Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > R Listing > Gary Ross > Pitching

News: Baseball-Reference.com WAR Explained - Baseball-Reference.com »post

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 HS (Portvue, PA)
School: Grand View College (Des Moines, IA)
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
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

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
1967	19	CHC-min	A,AAA	13	10	.565	3.71	28	27		0	0		165.0	155	96	68	5	77	1	7	0	0	2			1.406	8.5	0.3	4.2	0.4	0.09	QUI,TAC · MIDW,PCL
1968	20	CHC-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	2.01	19	19		1	0		139.0	115	38	31	2	60	1	110	3	0	1			1.259	7.4	0.1	3.9	7.1	1.83	SAN,TAC · TL,PCL
1968	20	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	4.17	13	5	4	1	0	0	41.0	44	22	19	1	25	3	31	0	0	4	185	77	1.683	9.7	0.2	5.5	6.8	1.24
1969	21	TOT	NL	3	12	.200	4.35	48	8	8	0	0	3	111.2	105	61	54	5	58	8	60	5	0	4	491	82	1.460	8.5	0.4	4.7	4.8	1.03
1969	21	CHC	NL	0	0		13.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	9	36	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
1969	21	SDP	NL	3	12	.200	4.19	46	7	8	0	0	3	109.2	104	58	51	5	56	8	58	5	0	3	482	85	1.459	8.5	0.4	4.6	4.8	1.04
1970	22	SDP-min	AAA	1	4	.200	5.80	8	8		0	0	0	45.0	63	34	29	2	16	3	24	1	0	4			1.756	12.6	0.4	3.2	4.8	1.50	SLC · PCL
1970	22	SDP	NL	2	3	.400	5.20	33	2	11	0	0	1	62.1	72	37	36	8	36	10	39	3	0	4	282	77	1.733	10.4	1.2	5.2	5.6	1.08
1971	23	SDP-min	AAA	7	11	.389	5.42	20	20		4	1	0	113.0	141	72	68	11	39	3	90	5	0	5			1.593	11.2	0.9	3.1	7.2	2.31	HAW · PCL
1971	23	SDP	NL	1	3	.250	2.96	13	0	6	0	0	0	24.1	27	10	8	0	11	2	13	1	1	2	109	114	1.562	10.0	0.0	4.1	4.8	1.18
1972	24	SDP	NL	4	3	.571	2.45	60	0	23	0	0	3	91.2	87	35	25	2	49	12	46	4	1	6	400	134	1.484	8.5	0.2	4.8	4.5	0.94
1973	25	SDP	NL	4	4	.500	5.42	58	0	29	0	0	0	76.1	93	51	46	8	33	8	44	4	0	4	352	64	1.651	11.0	0.9	3.9	5.2	1.33
1974	26	SDP-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.50	13	11		3	1	0	66.0	62	38	33	9	28	1	46	3	0	0			1.364	8.5	1.2	3.8	6.3	1.64	HAW · PCL
1974	26	SDP	NL	0	0		4.50	9	0	2	0	0	0	18.0	23	10	9	1	6	4	11	0	0	0	82	81	1.611	11.5	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.83
1975	27	SDP-min	AAA	16	8	.667	2.49	27	27		11	3	0	188.0	170	70	52	12	44	3	123	8	0	8			1.138	8.1	0.6	2.1	5.9	2.80	HAW · PCL
1975	27	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	71	1.400	10.8	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
1976	28	CAL	AL	8	16	.333	3.00	34	31	0	7	2	0	225.0	224	89	75	12	58	5	100	5	0	0	948	111	1.253	9.0	0.5	2.3	4.0	1.72
1977	29	CAL	AL	2	4	.333	5.55	14	12	1	0	0	0	58.1	83	41	36	10	11	1	30	2	0	2	260	71	1.611	12.8	1.5	1.7	4.6	2.73
10 Yrs				25	47	.347	3.92	283	59	84	8	2	7	713.2	764	359	311	48	288	53	378	24	2	26	3132	89	1.474	9.6	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.31
162 Game Avg.				5	9	.347	3.92	56	12	17	2	0	1	142	152	71	62	10	57	11	75	5	0	5	623	89	1.474	9.6	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.31

SDP (6 yrs)				14	25	.359	4.12	219	9	79	0	0	7	382.1	406	201	175	24	191	44	211	17	2	19	1707	86	1.561	9.6	0.6	4.5	5.0	1.10
CAL (3 yrs)				10	21	.323	3.56	49	44	1	7	2	0	288.1	313	133	114	23	70	6	134	7	0	2	1231	97	1.328	9.8	0.7	2.2	4.2	1.91
CHC (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	4.60	15	6	4	1	0	0	43.0	45	25	22	1	27	3	33	0	0	5	194	71	1.674	9.4	0.2	5.7	6.9	1.22

