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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	4	Apr 9	OAK	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
3	5	Apr 10	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	6	Apr 11	OAK	@	SEA	W,14-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
5	7	Apr 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
6	8	Apr 13	OAK		CAL	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	9	Apr 14	OAK		CAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	10	Apr 15	OAK		CAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
9	11	Apr 16	OAK		SEA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
10	12	Apr 17	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
11	13	Apr 18	OAK		SEA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	15 (1)	Apr 21	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
13	16	Apr 22	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
14	17	Apr 24	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
15	18	Apr 25	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
16	19	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	20	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
18	21	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	L,1-13	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
19	22	Apr 30	OAK		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	23	May 1	OAK		BOS	W,7-5	CG	50	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
21	24	May 2	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	GS	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B 1B
22	25	May 4	OAK	@	NYY	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	26	May 5	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
24	27	May 6	OAK	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	4	0	5	2	3B
25	28	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
26	29	May 8	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
27	30	May 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	31	May 10	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	32	May 11	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	33	May 12	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
31	34	May 13	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	35	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	36	May 16	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	38 (1)	May 18	OAK		MIL	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
35	39	May 19	OAK		MIL	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
36	40	May 20 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
37	41	May 20 (2)	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	42	May 22	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
39	43	May 23	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
40	44	May 24	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
41	45	May 25	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
42	46	May 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	47	May 27	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
44	48	May 28	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
45	49	May 30	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
46	50	May 31	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-13	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	51	Jun 1	OAK		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
48	52	Jun 2	OAK		DET	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
49	53	Jun 3	OAK		DET	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
50	54	Jun 4	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
51	56 (1)	Jun 6	OAK		CLE	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
52	57	Jun 8	OAK		TOR	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
53	58	Jun 9	OAK		TOR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
54	59	Jun 10	OAK		TOR	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
55	60	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
56	61	Jun 12	OAK	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
57	62	Jun 13	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	63	Jun 14	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	3B
59	64	Jun 15	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
60	65	Jun 16	OAK	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
61	66	Jun 17	OAK	@	TOR	L,9-10	GS	46	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	3B 1B
62	67	Jun 18	OAK		KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
63	68	Jun 19	OAK		KCR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
64	69	Jun 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
65	70	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
66	71	Jun 22	OAK		TEX	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
67	72	Jun 23	OAK		TEX	L,5-8	GS	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	3B 1B
68	73	Jun 24 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
69	74	Jun 24 (2)	OAK		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
70	75	Jun 26	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
71	76	Jun 27	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
72	77	Jun 28	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
73	78	Jun 29	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	80 (1)	Jul 1	OAK	@	TEX	W,13-12	GF	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	PH LF 1B
75	81	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
76	82	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
77	83	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-17	CG	50	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
78	84	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
79	85	Jul 6 (1)	OAK		NYY	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
80	87 (1)	Jul 7	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
81	88	Jul 8	OAK		NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
82	89	Jul 9	OAK		BAL	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
83	90	Jul 10	OAK		BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
84	91	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
85	95 (3)	Jul 19	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	45	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	100 (4)	Jul 24	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
87	101	Jul 25	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-16	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
88	102	Jul 26	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	GS	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF 3B
89	104 (1)	Jul 28	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
90	105	Jul 29	OAK		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	17	1	0	18	0	1B
91	106	Jul 30	OAK		MIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
92	107	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	108	Aug 1	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 1B
94	110 (1)	Aug 4	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
95	111	Aug 5	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	112	Aug 6	OAK		CAL	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	113	Aug 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
98	114	Aug 8	OAK		CAL	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
99	115	Aug 10 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
100	116	Aug 10 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	57	11.2	3	1	0	4	0	3B
101	117	Aug 11	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	2	2	2	6	0	3B
102	119 (1)	Aug 13	OAK		TOR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
103	120	Aug 14	OAK		TOR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
104	121	Aug 15	OAK		TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
105	122	Aug 17	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
106	123	Aug 18	OAK		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
107	125 (1)	Aug 20	OAK		DET	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
108	128 (2)	Aug 23	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	130 (1)	Aug 25	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
110	133 (2)	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
111	134	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
112	135	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	136	Aug 31	OAK	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	137	Sep 1	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
115	138	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
116	139	Sep 3	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
117	141 (1)	Sep 7	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
118	142	Sep 8	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
119	143	Sep 9 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	144	Sep 9 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
121	145	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
122	149 (3)	Sep 15	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
123	150	Sep 16	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
124	151	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
125	152	Sep 18	OAK		TEX	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	153	Sep 19	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	154	Sep 21	OAK		KCR	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
128	155	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
129	156	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
130	157	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	158	Sep 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	159	Sep 27	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	160	Sep 28	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-13	CG	47	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
134	162 (1)	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
							141gm		1129.0	252	225	21	498	27