Editing Kelly Gruber (section)

==Best years==
On April 16, 1989, Gruber was the first Blue Jay in history to [[hit for the cycle]]<ref name="Birthday Bio: Kelly Gruber"/> when he got four hits in six at–bats with six RBI and four runs scored.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apr 16, 1989, Royals at Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR198904160.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> His cycle occurred in the following order: home run, double, triple, and single.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDD123FF934A25757C0A96F948260|title=AMERICAN LEAGUE; Blue Jays, Down by 6, Defeat Royals, 15-8|publisher=[[NY Times]]|access-date=2008-04-24 | date=April 17, 1989}}</ref>  He was told to stop at first for his single even though a double was easily attainable.
Gruber had his best season in 1990, hitting .274 with 31 [[home run]]s, 118 [[runs batted in|RBIs]] and 14 [[stolen base]]s, winning Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards and ending up fourth in MVP balloting that year.

Gruber was a member of the [[1992 World Series]]-winning Blue Jay team. In the fourth inning of [[1992 World Series#Game 3|Game 3]], Gruber appeared to make a diving tag on [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] runner [[Deion Sanders]]' foot to record the third out of a [[triple play]], which would have been only the second such play in World Series history.  The second-base umpire, however, ruled Sanders safe. Gruber tore his rotator cuff on the play; however, he hit a key game-tying home run in the eighth inning, and the Jays won the game in walk-off fashion, later taking the series in six games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mopupduty.com/index.php/the-greatest-jays-3b-ever-kelly-gruber/ |title=Profiling Former Blue Jays Third Baseman Kelly Gruber |first=Callum |last=Hughson |date=January 17, 2020 |website=mopupduty.com |access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref>