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Greg
Gross		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 1, 1952 in Usa, PA, YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1984    1985   
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1984    1985   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 9 8 9 9 9
1974 21 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 8 8 9 10 10
1975 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 2 2 5 7 6 7 8 8 10 10 10
1976 23 SDP NL $ 3,057,143   9 9 8 4 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 8 9 10 10
1977 24 MIL NL $ 3,057,143   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 8 9 10 10
1978 25 MIL NL $ 3,600,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 8 8 9 10 10
1979 26 MIL NL $ 4,630,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1980 27 MIL NL $ 4,630,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1981 28 MIL NL $ 4,630,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1982 29 MIL NL $ 4,630,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1983 30 MIA NL $ 7,410,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1984 31 IND AL $ 7,410,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 9 10 10
1985 32 IND AL $ 7,410,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 4 6 5 7 9 8 9 9 9
1986 33 IND AL $ 7,410,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 8 8 9 9 9
1987 34 IND AL $ 7,410,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 7 8 9 9
1988 35 MIA NL $ 7,410,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 7 6
1989 36 SEM AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,410,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 9 8 10 10 10
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
1973 20 SDP NL 144 511 49 121 13 6 2 50 4 7 70 32 .237 .326 .297 .623 52.9 6.0
1974 21 SDP NL 155 579 90 158 26 3 9 59 0 5 60 30 .273 .340 .375 .715 72.3 12.5
1975 22 SDP NL 146 523 97 171 18 5 4 57 2 6 70 10 .327 .405 .403 .809 84.4 19.2
1976 23 SDP NL 109 336 58 109 14 3 7 59 7 6 41 9 .324 .399 .446 .845 55.4 12.8
1977 24 SDP NL 23 72 10 23 2 0 2 13 1 0 8 2 .319 .388 .431 .818 10.7 2.5
  MIL NL 77 292 43 89 7 1 9 35 5 2 37 8 .305 .383 .428 .811 44.3 11.5
  TOT   100 364 53 112 9 1 11 48 6 2 45 10 .308 .383 .429 .812 55.1 14.0
    AAA   55 229 39 71 12 2 6 33 5 7 34 7 .310 .399 .459 .858 39.9  
1978 25 MIL NL 137 483 52 136 22 0 12 64 5 6 62 19 .282 .362 .402 .763 68.9 16.0
1979 26 MIL NL 154 534 77 162 15 7 11 72 6 3 66 29 .303 .376 .419 .796 84.6 19.7
1980 27 MIL NL 156 587 74 153 18 4 11 73 8 7 75 36 .261 .342 .361 .704 76.3 14.3
1981 28 MIL NL 155 597 91 199 36 1 12 94 8 4 66 22 .333 .396 .457 .853 104.2 32.7
1982 29 MIL NL 155 569 105 181 25 7 20 92 5 5 66 14 .318 .387 .492 .879 100.3 26.2
1983 30 MIA NL 147 566 81 180 27 1 19 87 5 6 66 19 .318 .386 .470 .856 95.7 20.1
1984 31 IND AL 159 590 96 189 29 11 10 72 3 4 59 26 .320 .379 .458 .837 97.7 22.4
1985 32 IND AL 151 570 86 168 25 2 22 98 6 3 49 35 .295 .349 .461 .811 87.1 19.2
1986 33 IND AL 155 546 73 148 28 3 13 81 2 2 58 28 .271 .339 .405 .744 71.3 12.0
1987 34 IND AL 154 550 78 156 29 5 14 85 3 3 59 44 .284 .352 .431 .783 81.0 15.9
1988 35 MIA NL 125 463 63 124 15 4 8 52 5 7 54 43 .268 .343 .369 .712 58.9 10.4
    AAA   25 88 17 31 1 0 5 15 4 0 13 9 .352 .436 .534 .970 20.1  
1989 36 AAA   84 342 31 87 6 0 6 24 6 5 36 54 .254 .325 .325 .650 37.7  
16 Years Sim 2302 8368 1223 2467 349 63 185 1143 75 76 966 406 .295 .366 .418 .784 1246.0 273.3
3 Years AAA 164 659 87 189 19 2 17 72 15 12 83 70 .287 .366 .399 .765 97.7  
162 Game Average 588 86 173 24 4 13 80 5 5 67 28 .295 .366 .418 .784 87.7  
Career Highs 159 597 105 199 36 11 22 98 8 7 75 44 .333 .405 .492 .879 104.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6232 939 1961 269 51 133 858 61 67 790 244 .315 .389 .438 .828 1040.4
vs LH   2136 284 506 80 12 52 285 14 9 176 162 .237 .294 .359 .652 229.0
Home 1130 4004 561 1165 143 30 91 552 39 33 447 196 .291 .360 .410 .770 591.6
Away 1172 4364 662 1302 206 33 94 591 36 43 519 210 .298 .371 .425 .796 677.7
RISP   1994 0 628 85 16 58 917 0 0 265 106 .315 .385 .461 .846 354.8
Pinch Hitting   118 16 45 3 1 5 32 1 2 12 5 .381 .435 .551 .986 25.0
