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Kip Gross
	Kip Lee Gross


	Born: August 24, 1964 in Scottsbluff, NE
	48 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'2"	Wt: 195

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Notes:
- Drafted by the New York Mets in 1986 - (Round 4)
- High School: Gering (Gering, NE)
- College/Univ: University of Nebraska (1986)

Comparison

Swingmen				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	DQ	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Dennis Eckersley	1975 - 1998	SW	63.0	Pl		0.4	0.7	62.5	0.7
2	Tom Gordon	1988 - 2009	SW	35.3			0.4	0.6	34.9	0.6
3	Darren Oliver	1993 - 2013	SW	22.5			1.6	0.5	20.9	0.5
4	Kent Mercker	1989 - 2008	SW	12.5			-0.3	0.2	12.8	0.2
5	Chris Hammond	1990 - 2006	SW	11.8			2.7	0.2	9.1	0.1
6	Rheal Cormier	1991 - 2007	SW	9.7			1.1	0.1	8.5	0.1
7	Steve Ontiveros	1985 - 2000	SW	8.5			0.1	0.2	8.4	0.2
8	Bruce Ruffin	1986 - 1997	SW	8.4			-1.4	0.2	9.7	0.1
9	Hipolito Pichardo	1992 - 2002	SW	6.4			0.1	0.3	6.3	0.3
10	Joe Grahe	1990 - 1999	SW	4.2			0.4	0.1	3.8	0.1
11	Ron Villone	1995 - 2009	SW	3.9		PEDm	-0.4	0.3	4.2	0.3
12	Pete Walker	1995 - 2006	SW	3.7			0.0	0.1	3.6	0.1
13	John Wasdin	1995 - 2007	SW	3.2			0.1	0.2	3.1	0.2
14	Willie Fraser	1986 - 1995	SW	1.9			0.1	0.2	1.8	0.2
15	Mark Hutton	1993 - 1998	SW	1.0			0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
16	Terrell Wade	1995 - 1998	SW	0.9			0.1	-0.0	0.8	-0.0
17	Brian Keyser	1995 - 1996	SW	0.8			0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1
18	Kip Gross	1990 - 2000	SW	0.7			0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
19	Greg Gohr	1993 - 1996	SW	0.4			0.0	0.1	0.4	0.1
20	Joe Roa	1995 - 2004	SW	0.2			0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.1
21	Pat Mahomes	1992 - 2003	SW	0.1			0.6	0.2	-0.5	0.2
22	Jose Bautista	1988 - 1997	SW	-0.1			-0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2
23	Todd Van Poppel	1991 - 2004	SW	-0.2			0.3	0.1	-0.4	0.1
24	Terry Clark	1988 - 1997	SW	-0.3			0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.1
25	Scott Bailes	1986 - 1998	SW	-0.4			0.2	0.3	-0.6	0.3
26	Rod Henderson	1994 - 1998	SW	-0.6			-0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
27	Matt Murray	1995 - 1995	SW	-0.7			0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
28	Mike Bertotti	1995 - 1997	SW	-0.7			0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
29	Bryan Hickerson	1991 - 1995	SW	-1.0			0.4	0.1	-1.4	0.1
30	Andrew Lorraine	1994 - 2002	SW	-1.0			0.2	0.0	-1.2	0.0
31	Marc Valdes	1995 - 2001	SW	-1.0			0.0	-0.0	-1.0	-0.0
32	Jose Alberro	1995 - 1997	SW	-1.2			0.0	0.0	-1.3	0.0
33	Scott Aldred	1990 - 2000	SW	-2.3			0.1	0.1	-2.4	0.1
34	Sergio Valdez	1986 - 1995	SW	-2.5			-0.0	0.1	-2.5	0.1
35	Brian Williams	1991 - 2000	SW	-4.0			0.3	0.2	-4.4	0.1

	Kip Gross	1990 - 2000	SW	0.7			0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James