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Wayne Gross
Wayne Dale Gross

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School Cal Poly-Pomona

MLB Debut August 21, 1976
Final Game October 1, 1986
Born January 14, 1952 in Riverside, CA (age 72)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 25 OAA AL  150  539   76  145  27   1  22   92   0   0   90   78  .269  .375  .445  .820   107   240   0   4   1   4  10  
 1978 26 OAA AL   97  265   28   47   7   0   7   21   0   0   35   55  .177  .288  .283  .571    82    75   5   0   0   6   4  
 1979 27 OAA AL  115  332   51   69  14   0   9   37   2   0   57   56  .208  .322  .331  .654    88   110   0   2   2   0   9  
 1980 28 OAA AL  125  345   44  101  17   4   9   40   0   0   44   41  .293  .374  .443  .818   115   153   2   2   4   2   7  
 1981 29 OAA AL  134  371   55   78  11   1  23   54   1   1   59   46  .210  .326  .431  .757   107   160   4   3   2   6  20  
 1982 30 OAA AL  123  381   51  105  13   0   9   52   1   0   56   38  .276  .369  .381  .749    97   145   0   3   1   2   7  
 1983 31 OAA AL  101  319   34   84  29   0   6   48   1   0   31   42  .263  .329  .411  .739   102   131   2   2   0   1   6  
 1984 32 SEA AL   90  289   50   62  12   1  15   51   0   1   62   74  .215  .359  .419  .778   111   121   0   3   1   5  13  
 1985 33 SEA AL   45  121   19   33   5   0   7   17   1   1   24   28  .273  .393  .488  .881   117    59   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      980 2962  408  724 135   7 107  412   6   3  458  458  .244  .349  .403  .752        1194  13  19  11  26  77
 Per 600 PA           511   70  125  23   1  18   71   1   1   79   79                                 206   2   3   2   4  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA      845 2552  339  629 118   6  85  344   5   1  372  356  .246  .345  .397  .742        1014  13  16  10  21  63
   With SEA      135  410   69   95  17   1  22   68   1   2   86  102  .232  .369  .439  .808         180   0   3   1   5  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1106 3125  373  727 126   9 121  396  24  22  482  496  .233  .337  .395  .732        1234  29  24  34  20  45
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1977 25 OAA AL  28   95   6.3   2   0   0  .000  28   84   39  .464    0    0  .000  3B   4e31       52   
 1978 26 OAA AL  10   23   2.8   7   2   0  .286   9   27   14  .519    0    0  .000  3B   4e41      -60   
 1979 27 OAA AL  12   37   3.7   8   1   0  .125  16   51   22  .431    0    0  .000  3B   4e29      -45   
 1980 28 OAA AL   8   58   6.2  13   3   1  .231  15   52   26  .500    0    0  .000  3B   4e21       -5   
 1981 29 OAA AL   7   49   4.2   4   0   0  .000  16   39   15  .385    0    0  .000  3B   4e27       87   
 1982 30 OAA AL   6   57   5.4  12   4   1  .333  10   51   27  .529    0    0  .000  3B   4e16       50   
 1983 31 OAA AL  11   43   4.8   7   2   0  .286   8   23   12  .522    0    0  .000  UT              36   
 1984 32 SEA AL  29   44   5.0   4   0   0  .000  14   44   20  .455    0    0  .000  3B   4e30      -10   
 1985 33 SEA AL   5   24   7.5   8   2   0  .250   5   17    4  .235    0    0  .000  3B   4e32       88   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          436   5.0  65  14   2  .215 121  388  179  .461    0    0  .000                  22   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 10.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1977 25 OAA AL  3B   142   113   225   28   26   .923   141  1225.0   2.48
                 1B     5    17     1    0    3  1.000     2    15.0  10.80
 1978 26 OAA AL  3B    88    90   145    9   14   .963    79   677.2   3.12
                 1B     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1979 27 OAA AL  3B   109    77   173   16   14   .940    97   847.1   2.66
                 1B     2     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.1   6.48
 1980 28 OAA AL  3B   122    91   143   15   15   .940    94   871.0   2.42
                 1B     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   6.00
 1981 29 OAA AL  3B   133   109   167   16   19   .945   108   979.2   2.54
 1982 30 OAA AL  3B    93    64   149    8   18   .964    71   733.2   2.61
                 1B    31   160    11    2   16   .988    28   156.2   9.82
 1983 31 OAA AL  3B    52    38    72    7   10   .940    49   420.0   2.36
                 1B    50   305    30    1   46   .997    30   318.1   9.47
 1984 32 SEA AL  3B    88    69   142   14   18   .938    82   743.1   2.55
 1985 33 SEA AL  3B    31    26    52    5    8   .940    30   270.2   2.59
                 1B     1     6     2    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   8.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   858   677  1268  118  142   .943   751  6768.1   2.59
                 1B    95   501    44    3   65   .995    61   518.1   9.46
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1980 ALCS  OAA NYA   L    2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1981 ALCS  OAA DEA   W    3   7  0  4  0  1  0   1  0  0  .571  .500  .857  0
      WS    OAA MON   W    6  13  1  4  0  0  1   3  4  1  .308  .500  .538  0
 1984 ALCS  SEA BOA   W    3   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0
      WS    SEA SDN   W    1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1985 ALCS  SEA TOA   L    2   1  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1977  OAA   47-115  Drew Kennedy
 1978  OAA   67-95   Drew Kennedy
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy
 1980  OAA  105-57   Drew Kennedy
 1981  OAA   98-64   Drew Kennedy
 1982  OAA   69-93   Drew Kennedy
 1983  OAA   82-80   Drew Kennedy
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 1985  SEA  101-61   Jeff Tripodi

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