Kelly Gruber

Full Name: Kelly Wayne Gruber	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 20, 1984
Birthdate: February 26, 1962	Final Game: June 29, 1993
Birthplace: Houston, Texas	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Kelly Gruber (Kelly Wayne Gruber) was born on February 26, 1962 in Houston, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1984 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1986, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI. Gruber played for the Toronto Blue Jays and California Angels over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Kelly Gruber's best season was 1990, when he slugged 31 home runs and knocked in 118 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1984	TOR	A	15	16	1	1	1	2	.063	.063	.250	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
1985	TOR	A	5	13	0	3	0	1	.231	.231	.231	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1986	TOR	A	87	143	20	28	5	15	.196	.220	.343	4	1	5	27	0	2	2	0	4
1987	TOR	A	138	341	50	80	12	36	.235	.283	.399	14	3	17	70	7	1	12	2	11
1988	TOR	A	158	569	75	158	16	81	.278	.328	.438	33	5	38	92	7	5	23	1	20
1989	TOR	A	135	545	83	158	18	73	.290	.328	.448	24	4	30	60	3	0	10	0	13
1990	TOR	A	150	592	92	162	31	118	.274	.330	.512	36	6	48	94	8	1	14	2	14
1991	TOR	A	113	429	58	108	20	65	.252	.308	.443	18	2	31	70	6	3	12	5	7
1992	TOR	A	120	446	42	102	11	43	.229	.275	.352	16	3	26	72	4	1	7	3	14
1993	CAL	A	18	65	10	18	3	9	.277	.309	.462	3	0	2	11	1	2	0	0	2
Total			939	3159	431	818	117	443	.259	.307	.432	148	24	197	504	36	15	80	13	86

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1984	TOR	A	OF	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	1.000
1984	TOR	A	3B	12	1	28	4	10	1	0	.933
1984	TOR	A	SS	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	.667
1984	TOR	A	RF	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	1.000
1985	TOR	A	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	TOR	A	3B	5	2	27	2	6	0	0	1.000
1986	TOR	A	SS	5	0	12	3	2	0	0	1.000
1986	TOR	A	CF	2	0	5	2	0	0	0	1.000
1986	TOR	A	2B	14	5	64	15	16	1	5	.969
1986	TOR	A	LF	4	0	9	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	TOR	A	3B	42	27	245.1	19	59	5	3	.940
1986	TOR	A	OF	9	2	30	6	0	1	0	.857
1986	TOR	A	RF	3	2	16	5	0	1	0	.833
1986	TOR	A	DH	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	TOR	A	2B	8	1	19	3	4	0	1	1.000
1987	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	TOR	A	3B	119	74	723.1	52	168	12	11	.948
1987	TOR	A	CF	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	TOR	A	SS	21	8	103	20	28	1	7	.980
1987	TOR	A	OF	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1988	TOR	A	OF	2	0	8	3	0	0	0	1.000
1988	TOR	A	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	TOR	A	3B	156	147	1307.2	114	349	14	31	.971
1988	TOR	A	CF	2	0	8	3	0	0	0	1.000
1988	TOR	A	2B	6	1	29.2	4	16	2	4	.909
1988	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	TOR	A	RF	14	13	122	34	2	0	1	1.000
1989	TOR	A	SS	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
1989	TOR	A	3B	119	118	1045.1	86	291	22	15	.945
1989	TOR	A	LF	3	2	18	2	0	0	0	1.000
1989	TOR	A	OF	16	15	140	35	2	0	1	1.000
1989	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	TOR	A	OF	6	5	41	6	0	0	0	1.000
1990	TOR	A	3B	145	143	1267.2	123	280	19	21	.955
1990	TOR	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	TOR	A	RF	6	5	41	7	0	0	0	1.000
1991	TOR	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	TOR	A	3B	111	109	977.1	97	231	13	16	.962
1992	TOR	A	3B	120	118	1021.2	104	215	17	10	.949
1993	CAL	A	OF	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	LF	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000
1993	CAL	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	CAL	A	3B	17	17	139	18	42	4	3	.938
Total			CF	6	0	15	6	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	38	22	228	55	2	1	1	.983
Total			2B	29	7	113.2	22	36	3	10	.951
Total			DH	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	25	20	183	48	2	1	1	.980
Total			3B	846	756	6782.1	619	1651	107	110	.955
Total			LF	8	2	30	5	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	29	8	120	23	34	2	7	.966

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Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (10th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980 - signed June 8, 1980).
Selected by Toronto Blue Jays from Cleveland Indians in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 5, 1983).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with cash to California Angels in exchange for Luis Sojo (December 8, 1992).
Released by California Angels (September 7, 1993).