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Buck Ross

Lee Ravon Ross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 3, 1915 in Norwood, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1936
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox 1936-1945

Final Game: September 10, 1945
Died: November 23, 1978 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle, NC
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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
1936 21 PHA AL 9 14 .391 5.83 30 27 1 12 1 0 200.2 253 146 130 17 83 47 0 0 10 927 87 1.674 11.3 0.8 3.7 2.1 0.57
1937 22 PHA AL 5 10 .333 4.89 28 22 2 7 1 0 147.1 183 102 80 12 63 37 2 0 8 673 97 1.670 11.2 0.7 3.8 2.3 0.59
1938 23 PHA AL 9 16 .360 5.32 29 28 1 10 0 0 184.1 218 132 109 23 80 54 0 1 1 849 90 1.617 10.6 1.1 3.9 2.6 0.68
1939 24 PHA AL 6 14 .300 6.00 29 28 0 6 1 0 174.0 216 143 116 17 95 43 0 0 5 833 78 1.787 11.2 0.9 4.9 2.2 0.45
1940 25 PHA AL 5 10 .333 4.38 24 19 3 10 0 1 156.1 160 91 76 15 60 43 0 0 4 690 101 1.407 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.5 0.72
1941 26 TOT AL 3 9 .250 3.69 21 12 7 7 0 0 112.1 109 60 46 8 45 30 1 0 1 490 112 1.371 8.7 0.6 3.6 2.4 0.67
1941 26 PHA AL 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 10 9 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 25 25 3.000 22.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
1941 26 CHW AL 3 8 .273 3.16 20 11 7 7 0 0 108.1 99 51 38 6 43 30 1 0 1 465 131 1.311 8.2 0.5 3.6 2.5 0.70
1942 27 CHW AL 5 7 .417 5.00 22 14 5 4 2 1 113.1 118 63 63 6 39 37 0 0 5 489 72 1.385 9.4 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.95
1943 28 CHW AL 11 7 .611 3.19 21 21 0 7 1 0 149.1 140 61 53 6 56 41 2 1 1 627 103 1.313 8.4 0.4 3.4 2.5 0.73
1944 29 CHW AL 2 7 .222 5.18 20 9 7 2 0 0 90.1 97 56 52 7 35 20 2 0 3 390 66 1.461 9.7 0.7 3.5 2.0 0.57
1945 30 CHW AL 1 1 .500 5.79 13 2 7 0 0 0 37.1 51 28 24 3 17 8 0 0 0 173 58 1.821 12.3 0.7 4.1 1.9 0.47
10 Yrs 56 95 .371 4.94 237 182 33 65 6 2 1365.1 1545 882 749 114 573 360 7 2 38 6141 88 1.551 10.2 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.63
162 Game Avg. 9 15 .371 4.94 38 30 5 11 1 0 222 251 143 122 19 93 58 1 0 6 997 88 1.551 10.2 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.63
PHA (6 yrs) 34 65 .343 5.39 141 125 7 45 3 1 866.2 1040 623 519 86 383 224 2 1 28 3997 88 1.642 10.8 0.9 4.0 2.3 0.58
CHW (5 yrs) 22 30 .423 4.15 96 57 26 20 3 1 498.2 505 259 230 28 190 136 5 1 10 2144 86 1.394 9.1 0.5 3.4 2.5 0.72

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 Awards
1936 21 PHA AL 200.2 30 27 146 6.55 5.94 -0.04 0.00 99.9 5.97 -13 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 0.5 14 .462 .493 $
1937 22 PHA AL 147.1 28 22 102 6.23 5.54 -0.01 0.00 101.7 5.65 -10 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.3 9 .468 .494 $
1938 23 PHA AL 184.1 29 28 132 6.44 5.61 -0.40 0.00 100.0 6.00 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.6 15 .467 .494 $
1939 24 PHA AL 174.0 29 28 143 7.40 5.43 -0.48 0.00 101.0 5.97 -28 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -6 .416 .485 $
1940 25 PHA AL 156.1 24 19 91 5.24 5.02 -0.31 0.00 99.4 5.31 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.0 16 .500 .500 $
1941 26 PHA AL 4.0 1 1 9 20.25 5.49 -0.08 0.00 102.0 5.68 -7 -0.4 -0.0 -0.3 -6 .131 .498 $
1941 26 CHW AL 108.1 20 11 51 4.24 5.05 0.15 0.00 99.4 4.87 7 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.4 17 .536 .504 $
1942 27 CHW AL 113.1 22 14 63 5.00 4.42 0.08 0.00 99.3 4.30 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .455 .494 $
1943 28 CHW AL 149.1 21 21 61 3.68 3.78 0.08 0.00 100.4 3.72 0 0.0 -0.1 0.8 10 .501 .500 $
1944 29 CHW AL 90.1 20 9 56 5.58 4.28 0.05 0.00 99.3 4.20 -14 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -8 .427 .491 $
1945 30 CHW AL 37.1 13 2 28 6.75 3.85 -0.13 0.00 96.8 3.85 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.0 -1.1 -10 .404 .492 $
10 Seasons 1365.1 237 182 882 5.81 5.08 -0.13 0.00 100.0 5.22 -97 -8.8 1.0 -0.9 0.8 50 .463 .495 $
PHA (6 yrs) 866.2 141 125 623 6.47 5.53 -0.25 0.00 100.4 5.80 -69 -5.8 1.0 -0.5 1.1 42 .459 .494 $
CHW (5 yrs) 498.2 96 57 259 4.67 4.30 0.07 0.00 99.5 4.20 -28 -3.0 1.0 -0.3 -0.3 8 .469 .496 $

