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Name Team Age
Rudy Gruba Retired (1988, Age 35) Died (2024, Age 71)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 47
(1975)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Harmon Killebrew League 0 6 years (78 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  C- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- F  C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- F  D+
Endurance Velocity Control
D- B+ B-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
B- A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 8/9/1953
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 2 4
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1976 CHA 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 1 11.2 19 20 17 0 7 7 2.23 13.11
1977 CHA 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 2 44.0 56 40 39 2 18 34 1.68 7.98
1978 CHA 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 25.2 25 8 8 1 4 23 1.13 2.81
1979 CHA 3 3 39 0 0 0 0 0 67.2 73 52 47 2 29 52 1.51 6.25
1980 CHA 2 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 42.1 50 28 28 0 16 33 1.56 5.95
1984 BOS 0 3 21 0 0 0 2 0 27.0 30 13 11 0 12 21 1.56 3.67
1985 BOS 3 2 35 0 0 0 1 2 35.2 36 19 19 2 13 30 1.37 4.79
1986 BOS 1 4 23 0 0 0 0 1 26.0 31 18 16 0 10 22 1.58 5.54
1987 BOS 2 0 42 0 0 0 4 2 43.1 49 21 21 1 27 24 1.75 4.36
1988 PHI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.00
2180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 11 13 236 2 0 0 7 8 324.1 370 219 206 8 136 246 1.56 5.72
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Rudy Gruba has retired from the Philadelphia Flyaways
1988-10-03The Philadelphia Flyaways have promoted Bill Hibbard to the major league team. The Philadelphia Flyaways have designated Rudy Gruba for assignment.
1988-09-28The Philadelphia Flyaways have promoted Doug Wickenheiser to the major league team. The Philadelphia Flyaways have promoted Rudy Gruba to the major league team.
1988-09-28The Philadelphia Flyaways have acquired Rudy Gruba from the waiver wire.
1988-04-01The Boston Arrogance have waived Rudy Gruba.
1988-03-25The Boston Arrogance have designated Rudy Gruba for assignment.
1985-05-30Rudy Gruba of the Boston Arrogance is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1984-03-25The Boston Arrogance have promoted Matt McCormick to the major league team. The Boston Arrogance have promoted Les Kmak to the major league team. The Boston Arrogance have promoted Rudy Gruba to the major league team.
1982-06-23A trade has been completed between the Chicago BlackSox and the Boston Arrogance. The Boston Arrogance receive Joe Fernandez, Rudy Gruba from the Chicago BlackSox in exchange for Jim Wilson.
1980-05-29The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Kid Brown to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Floyd McDowell to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Dwight Maxwell to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have sent Rudy Gruba to the minors. The Chicago BlackSox have sent Tim Martin to the minors. The Chicago BlackSox have sent Galvin Kircher to the minors.
1979-04-08The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Rudy Gruba to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have designated Jim Mendoza for assignment.
1978-06-04The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Al Benson to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have sent Rudy Gruba to the minors.
1978-05-12Rudy Gruba of the Chicago BlackSox is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1977-06-08The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Rudy Gruba to the major league team.
1977-04-28The Chicago BlackSox have sent Rudy Gruba down to the minors.
1976-08-16The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Dick Tomasic to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have promoted Rudy Gruba to the major league team. The Chicago BlackSox have designated Arthur Edge for assignment. The Chicago BlackSox have designated Derek Sinclair for assignment.
1975-04-01The Chicago BlackSox have renamed Rudy Grba to Rudy Gruba.