01/15/1993
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Kelly Gruber
3B - #17 - Oakland Athletics (DBL)
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R
Overall:    Potential:
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
158 590 155 24 5 25 105 47 105 .263 .322 .447 34 4.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 12 12 12 13
Gap 12 12 12 12
Power 12 12 12 13
Eye 9 10 9 9
Avoid K's 13 13 13 13
INFORMATION
Links:Develop - StatsLab
Birthdate:02/26/1962
Born in:Houston, TX
Nationality:American
Height/Weight:6' 0"/190 lbs
Local Pop.:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
CATCHER RATINGS
C Ability Arm
- 1 -
INFIELD RATINGS
1B 2B 3B SS Range Error Arm DP
- 7 13 3 12 14 15 12
OUTFIELD RATINGS
LF CF RF Range Error Arm
3 - - 9 9 9
RUN RATINGS
Speed Steal Baserun
12 19 16
BUNT RATINGS
Sacrifice For Hit
3 1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/27/1992 LA Win, 7-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/26/1992 LA Win, 4-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/25/1992 LA Win, 5-2 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
09/24/1992 COL Win, 5-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/23/1992 COL Win, 6-3 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
09/22/1992 COL Win, 3-0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
09/21/1992 COL Win, 4-3 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0
09/20/1992 @ SD Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/19/1992 @ SD Win, 7-4 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
09/18/1992 @ SD Loss, 7-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE 1992 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 158 590 155 24 5 25 105 87 47 105 .263 .322 .447 .770 .328 .185 119
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 155 652 8 0 0 10 0 7 264 54 34 7 82.9 88.7 5.22 4.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   201 50 4 1 7 32 29 16 26 2 0 2 .249 .308 .383 .691
Versus Right   389 105 20 4 18 73 58 31 79 5 0 6 .270 .329 .481 .810
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   7 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .571 .821
April   104 31 6 1 3 21 16 7 15 1 0 2 .298 .351 .462 .812
May   98 25 5 1 2 13 17 9 16 2 0 2 .255 .324 .388 .712
June   100 22 3 2 2 9 11 4 21 1 0 2 .220 .262 .350 .612
July   98 26 3 0 7 22 11 7 17 0 0 0 .265 .314 .510 .824
August   96 27 2 0 5 17 16 12 22 2 0 2 .281 .366 .458 .824
September   87 23 5 1 5 20 15 7 14 1 0 0 .264 .316 .517 .833
Last Year   590 155 24 5 25 105 87 47 105 7 0 8 .263 .322 .447 .770
2 Years Ago   533 140 20 4 31 87 84 38 105 6 0 12 .263 .323 .490 .812
Career   5057 1285 192 41 223 717 706 345 861 42 3 55 .254 .306 .441 .747
Home   289 72 15 0 12 51 39 20 44 4 0 4 .249 .303 .426 .728
Road   301 83 9 5 13 54 48 27 61 3 0 4 .276 .340 .468 .809
Grass   538 137 23 4 22 93 78 41 93 5 0 8 .255 .314 .435 .749
Turf   52 18 1 1 3 12 9 6 12 2 0 0 .346 .400 .577 .977
Day   505 127 19 3 20 82 72 40 89 7 0 6 .251 .310 .420 .730
Night   85 28 5 2 5 23 15 7 16 0 0 2 .329 .394 .612 1.005
As Starter   588 155 24 5 25 105 87 47 104 7 0 8 .264 .323 .449 .772
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   135 29 4 2 3 21 17 10 29 2 0 2 .215 .275 .341 .616
Inning 1-3   188 51 9 1 8 37 28 14 31 2 0 3 .271 .329 .457 .786
Inning 4-6   211 58 10 2 8 31 29 16 35 2 0 3 .275 .332 .455 .787
Inning 7-9   172 44 4 2 9 36 28 17 32 3 0 2 .256 .325 .459 .784
Extra Innings   19 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 .105 .105 .158 .263
0 Outs   195 46 7 1 10 26 38 20 36 0 0 4 .236 .320 .436 .756
1 Outs   190 57 10 3 5 38 28 12 35 7 0 3 .300 .340 .463 .803
2 Outs   205 52 7 1 10 41 21 15 34 0 0 1 .254 .308 .444 .752
Scoring Position   134 49 8 2 10 84 29 11 24 7 0 2 .366 .403 .679 1.082
Bases Empty   359 80 12 3 13 13 50 29 62 0 0 6 .223 .292 .382 .673
Runner on 1st   97 26 4 0 2 8 8 7 19 0 0 0 .268 .317 .371 .688
Runner on 2nd   52 14 4 1 2 14 9 5 15 0 0 1 .269 .345 .500 .845