NL (7 yrs)				15	26	.366	4.17	234	15	83	1	0	7	425.1	451	226	197	25	218	47	244	17	2	24	1901	84	1.573	9.5	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.12
AL (3 yrs)				10	21	.323	3.56	49	44	1	7	2	0	288.1	313	133	114	23	70	6	134	7	0	2	1231	97	1.328	9.8	0.7	2.2	4.2	1.91

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
1968	20	CHC	NL	41.0	13	5	22	4.83	3.42	-0.04	-0.02	106.4	3.66	-6	-0.7	.6	0.0	-0.3	-2	.445	.496	$
1969	21	CHC	NL	2.0	2	1	3	13.50	4.29	-0.05	-0.18	114.0	4.74	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.400	.499	$
1969	21	SDP	NL	109.2	46	7	58	4.76	4.28	-0.21	-0.12	98.5	4.30	-7	-0.7	1.5	-0.2	0.1	6	.484	.495	$
1970	22	SDP	NL	62.1	33	2	37	5.34	4.75	-0.16	-0.17	98.8	4.69	-5	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	2	.483	.497	$
1971	23	SDP	NL	24.1	13	0	10	3.70	4.25	-0.29	-0.18	90.1	3.92	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.2	3	.503	.500	$
1972	24	SDP	NL	91.2	60	0	35	3.44	4.03	-0.45	-0.17	95.6	4.12	6	0.7	1.6	-0.0	1.4	15	.511	.504	$
1973	25	SDP	NL	76.1	58	0	51	6.01	4.25	-0.34	-0.35	96.3	4.09	-16	-1.8	.6	0.3	-0.8	-9	.470	.489	$
1974	26	SDP	NL	18.0	9	0	10	5.00	4.42	-0.60	-0.36	99.4	4.64	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	0.1	1	.490	.499	$
1975	27	CAL	AL	5.0	1	1	3	5.40	4.86	-0.34	0.14	92.0	4.92	-0	-0.0		-0.0	0.0	0	.472	.500	$
1976	28	CAL	AL	225.0	34	31	89	3.56	4.02	0.01	0.10	92.5	3.80	7	0.8	.5	-0.2	2.5	28	.522	.505	$
1977	29	CAL	AL	58.1	14	12	41	6.33	4.47	-0.22	0.10	97.7	4.68	-11	-1.0	.6	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.426	.494	$
10 Seasons				713.2	283	59	359	4.53	4.18	-0.18	-0.07	96.1	4.13	-35	-3.6	1.1	-0.2	2.4	37	.487	.498	$

SDP (6 yrs)				382.1	219	9	201	4.73	4.30	-0.31	-0.20	96.9	4.27	-23	-2.4	1.2	-0.2	0.8	16	.489	.498	$
CAL (3 yrs)				288.1	49	44	133	4.15	4.13	-0.04	0.10	93.5	4.00	-4	-0.3	.6	-0.2	2.0	24	.494	.499	$
CHC (2 yrs)				43.0	15	6	25	5.23	3.46	-0.04	-0.03	106.7	3.71	-8	-0.9	.5	0.1	-0.4	-3	.439	.497	$

