Wayne Gross Stats

Wayne Gross was born on Monday, January 14, 1952, in Riverside, California. Gross was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 21, 1976, with the Oakland Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Wayne Gross baseball stats page.

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Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#587)

Wayne Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#587)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Wayne Dale Gross
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-14-1952
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Riverside, California
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   Cal Poly Pomona
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   08-21-1976 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-01-1986
Draft:   1973 : 9th Round (215th)
Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1983 Athletics 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.1 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.1 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 -
Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1976 Athletics 10 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222
1977 Athletics 146 485 66 113 21 1 22 0 63 86 6 84 3 3 5 7 .233 .352 .416
1978 Athletics 118 285 18 57 10 2 7 0 23 40 2 63 4 1 5 3 .200 .308 .323
1979 Athletics 138 442 54 99 19 1 14 1 50 72 9 62 3 3 1 8 .224 .332 .367
1980 Athletics 113 366 45 103 20 3 14 0 61 44 9 39 2 6 1 2 .281 .355 .467
1981 Athletics 82 243 29 50 7 1 10 0 31 34 0 28 4 4 2 7 .206 .304 .366
1982 Athletics 129 386 43 97 14 0 9 0 41 53 0 50 7 3 2 4 .251 .342 .358
1983 Athletics 137 339 34 79 18 0 12 0 44 36 4 52 4 2 3 5 .233 .311 .392
1984 Orioles 127 342 53 74 9 1 22 2 64 68 4 69 1 2 1 6 .216 .346 .442
1985 Orioles 103 217 31 51 8 0 11 0 18 46 0 48 1 0 0 3 .235 .369 .424
1986 Athletics 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 1,106 3,125 373 727 126 9 121 3 396 482 34 496 29 24 20 45 .233 .337 .395
Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1976 Athletics 1B 3 - - 29 9.7 28 27 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 -
1976 Athletics RF 2 - - 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1977 Athletics 1B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1977 Athletics 3B 145 - - 395 2.7 368 126 242 27 26 n/a n/a n/a .932 0.00 -
1978 Athletics 1B 15 - - 50 3.3 48 48 0 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .960 0.00 -
1978 Athletics 3B 106 - - 242 2.3 222 72 150 20 22 n/a n/a n/a .917 0.00 -
1979 Athletics 1B 18 - - 144 8.0 143 129 14 1 8 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1979 Athletics 3B 120 - - 351 2.9 331 120 211 20 19 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00 -
1979 Athletics LF 2 - - 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1980 Athletics 1B 10 - - 62 6.2 62 56 6 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1980 Athletics 3B 99 - - 210 2.1 199 69 130 11 13 n/a n/a n/a .948 0.00 -
1981 Athletics 1B 2 - - 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1981 Athletics 3B 73 - - 203 2.8 192 65 127 11 7 n/a n/a n/a .946 0.00 -
1982 Athletics 1B 16 - - 99 6.2 97 90 7 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00 -
1982 Athletics 3B 108 - - 304 2.8 295 113 182 9 25 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1983 Athletics 1B 74 - - 449 6.1 447 426 21 2 41 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1983 Athletics 3B 67 - - 146 2.2 139 47 92 7 10 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
1983 Athletics P 1 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1984 Orioles 1B 3 - - 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1984 Orioles 3B 117 - - 287 2.5 269 64 205 18 13 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00 -
1985 Orioles 1B 9 - - 44 4.9 44 40 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1985 Orioles 3B 67 - - 149 2.2 139 41 98 10 14 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1986 Athletics 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
3B Totals 903 0 0 2,288 2.5 2,154 717 1,437 134 149 n/a n/a n/a .941 0.00 --
1B Totals 151 0 0 887 5.9 878 825 53 9 64 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 --
LF Totals 2 0 0 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
RF Totals 2 0 0 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
P Totals 1 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 --
11 Years 1,077 0 7 3,181 3.0 3,038 1,548 1,490 143 213 n/a n/a n/a .955 11,718.00 --
Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1976 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - 3 0.0 18.0 18.0 - - -
1977 Athletics 5 4 .556 - - 0 22.0 5.8 7.7 - - -
1978 Athletics 0 2 .000 - - 0 40.7 4.5 12.4 - - -
1979 Athletics 4 3 .571 - - 0 31.6 7.1 8.8 - - -
1980 Athletics 5 3 .625 - - 1 26.1 9.4 6.0 - - -
1981 Athletics 2 1 .667 - - 1 24.3 8.7 7.8 - - -
1982 Athletics 3 1 .750 - - 1 42.9 7.7 9.4 - - -
1983 Athletics 3 5 .375 - - 1 28.3 6.5 7.7 0.00 0.00 3.86
1984 Orioles 1 2 .333 - - 1 15.5 5.0 5.3 - - -
1985 Orioles 1 1 .500 - - 10 19.7 4.5 12.1 - - -
1986 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 24 22 .522 - - 18 25.8 6.3 7.9 0.00 0.00 3.86
Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1976 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1977 Oakland Athletics 10 $30,000.00 Stats -
1978 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1979 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1980 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1981 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1982 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1983 Oakland Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1984 Baltimore Orioles 14 Undetermined - -
1985 Baltimore Orioles 14 $483,333.00 - -
1986 Oakland Athletics 11 $60,000.00 - -


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