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 Baseball Card (#587)

Wayne Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#587)

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Birth Name:   Wayne Dale Gross
Nickname:   None
Born On:   01-14-1952  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Riverside, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Riverside Polytechnic High School (Riverside, CA)
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

1983 31 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 -
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

1976 24 Athletics 10 18 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222
1977 25 Athletics 146 485 66 113 21 1 22 0 63 86 6 84 3 3 5 7 .233 .352 .416
1978 26 Athletics 118 285 18 57 10 2 7 0 23 40 2 63 4 1 5 3 .200 .308 .323
1979 27 Athletics 138 442 54 99 19 1 14 1 50 72 9 62 3 3 1 8 .224 .332 .367
1980 28 Athletics 113 366 45 103 20 3 14 0 61 44 9 39 2 6 1 2 .281 .355 .467
1981 29 Athletics 82 243 29 50 7 1 10 0 31 34 0 28 4 4 2 7 .206 .304 .366
1982 30 Athletics 129 386 43 97 14 0 9 0 41 53 0 50 7 3 2 4 .251 .342 .358
1983 31 Athletics 137 339 34 79 18 0 12 0 44 36 4 52 4 2 3 5 .233 .311 .392
1984 32 Orioles 127 342 53 74 9 1 22 2 64 68 4 69 1 2 1 6 .216 .346 .442
1985 33 Orioles 103 217 31 51 8 0 11 0 18 46 0 48 1 0 0 3 .235 .369 .424
1986 34 Athletics 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
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

1976 Athletics 1B 3 3 69 29 9.7 28 27 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .966 10.96
1976 Athletics RF 2 1 30 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
1977 Athletics 1B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1977 Athletics 3B 145 145 3,780 395 2.7 368 126 242 27 26 n/a n/a n/a .932 2.63
1978 Athletics 1B 15 3 138 50 3.3 48 48 0 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .960 9.39
1978 Athletics 3B 106 80 2,193 242 2.3 222 72 150 20 22 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.73
1979 Athletics 1B 18 12 354 144 8.0 143 129 14 1 8 n/a n/a n/a .993 10.91
1979 Athletics 3B 120 116 2,997 351 2.9 331 120 211 20 19 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.98
1979 Athletics LF 2 1 30 3 1.5 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
1979 Athletics RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1980 Athletics 1B 10 5 171 62 6.2 62 56 6 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.79
1980 Athletics 3B 99 91 2,295 210 2.1 199 69 130 11 13 n/a n/a n/a .948 2.34
1981 Athletics 1B 2 0 9 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 9.00
1981 Athletics 3B 73 65 1,797 203 2.8 192 65 127 11 7 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.88
1982 Athletics 1B 16 9 282 99 6.2 97 90 7 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .980 9.29
1982 Athletics 3B 108 87 2,493 304 2.8 295 113 182 9 25 n/a n/a n/a .970 3.19
1982 Athletics LF 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1983 Athletics 1B 74 47 1,299 449 6.1 447 426 21 2 41 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.29
1983 Athletics 3B 67 44 1,239 146 2.2 139 47 92 7 10 n/a n/a n/a .952 3.03
1983 Athletics P 1 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1983 Athletics RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Orioles 1B 3 0 15 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1984 Orioles 3B 117 108 2,556 287 2.5 269 64 205 18 13 n/a n/a n/a .937 2.84
1985 Orioles 1B 9 5 132 44 4.9 44 40 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1985 Orioles 3B 67 57 1,335 149 2.2 139 41 98 10 14 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.81
1986 Athletics 3B 1 0 3 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
3B Totals 903 793 20,688 2,288 2.5 2,154 717 1,437 134 149 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.81
1B Totals 151 84 2,475 887 5.9 878 825 53 9 64 n/a n/a n/a .990 9.58
RF Totals 4 1 36 3 0.8 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
LF Totals 3 1 39 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77
P Totals 1 0 7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
11 Years 1,062 879 23,245 3,182 3.0 3,039 1,549 1,490 143 213 n/a n/a n/a .955 3.53

Wayne Gross

Wayne Gross Miscellaneous Stats

1976 Athletics 0 0 .000 6 0 3 0.0 18.0 18.0 - - -
1977 Athletics 5 4 .556 1 0 0 22.0 5.8 7.7 - - -
1978 Athletics 0 2 .000 15 0 0 40.7 4.5 12.4 - - -
1979 Athletics 4 3 .571 7 0 0 31.6 7.1 8.8 - - -
1980 Athletics 5 3 .625 16 0 1 26.1 9.4 6.0 - - -
1981 Athletics 2 1 .667 13 0 1 24.3 8.7 7.8 - - -
1982 Athletics 3 1 .750 30 0 1 42.9 7.7 9.4 - - -
1983 Athletics 3 5 .375 11 0 1 28.3 6.5 7.7 0.00 0.00 3.86
1984 Orioles 1 2 .333 17 0 1 15.5 5.0 5.3 - - -
1985 Orioles 1 1 .500 34 0 10 19.7 4.5 12.1 - - -
1986 Athletics 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
11 Years 24 22 .522 153 0 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 $19,000.00 - -
1977 Oakland Athletics 10 $30,000.00 Stats -
1978 Oakland Athletics 10 $21,000.00 - -
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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