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
1968	20	CHC	NL	13	185	153	22	44	10	0	1	1	6	25	31	.288	.383	.373	.756	.350	57	3	0	5	2	3	2
1969	21	TOT	NL	48	456	419	61	105	14	4	5	6	4	58	60	.251	.346	.339	.685	.279	142	10	5	4	4	8	7
1969	21	CHC	NL	2	9	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.286	.619	.200	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	21	SDP	NL	46	447	412	58	104	13	4	5	6	4	56	58	.252	.346	.340	.686	.280	140	10	5	4	4	8	7
1970	22	SDP	NL	33	262	236	37	72	12	1	8	4	5	36	39	.305	.402	.466	.868	.337	110	7	3	5	1	10	1
1971	23	SDP	NL	13	97	90	10	27	2	0	0	1	0	11	13	.300	.375	.322	.697	.342	29	3	1	5	2	2	2
1972	24	SDP	NL	60	400	333	35	87	11	3	2	7	3	49	46	.261	.359	.330	.689	.294	110	18	4	10	4	12	14
1973	25	SDP	NL	58	341	304	51	93	16	3	8	7	2	33	44	.306	.378	.457	.835	.333	139	9	4	5	3	8	6
1974	26	SDP	NL	9	82	73	10	23	5	1	1	1	1	6	11	.315	.363	.452	.815	.355	33	1	0	2	1	4	1
1975	27	CAL	AL	1	23	22	3	6	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	.273	.304	.455	.759	.294	10	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	28	CAL	AL	34	948	868	89	224	43	7	12	33	7	58	100	.258	.306	.365	.671	.278	317	15	5	10	7	5	12
1977	29	CAL	AL	14	260	246	41	83	12	2	10	8	5	11	30	.337	.369	.524	.894	.353	129	4	2	0	1	1	2
10 Yrs				283	3054	2744	359	764	126	21	48	69	33	288	378	.278	.349	.392	.741	.306	1076	70	24	46	25	53	48
162 Game Avg.				56	607	546	71	152	25	4	10	14	7	57	75	.278	.349	.392	.741	.306	214	14	5	9	5	11	10
MLB Averages																.253	.320	.371	.691	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1968	20	CHC	NL	-4.3	-0.5	196	-0.3	2.4	-2.7	.79	-0.7	0.3	-7.9	-0.8	0.79	-6.7	1	2	5
1969	21	TOT	NL	-9.6	-1.0	509	-1.8	7.3	-9.1	1.00	-0.1	-1.7	-10.4	-1.1	0.99	-8.2	15	8	17
1969	21	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.50	-0.0	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.50	-0.0	0	0	1
1969	21	SDP	NL	-8.1	-0.8	499	-1.6	7.3	-8.9	1.01	-0.1	-1.6	-9.6	-1.0	1.00	-8.2	15	8	16
1970	22	SDP	NL	-7.0	-0.7	298	-0.9	4.4	-5.3	.92	-0.9	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.99	-8.8	10	5	16
1971	23	SDP	NL	0.7	0.1	101	-1.1	1.0	-2.1	.82	-0.2	-1.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.82	-2.2	4	1	7
1972	24	SDP	NL	5.9	0.6	417	-0.9	7.3	-8.2	1.09	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	1.09	-6.4	28	10	20
1973	25	SDP	NL	-17.2	-1.8	354	-2.0	1.8	-3.8	.39	-0.4	-4.7	-19.9	-2.1	0.39	-13.5	8	3	40
1974	26	SDP	NL	-1.6	-0.2	84	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.30	-0.4	-0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.30	-3.5	1	0	8
1975	27	CAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	24	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	.65	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.65	-1.2	0	0	0
1976	28	CAL	AL	6.6	0.7	985	0.6	16.3	-15.7	1.03	0.9	-0.4	4.3	0.5	1.03	9.1	0	0	3
1977	29	CAL	AL	-11.2	-1.1	274	-1.7	4.5	-6.2	1.04	-1.5	-0.1	-10.2	-1.0	1.04	-14.0	0	1	1
10 Yrs				-38.5	-3.8	3242	-8.3	45.4	-53.7	.91	-3.9	-5.3	-55.3	-5.7	0.91	-55.4	67	30	117

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
1968	20	CHC	NL	13	5	1	1	3	0	0	2	2	.500	0	2	1	0	2	40%	54.0	68	41	14	2	1	4	2.9	4.0	5.4
1969	21	TOT	NL	48	8	0	6	2	0	0	0	8	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	39.5	51	24	42	16	5	2	2.0	1.5	3.4
1969	21	CHC	NL	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	3	3	0	1	5.0	0.0	0.0
1969	21	SDP	NL	46	7	0	6	1	0	0	0	7	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0%	40.3	51	24	39	13	5	1	1.6	1.6	3.9
1970	22	SDP	NL	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0%	33.5	46	21	14	4	1	1	9.0	12.4	4.0

