Ross Powell

Ross John Powell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 24, 1968 in Grand Rapids, MI
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1993
Teams (by GP): Astros/Pirates/Reds 1993-1995

Final Game: September 30, 1995
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1989	21	CIN-min	A	7	4	.636	3.54	13	13	0	1	1	0	76.1	68	37	30	4	23	0	58	1	3	4			1.192	8.0	0.5	2.7	6.8	2.52	CDR · MIDW
1990	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	8	14	.364	3.55	32	27	2	6	1	0	187.2	173	90	74	10	57	5	136	6	2	11			1.226	8.3	0.5	2.7	6.5	2.39	CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1991	23	CIN-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.37	24	24	0	1	0	0	129.2	125	74	63	10	63	1	82	2	0	3	568		1.450	8.7	0.7	4.4	5.7	1.30	NVL · AA
1992	24	CIN-min	AAA,AA	8	9	.471	2.57	39	17	6	0	0	1	150.2	132	46	43	7	59	2	140	3	2	5	627		1.268	7.9	0.4	3.5	8.4	2.37	NVL,CNG · AA,SOUL
1993	25	CIN-min	AAA	10	10	.500	4.11	28	27	1	4	0	0	179.2	159	89	82	27	71	1	133	5	2	13	764		1.280	8.0	1.4	3.6	6.7	1.87	INA · AA
1993	25	CIN	NL	0	3	.000	4.41	9	1	1	0	0	0	16.1	13	8	8	1	6	0	17	0	0	0	66	93	1.163	7.2	0.6	3.3	9.4	2.83
1994	26	HOU-CIN-min	AAA	5	3	.625	6.05	20	11	1	0	0	1	77.1	97	57	52	9	38	1	56	0	0	6	359		1.746	11.3	1.0	4.4	6.5	1.47	TUC,INA · PCL,AA
1994	26	HOU	NL	0	0		1.23	12	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	6	1	1	0	5	0	5	1	0	0	32	340	1.500	7.4	0.0	6.1	6.1	1.00
1995	27	HOU-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.08	13	4	5	0	0	1	38.0	37	16	13	3	15	0	34	1	0	1	169		1.368	8.8	0.7	3.6	8.1	2.27	TUC · PCL
1995	27	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	6.98	27	3	6	0	0	0	29.2	36	26	23	6	21	4	20	2	0	4	148	61	1.921	10.9	1.8	6.4	6.1	0.95
1995	27	HOU	NL	0	0		11.00	15	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	16	12	11	1	11	4	8	0	0	1	55	37	3.000	16.0	1.0	11.0	8.0	0.73
1995	27	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	5.23	12	3	5	0	0	0	20.2	20	14	12	5	10	0	12	2	0	3	93	83	1.452	8.7	2.2	4.4	5.2	1.20
1996	28	CIN-STL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.56	17	11	4	0	0	0	68.0	82	43	42	9	28	0	61	0	3	2	307		1.618	10.9	1.2	3.7	8.1	2.18	INA,LOU · AA
3 Yrs				0	5	.000	5.40	48	4	8	0	0	0	53.1	55	35	32	7	32	4	42	3	0	4	246	78	1.631	9.3	1.2	5.4	7.1	1.31
162 Game Avg.				0	7	.000	5.40	63	5	10	0	0	0	70	72	46	42	9	42	5	55	4	0	5	322	78	1.631	9.3	1.2	5.4	7.1	1.31

HOU (2 yrs)				0	0		6.61	27	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	22	13	12	1	16	4	13	1	0	1	87	62	2.327	12.1	0.6	8.8	7.2	0.81
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.23	12	3	5	0	0	0	20.2	20	14	12	5	10	0	12	2	0	3	93	83	1.452	8.7	2.2	4.4	5.2	1.20
CIN (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.41	9	1	1	0	0	0	16.1	13	8	8	1	6	0	17	0	0	0	66	93	1.163	7.2	0.6	3.3	9.4	2.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1993	25	CIN	NL	16.1	9	1	8	4.41	4.68	-0.27	-0.23	104.6	4.94	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.508	.500	$109,000
1994	26	HOU	NL	7.1	12	0	1	1.23	4.59	0.21	-0.35	99.5	4.01	2	0.2	.7	-0.0	0.2	3	.519	.501	$112,000
1995	27	HOU	NL	9.0	15	0	12	12.00	4.93	-0.41	-0.37	96.3	4.78	-7	-0.7	1.3	-0.1	-0.8	-6	.452	.496	$115,000
1995	27	PIT	NL	20.2	12	3	14	6.10	4.59	-0.28	-0.02	108.3	5.26	-2	-0.2	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.482	.499	$
3 Seasons				53.1	48	4	35	5.91	4.68	-0.23	-0.19	103.9	4.91	-6	-0.6	.9	-0.2	-0.5	-1	.487	.499	$336,000

