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Wayne
Gross		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 14, 1952 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1987   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 24 TAM AL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1977 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1978 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1979 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
1980 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 6 6
1981 29 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 6 6 6
1982 30 WAS NL $ 2,035,714   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6
1983 31 WAS NL $ 3,057,143   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 9 8 6 6 6
1984 32 BOS AL $ 3,057,143   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 9 8 6 6 6
1985 33 BOS AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 4 5 5 7 9 8 5 6 5
1986 34 BOS AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 4 7 8 7 5 5 5 7 9 8 5 6 5
1987 35 BOS AL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 7 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 24 A   134 407 81 122 14 4 28 78 1 0 114 40 .300 .453 .560 1.013 104.1  
1977 25 AAA   124 460 57 116 21 4 24 62 1 0 67 56 .252 .347 .472 .819 77.3  
1978 26 TAM AL 98 309 43 61 19 2 4 40 0 0 35 50 .197 .278 .311 .589 22.8 0.5
    AAA   24 83 14 21 3 1 3 8 0 0 14 12 .253 .361 .422 .783 13.3  
1979 27 TAM AL 154 532 71 140 22 2 23 80 0 1 77 69 .263 .357 .442 .798 83.6 16.1
1980 28 TAM AL 76 260 25 56 5 0 12 30 1 1 42 44 .215 .324 .373 .697 32.9 3.5
  WAS NL 74 255 29 54 8 1 11 37 0 0 32 44 .212 .297 .380 .677 29.3 4.1
  TOT   150 515 54 110 13 1 23 67 1 1 74 88 .214 .310 .377 .687 62.2 7.6
1981 29 WAS NL 155 553 70 134 22 3 20 78 0 0 65 86 .242 .321 .401 .722 69.6 15.3
1982 30 WAS NL 140 503 77 129 21 4 23 88 0 1 77 78 .256 .350 .451 .802 81.9 19.3
1983 31 WAS NL 141 515 69 115 26 1 23 65 0 0 59 88 .223 .304 .412 .716 63.1 11.9
1984 32 BOS AL 138 462 56 98 26 0 14 53 0 1 50 60 .212 .286 .359 .645 48.4 4.4
1985 33 BOS AL 127 403 55 92 12 2 15 58 0 0 65 83 .228 .337 .380 .717 55.2 8.7
1986 34 BOS AL 127 424 50 97 20 1 20 65 0 0 46 83 .229 .304 .422 .727 54.0 8.2
1987 35 BOS AL 127 401 40 74 12 0 19 61 0 0 44 90 .185 .265 .357 .622 41.2 3.6
10 Years Sim 1357 4617 585 1050 193 16 184 655 1 4 592 775 .227 .314 .396 .710 581.9 95.6
2 Years AAA 148 543 71 137 24 5 27 70 1 0 81 68 .252 .350 .464 .814 90.6  
1 Years A 134 407 81 122 14 4 28 78 1 0 114 40 .300 .452 .560 1.012 104.1  
3 Years Minors 282 950 152 259 38 9 55 148 2 0 195 108 .273 .397 .505 .902 194.7  
162 Game Average 551 69 125 23 1 21 78 0 0 70 92 .227 .314 .396 .710 69.5  
Career Highs 155 553 77 140 26 4 23 88 1 1 77 90 .263 .357 .451 .802 83.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3847 483 902 168 13 159 565 1 2 510 632 .234 .323 .409 .732 534.7
vs LH   770 102 148 25 3 25 90 0 2 82 143 .192 .269 .330 .599 72.1
Home 690 2286 298 524 97 6 94 319 1 2 300 380 .229 .317 .400 .717 307.3
Away 667 2331 287 526 96 10 90 336 0 2 292 395 .226 .312 .391 .703 299.5
RISP   1187 0 271 54 5 50 454 0 0 216 204 .228 .340 .409 .748 182.6
Pinch Hitting   69 8 15 2 0 0 10 0 0 14 8 .217 .349 .246 .596 7.5
Close/Late   585 44 136 21 3 19 60 0 0 82 106 .232 .327 .376 .703 76.9
Mar/Apr 196 674 94 158 22 2 33 111 0 1 91 102 .234 .325 .420 .745 97.0
May 243 816 96 195 18 4 35 113 0 1 86 138 .239 .309 .400 .709 105.8
June 240 818 110 181 41 1 23 112 0 0 119 159 .221 .321 .358 .680 101.0
July 210 730 101 167 34 4 33 115 1 1 86 114 .229 .310 .422 .732 99.2
August 238 796 92 178 39 2 29 102 0 1 103 142 .224 .310 .387 .697 101.3
Sep/Oct 230 783 92 171 39 3 31 102 0 0 107 120 .218 .311 .395 .706 102.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 26 TAM AL 3B 91 88 748.3 70 180 15 14 .943 3.01 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 TAM AL 3B 146 145 1268.3 80 306 27 25 .935 2.74 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    1B 7 0 17.0 20 3 0 4 1.000 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 TAM AL 3B 73 73 638.9 37 168 13 14 .940 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 1 0 5.3 8 1 0 1 1.000 15.28 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 4.1 3 0 1 0 .750 6.59 1 0 .000 1 0.0
