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Kelly Gruber

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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.

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[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

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

[edit] Transactions

  • 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).

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