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Kelly Gruber
Kelly Wayne Gruber

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

MLB Debut April 20, 1984
Final Game June 29, 1993
Born February 26, 1962 in Houston, TX (age 62)

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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 24 TOA AL    6   21    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .095  .095  .095  .190    25     2   0   0   0   0   1  
 1987 25 TOA AL   75  257   45   58   9   1  11   23   5   1   13   46  .226  .273  .397  .670    89   102   4   1   0   4  13  
 1988 26 TOA AL  143  507   75  157  30   4  12   69  19   2   33   75  .310  .359  .456  .814   113   231   7   2   2   7  14  
 1989 27 TOA AL  142  561   80  172  13   6  16   72  11   3   39   72  .307  .353  .437  .789   107   245   2   4   5   3  11  
 1990 28 TOA AL  157  614  112  166  33   9  45  119  10   0   55   94  .270  .337  .573  .910   121   352   1   9  10  11  20  MVP-1
 1991 29 TOA AL  120  435   54  105  22   2  18   55  13   5   27   80  .241  .290  .425  .716    95   185   3   5   1   5   9  
 1992 30 DEA AL   25   79   10   22   4   0   2    6   2   1    6   12  .278  .326  .405  .731   103    32   0   1   0   0   2  
 1993 31 DEA AL   27   68   10   21   6   0   3    9   0   0    2   12  .309  .324  .529  .853   116    36   1   1   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      695 2542  386  703 117  22 107  354  60  12  175  395  .277  .328  .466  .794        1185  18  23  18  30  72
 Per 600 PA           547   83  151  25   5  23   76  13   3   38   85                                 255   4   5   4   6  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TOA      643 2395  366  660 107  22 102  339  58  11  167  371  .276  .328  .466  .794        1117  17  21  18  30  68
   With DEA       52  147   20   43  10   0   5   15   2   1    8   24  .293  .325  .463  .787          68   1   2   0   0   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      939 3159  431  818 148  24 117  443  80  33  197  504  .259  .307  .432  .739        1365  15  35  13  36  86
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1986 24 TOA AL  33    0    .1   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  3B   3e30     -372   
 1987 25 TOA AL  28   24   3.0   1   0   0  .000   7   61   43  .705    0    0  .000  2B   4e23      -13   
 1988 26 TOA AL  39   83   6.0   6   1   0  .167  12   69   39  .565    0    0  .000  3B   3e16       48   
 1989 27 TOA AL  35   86   5.7   3   0   0  .000  18   75   51  .680    0    0  .000  3B   2e31       14   
 1990 28 TOA AL  32  115   6.5   0   0   0  .000  17   84   55  .655    0    0  .000  3B   2e22       68   
 1991 29 TOA AL  35   52   4.1   2   0   0  .000  18   67   48  .716    0    0  .000  3B   1e19      -35   
 1992 30 DEA AL  21   10   4.5   2   1   0  .500   5   12    6  .500    0    0  .000  3B   1e24      104   
 1993 31 DEA AL  71   10   5.8   7   4   1  .571   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              83   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          383   5.3  21   6   1  .286  77  370  242  .654    0    0  .000                  24   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1986 24 TOA AL  3B     6     2     6    0    0  1.000     6    49.0   1.47
 1987 25 TOA AL  2B    54   123   134    4   38   .985    53   427.0   5.42
                 3B    29     8    23    3    1   .912     7   116.2   2.39
                 SS     2     3     6    0    0  1.000     2    12.0   6.75
 1988 26 TOA AL  3B   108    74   178    6   18   .977    78   751.2   3.02
                 LF    32    42     0    3    0   .933    30   264.0   1.43
                 2B     6     7     7    2    2   .875     5    39.0   3.23
                 RF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    20.0   1.80
                 SS     2     7     4    1    2   .917     2    16.0   6.19
                 CF     4     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   3.75
 1989 27 TOA AL  3B   138   132   251   18   29   .955   136  1241.1   2.78
                 SS     1     3     5    0    1  1.000     1     6.0  12.00
 1990 28 TOA AL  3B   157   159   312   17   23   .965   156  1405.1   3.02
 1991 29 TOA AL  3B   118   123   218   18   19   .950   113  1032.1   2.97
 1992 30 DEA AL  3B    25    24    41    5    5   .929    22   204.0   2.87
 1993 31 DEA AL  LF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   581   522  1029   67   95   .959   518  4800.1   2.91
                 2B    60   130   141    6   40   .978    58   466.0   5.23
                 LF    36    43     0    3    0   .935    30   273.0   1.42
                 SS     5    13    15    1    3   .966     5    34.0   7.41
                 RF     3     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    20.0   1.80
                 CF     4     5     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.0   3.75
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1989 ALCS  TOA OAA   W    4  12  1  3  1  0  0   1  1  3  .250  .308  .333  0
      WS    TOA CIN   L    5  15  1  3  2  0  0   1  0  1  .200  .200  .333  0
 1990 ALCS  TOA SEA   L    4  14  2  2  0  0  1   1  2  2  .143  .294  .357  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1986  TOA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1987  TOA   92-70   Alan Boodman
 1988  TOA   79-83   Alan Boodman
 1989  TOA   95-67   Alan Boodman
 1990  TOA   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1991  TOA   89-74   Alan Boodman
 1992  DEA   77-85   Mike Mashanic
 1993  DEA   81-81   Mike Mashanic

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