	61	Jun 12	TOR		DET	W,5-4	CG	53	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	RF
54	63 (1)	Jun 14	TOR	@	MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
55	64	Jun 15	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	65	Jun 16	TOR		SEA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	66	Jun 17	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
58	67	Jun 18	TOR		SEA	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	68	Jun 19	TOR	@	CAL	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
60	69	Jun 20	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	70	Jun 21	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-1	GS	46	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
62	71	Jun 22	TOR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	72	Jun 23	TOR	@	OAK	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
64	73	Jun 24	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	74	Jun 25	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	75	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-16	CG	52	8.0	0	4	3	7	0	3B
67	76	Jun 28	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	77	Jun 29	TOR	@	BAL	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	78	Jun 30	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	79	Jul 1	TOR		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
71	80	Jul 2	TOR		BOS	L,1-4	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	81	Jul 3	TOR		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	82	Jul 4	TOR		BAL	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
74	83	Jul 5	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
75	84	Jul 6	TOR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
76	85	Jul 7	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
77	86	Jul 8	TOR	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
78	87	Jul 9	TOR	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
79	88	Jul 13	TOR		OAK	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	3B
80	89	Jul 14	TOR		OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
81	90	Jul 15	TOR		OAK	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	91	Jul 16	TOR		OAK	L,2-6	GS	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
83	92	Jul 17 (1)	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
84	93	Jul 17 (2)	TOR		CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
85	94	Jul 18	TOR		CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
86	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	96	Jul 21	TOR	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
88	97	Jul 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	98	Jul 23	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
90	99	Jul 24	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
91	100	Jul 25	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
92	102 (1)	Jul 28	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	103	Jul 29	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	104	Jul 30	TOR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
95	105	Jul 31	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	106	Aug 1	TOR		KCR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
97	107	Aug 2	TOR		KCR	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	108	Aug 3	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
99	109	Aug 4	TOR		NYY	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	110	Aug 5	TOR		NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	111	Aug 6	TOR		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
102	112	Aug 7	TOR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	113	Aug 8	TOR		TEX	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
104	114	Aug 9	TOR		TEX	L,3-4	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	128 (13)	Aug 25	TOR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	129	Aug 26	TOR		MIL	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
107	130	Aug 27	TOR		MIL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
108	131	Aug 28	TOR		MIL	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
109	132	Aug 29	TOR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	133	Aug 30	TOR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
111	134	Aug 31	TOR		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	135	Sep 1	TOR		MIN	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
113	136	Sep 2	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
114	137	Sep 3	TOR		MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
115	138	Sep 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	139	Sep 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
117	140	Sep 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
118	141	Sep 7	TOR	@	CLE	W,12-4	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
119	142	Sep 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
120	143	Sep 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	62	16.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
121	144	Sep 10	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	145	Sep 12	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
123	146	Sep 13	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
124	147	Sep 14	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-2	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
125	152 (4)	Sep 19	TOR		BOS	W,6-5	CG	56	13.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
126	153	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
127	154	Sep 22	TOR	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
128	155	Sep 23	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
129	156	Sep 24	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
130	157	Sep 25	TOR	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	158	Sep 26	TOR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	3	1	5	0	3B
132	159	Sep 27	TOR	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	160	Sep 29	TOR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
134	161	Sep 30	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
							137gm		1187.1	122	295	22	439	16