1B Rick Gruber #19
Cleveland Bobcats MLB
Age: 24 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
07/05/1976
BNN Index | MLB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B RICK GRUBER #19 - AGE: 24 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
62 202 66 12 0 4 31 32 32 .327 .412 .446 3 1.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 50 50
Gap 45 45 50 50
Power 50 45 55 60
Eye 55 45 60 55
Avoid K's 40 35 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 55
Errors: - 40 50
Arm: 20 40 55
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 60
1st Base: 60 Center Field: 30
2nd Base: - Right Field: 50
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 45
Baserunning Inst.: 30
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/04/1976 @ PHI Win, 7-5 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
07/04/1976 @ PHI Win, 4-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/03/1976 @ PHI Win, 6-5 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
07/02/1976 @ PHI Win, 7-0 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1
07/01/1976 NYK Loss, 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/30/1976 NYK Win, 7-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/29/1976 NYK Win, 7-0 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
06/27/1976 BRO Loss, 1-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/27/1976 BRO Win, 6-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
06/25/1976 BRO Win, 5-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Gruber never gives less than 100 percent.
High: Work Ethic
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:09/09/1951
Born in:Glendale Heights, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$27,800
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:3 Years, None
Service This Yr:90 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 26th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 62 202 66 12 0 4 31 27 32 32 .327 .412 .446 .857 .392 .119 162
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 53 239 0 0 0 8 1 4 90 16 3 3 50.0 37.3 6.63 1.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   44 15 3 0 2 9 7 3 9 1 0 0 .341 .375 .545 .920
Versus Right   158 51 9 0 2 22 20 29 23 3 1 0 .323 .421 .418 .839
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   25 8 1 0 1 7 4 2 4 1 0 0 .320 .357 .480 .837
April   43 17 2 0 0 4 5 6 6 0 0 0 .395 .469 .442 .911
May   57 23 4 0 2 8 8 9 9 1 1 0 .404 .478 .579 1.057
June   85 20 5 0 2 14 12 15 15 2 0 0 .235 .343 .365 .708
July   17 6 1 0 0 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 .353 .400 .412 .812
Spring Training   71 15 3 0 1 8 8 13 15 0 0 4 .211 .364 .296 .659
Last Year   425 116 17 0 16 66 50 63 75 7 0 3 .273 .365 .426 .791
2 Years Ago   170 45 8 1 3 13 20 21 32 1 0 1 .265 .347 .376 .724
Career   797 227 37 1 23 110 97 116 139 12 1 4 .285 .374 .420 .794
Home   118 35 7 0 2 18 13 18 16 1 0 0 .297 .387 .407 .794
Road   84 31 5 0 2 13 14 14 16 3 1 0 .369 .446 .500 .946
Grass   177 56 10 0 4 26 23 28 29 3 1 0 .316 .404 .441 .845
Turf   25 10 2 0 0 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 .400 .467 .480 .947
Day   128 45 7 0 2 18 15 15 22 4 1 0 .352 .408 .453 .861
Night   74 21 5 0 2 13 12 17 10 0 0 0 .284 .418 .432 .850
As Starter   191 62 12 0 4 29 25 31 28 4 1 0 .325 .412 .450 .862
As Reliever / Substitution   11 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .364 .417 .364 .780
Pinch Hitting   7 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .429 .500 .429 .929
Close/Late   59 14 2 0 1 10 5 9 11 1 0 0 .237 .333 .322 .655
Inning 1-3   62 22 1 0 0 9 6 11 8 1 0 0 .355 .446 .371 .817
Inning 4-6   67 23 7 0 2 8 11 11 12 2 1 0 .343 .425 .537 .962
Inning 7-9   62 18 3 0 2 10 9 9 9 1 0 0 .290 .375 .435 .810
Extra Innings   11 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 .273 .333 .364 .697
0 Outs   70 26 5 0 1 4 17 10 11 0 1 0 .371 .450 .486 .936
1 Outs   69 20 3 0 2 15 7 11 13 4 0 0 .290 .369 .420 .789
2 Outs   63 20 4 0 1 12 3 11 8 0 0 0 .317 .419 .429 .847
Scoring Position   57 19 4 0 1 27 7 9 6 4 1 0 .333 .400 .456 .856
Bases Empty   102 37 5 0 2 2 15 17 20 0 0 0 .363 .454 .471 .924
Runner on 1st   43 10 3 0 1 2 5 6 6 0 0 0 .233 .327 .372 .699
Runner on 2nd   17 7 1 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 .412 .500 .647 1.147
Runner on 3rd   8 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 .125 .200 .250 .450
Runner on 1st & 2nd   14 5 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .357 .400 .429 .829
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .143 .222 .143 .365
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 2 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 .667 .714 1.000 1.714
Bases Loaded   8 3 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 .375 .333 .375 .708
Two Strikes   81 22 3 0 0 12 10 10 32 3 0 0 .272 .340 .309 .649
First Pitch   40 15 3 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .525 .900