  WAS NL 3B 72 71 605.5 36 160 12 13 .942 2.91 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    1B 1 0 5.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 3.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.62 0 0 .000 1 0.0
  TOT   3B 145 144 1244.4 73 328 25 27 .941 2.90   5.3
      1B 2 0 10.3 15 1 0 1 1.000 13.98   0.0
      C 1 1 8.0 5 0 1 0 .833 5.63 1 0 .000 2 0.0
1981 29 WAS NL 3B 148 147 1289.0 84 303 23 29 .944 2.70 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    1B 5 0 10.0 11 0 0 1 1.000 9.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 WAS NL 3B 137 134 1203.7 86 267 10 21 .972 2.64 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 2 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 31 WAS NL 3B 134 130 1161.3 67 264 22 18 .938 2.57 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    1B 3 1 13.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 11.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 32 BOS AL 3B 120 116 1028.3 63 258 17 10 .950 2.81 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    1B 13 3 52.7 74 7 0 7 1.000 13.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1985 33 BOS AL 3B 120 109 955.0 57 279 20 23 .944 3.17 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    1B 7 5 47.0 51 3 0 6 1.000 10.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 BOS AL 3B 114 106 959.0 56 261 17 23 .949 2.97 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 11 2 41.0 53 1 0 4 1.000 11.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 35 BOS AL 3B 115 111 926.3 50 227 18 16 .939 2.69 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    1B 11 4 47.0 60 9 1 5 .986 13.21 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1270 1230 10783.7 686 2673 194 206 .945 2.80 0 0 .000 0 34.0
  1B 62 15 249.6 309 25 1 28 .997 12.04 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 1 1 8.0 5 0 1 0 .833 5.63 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1335 1246 11043.3 1000 2699 196 234 .950 3.01 1 0 .000 2 34.5
Career Highs   153 147 1299.0 137 329 27 30 .973 3.51 1 0 .000 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 25 TAM AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .600 .000 .600
1981 29 WAS NL 10 28 4 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 9 5 .179 .368 .286 .654
1982 30 WAS NL 4 14 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .571 .857
1986 34 BOS AL 5 19 3 6 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 .316 .350 .789 1.139
Career Post-Season Batting 23 63 9 15 5 1 3 8 0 0 12 9 .238 .364 .492 .856
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1981-6-155
 Homeruns
1979-8-23
 Walks
1979-10-77
1982-9-77
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ron Cey (920)
  5. Joe Orengo (906)
  6. Hank Majeski (905)
  7. Johnny Goryl (905)
  8. Nelson Mathews (893)
  9. Don Baylor (893)
  10. Dave Nicholson (891)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1976
Injured on 8/12/1976 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/23/1977 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 5/2/1978, off Joe Coleman (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1978, off Jim Wright (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 5/11/1979
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Washington on 7/1/1980 (Going to TAM: C Lance Parrish. Going to WAS: 3B Wayne Gross)
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 4/6/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,035,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Washington to Boston (A) on 2/4/1984 (Going to BOS: P John Denny, 3B Wayne Gross. Going to WAS: P Kevin Gross)
10/31/1984: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1987
 
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