HOU (2 yrs)				16.1	27	0	13	7.16	4.77	-0.13	-0.36	97.7	4.44	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.2	-0.6	-4	.482	.499	$227,000
PIT (1 yr)				20.2	12	3	14	6.10	4.59	-0.28	-0.02	108.3	5.26	-2	-0.2	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.482	.499	$
CIN (1 yr)				16.1	9	1	8	4.41	4.68	-0.27	-0.23	104.6	4.94	1	0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.2	3	.508	.500	$109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1993	25	CIN	NL	9	66	58	8	13	1	1	1	2	1	6	17	.224	.297	.328	.624	.300	19	1	0	2	0	0	1
1994	26	HOU	NL	12	32	25	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	.240	.387	.240	.627	.300	6	1	1	1	0	0	0
1995	27	TOT	NL	27	148	121	26	36	11	3	6	4	1	21	20	.298	.407	.587	.994	.313	71	3	2	3	1	4	5
1995	27	HOU	NL	15	55	42	12	16	4	1	1	4	0	11	8	.381	.500	.595	1.095	.441	25	0	0	1	1	4	2
1995	27	PIT	NL	12	93	79	14	20	7	2	5	0	1	10	12	.253	.352	.582	.934	.242	46	3	2	2	0	0	3
3 Yrs				48	246	204	35	55	12	4	7	6	2	32	42	.270	.375	.471	.846	.308	96	5	3	6	1	4	6
162 Game Avg.				63	322	267	46	72	16	5	9	8	3	42	55	.270	.375	.471	.846	.308	126	7	4	8	1	5	8
MLB Averages																.267	.336	.414	.750	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	25	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	70	0.1	1.2	-1.1	1.01	0.3	-0.1	3.2	0.3	1.01	3.1	3	0	5
1994	26	HOU	NL	2.6	0.3	32	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.50	0.2	0.2	3.7	0.4	0.50	2.1	1	6	4
1995	27	TOT	NL	-9.5	-0.9	156	-1.4	1.9	-3.3	.87	-1.4	-0.2	-11.8	-1.2	0.87	-14.7	8	0	16
1995	27	HOU	NL	-7.4	-0.7	59	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	1.13	-0.8	0.1	-7.5	-0.7	1.13	-8.0	7	0	8
1995	27	PIT	NL	-2.2	-0.2	97	-0.7	1.1	-1.9	.71	-0.7	-0.4	-4.3	-0.4	0.71	-6.7	1	0	8
3 Yrs				-7.0	-0.7	258	-1.1	3.4	-4.5	.86	-1.0	-0.3	-4.9	-0.4	0.86	-9.5	12	6	25

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1993	25	CIN	NL	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	49.0	49	49	4	4	0	1	2.0	2.3	4.0	77	1	0	0	0	77

1995	27	TOT	NL	27	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%		44	40	16	6	1	0	6.6	7.5	4.3	74	2	1	0	0	87
1995	27	PIT	NL	12	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	42.0	44	40	2	1	1	0	6.6	7.5	4.3	74	2	1	0	0	87
2 Yrs				21	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44	49	40	6	5	1	1	5.4	6.2	4.3	75	3	1	0	0	87
MLB Averages													.500						49%	49	99	-8					4.8	4.8	6.0	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	25	CIN	NL	9	8	1	2	0	0	2	0	0%	5	1.007	3	0	5	0	3	5	1	7	5	1	6	1	4.6	25
1994	26	HOU	NL	12	12	1	0	2	2	6	0	0%	8	.499	1	6	4	2	1	9	3	9	0	9	0	2	1.8	10
1995	27	TOT	NL	27	24	6	1	1	1	15	5	33%		.868	8	0	16	5	6	13	9	15	2	15	3	3	2.1	14
1995	27	HOU	NL	15	15	1	0	1	1	11	3	27%	7	1.133	7	0	8	4	5	6	7	8	1	12	2	3	1.8	14
1995	27	PIT	NL	12	9	5	1	0	0	4	2	50%	6	.712	1	0	8	1	1	7	2	7	1	3	1	0	2.6	14
3 Yrs				48	44	8	3	3	3	23	5	22%		.858	12	6	25	7	10	27	13	31	7	25	9	6	2.5	15