Runner on 3rd   17 9 0 1 2 15 5 0 1 2 0 0 .529 .474 1.000 1.474
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 9 2 0 3 16 6 2 6 0 0 0 .310 .355 .690 1.044
Runner on 1st & 3rd   16 6 1 0 1 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 .375 .421 .625 1.046
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   10 5 0 0 2 17 2 0 2 4 0 0 .500 .357 1.100 1.457
Bases Loaded   10 6 1 0 0 12 5 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .692 .700 1.392
Two Strikes   253 47 6 3 11 46 36 25 105 3 0 5 .186 .269 .364 .633
First Pitch   98 34 6 1 5 19 13 0 0 0 0 0 .347 .347 .582 .929
Count 0-1   53 18 5 1 1 8 9 0 0 0 0 2 .340 .364 .528 .892
Count 0-2   52 5 0 0 3 8 4 0 22 0 0 1 .096 .113 .269 .382
Count 1-0   57 16 3 0 2 9 7 0 0 1 0 1 .281 .288 .439 .727
Count 1-1   47 16 1 0 3 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 .340 .333 .553 .887
Count 1-2   80 9 0 1 3 8 7 0 35 1 0 4 .113 .153 .250 .403
Count 2-0   18 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389
Count 2-1   46 14 2 0 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .304 .413 .717
Count 2-2   70 15 3 1 4 16 7 0 27 1 0 0 .214 .211 .457 .668
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   18 7 0 0 2 7 7 12 0 2 0 0 .389 .594 .722 1.316
Full Count   51 18 3 1 1 14 18 25 21 1 0 0 .353 .558 .510 1.068
Behind in Count   185 32 5 2 7 24 20 0 57 1 0 7 .173 .202 .335 .537
Ahead in Count   139 40 6 0 5 25 24 22 0 3 0 1 .288 .382 .439 .821
Batting 3rd   121 32 2 0 7 22 16 8 24 0 0 0 .264 .310 .455 .765
Batting 4th   233 58 12 3 6 35 38 17 35 4 0 6 .249 .312 .403 .715
Batting 5th   234 65 10 2 12 48 33 22 45 3 0 2 .278 .341 .491 .832
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   255 57 8 1 10 27 30 19 45 1 0 2 .224 .282 .380 .662
Medium Leverage   231 68 12 3 9 36 38 17 41 2 0 6 .294 .355 .489 .845
High Leverage   101 30 4 1 6 42 19 11 19 4 0 0 .297 .353 .535 .888
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1984 New York - DBL 22 123 499 108 12 5 19 56 60 20 4 5 88 17 3 .216 .250 .375 .625 80 78 0.9
1985 New York - DBL 23 159 626 160 33 2 25 87 85 39 6 4 92 19 6 .256 .304 .435 .738 111 111 3.6
1986 New York - DBL 24 43 170 39 5 2 11 27 28 12 3 2 31 3 0 .229 .289 .476 .765 115 114 1.5
1986 Chicago - DBL 24 109 425 116 18 5 20 53 62 21 3 6 64 13 4 .273 .308 .480 .788 110 108 2.5
1986 Total - DBL 24 152 595 155 23 7 31 80 90 33 6 8 95 16 4 .261 .302 .479 .781 108 107 3.8
1987 Chicago - DBL 25 156 616 159 24 2 26 77 75 39 3 1 102 14 8 .258 .305 .430 .735 99 98 2.7
1988 Chicago - DBL 26 154 591 141 25 2 19 66 81 50 5 3 101 16 8 .239 .302 .384 .686 82 83 1.2
1989 Chicago - DBL 27 156 605 168 22 7 25 99 81 45 6 6 97 24 5 .278 .331 .461 .792 117 117 5.5
1990 Chicago - DBL 28 108 402 99 9 7 22 60 63 34 5 2 76 13 3 .246 .312 .468 .779 111 110 3.0
1991 Chicago - DBL 29 68 260 68 10 3 11 41 42 14 5 4 51 7 0 .262 .307 .450 .757 106 108 1.8
1991 Oakland - DBL 29 73 273 72 10 1 20 46 42 24 7 2 54 8 5 .264 .337 .527 .864 149 149 2.8
1991 Total - DBL 29 141 533 140 20 4 31 87 84 38 12 6 105 15 5 .263 .323 .490 .812 121 122 4.3
1992 Oakland - DBL 30 158 590 155 24 5 25 105 87 47 8 7 105 34 7 .263 .322 .447 .770 120 119 4.8
Total DBL 1307 5057 1285 192 41 223 717 706 345 55 42 861 168 49 .254 .306 .441 .747 107 106 30.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1984 Tidewater - CBL 22 45 180 53 2 3 13 37 27 15 0 2 32 3 3 .294 .345 .556 .901 137 130 0.0
Total CBL 45 180 53 2 3 13 37 27 15 0 2 32 3 3 .294 .345 .556 .901 137 130
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1989 Chicago - DBL 27 4 12 4 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 .333 .333 .583 .917 0 0 0.0
1990 Chicago - DBL 28 7 28 10 2 0 3 7 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 .357 .357 .750 1.107 0 0 0.0
Total DBL 11 40 14 2 0 4 12 6 1 0 2 7 1 0 .350 .349 .700 1.049 178 172
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1984 New York - DBL 2B 2 2 2 6 0 9 1 .889 17.0 4.24 -0.3 .885
1984 New York - DBL 3B 109 109 56 188 17 254 10 .961 963.1 2.28 -0.4 .994
