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Henry Gruber
Henry John Gruber

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut July 28, 1887
Final Game October 2, 1891
Born December 14, 1863 in Hamden, CT
Died September 26, 1932 in New Haven, CT

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 23 DTN NL   4   3   7   7   7   0   0  0   62.3   63   29   19   3   21   12   0   1   261       0  2.74  4.05  148 1.348
 1888 24 DTN NL  11  14  27  25  25   3   2  0  240.0  196  121   61   8   41   71   4  15   966       0  2.29  2.75  120 0.988
 1889 25 CLV NL   7  16  25  23  23   0   2  1  205.0  198  125   83   6   94   74   8  18   862       0  3.64  4.22  116 1.424
 1890 26 CLE PL  22  23  48  44  39   1   4  0  383.3  464  352  182  15  204  110  17  47  1848       0  4.27  3.98   93 1.743
 1891 27 CLV NL  17  22  44  40  35   1   4  0  348.7  407  258  160  10  119   79   0  20     0       0  4.13  3.44   83 1.509
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .439  61  78 151 139 129   5  12  1 1239.3 1328  885  505  42  479  346  29 101  3937       0  3.67  3.63   99 1.458
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  18  35  32  30   1   2  0  290.3  311  207  118   9  112   81   6  23   923   0   0  3.67  3.63   99 1.458
 Career High     22  23  48  44  39   3   4  1  383.3  464  352  182  15  204  110  17  47  1848   0   0  2.29  4.22  148 0.988

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 23 DTN NL   7   24    3    4   0  1   0    0   0      6   6  .167  .333  .250   62    6               0    
 1888 24 DTN NL  27   92    8   13   2  1   0    4   0      6  23  .141  .202  .185   24   17               1    
 1889 25 CLV NL  25   69    7    7   2  0   0    4   0     14  18  .101  .262  .130    9    9               1    
 1890 26 CLE PL  50  163   21   36   3  3   0    9   0     26  29  .221  .328  .276   68   45               0    
 1891 27 CLV NL  46  141   17   23   3  2   1   20   0     21  35  .163  .276  .234   46   33               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      155  489   56   83  10  7   1   37   0  0  73 111  .170  .281  .225   45  110   0   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        511   59   87  10  7   1   39   0  0  76 116  .170  .281  .225   45  115   0   0   0   3   0
 Career High     50  163   21   36   3  3   1   20   0  0  26  35                          45   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 23 DTN NL   30   20    2   2.6   100| .167  .279| .333  .338| .250  .397| .583  .736|  62  .276  -1.1  -0.1     
 1888 24 DTN NL   99   79    3   1.0    72| .141  .246| .202  .293| .185  .337| .387  .630|  24  .104  -7.8  -0.9     
 1889 25 CLV NL   84   62    2   0.8    99| .101  .277| .262  .349| .130  .379| .392  .728|   9  .049  -8.1  -0.8     
 1890 26 CLE PL  189  127   15   3.1    98| .221  .271| .328  .348| .276  .377| .604  .725|  68  .307  -6.5  -0.6     
 1891 27 CLV NL  163  118    9   2.0    91| .163  .264| .276  .339| .234  .360| .510  .699|  46  .227  -9.6  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       565  406   31   2.0    92| .170  .266| .281  .336| .225  .366| .506  .701|  45  .206 -33.1  -3.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1887 23 DTN NL P 7 0 7 1 0 .875 .897 1.00 1.86 1.01 2.02 7 62.3 1888 24 DTN NL P 27 4 61 8 3 .890 .895 2.41 2.23 2.44 2.36 25 240.0 1889 25 CLV NL P 25 6 40 6 2 .885 .906 1.84 1.93 2.02 2.22 23 205.0 1890 26 CLE PL P 48 8 109 14 3 .893 .912 2.44 2.42 2.75 2.80 44 383.3 OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0 0 3 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.50 1891 27 CLV NL P 44 8 90 10 5 .907 .915 2.23 1.96 2.53 2.29 40 348.7 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.90 0 1 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1890 26 CLE PL 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.50 1890 26 CLE PL OF 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 2.07 0 0 3 1891 27 CLV NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 1.90 0 1 1 1887 23 DTN NL P 7 0 7 1 0 .875 .897 1.00 1.86 1.01 2.02 7 62.3 1888 24 DTN NL P 27 4 61 8 3 .890 .895 2.41 2.23 2.44 2.36 25 240.0 1889 25 CLV NL P 25 6 40 6 2 .885 .906 1.84 1.93 2.02 2.22 23 205.0 1890 26 CLE PL P 48 8 109 14 3 .893 .912 2.44 2.42 2.75 2.80 44 383.3 1891 27 CLV NL P 44 8 90 10 5 .907 .915 2.23 1.96 2.53 2.29 40 348.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 151 26 307 39 13 .895 .908 2.21 2.14 139 1239.3 OF 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.40 2.00 0 1 4 3B 1 1 1 1 0 .667 .870 2.00 3.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 157 28 309 40 13 .894 .908 2.15 2.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1888 NL-2.29-8

Wins
1890 PL-22-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1888 NL-.988-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1888 NL-7.35-6
1889 NL-8.69-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1891 NL-3.07-9

Games
1890 PL-48-4

Saves
1889 NL-1-4

Innings
1890 PL-383.3-5

Strikeouts
1890 PL-110-9

Games Started
1890 PL-44-5

Comp. Games
1890 PL-39-4

Shutouts
1890 PL-1-9

Home Runs Allow.
1890 PL-15-2
1891 NL-10-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1890 PL-204-3

Hits Allowed
1890 PL-464-2
1891 NL-407-6

Losses
1890 PL-23-6
1891 NL-22-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1890 PL-182-4
1891 NL-160-3

Wild Pitches
1889 NL-18-4
1890 PL-47-1
1891 NL-20-6
Car-101-77

Hit Batsmen
1890 PL-17-3

Batters Faced
1890 PL-1848-3

Games Finished
1888 NL-2-3
1890 PL-4-10

Adjusted ERA+
1888 NL-120-9
1889 NL-116-9

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (965) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December, 1888: Purchased by the Cleveland Spiders from the Detroit Wolverines. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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