Kelly Gruber
1984–1993 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays
939G
.259AVG
.307OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
818H
117HR
443RBI
80SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 939 | 3,442 | 3,159 | 431 | 818 | 148 | 24 | 117 | 443 | 197 | 504 | 80 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 1,365 | .259 | .307 | .432 | .739 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1989-06-09 to 1989-06-23
19longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle | 1989-04-16 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1988-04-11 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1992-09-22 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 479 | 1695 | 409 | 61 | 226 | 94 | 259 | .263 | .297 | .440 |
| Away | 460 | 1747 | 409 | 56 | 217 | 103 | 245 | .255 | .293 | .425 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 121 | 445 | 118 | 21 | 72 | 26 | 73 | .291 | .324 | .512 |
| May | 152 | 565 | 138 | 18 | 68 | 43 | 82 | .269 | .320 | .450 |
| June | 171 | 680 | 176 | 27 | 91 | 37 | 96 | .281 | .313 | .471 |
| July | 134 | 508 | 108 | 16 | 54 | 20 | 75 | .230 | .252 | .372 |
| August | 165 | 568 | 116 | 10 | 52 | 24 | 77 | .220 | .246 | .333 |
| September | 180 | 623 | 150 | 25 | 100 | 43 | 93 | .265 | .310 | .469 |
| October | 16 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | .245 | .302 | .286 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-brewers | 87 | 299 | 78 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 42 | .281 | .311 | .399 |
| cleveland-guardians | 80 | 299 | 78 | 14 | 50 | 22 | 45 | .290 | .334 | .517 |
| boston-red-sox | 79 | 297 | 59 | 11 | 38 | 18 | 44 | .215 | .259 | .400 |
| detroit-tigers | 75 | 271 | 67 | 11 | 42 | 16 | 34 | .268 | .306 | .436 |
| baltimore-orioles | 74 | 270 | 72 | 13 | 42 | 10 | 26 | .282 | .304 | .533 |
| new-york-yankees | 73 | 275 | 58 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 41 | .236 | .284 | .407 |
| texas-rangers | 73 | 273 | 63 | 12 | 41 | 17 | 46 | .258 | .293 | .451 |
| minnesota-twins | 72 | 264 | 59 | 8 | 28 | 16 | 41 | .243 | .284 | .387 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | .062 | – | – |
| 1985 | Toronto Blue Jays | 5 | 13 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1986 | Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 143 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 2 | .196 | – | – |
| 1987 | Toronto Blue Jays | 138 | 341 | 80 | 12 | 36 | 12 | .235 | – | – |
| 1988 | Toronto Blue Jays | 158 | 569 | 158 | 16 | 81 | 23 | .278 | – | – |
| 1989 | Toronto Blue Jays | 135 | 545 | 158 | 18 | 73 | 10 | .290 | – | – |
| 1990 | Toronto Blue Jays | 150 | 592 | 162 | 31 | 118 | 14 | .274 | – | – |
| 1991 | Toronto Blue Jays | 113 | 429 | 108 | 20 | 65 | 12 | .252 | – | – |
| 1992 | Toronto Blue Jays | 120 | 446 | 102 | 11 | 43 | 7 | .229 | – | – |
| 1993 |  California Angels | 18 | 65 | 18 | 3 | 9 | – | .277 | – | – |