Bob Ross

Floyd Robert Ross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 2, 1928 in Fullerton, CA
School: San Jose State University
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1950
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies 1950-1956

Final Game: May 8, 1956
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1945	16	LAD-min	D	21	50	50		11	0	1	0						.220	.220	.260	.480		13						THM · NCSL
1946	17	LAD-min	C	23	55	55		12	0	0	0						.218	.218	.218	.436		12						SNB · CALL
1947	18	LAD-min	A,AA	25	45	45		8	0	0	0						.178	.178	.178	.356		8						PBO,FTW · WL,TL
1948	19	LAD-min	A,AAA	31	29	29	3	5	2	0	0	1	0		0	3	.172	.172	.241	.414		7		0	0			PBO,STP · WL,AA
1949	20	LAD-min	A,AAA	34	44	44		5	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.227		5						PBO,STP · WL,AA
1950	21	MIN-min	AA	38	71	71		14	0	0	0						.197	.197	.197	.394		14						CNG · SOUA
1950	21	WSH	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0			/1
1951	22	NYY-min	AAA	24	26	24	6	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	7	.125	.160	.125	.285		3	0	0	1			KCY · AA
1951	22	WSH	AL	11	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.222	.422	15	2	0	0	0			1

1956	27	MIN-ATL-min	AA,AAA	31	58	55	1	9	0	1	0	0	0		0	10	.164	.179	.200	.379		11	1	1	2	0		CNG,WCH · SOUA,AA
1956	27	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	28	ATL-min	AAA	33	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	8	.087	.160	.087	.247		2		0	0	0	0	WCH · AA
1958	29	-min	AAA	28	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444		2	0	0	1	0		SAC · PCL
1959	30	ATL-min	AA	10	10	10	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800		4		0	0	0	0	ATA · SOUA
3 Seasons				20	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	105	97	0	8	8	0	0	16	0	0	8	16	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	16	8	0	0

WSH (2 yrs)				17	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				17	13	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1	0	0
NL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1950	21	WSH	AL	3	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	/1
1951	22	WSH	AL	10	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				13	-2	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1950	21	WSH	AL	3	4	109	.000	.000	.272	.000	.358	.000	.408	.000	.766	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1951	22	WSH	AL	10	8	100	.143	.111	.265	.200	.346	.222	.389	.422	.735	15	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.375	.222	.111
3 Seasons				13	12	103	.100	.083	.267	.154	.349	.167	.394	.321	.742	-14	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.250	.167	.083
162 Game Avg.				105	97	103	.100	.083	.267	.154	.349	.167	.394	.321	.742	-14	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.250	.167	.083

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	21	WSH	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	100%
1951	22	WSH	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	10.0%	100%	2.00	4.5		4.5	0.50	70%
3 Seasons				13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	7.7%	100%	2.00	6.0		6.0	0.80	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.8%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.13	8.2	41.7	8.1	0.95	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	21	WSH	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.93	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.28	-1.3	0
1951	22	WSH	AL	-1.1	-0.1	10	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.57	-0.1	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.76	-0.6	0

1956	27	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
3 Seasons				-2.0	-0.2	13	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.65	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.88	-1.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1950	21	WSH	AL		0
1951	22	WSH	AL	0%	1
3 Seasons				0%	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	21	WSH	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	22	WSH	AL	10	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	2	67%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Seasons				13	31%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	7	2	29%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			89%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1950	21	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1951	22	17	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1
1952	23	17	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1
1953	24	17	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1
1954	25	17	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1
1955	26	17	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1
1956	27	20	13	12	1	1	2	1	2	.083	.154	.167	.321	-14	2	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1950	21	6	3	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6
1951	22	12	10	9	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	11
2 Seasons		18	13	12	1	2	.000	.077	.000	.077	17
162 Game Avg.		162	117	108	9	18	.000	.077	.000	.077	17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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