Count 0-1   15 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
Count 0-2   17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
Count 1-0   22 10 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 .455 .455 .818 1.273
Count 1-1   20 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 1-2   32 8 1 0 0 4 3 0 13 1 0 0 .250 .242 .281 .524
Count 2-0   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450
Count 2-1   9 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .444 .556
Count 2-2   16 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 1 0 0 .438 .412 .500 .912
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 5 4 0 0 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 .455 .700 .818 1.518
Full Count   16 4 1 0 0 2 5 10 5 1 0 0 .250 .519 .312 .831
Behind in Count   64 15 1 0 0 6 5 0 20 1 0 0 .234 .231 .250 .481
Ahead in Count   46 17 6 0 3 10 10 22 0 1 1 0 .370 .565 .696 1.261
Batting 3rd   22 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 .273 .407 .273 .680
Batting 4th   7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222
Batting 5th   139 46 11 0 3 24 20 23 21 3 1 0 .331 .418 .475 .893
Batting 6th   12 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .417 .462 .500 .962
Batting 7th   13 5 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 .385 .400 .615 1.015
Batting 9th   9 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Low Leverage   71 25 5 0 1 5 9 14 11 0 0 0 .352 .459 .465 .924
Medium Leverage   77 24 5 0 1 11 12 9 12 1 1 0 .312 .379 .416 .795
High Leverage   53 16 2 0 1 14 5 9 9 3 0 0 .302 .385 .396 .781
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1974 Cleveland - MLB 22 100 170 45 8 1 3 13 20 21 1 1 32 0 0 .265 .347 .376 .724 109 109 0.7
1975 Cleveland - MLB 23 139 425 116 17 0 16 66 50 63 3 7 75 0 3 .273 .365 .426 .791 123 123 2.7
1976 Cleveland - MLB 24 62 202 66 12 0 4 31 27 32 0 4 32 3 3 .327 .412 .446 .857 149 162 1.9
Total MLB 301 797 227 37 1 23 110 97 116 4 12 139 3 6 .285 .374 .420 .794 127 131 5.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Total - 18 40 166 72 16 1 13 54 71 25 5 2 16 2 1 .434 .515 .777 1.292 100 100 4.2
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1975 Cleveland - MLB 23 20 60 16 1 0 4 11 7 6 0 0 8 0 0 .267 .333 .483 .817 129 135 0.7
Total MLB 20 60 16 1 0 4 11 7 6 0 0 8 0 0 .267 .333 .483 .817 129 135
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1974 Cleveland - MLB 1B 39 20 215 16 16 232 1 .996 199.0 10.45 -0.1 .961
1974 Cleveland - MLB LF 4 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 26.0 1.73 -0.4 .865
1974 Cleveland - MLB RF 11 9 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 80.1 2.13 -1.2 .932
1975 Cleveland - MLB 1B 15 1 29 4 0 33 0 1.000 30.1 9.79 -0.5 1.041
1975 Cleveland - MLB LF 113 111 210 1 0 223 12 .946 917.2 2.07 +1.1 .993
1975 Cleveland - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Cleveland - MLB RF 6 4 7 0 0 8 1 .875 40.0 1.57 -0.5 .912
1976 Cleveland - MLB 1B 45 44 405 25 23 437 7 .984 375.1 10.31 -1.3 .948
1976 Cleveland - MLB LF 16 9 29 3 1 32 0 1.000 106.1 2.71 +1.5 1.039
1976 Cleveland - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 99 65 649 45 39 702 8 .989 604.2 10.33 -2.0 .958
TOTAL LF 133 123 244 4 1 260 12 .954 1050.0 2.13 +2.1 .995
TOTAL RF 17 13 26 0 0 27 1 .963 120.1 1.94 -1.7 .927
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 26, 82nd overall pick) by the Denver Burros, out of high school Brookfield East (Brookfield East; Brookfield, WI).
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (45); Power: 35 (55); Eye: 35 (50).
10/25/1971 Named the #83 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 35 (60); Eye: 40 (55).
03/06/1972 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Denver Burros development complex.
04/04/1972 Named the #85 prospect in the MLB
06/29/1972 Named the #49 prospect in the MLB
10/24/1972 Named the #36 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 40 (60); Eye: 45 (55).
03/05/1973 Successfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Denver Burros development complex.
04/03/1973 Named the #70 prospect in the MLB
06/28/1973 Named the #48 prospect in the MLB
07/31/1973 Was traded by the Denver Burros to the Cleveland Bobcats in exchange for SS Kevin Gunn and RF Steve Garcia.
10/18/1973 Named the #71 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (60); Eye: 50 (55).
03/15/1974 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/09/1974 Named the #72 prospect in the MLB
11/16/1974 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (60); Eye: 55 (55).
03/11/1975 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
10/29/1975 Wins the 1975 World Series with the Cleveland Bobcats.
11/18/1975 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (60); Eye: 55 (55).
03/05/1976 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/28/1976 Injured (strained back muscle),out for 2 weeks.
05/24/1976 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
Tuesday, June 2nd , 2026 - OOTP Baseball 26.9 Build 85