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Gary Ross

Gary Douglas Ross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 16, 1947 in McKeesport, PA
High School: Liberty (Portvue, PA)
School: Grand View College
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1968
Teams (by GP): Padres/Angels/Cubs 1968-1977

Final Game: July 8, 1977
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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 Awards
1968 20 CHC NL 13 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 21 TOT NL 48 29 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .042 .000 .042 -87 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
1969 21 CHC NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 21 SDP NL 46 29 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .042 .000 .042 -87 0 0 0 5 0 0 1
1970 22 SDP NL 33 10 8 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .625 1.125 206 5 1 0 2 0 0 1
1971 23 SDP NL 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 24 SDP NL 60 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1973 25 SDP NL 58 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1974 26 SDP NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 27 CAL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1976 28 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 29 CAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 283 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 41 35 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 5 1 0 6 0 0
SDP (6 yrs) 219 61 50 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .120 .137 .140 .277 -20 7 1 0 10 0 0
CAL (3 yrs) 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 15 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 234 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 49 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 Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1968 20 CHC NL 11 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1969 21 SDP NL 29 -5 0 -1 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1970 22 SDP NL 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1971 23 SDP NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1972 24 SDP NL 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1973 25 SDP NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1974 26 SDP NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
7 Seasons 72 -9 0 1 0 0 5 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
SDP (6 yrs) 61 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
CHC (1 yr) 11 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 20 CHC NL 11 10 0 0.0 87 .143 .091 .260 .091 .319 .091 .366 .182 .685 -47 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1969 21 TOT NL 29 28 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .042 .324 .000 .378 .042 .702 -87 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .043 .043 .000
1969 21 SDP NL 29 28 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .255 .042 .324 .000 .378 .042 .702 -87 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .043 .043 .000
1970 22 SDP NL 10 7 2 7.7 100 .571 .500 .262 .500 .334 .625 .401 1.125 .735 206 .715 1.2 0.1 1.000 .125 .125
1971 23 SDP NL 2 2 0 0.0 86 .000 .252 .000 .316 .000 .368 .000 .684 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1972 24 SDP NL 14 12 0 0.0 85 .200 .154 .247 .154 .314 .154 .365 .308 .679 -9 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
1973 25 SDP NL 5 5 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .252 .000 .319 .000 .374 .000 .694 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1974 26 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .256 .000 .328 .000 .371 .000 .699 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 72 65 2 0.8 90 .179 .115 .255 .129 .322 .131 .375 .260 .698 -25 .050 -9.9 -1.1 .164 .033 .016
162 Game Avg. 41 37 1 0.8 90 .179 .115 .255 .129 .322 .131 .375 .260 .698 -25 .050 -9.9 -1.1 .164 .033 .016
SDP (6 yrs) 61 55 2 1.0 91 .188 .120 .254 .137 .323 .140 .378 .277 .700 -20 .064 -7.9 -0.8 .178 .040 .020
CHC (2 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 87 .143 .091 .260 .091 .319 .091 .366 .182 .685 -47 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .100 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 20 CHC NL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 11.0 4.00 64%
1969 21 TOT NL 29 0.0% 34.5% 3.5% 0.0% 10.00 2.3 16.00 45%
1969 21 SDP NL 29 0.0% 34.5% 3.5% 0.0% 10.00 2.3 16.00 45%
1970 22 SDP NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 25% 8.0 4.0 3.00 70%
1971 23 SDP NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1972 24 SDP NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 13.0 8.00 71%
1973 25 SDP NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 2.00 40%
1974 26 SDP NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
10 Seasons 72 0.0% 30.6% 1.4% 1.4% 14% 22.00 2.8 15.3 6.80 54%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.1% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.63 6.3 46.0 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1968 20 CHC NL -2.0 -0.2 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .90 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.88 -1.3 0
1969 21 TOT NL -5.7 -0.6 29 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .78 -0.6 0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.80 -6.1 0
1969 21 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1969 21 SDP NL -5.7 -0.6 29 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .78 -0.6 0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.80 -6.1 0
1970 22 SDP NL 1.2 0.1 10 0.0 0.2 -0.1 .87 0.1 -0.1 1.6 0.2 0.98 1.3 0
1971 23 SDP NL -0.2 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .52 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.4 0
1972 24 SDP NL -1.8 -0.2 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.10 -0.2 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.90 -1.7 0
1973 25 SDP NL -1.0 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .82 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.88 -1.1 0
1974 26 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .26 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
1975 27 CAL AL 0.0
1976 28 CAL AL 0.0
1977 29 CAL AL 0.0
10 Seasons -9.9 -1.1 72 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 .86 -0.9 -0.1 -6.9 -0.8 0.86 -9.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 20 CHC NL 1 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 21 TOT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 21 SDP NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 22 SDP NL 1 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 SDP NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 2 0 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 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
1968 20 CHC NL 11 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1969 21 TOT NL 28 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 5 0 0% 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
1969 21 SDP NL 28 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 5 0 0% 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
1970 22 SDP NL 9 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 200% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 7 2 29% 0 0 0 0 1
1971 23 SDP NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 SDP NL 14 14% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1973 25 SDP NL 5 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 SDP NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 70 19% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 100% 13 1 8% 13 8 62% 31 4 13% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 2
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 20 13 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 21 61 40 34 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .029 .057 .029 .087 -74 1 0 0 5 0 0
1970 22 94 50 42 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 15 .119 .140 .143 .282 -19 6 1 0 7 0 0
1971 23 107 52 43 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .116 .136 .140 .276 -21 6 1 0 8 0 0
1972 24 167 66 56 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .125 .140 .143 .283 -18 8 1 0 9 0 0
1973 25 225 71 60 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .117 .131 .133 .264 -24 8 1 0 10 0 0
1974 26 234 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
1975 27 235 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
1976 28 269 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0
1977 29 283 72 61 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .115 .129 .131 .260 -25 8 1 0 10 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 20 13 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1969 21 48 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 48
1970 22 33 9 9 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .556 .556 .667 1.222 3 33
1971 23 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1972 24 63 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 60
1973 25 58 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 58
1974 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
7 Seasons 237 64 63 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 22 .079 .094 .095 .189 3 234
162 Game Avg. 162 44 43 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 15 .079 .094 .095 .189 2 234

* 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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