Close/Late   947 161 300 42 13 27 172 0 0 123 49 .317 .393 .474 .867 171.3
Mar/Apr 354 1288 200 367 55 12 24 166 11 6 159 65 .285 .361 .402 .763 190.3
May 387 1429 199 394 70 8 38 208 7 14 148 72 .276 .342 .416 .758 200.2
June 361 1320 177 411 57 11 27 169 15 14 143 71 .311 .376 .433 .809 208.9
July 386 1373 175 372 48 13 33 182 8 15 157 70 .271 .345 .397 .742 188.5
August 409 1518 223 482 57 7 32 206 18 18 176 62 .318 .386 .428 .813 245.3
Sep/Oct 405 1440 249 441 62 12 31 212 16 9 183 66 .306 .383 .431 .813 236.1
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
1973 20 SDP NL CF 136 131 1145.0 294 6 1 2 .997 2.36 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    LF 6 6 52.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 2 22.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
1974 21 SDP NL LF 127 125 1090.3 190 4 14 0 .933 1.60 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 26 20 188.7 36 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
1975 22 SDP NL LF 124 120 999.0 235 6 3 0 .988 2.17 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    RF 21 4 72.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 12 3 40.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0  
1976 23 SDP NL LF 80 74 650.0 142 5 3 1 .980 2.04 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 10 6 58.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 18 3 53.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
1977 24 SDP NL CF 19 19 140.3 38 2 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 3 3 21.2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIL NL CF 64 62 582.3 160 6 0 2 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    RF 9 9 87.8 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 5.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 83 81 722.6 198 8 0 3 1.000 2.57   2.5
      RF 12 12 109.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
      LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1978 25 MIL NL CF 94 94 825.3 210 6 0 1 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 33 31 275.0 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.47 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1979 26 MIL NL CF 103 96 864.0 247 8 1 2 .996 2.66 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    LF 30 22 207.0 38 1 2 0 .951 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
    C 7 6 59.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.77 3 0 .000 6 0.0
    RF 7 4 48.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1980 27 MIL NL CF 151 149 1327.3 339 5 1 1 .997 2.33 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1981 28 MIL NL 1B 119 119 1061.7 1255 89 30 139 .978 11.39 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 31 29 256.3 51 1 0 0 1.000 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 29 MIL NL CF 105 105 943.0 236 3 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    LF 13 0 28.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.49 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 4.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 8.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 30 MIA NL CF 142 141 1290.0 354 7 2 2 .994 2.52 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 31 IND AL CF 147 144 1282.0 375 7 0 2 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    LF 8 1 22.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 32 IND AL CF 146 145 1292.3 400 11 0 4 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1986 33 IND AL CF 146 140 1244.3 386 5 0 4 1.000 2.83 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    RF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 34 IND AL CF 144 142 1243.3 318 11 0 5 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    RF 6 6 56.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 7.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 35 MIA NL RF 91 91 763.3 202 6 1 2 .995 2.45 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    LF 31 31 248.0 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 0 6.3 5 1 0 1 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1423 1377 12286.9 3384 77 5 26 .999 2.54 0 0 .000 0 43.4