1984 Tidewater - CBL 3B 45 44 22 85 11 110 3 .973 379.2 2.54 +1.4 1.033
1985 New York - DBL 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1985 New York - DBL 3B 159 155 59 290 24 361 12 .967 1401.2 2.24 +2.7 1.016
1986 New York - DBL 2B 17 17 31 52 5 83 0 1.000 152.2 4.89 +2.0 1.065
1986 Chicago - DBL 3B 107 107 65 191 15 262 6 .977 927.0 2.49 +0.5 1.017
1986 New York - DBL 3B 27 26 16 60 11 77 1 .987 239.0 2.86 +0.9 1.009
1987 Chicago - DBL 3B 155 155 94 267 21 370 9 .976 1371.0 2.37 +1.9 1.030
1988 Chicago - DBL 3B 154 154 85 299 30 396 12 .970 1361.0 2.54 +4.5 1.023
1989 Chicago - DBL 3B 156 156 83 287 20 380 10 .974 1385.1 2.40 +6.4 1.046
1990 Chicago - DBL 3B 108 107 54 205 21 265 6 .977 931.2 2.50 +2.9 1.029
1991 Chicago - DBL 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1991 Chicago - DBL 3B 68 67 24 121 6 148 3 .980 601.1 2.17 +2.3 1.036
1991 Oakland - DBL 3B 73 73 29 145 12 183 9 .951 646.0 2.42 +0.9 1.000
1992 Oakland - DBL 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1992 Oakland - DBL 3B 158 155 94 296 32 405 15 .963 1398.0 2.51 +1.9 1.016
TOTAL 2B 19 19 33 58 5 92 1 .989 169.2 4.83 +1.7 1.042
TOTAL 3B 1319 1308 681 2434 220 3211 96 .970 11605.0 2.42 +25.8 1.022
PLAYER HISTORY
12/15/1983 Drafted in the 1983 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 25th overall pick) by the New York Mets.
01/01/1984 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (13); Power: 12 (13); Eye: 7 (8).
04/02/1984 Named the #23 prospect in the DBL
06/29/1984 Injured (Cold), day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1985 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 8 (8).
07/31/1985 Goes 0-3 against the San Francisco Giants, ending his hitting streak at 23 games.
01/01/1986 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
05/20/1986 Was traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for draft picks.
05/27/1986 Injured (Hamstring soreness), day-to-day for 4 days.
06/26/1986 Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Minnesota Twins, with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
06/30/1986 Wins the DBL FL Player of the Week Award.
07/02/1986 Injured (Sore ankle), day-to-day for 6 days.
01/01/1987 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
06/28/1987 Injured (Bruised thumb), day-to-day for one week.
07/20/1987 Wins the DBL FL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1988 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
05/24/1988 Injured (Sore thumb), day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/1989 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
07/05/1989 Was selected to the 1989 Doubleday Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/01/1989 Wins the 1989 DBL FL Gold Glove at 3B.
01/01/1990 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
05/29/1990 Injured (Strained oblique), day-to-day for 3 weeks.
07/30/1990 Injured (Bone marrow edema (knee)), out for 6 weeks.
10/09/1990 Goes 5-5 against the St. Louis Cardinals, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.
01/01/1991 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
06/20/1991 Was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Oakland Athletics, along with RP Tim Mauser, in exchange for 3B Carney Lansford, RP Walt Terrell, 1B Gene Richards, SP John Dopson.
07/31/1991 Injured (Bruised foot), day-to-day for one week.
08/12/1991 Wins the DBL UL Player of the Week Award.
09/13/1991 Injured (Fractured hand), out for 5 weeks.
01/01/1992 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
06/19/1992 Injured (Bruised wrist), day-to-day for 1 day.
10/27/1992 Wins the 1992 DBL UL Silver Slugger at 3B.
01/01/1993 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (13); Power: 12 (13); Eye: 9 (9).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
1985 33 10
Year 3B Rank
1990 7 9
Year RBI Rank
1992 105 10
Year WAR Rank
1989 5.9 9
1992 4.8 9
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