Wayne Gross

{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{BLP one source|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Wayne Gross

|position=Third baseman

|image=Wayne Gross Oakland Athletics.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1952|1|14}}

|birth_place=Riverside, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 21

|debutyear=1976

|debutteam=Oakland Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1986

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.233

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=121

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=396

|teams=

• Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1983}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1985}})
• Oakland Athletics ({{mlby|1986}})

|highlights=

• All-Star (1977)

}}

Wayne Dale Gross (born January 14, 1952), is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) 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.{{cite news|title=The Newark Star Ledger July 15, 2008 pg. 43}} 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 and tennis for a time at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California.