MLB / Players

Henry Gruber

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 155 lb
BornDecember 14, 1863 · Hamden, CT, USA
MLB debutJuly 28, 1887
Final gameOctober 2, 1891
Seasons5 (1887–1891)

Detroit Wolverines 1887–1888; Cleveland Spiders 1889; Cleveland Infants 1890; Cleveland Spiders 1891

Percentile snapshot

1891 season — qualified pitchers

G
44
61.4
GS
40
61.4
W
17
50.9
L
22
15.8
SV
0
0
CG
35
63.2
SHO
1
28.1
H
407
15.8
ER
160
8.8
BB
119
47.4
SO
79
40.4
HR
10
33.3
IP
348.7
63.2
ERA
4.13
22.8
WHIP
1.509
22.8
K/9
2.04
3.5
FIP
3.41
57.9
FIP-
102.0
35.1
ERA+
81.0
14
sWAR
0.9
21.1

of 58 qualified 1891 pitchers (min 141 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
100.0
38.3
sWAR
12.7
89.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1887730243401006600.167.333.250.58382.364.1.2971.4
1888279992813210462300.141.202.185.38739.223.7.1903.7
1889258469772004141800.101.262.130.39239.510.7.2262.6
18905018916321363309262900.221.328.276.60475.161.8.3054.0
189146163141172332120213500.163.276.234.51063.248.9.2630.9

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1887774307063192112362.32.741.3481.734.34107.4147.51.4
18882725111402531966141718240.02.29.9882.662.86101.2123.83.7
1889252371612301988394746205.03.641.4243.254.14102.9110.42.6
189048442223039146418220411015383.34.271.7432.584.59108.698.94.0
18914440172203514071601197910348.74.131.5092.043.41102.081.00.9

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
155
PA
565
AB
489
R
56
H
83
2B
10
3B
7
HR
1
RBI
37
BB
73
SO
111
SB
0
BA
.1697
OBP
.2814
SLG
.2249
OPS
.5063

Pitching

G (P)
151
GS
139
W
61
L
78
SV
1
CG
129
295th-most career CG
SHO
5
IP
1,239
SO (P)
346
BB allowed
479
ERA
3.667
WHIP
1.4580
K/9
2.51

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.