1975	27	CAL	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	46.0	46	46	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	5.0
1976	28	CAL	AL	34	31	8	16	7	1	8	14	17	.452	4	2	7	2	20	65%	54.2	85	26	39	14	7	7	3.1	2.9	6.8
1977	29	CAL	AL	14	12	2	4	6	0	0	4	8	.333	0	4	0	0	2	17%	41.3	67	26	14	6	4	6	3.7	3.6	4.5
6 Yrs				143	59	11	28	20	1	8	21	37	.362	6	9	8	2	24	41%	49	85	21	123	42	18	21	3.2	3.1	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	109	-13					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	20	CHC	NL	13	8	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	7	.792	1	2	5	0	1	7	1	7	5	2	5	0	5.3
1969	21	TOT	NL	48	40	8	3	6	7	3	4	43%	9	2	45	16	36%		1.002	15	8	17	11	8	21	24	16	27	9	30	7	6.4
1969	21	CHC	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.503	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1969	21	SDP	NL	46	39	8	3	6	7	3	4	43%	9	2	45	16	36%	4	1.012	15	8	16	11	8	20	24	15	26	9	29	7	6.4
1970	22	SDP	NL	33	31	11	2	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	23	6	26%	8	.924	10	5	16	3	7	21	12	19	21	3	23	6	5.3
1971	23	SDP	NL	13	13	6	1	3	0	0	0		1	1	8	4	50%	8	.816	4	1	7	1	2	9	5	7	9	2	9	1	5.6
1972	24	SDP	NL	60	60	23	4	3	6	3	3	50%	9	1	75	26	35%	8	1.091	28	10	20	13	13	34	32	28	29	19	31	14	4.6
1973	25	SDP	NL	58	58	29	4	4	1	0	1	0%	2	0	37	15	41%	8	.387	8	3	40	3	5	49	23	34	25	12	27	16	3.9
1974	26	SDP	NL	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	6	.296	1	0	8	0	1	8	1	8	7	2	7	1	6.0

1976	28	CAL	AL	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	1	1.026	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	13.0
1977	29	CAL	AL	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.041	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	7.0
9 Yrs				282	224	84	14	19	16	7	9	44%	24	4	196	72	37%		.911	67	30	117	32	38	152	100	122	127	49	137	45	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	20	CHC	NL	185	68%	0.5%	16.8%	13.5%	6.0%	25%	2.58	66%	36	3	8%
1969	21	TOT	NL	490	61%	1.1%	13.2%	12.7%	5.0%	22%	1.19	79%	103	10	10%
1969	21	CHC	NL	9	44%	0.0%	22.2%	22.2%	11.1%	100%		56%	1	0	0%
1969	21	SDP	NL	481	61%	1.1%	13.0%	12.5%	4.9%	21%	1.15	79%	102	10	10%
1970	22	SDP	NL	281	61%	3.1%	14.9%	13.7%	8.0%	29%	1.19	73%	48	7	15%
1971	23	SDP	NL	109	63%	0.0%	13.4%	11.3%	2.1%	7%	1.00	81%	28	3	11%
1972	24	SDP	NL	400	59%	0.5%	11.5%	12.3%	4.0%	18%	1.85	72%	105	18	17%
1973	25	SDP	NL	349	61%	2.4%	12.9%	9.7%	7.9%	29%	1.72	75%	86	9	10%
1974	26	SDP	NL	82	57%	1.2%	13.4%	7.3%	8.5%	30%	2.23	76%	10	1	10%
1975	27	CAL	AL	23	48%	4.4%	17.4%	4.4%	8.7%	33%	0.38	74%	2	0	0%
1976	28	CAL	AL	948	50%	1.3%	10.6%	6.1%	6.5%	28%	1.58	80%	136	15	11%
1977	29	CAL	AL	260	44%	3.9%	11.5%	4.2%	9.2%	29%	1.98	80%	47	4	9%
10 Yrs				3127	56%	1.6%	12.4%	9.4%	6.4%	26%	1.57	77%	601	70	12%
MLB Averages					46%	1.9%	14.1%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

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
1968	20	CHC	NL	185	44			1	0	4	1	0	1	0	13	5	1	38%	2	4	2	71	1	6	14%	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
1969	21	TOT	NL	456	105			5	0	14	3	2	2	3	35	19	2	54%	7	4	2	185	6	4	60%	6	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	11	34
1969	21	CHC	NL	9	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1969	21	SDP	NL	447	104			5	0	14	3	2	2	3	33	19	2	58%	7	3	2	184	6	4	60%	6	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	10	34
1970	22	SDP	NL	262	72			8	0	11	5	3	2	6	17	8	3	47%	1	4	1	101	4	5	44%	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	19
1971	23	SDP	NL	97	27			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	38%	2	2	0	45	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	12
1972	24	SDP	NL	400	87			2	0	31	0	2	0	2	43	15	8	35%	14	6	0	172	7	3	70%	5	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	15	0
1973	25	SDP	NL	341	93			8	0	14	3	3	4	2	32	17	2	53%	6	4	1	150	7	2	78%	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	8
1974	26	SDP	NL	82	23			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	67%	1	0	0	37	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	27	CAL	AL	23	6			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	CAL	AL	948	224			12	0	12	3	9	6	6	32	16	4	50%	12	0	1	335	33	7	83%	31	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
1977	29	CAL	AL	260	83			10	0	1	6	4	6	4	11	9	1	82%	2	2	0	95	8	5	62%	8	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
10 Yrs				3054	764			48	0	91	22	24	22	24	194	94	24	48%	48	26	7	1198	69	33	68%	64	25	4	5	1	3	6	0	74	73
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

