finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1986 left riverside , california 1976 october 1 .233 121 396 third baseman oakland athletics batting average home runs runs batted in august 21 14 january 1952 wayne gross
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wayne gross

wayne dale gross -lrb- born january 14 , 1952 -rrb- , is a former professional baseball player who played in major league baseball primarily as a third baseman from 1976-1986 .
gross was named to the all-star game as a rookie in 1977 as a last-minute injury replacement for vida blue .
as a rookie gross belted 22 home runs on the year .
on december 8 , 1983 , gross was traded by the oakland athletics to the baltimore orioles for tim stoddard .
along with former big leaguer carney lansford , gross makes a cameo in the 1994 disney movie , angels in the outfield as a relief pitcher for the chicago white sox .
gross coached high school baseball for a time at monte vista high school in danville , california .
