Ross Baumgarten

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 27, 1955 in Highland Park, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

High School: New Trier HS (Winnetka, IL)

Schools: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL), Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, FL), University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: August 16, 1978 (Age 23-081d, 14,076th in major league history)
vs. TEX 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 23, 1982 (Age 27-088d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Ross Baumgarten

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

4.00

495.1

222

WHIP

1.419

Summary of 43 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 12 go ahead

2 Tms
CHW	40
PIT	3

Platoon
vs RHB	38
vs LHB	5

Home/Road
Away	22
Home	21

Outs
1	22
2	13
0	8

15 Opps
BOS	6
CLE	5
MIL	5
KCR	4
BAL	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
DET	3
TOR	3
CAL	2
NYM	1
OAK	1
SDP	1
NYY	1
HOU	1

39 Batters
Joe Charboneau	2
Gorman Thomas	2
Gary Allenson	2
Aurelio Rodríguez	2
Eddie Murray	1
Richie Zisk	1
Jim Rice	1
Billy Sample	1
Ted Simmons	1
Bobby Grich	1
Don Baylor	1
John Wockenfuss	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Dámaso García	1
Ron Pruitt	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Dave Kingman	1
Ron Jackson	1
Juan Beníquez	1
U L Washington	1
Leon Roberts	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Buck Martinez	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Gary Roenicke	1
Fred Lynn	1
Freddie Patek	1
John Castino	1
Tony Pérez	1
Rick Sofield	1
Rob Picciolo	1
Toby Harrah	1
Al Cowens	1
Lee May	1
Amos Otis	1
Ben Oglivie	1
José Cruz	1
Dwight Evans	1
Don Money	1

12 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	18
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	6
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	13
12-	5
123	2
--3	2
-2-	2
-23	1

78 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	18
1 on	17
2 on	6
3 on	2
Any on	25

Inning
1	4
2	2
3	4
4	8
5	8
6	9
7	5
8	2
9	1

1-3	10
4-6	25
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	7
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	13
Tied	9
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	7
RF	6
3B	6
1B	5
C	5
DH	5
CF	4
SS	3
2B	2

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	8
3rd	4
7th	4
9th	4
8th	4
2nd	4
6th	4

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1978-08-22	Al Cowens	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 4-0	t 4	1	1--	2	4	9	7%	95%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores
2	2	2	1	1978-09-01 (2)	Lee May	BAL		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	--3	2	5	DH	9%	87%		Home Run; D. DeCinces Scores
3	3	3	1	1978-09-26	Rob Picciolo	OAK	@	CHW	ahead 8-3	t 7	2	--3	2	9	6	2%	99%		Home Run; J. Wallis Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1979-04-15	Juan Beníquez	NYY	@	CHW	behind 1-4	t 6	1	12-	3	7	7	28%	47%		Home Run; L. Piniella Scores; R. Jackson Scores
5	5	2	1	1979-05-09	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		CHW	behind 1-4	b 6	1	1--	2	8	5	19%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Parrish Scores
6	6	3	1	1979-05-30	Ron Pruitt	CLE	@	CHW	tied 3-3	t 5	1	1--	2	5	2	23%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Thornton Scores
7	7	4	1	1979-06-04	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4	5	DH	22%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); C. Cooper Scores; S. Bando Scores; S. Lezcano Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
8	8	5	1	1979-07-04	Bobby Bonds	CLE		CHW	behind 0-15	b 5	1	1--	2	3	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Norris Scores
9	9	6	1	1979-07-09	Billy Sample	TEX	@	CHW	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	1	2	7	11%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sample Scores
10	10	7	1	1979-07-14	John Wockenfuss	DET	@	CHW	behind 2-9	t 8	1	-2-	2	5	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morales Scores
11	11	8	1	1979-07-21	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		CHW	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	2	8	5	23%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wockenfuss Scores
12	12	9	1	1979-07-26	Freddie Patek	KCR	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 5	2	-23	3	9	6	30%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Scott Scores; J. Wathan Scores
13	13	10	2	1979-07-26	Amos Otis	KCR	@	CHW	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	11	1	1979-08-17	Fred Lynn	BOS		CHW	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	1	3	8	17%	58%		Home Run
15	15	12	1	1979-08-22	Gorman Thomas	MIL		CHW	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	8	18%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	13	1	1979-08-28	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	7	9	14%	47%		Home Run
17	17	14	2	1979-08-28	Gary Allenson	BOS	@	CHW	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1	9	2	2%	4%		Home Run
18	18	15	1	1979-09-03	Don Baylor	CAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	DH	21%	80%		Home Run; C. Lansford Scores; D. Ford Scores
19	19	16	2	1979-09-03	Bobby Grich	CAL		CHW	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	1	6	4	8%	84%		Home Run
20	20	17	1	1979-09-26	John Castino	MIN		CHW	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	9%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	18	2	1979-09-26	Ron Jackson	MIN		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	---	1	4	3	10%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores/unER
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1980-04-19	Doug DeCinces	BAL		CHW	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1--	2	5	5	24%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores
23	23	2	2	1980-04-19	Gary Roenicke	BAL		CHW	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	7	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1980-04-29	Jim Rice	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--	2	4	7	15%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
25	25	4	2	1980-04-29	Tony Pérez	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	1--	2	5	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rice Scores
26	26	5	1	1980-05-09	Richie Zisk	TEX		CHW	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	DH	12%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1980-05-29	Rick Sofield	MIN		CHW	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	2	8	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	7	1	1980-07-23	U L Washington	KCR		CHW	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1980-08-24	Dámaso García	TOR	@	CHW	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	4	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	9	1	1980-08-30	Joe Charboneau	CLE		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	1	4	DH	11%	88%		Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	10	1	1980-09-04	Lloyd Moseby	TOR		CHW	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	1	3	9	19%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-04-14	Don Money	MIL	@	CHW	behind 0-8	t 5	1	---	1	8	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	2	1981-04-14	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	CHW	behind 1-9	t 9	0	-2-	2	7	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Hisle Scores
34	34	3	1	1981-04-19	Gary Allenson	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	12-	3	8	2	17%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rudi Scores; G. Hoffman Scores
35	35	4	1	1981-04-30	Toby Harrah	CLE		CHW	behind 0-2	b 7	1	1--	2	6	5	34%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Charboneau Scores
36	36	5	1	1981-05-05	Leon Roberts	TEX		CHW	tied 0-0	b 6	2	12-	3	4	7	35%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Wills Scores; A. Oliver Scores
37	37	6	1	1981-05-11	Joe Charboneau	CLE	@	CHW	tied 1-1	t 7	0	1--	2	7	7	28%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Díaz Scores
38	38	7	1	1981-08-16	Eddie Murray	BAL		CHW	behind 0-2	b 3	1	123	4	4	3	33%	76%		Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores; A. Bumbry Scores; K. Singleton Scores
39	39	8	1	1981-08-21	Buck Martinez	TOR		CHW	behind 0-4	b 5	2	1--	2	9	2	13%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Bell Scores
40	40	9	1	1981-09-10	Ted Simmons	MIL		CHW	behind 3-5	b 5	2	12-	3	4	2	43%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Romero Scores; R. Yount Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1982-07-05	José Cruz	HOU	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 3	2	1--	2	4	7	23%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Knight Scores
42	42	2	1	1982-08-06 (2)	Dave Kingman	NYM	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	17%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1982-08-23 (2)	Sixto Lezcano	SDP	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	5	9	18%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Bevacqua Scores