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+
1968	20	1	1	.500	4.17	13	5	4	1	0	0	41.0	44	22	19	1	25	3	31	0	0	4	185	77	1.683	9.7	0.2	5.5	6.8	1.24	77
1969	21	4	13	.235	4.30	61	13	12	1	0	3	152.2	149	83	73	6	83	11	91	5	0	8	676	81	1.520	8.8	0.4	4.9	5.4	1.10	81
1970	22	6	16	.273	4.56	94	15	23	1	0	4	215.0	221	120	109	14	119	21	130	8	0	12	958	79	1.581	9.3	0.6	5.0	5.4	1.09	79
1971	23	7	19	.269	4.40	107	15	29	1	0	4	239.1	248	130	117	14	130	23	143	9	1	14	1067	82	1.579	9.3	0.5	4.9	5.4	1.10	82
1972	24	11	22	.333	3.86	167	15	52	1	0	7	331.0	335	165	142	16	179	35	189	13	2	20	1467	91	1.553	9.1	0.4	4.9	5.1	1.06	91
1973	25	15	26	.366	4.15	225	15	81	1	0	7	407.1	428	216	188	24	212	43	233	17	2	24	1819	84	1.571	9.5	0.5	4.7	5.1	1.10	84
1974	26	15	26	.366	4.17	234	15	83	1	0	7	425.1	451	226	197	25	218	47	244	17	2	24	1901	84	1.573	9.5	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.12	84
1975	27	15	27	.357	4.18	235	16	83	1	0	7	430.1	457	229	200	26	219	47	248	17	2	24	1924	84	1.571	9.6	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.13	84
1976	28	23	43	.348	3.78	269	47	83	8	2	7	655.1	681	318	275	38	277	52	348	22	2	24	2872	91	1.462	9.4	0.5	3.8	4.8	1.26	91
1977	29	25	47	.347	3.92	283	59	84	8	2	7	713.2	764	359	311	48	288	53	378	24	2	26	3132	89	1.474	9.6	0.6	3.6	4.8	1.31	89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / 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
1968	20	1	3	.250	5.75	36.0	48	26	23	1	27	27	0	2.083	12.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	0.3	13
1969	21	4	7	.364	5.14	105.0	110	67	60	5	61	56	5	1.629	9.4	5.2	4.8	0.92	0.4	48
1970	22	2	4	.333	5.68	57.0	72	40	36	8	36	36	3	1.895	11.4	5.7	5.7	1.00	1.3	33
1971	23	1	1	.500	3.68	22.0	29	10	9	0	12	12	1	1.864	11.9	4.9	4.9	1.00	0.0	13
1972	24	5	4	.556	3.24	86.0	100	34	31	2	56	43	5	1.814	10.5	5.9	4.5	0.77	0.2	60
1973	25	2	5	.286	6.59	71.0	99	58	52	9	35	41	4	1.887	12.5	4.4	5.2	1.17	1.1	58
1974	26	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	24	11	10	1	6	11	0	1.765	12.7	3.2	5.8	1.83	0.5	9
1975	27	0	0		7.20	5.0	7	4	4	1	1	4	0	1.600	12.6	1.8	7.2	4.00	1.8	1
1976	28	11	12	.478	4.07	210.0	252	106	95	14	65	93	6	1.510	10.8	2.8	4.0	1.43	0.6	34
1977	29	1	4	.200	6.62	53.0	87	43	39	10	12	27	2	1.868	14.8	2.0	4.6	2.25	1.7	14
10 Yrs		27	41	.397	4.88	662.0	828	399	359	51	311	350	26	1.721	11.3		4.8	1.13	0.7	283

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1976 AL 3.00 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1972 NL 60 (4th) 1973 NL 58 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1976 AL 16 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL 3.00 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL 60 (4th)
1973 NL 58 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1976 AL 16 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Carlos Zambrano (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Cole (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Stanhouse (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Larry Bearnarth (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Stanhouse (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Savage (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim Hannan (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Schueler (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Craig McMurtry (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Gary Ross

Viewed 6,841 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Gary Douglas garry Gary gerry Ross

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.