  LF 440 379 3336.3 692 17 22 1 .970 1.91 0 0 .000 0 5.4
  RF 263 202 1869.6 417 14 1 4 .998 2.07 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  1B 127 119 1078.3 1269 90 30 140 .978 11.34 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  C 7 6 59.7 24 1 0 0 1.000 3.77 3 0 .000 6 0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   2261 2083 18633.8 5787 201 58 172 .990 2.89 3 0 .000 6 54.3
Career Highs   158 149 1329.3 1306 90 30 139 1.000 9.51 3 0 .000 6  
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
1974 21 SDP NL 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
1976 23 SDP NL 4 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .294 .250 .544
1982 29 MIL NL 10 33 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 2 .091 .262 .182 .444
1984 31 IND AL 7 29 6 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 .241 .353 .379 .732
1985 32 IND AL 5 19 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .263 .364 .316 .679
Career Post-Season Batting 29 100 10 21 9 0 0 6 1 1 17 6 .210 .322 .300 .622
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.
Batting Average
1975-5-.327
1979-10-.303
1981-1-.333
1982-7-.318
1983-3-.318
1984-8-.320
 On-Base Pct
1975-3-.405
1979-9-.376
1981-4-.396
1982-7-.387
1983-4-.386
1984-9-.379
 Slugging Pct
1982-7-.492
1984-9-.458
 OPS
1981-6-.853
1982-7-.879
1983-8-.856
1984-10-.837
 XR
1981-2-104.2
1982-8-100.3
1983-9-95.7
1984-5-97.7
 Games
1980-4-156
1981-6-155
1982-9-155
1984-1-159
CAR-48-2302
At-Bats
1981-5-597
CAR-46-8368
 Runs
1974-9-90
1975-5-97
1981-7-91
1982-6-105
1984-8-96
 Hits
1975-9-171
1981-1-199
1982-8-181
1983-7-180
1984-3-189
CAR-34-2467
 Total Bases
1981-9-273
1982-10-280
1984-8-270
 Singles
1975-3-144
1979-9-129
1981-2-150
1983-7-133
1984-4-139
CAR-13-1870
 Doubles
1981-6-36
Triples
1973-5-6
1975-10-5
1982-6-7
1984-2-11
 RBIs
1981-9-94
1985-10-98
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 79    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Augie Galan (879)
  5. Whitey Lockman (874)
  6. Al Kaline (874)
  7. Ron Fairly (865)
  8. Joe Vosmik (863)
  9. Rusty Staub (863)
  10. Bob Hazle (863)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by San Diego in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Cecil Butler (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1973, off Tom Bradley (COL)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Cleveland (A) on 5/17/1976
Injured on 8/4/1976 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (N) on 9/15/1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Milwaukee on 7/1/1977 (Going to SDP: 3B Steve Braun. Going to MIL: LF Greg Gross, C Rick Dempsey)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1977, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,600,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/28/1978 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
9/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $4,630,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Los Angeles on 4/4/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1981, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 8/5/1981
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Kansas City on 5/5/1982
10/23/1982: Signed a contract extension with Milwaukee, $7,410,000 per year, for 7 years
Traded from Milwaukee to Miami on 2/14/1983 (Going to MIA: LF Greg Gross. Going to MIL: P Tom Henke)
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Injured on 9/8/1983 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Miami to Indianapolis on 4/3/1984 (Going to MIA: CF Mike Hart. Going to IND: LF Greg Gross)
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1984
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 8/18/1985, off John Denny (MIN)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1985
Traded from Indianapolis to Miami on 3/4/1988 (Going to MIA: LF Greg Gross. Going to IND: P Chris Codiroli)
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/17/1988
Released by Miami on 2/14/1989
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 6/1/1989 to a minor league deal
 
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