1B Rick Gruber #19
Cleveland Bobcats MLB
Age: 24 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
07/31/1976
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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
81 263 84 14 0 5 36 41 45 .319 .405 .430 3 2.3
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
07/31/1976 BRO Win, 5-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1976 @ KCB Win, 10-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1976 @ KCB Win, 3-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/26/1976 @ CHI Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/25/1976 @ CHI Loss, 1-6 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
07/22/1976 @ PIT Loss, 6-7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
07/21/1976 @ PIT Loss, 12-13 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
07/21/1976 @ PIT Win, 6-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/19/1976 @ WAS Win, 5-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/18/1976 @ WAS Win, 5-2 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 0
PERSONALITY
Gruber works hard at his craft.
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:116 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 81 263 84 14 0 5 36 36 41 45 .319 .405 .430 .834 .384 .110 155
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 70 310 0 0 0 10 1 5 113 19 3 3 50.0 46.4 6.32 2.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   47 16 3 0 2 9 7 3 9 1 0 0 .340 .373 .532 .904
Versus Right   216 68 11 0 3 27 29 38 36 4 1 0 .315 .411 .407 .818
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   13 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Last Week   19 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 1 0 0 .211 .273 .211 .483
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   78 24 3 0 1 10 11 11 15 2 0 0 .308 .385 .385 .769
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   858 245 39 1 24 115 106 125 152 13 1 4 .286 .374 .417 .791
Home   129 37 8 0 2 18 15 18 16 1 0 0 .287 .372 .395 .767
Road   134 47 6 0 3 18 21 23 29 4 1 0 .351 .435 .463 .897
Grass   238 74 12 0 5 31 32 37 42 4 1 0 .311 .398 .424 .822
Turf   25 10 2 0 0 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 .400 .467 .480 .947
Day   165 57 7 0 3 21 19 20 32 4 1 0 .345 .407 .442 .850
Night   98 27 7 0 2 15 17 21 13 1 0 0 .276 .400 .408 .808
As Starter   250 80 14 0 5 34 34 40 41 5 1 0 .320 .407 .436 .843
As Reliever / Substitution   13 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .308 .357 .308 .665
Pinch Hitting   9 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
Close/Late   74 19 3 0 2 12 8 11 15 1 0 0 .257 .349 .378 .727
Inning 1-3   82 29 2 0 0 10 9 12 13 2 0 0 .354 .427 .378 .805
Inning 4-6   90 27 7 0 2 10 13 14 16 2 1 0 .300 .387 .444 .831
Inning 7-9   80 25 4 0 3 12 13 13 13 1 0 0 .312 .404 .475 .879
Extra Innings   11 3 1 0 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .273 .385 .364 .748
0 Outs   91 30 7 0 1 4 22 14 16 0 1 0 .330 .419 .440 .859
1 Outs   91 28 3 0 3 19 10 13 18 5 0 0 .308 .376 .440 .816
2 Outs   81 26 4 0 1 13 4 14 11 0 0 0 .321 .421 .407 .828
Scoring Position   74 22 4 0 1 31 8 13 11 5 1 0 .297 .380 .392 .772
Bases Empty   136 49 7 0 3 3 23 22 26 0 0 0 .360 .449 .478 .927
Runner on 1st   53 13 3 0 1 2 5 6 8 0 0 0 .245 .322 .358 .681
Runner on 2nd   25 10 1 0 1 10 5 4 2 0 1 0 .400 .483 .560 1.043
Runner on 3rd   8 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 .125 .273 .250 .523
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 5 1 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 .263 .333 .316 .649
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .111 .182 .111 .293
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 2 1 0 0 6 1 4 1 2 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350
Bases Loaded   9 3 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .300 .333 .633
Two Strikes   108 28 4 0 0 13 15 16 45 3 0 0 .259 .346 .296 .643
First Pitch   49 17 3 0 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 .347 .347 .469 .816
Count 0-1   20 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 0-2   23 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 .217 .217 .217 .435
Count 1-0   28 12 3 0 2 5 5 0 0 1 1 0 .429 .414 .750 1.164
Count 1-1   28 11 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .393 .393 .393 .786
Count 1-2   42 10 2 0 0 4 5 0 17 1 0 0 .238 .233 .286 .518
Count 2-0   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .143 .167 .310
Count 2-1   11 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .727 .909
Count 2-2   19 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 8 1 0 0 .368 .350 .421 .771
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   13 5 4 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 0 .385 .667 .692 1.359
Full Count   24 6 1 0 0 3 8 16 10 1 0 0 .250 .537 .292 .828
Behind in Count   85 23 2 0 0 7 7 0 27 1 0 0 .271 .267 .294 .562
Ahead in Count   58 20 7 0 4 12 13 25 0 2 1 0 .345 .529 .672 1.202
Batting 3rd   22 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 .273 .407 .273 .680
Batting 4th   22 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 .227 .320 .227 .547
Batting 5th   183 59 13 0 4 29 27 31 32 4 1 0 .322 .413 .459 .872
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 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   10 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Low Leverage   91 30 5 0 2 7 13 19 17 0 0 0 .330 .445 .451 .896
Medium Leverage   108 34 7 0 1 13 17 12 18 2 1 0 .315 .377 .407 .784
High Leverage   61 17 2 0 1 15 5 10 10 3 0 0 .279 .365 .361 .726
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 81 263 84 14 0 5 36 36 41 0 5 45 3 3 .319 .405 .430 .834 141 155 2.3
Total MLB 320 858 245 39 1 24 115 106 125 4 13 152 3 6 .286 .374 .417 .791 126 131 5.8
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 60 59 538 34 42 579 7 .988 495.0 10.40 -1.1 .974
1976 Cleveland - MLB LF 19 11 30 4 1 34 0 1.000 125.1 2.44 +1.4 1.041
1976 Cleveland - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 114 80 782 54 58 844 8 .991 724.1 10.39 -1.7 .974
TOTAL LF 136 125 245 5 1 262 12 .954 1069.0 2.10 +2.1 .996
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.
07/29/1976 Injured (strained rib cage muscles),out for 2 days.
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