Kelly Gruber
Kelly Wayne Gruber
Born: February 26, 1962
Houston, TX USA
Primary Position: 3B
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180
Career: 1984-1993
Draft: Round 1 (1980 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
Draft: Round 1 (1983 Rule V Draft, Toronto Blue Jays)
School: Westlake HS (Austin, TX)
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Minor League Statistics
Kelly Gruber compiled a career batting average of .259 with 117 home runs and 443 RBI in his 939-game career with the Toronto Blue Jays and California Angels. He began playing during the 1984 season and last took the field during the 1993 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1984 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 15 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .063 | .063 | .250 | .313 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1985 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 152 | 143 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 27 | .196 | .220 | .343 | .563 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 138 | 368 | 341 | 50 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 70 | .235 | .283 | .399 | .682 | 136 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
1988 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 158 | 623 | 569 | 75 | 158 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 81 | 23 | 5 | 38 | 92 | .278 | .328 | .438 | .766 | 249 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 135 | 583 | 545 | 83 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 60 | .290 | .328 | .448 | .775 | 244 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
1990 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 150 | 662 | 592 | 92 | 162 | 36 | 6 | 31 | 118 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 94 | .274 | .330 | .512 | .842 | 303 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
1991 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 113 | 474 | 429 | 58 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 31 | 70 | .252 | .308 | .443 | .751 | 190 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 120 | 481 | 446 | 42 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 72 | .229 | .275 | .352 | .627 | 157 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
1993 | AL | California Angels | 18 | 70 | 65 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .277 | .309 | .462 | .770 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 939 | 3442 | 3159 | 431 | 818 | 148 | 24 | 117 | 443 | 80 | 33 | 197 | 504 | .259 | .307 | .432 | .739 | 1365 | 86 | 36 | 15 | 35 | 13 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1984 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 12 | 1 | 28.0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 4.500 | 1.167 |
1984 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
1984 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 9.000 | 2.000 |
1985 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 5 | 2 | 27.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 1.600 |
1985 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1986 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 42 | 27 | 245.3 | 19 | 59 | 5 | 3 | .940 | 2.861 | 1.857 |
1986 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 2B | 14 | 5 | 64.0 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 4.359 | 2.214 |
1986 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 9 | 2 | 30.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.800 | .667 |
1986 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 5 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 1.000 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 119 | 74 | 723.3 | 52 | 168 | 12 | 11 | .948 | 2.737 | 1.849 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 21 | 8 | 103.0 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 7 | .980 | 4.194 | 2.286 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 2B | 7 | 1 | 19.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.316 | 1.000 |
1987 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 |
1988 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 156 | 147 | 1307.7 | 114 | 349 | 14 | 31 | .971 | 3.187 | 2.968 |
1988 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 2B | 7 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .909 | 5.400 | 2.857 |
1988 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.500 |
1988 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 119 | 118 | 1045.3 | 86 | 291 | 22 | 15 | .945 | 3.246 | 3.168 |
1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 16 | 15 | 140.0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.379 | 2.313 |
1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 |
1990 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 145 | 143 | 1267.7 | 123 | 280 | 19 | 21 | .955 | 2.861 | 2.779 |
1990 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | OF | 6 | 5 | 41.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.317 | 1.000 |
1991 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 111 | 109 | 977.3 | 97 | 231 | 13 | 16 | .962 | 3.020 | 2.955 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | 3B | 120 | 118 | 1021.7 | 104 | 215 | 17 | 10 | .949 | 2.810 | 2.658 |
1993 | AL | California Angels | 3B | 17 | 17 | 139.0 | 18 | 42 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 3.885 | 3.529 |
1993 | AL | California Angels | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 |
Totals | 942 | 794 | 7247.7 | 719 | 1723 | 113 | 128 | .956 | 3.032 | 2.592 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .294 | .381 | .353 | .734 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1991 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 5 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .273 | .439 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | WS | 6 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .105 | .190 | .263 | .454 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 89 | 79 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .190 | .253 | .304 | .557 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1989 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.512 | 2.400 |
1991 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 3B | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.800 | 1.800 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | ALCS | 3B | 6 | 6 | 55.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 3.436 | 3.500 |
1992 | AL | Toronto Blue Jays | WS | 3B | 6 | 6 | 55.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.636 | 1.667 |
Totals | 22 | 22 | 198.0 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 2 | .912 | 2.364 | 2.364 |
Awards
1990 - AL Silver Slugger 3B
1990 - AL TSN All-Star 3B
1990 - AL Gold Glove 3B
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