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%
1936 21 PHA AL 927 1.8% 5.1% 9.0% 5.2% 19% 83%
1937 22 PHA AL 673 1.8% 5.5% 9.4% 3.7% 14% 82%
1938 23 PHA AL 849 2.7% 6.4% 9.4% 4.4% 17% 80%
1939 24 PHA AL 833 2.0% 5.2% 11.4% 3.1% 12% 79%
1940 25 PHA AL 690 2.2% 6.2% 8.7% 4.8% 21% 82%
1941 26 TOT AL 490 1.6% 6.1% 9.2% 4.7% 21% 81%
1941 26 PHA AL 25 8.0% 0.0% 8.0% 84%
1941 26 CHW AL 465 1.3% 6.5% 9.3% 4.5% 21% 81%
1942 27 CHW AL 489 1.2% 7.6% 8.0% 2.5% 10% 83%
1943 28 CHW AL 627 1.0% 6.5% 8.9% 1.9% 9% 81%
1944 29 CHW AL 390 1.8% 5.1% 9.0% 3.1% 12% 82%
1945 30 CHW AL 173 1.7% 4.6% 9.8% 84%
10 Yrs 6141 1.9% 5.9% 9.3% 3.7% 15% 81%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.8% 3.0% 12% 79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1936 21 9 14 .391 5.83 30 27 1 12 1 0 200.2 253 146 130 17 83 47 0 0 10 927 87 1.674 11.3 0.8 3.7 2.1 0.57 87
1937 22 14 24 .368 5.43 58 49 3 19 2 0 348.0 436 248 210 29 146 84 2 0 18 1600 90 1.672 11.3 0.8 3.8 2.2 0.58 90
1938 23 23 40 .365 5.39 87 77 4 29 2 0 532.1 654 380 319 52 226 138 2 1 19 2449 90 1.653 11.1 0.9 3.8 2.3 0.61 90
1939 24 29 54 .349 5.54 116 105 4 35 3 0 706.1 870 523 435 69 321 181 2 1 24 3282 87 1.686 11.1 0.9 4.1 2.3 0.56 87
1940 25 34 64 .347 5.33 140 124 7 45 3 1 862.2 1030 614 511 84 381 224 2 1 28 3972 89 1.636 10.7 0.9 4.0 2.3 0.59 89
1941 26 37 73 .336 5.14 161 136 14 52 3 1 975.0 1139 674 557 92 426 254 3 1 29 4462 91 1.605 10.5 0.8 3.9 2.3 0.60 91
1942 27 42 80 .344 5.13 183 150 19 56 5 2 1088.1 1257 737 620 98 465 291 3 1 34 4951 89 1.582 10.4 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.63 89
1943 28 53 87 .379 4.89 204 171 19 63 6 2 1237.2 1397 798 673 104 521 332 5 2 35 5578 90 1.550 10.2 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.64 90
1944 29 55 94 .369 4.91 224 180 26 65 6 2 1328.0 1494 854 725 111 556 352 7 2 38 5968 88 1.544 10.1 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.63 88
1945 30 56 95 .371 4.94 237 182 33 65 6 2 1365.1 1545 882 749 114 573 360 7 2 38 6141 88 1.551 10.2 0.8 3.8 2.4 0.63 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1936 21 11 13 .458 4.36 219.0 234 118 106 16 77 51 0 1.420 9.6 3.2 2.1 0.66 0.7 30
1937 22 8 9 .471 4.01 155.0 173 77 69 11 60 39 2 1.503 10.0 3.5 2.3 0.65 0.6 28
1938 23 10 12 .455 4.19 204.0 209 106 95 22 77 60 0 1.402 9.2 3.4 2.6 0.78 1.0 29
1939 24 9 12 .429 4.83 192.0 209 114 103 16 92 47 0 1.568 9.8 4.3 2.2 0.51 0.8 29
1940 25 10 8 .556 3.75 168.0 157 78 70 15 59 46 0 1.286 8.4 3.2 2.5 0.78 0.8 24
1941 26 7 6 .538 3.43 118.0 110 50 45 8 45 31 1 1.314 8.4 3.4 2.4 0.69 0.6 21
1942 27 4 8 .333 5.56 115.0 129 79 71 7 43 38 0 1.496 10.1 3.4 3.0 0.88 0.5 22
1943 28 8 8 .500 3.95 146.0 157 71 64 7 63 40 2 1.507 9.7 3.9 2.5 0.63 0.4 21
1944 29 3 6 .333 6.21 87.0 106 67 60 8 38 19 2 1.655 11.0 3.9 2.0 0.50 0.8 20
1945 30 1 2 .333 7.71 35.0 58 33 30 3 19 8 0 2.200 14.9 4.9 2.1 0.42 0.8 13
10 Yrs 71 84 .458 4.46 1439.0 1542 793 713 113 573 379 7 1.470 9.6 2.4 0.66 0.7 237

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1938 AL  28 (10th)
1939 AL  28 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL  23 (4th)
1939 AL  17 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1939 AL  95 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  216 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 AL  16 (2nd)
1939 AL  14 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  130 (7th)
1938 AL  109 (8th)
1939 AL  116 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1936 AL  10 (4th)
1937 AL  8 (2nd)
1939 AL  5 (8th)
1942 AL  5 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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