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Wayne Gross

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: January 14, 1952 in Riverside, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, CA).

High School: Riverside Polytechnic HS (Riverside, CA)

School: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, CA)

Debut: August 21, 1976 (Age 24-220d, 13,782nd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1986 (Age 34-260d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Wayne Dale Gross

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.1

3125

727

121

.233

373

RBI

396

OBP

.337

SLG

.395

OPS

.732

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
2	3	Apr 7	OAK		CLE	L,1-9	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	4	Apr 8	OAK		CAL	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
4	5	Apr 9	OAK		CAL	L,2-10	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
5	6	Apr 10	OAK		CAL	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
6	8 (1)	Apr 13	OAK		MIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
7	9	Apr 14	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	10	Apr 15	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	11	Apr 16	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
10	12	Apr 17	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
11	13	Apr 18	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	3B 1B
12	15 (1)	Apr 21 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	17 (1)	Apr 24	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
14	18	Apr 26	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
15	19	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,0-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
16	20	Apr 29	OAK		DET	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	21	May 1 (1)	OAK		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
18	22	May 1 (2)	OAK		DET	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	23	May 3	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
20	25 (1)	May 6	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
21	26	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	L,6-8	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
22	27	May 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	3B
23	28	May 10	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
24	31 (2)	May 13	OAK		SEA	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
25	32	May 14	OAK		SEA	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	33	May 15	OAK		SEA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	34	May 16	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-6	GF	20	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	35	May 17	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	36	May 18	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-16	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	37	May 20	OAK		NYY	W,8-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
31	38	May 21	OAK		NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	39	May 22	OAK		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	40	May 23	OAK		MIL	W,5-4	CG	69	17.0	3	5	0	8	2	3B
34	41	May 24	OAK		MIL	W,8-7	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
35	42	May 25	OAK		MIL	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
36	43	May 27	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	45 (1)	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
38	46	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
39	47	May 31	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	48	Jun 1	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-5	GF	15	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
41	50 (1)	Jun 4	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
42	51	Jun 5 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B 1B
43	52	Jun 5 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-2	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	53	Jun 7	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	54	Jun 8	OAK		TOR	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
46	55	Jun 9	OAK		TOR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
47	56	Jun 10	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	CG	62	16.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
48	57	Jun 11	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	58	Jun 12 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,10-12	GS	56	11.0	4	0	0	4	1	3B 1B
50	59	Jun 12 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	60	Jun 14	OAK	@	TOR	L,7-13	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
52	61	Jun 15	OAK	@	TOR	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
53	62	Jun 16	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
54	63	Jun 17	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
55	64	Jun 18	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
56	65	Jun 19	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
57	66	Jun 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-2	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
58	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
59	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	52	11.1	15	0	0	15	1	1B
60	69	Jun 24 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	1	1B
61	70	Jun 24 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	71	Jun 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	72	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
64	73	Jun 27	OAK		KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
65	74	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
66	75	Jun 29	OAK		KCR	W,11-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
67	76	Jun 30	OAK		KCR	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	77	Jul 1	OAK		TEX	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
69	78	Jul 2	OAK		TEX	L,3-13	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
70	79	Jul 3	OAK		TEX	L,4-16	GS	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
71	80	Jul 4	OAK		TEX	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	81	Jul 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
73	82	Jul 9	OAK	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
74	83	Jul 10	OAK	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
75	84	Jul 11	OAK	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS	38	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
76	86 (1)	Jul 13	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
77	87	Jul 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	31	6.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
78	88	Jul 15	OAK	@	BOS	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
79	89	Jul 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
80	90	Jul 17	OAK	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
81	91	Jul 18	OAK		DET	L,2-4	GS	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B 3B
82	92	Jul 19	OAK		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
83	93	Jul 20	OAK		DET	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
84	94	Jul 21	OAK		BAL	W,9-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	95	Jul 22	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
86	98 (2)	Jul 25	OAK		BOS	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
87	99	Jul 26 (1)	OAK		BOS	W,9-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
88	100	Jul 26 (2)	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GS	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
89	101	Jul 27	OAK		BOS	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
90	102	Jul 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
91	103	Jul 30 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	W,13-8	GS	22	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
92	104	Jul 30 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	106 (1)	Aug 1	OAK	@	SEA	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	107	Aug 2	OAK	@	SEA	L,12-15		16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
95	108	Aug 3	OAK	@	SEA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
96	109	Aug 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
97	110	Aug 5	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
98	113 (2)	Aug 8	OAK		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
99	114	Aug 9	OAK		SEA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
100	116 (1)	Aug 11	OAK		MIN	W,6-0	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
101	117	Aug 12	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
102	118	Aug 13	OAK		MIN	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
103	120 (1)	Aug 15	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
104	121	Aug 16	OAK		CAL	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
105	123 (1)	Aug 19	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
106	125 (1)	Aug 21	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
107	126	Aug 22	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	127	Aug 23	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
109	129 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B 3B
110	130	Aug 25	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
111	131	Aug 26	OAK		MIL	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B 3B
112	132	Aug 27	OAK		MIL	W,5-2	GS	32	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B 3B
113	135 (2)	Aug 31	OAK		NYY	L,4-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	136	Sep 1	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	137	Sep 2	OAK		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
116	138	Sep 3	OAK		CLE	L,6-13	GF	24	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
117	141 (2)	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
118	142	Sep 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	45	9.1	1	1	0	2	1	3B
119	143	Sep 9	OAK	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
120	144	Sep 10	OAK	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	145	Sep 11	OAK	@	TOR	L,6-16	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
122	146	Sep 13	OAK		TEX	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
123	147	Sep 14	OAK		TEX	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	148	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
125	149	Sep 16	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
126	154 (4)	Sep 23	OAK		TOR	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	156 (1)	Sep 25	OAK		TOR	L,6-8	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	157	Sep 27	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
129	158	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	L,3-5	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
130	159	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	160	Oct 1 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
132	161	Oct 1 (2)	OAK		KCR	L,3-7	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
133	162	Oct 2	OAK		KCR	W,8-4	GF	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
							143gm		850.1	473	113	9	595	51