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1993	25	CIN	NL	66	23%	1.5%	25.8%	9.1%	4.6%	23%	0.74	0.94	61%	21%	5.0%	13%	9	1	11%
1994	26	HOU	NL	32	47%	0.0%	15.6%	15.6%	0.0%	0%	0.90	1.43	63%	24%	0.0%	20%	8	1	13%
1995	27	TOT	NL	148	32%	4.1%	13.5%	14.2%	13.5%	56%	0.64	0.84	65%	14%	12.0%	18%	27	3	11%
1995	27	HOU	NL	55	51%	1.8%	14.6%	20.0%	10.9%	38%	0.57	0.73	62%	17%	6.7%	29%	11	0	0%
1995	27	PIT	NL	93	20%	5.4%	12.9%	10.8%	15.1%	70%	0.68	0.88	67%	13%	14.3%	13%	16	3	19%
3 Yrs				246	31%	2.9%	17.1%	13.0%	9.4%	42%	0.69	0.93	63%	17%	9.0%	17%	44	5	11%
MLB Averages					43%	2.5%	15.7%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.5%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	25	CIN	NL	66	273	4.14	160	59%	30%	16%	28%	27%	70%	0%	41%	78%	44%	5%	3	1	14%	9	4	1	24%	3	2	0	0	0
1994	26	HOU	NL	28	107	3.82	60	56%	30%	17%	20%	32%	68%	0%	38%	74%	36%	7%	2	2	4%	1	1	0	20%	1	0	4	0	1
1995	27	TOT	NL	142	509	3.58	287	56%	21%	15%	29%	35%	79%	5%	44%	81%	46%	11%	16	9	12%	17	6	1	10%	4	4	6	0	0
1995	27	HOU	NL	51	176	3.45	95	54%	25%	15%	23%	37%	75%	15%	40%	80%	41%	14%	7	2	10%	5	1	0	0%	1	2	4	0	0
1995	27	PIT	NL	91	333	3.66	192	58%	19%	15%	31%	34%	81%	0%	47%	81%	49%	10%	9	7	13%	12	5	1	17%	3	2	2	0	0
3 Yrs				236	889	3.77	507	57%	25%	15%	27%	32%	75%	3%	43%	79%	44%	9%	21	12	11%	27	11	2	17%	8	6	10	0	1
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1993	25	CIN	NL	66	13	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0%	1	0	1	22	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
1994	26	HOU	NL	32	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	27	TOT	NL	148	36	4	0	6	0	4	4	2	2	4	11	6	0	55%	5	4	0	58	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	6	0
1995	27	HOU	NL	55	16	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	9	5	0	56%	2	1	0	22	4	0	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1995	27	PIT	NL	93	20	1	0	5	0	2	4	1	2	3	2	1	0	50%	3	3	0	36	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0
3 Yrs				246	55	6	0	7	0	5	5	2	2	5	13	6	1	46%	6	4	1	92	6	2	75%	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	7	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	25	3	.000	4.41	9	1	1	16.1	13	8	8	1	6	0	17	0	0	66	93	1.163	7.2	0.6	3.3	9.4	2.83	93
1994	26	3	.000	3.42	21	1	2	23.2	19	9	9	1	11	0	22	1	0	98	120	1.268	7.2	0.4	4.2	8.4	2.00	120
1995	27	5	.000	5.40	48	4	8	53.1	55	35	32	7	32	4	42	3	4	246	78	1.631	9.3	1.2	5.4	7.1	1.31	78

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1993	25	0	1	.000	3.94	16.0	12	8	7	1	6	17	0	1.125	6.8	3.4	9.6	2.83	0.6	9
1994	26	0	0		2.00	9.0	9	2	2	0	8	6	2	1.889	9.0	8.0	6.0	0.75	0.0	12
1995	27	1	2	.333	6.62	34.0	40	28	25	7	23	23	2	1.853	10.6	6.1	6.1	1.00	1.9	27
3 Yrs		1	3	.250	5.19	59.0	61	38	34	8	37	46	4	1.661	9.3		7.0	1.24	1.2	48

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