Gary Ross
Gary Douglas Ross
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 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
Final Game: July 8, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 76 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 81 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 30 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 84 1.459 8.5 0.4 4.6 4.8 1.04
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 76 1.733 10.4 1.2 5.2 5.6 1.08
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 2 109 111 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 NL 0 0 4.50 9 0 2 0 0 0 18.0 23 10 9 1 6 4 11 0 0 0 82 79 1.611 11.5 0.5 3.0 5.5 1.83
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 65 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 0 948 110 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 70 1.611 12.8 1.5 1.7 4.6 2.73
10 Seasons 25 47 .347 3.92 283 59 84 8 2 7 713.2 764 359 311 48 288 53 378 24 2 26 3132 88 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 88 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 85 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 70 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
1969 21 TOT NL 48 490 419 61 105 14 4 5 6 4 58 60 .251 .346 .339 .685 .279 142 10 5 4 4 8
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
1969 21 SDP NL 46 481 412 58 104 13 4 5 6 4 56 58 .252 .346 .340 .686 .280 140 10 5 4 4 8
1970 22 SDP NL 33 281 236 37 72 12 1 8 4 5 36 39 .305 .402 .466 .868 .337 110 7 3 5 1 10
1971 23 SDP NL 13 109 90 10 27 2 0 0 1 0 11 13 .300 .375 .322 .697 .342 29 3 1 5 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
1973 25 SDP NL 58 349 304 51 93 16 3 8 7 2 33 44 .306 .378 .457 .835 .333 139 9 4 5 3 8
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
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
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
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
10 Seasons 283 3127 2744 359 764 126 21 48 69 33 288 378 .278 .349 .392 .741 .306 1076 70 24 46 25 53
162 Game Avg. 56 622 546 71 152 25 4 10 14 7 57 75 .278 .349 .392 .741 .306 214 14 5 9 5 11
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1968 20 CHC NL 13 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 1 0 2 40% 54 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 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 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 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 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 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 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 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 67 26 14 6 4 6 3.7 3.6 4.5
6 Seasons 143 59 11 28 20 1 8 21 37 .362 5 9 8 2 24 41% 49 85 21 123 42 18 21 3.2 3.1 5.6
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 20 CHC NL 13 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.797 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% 1.044 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 0.454 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 1.056 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 0.951 10 6 15 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 0.912 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 1.168 29 12 17 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 0.438 8 8 37 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 0.358 1 1 7 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 1.047 0 1 2 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 1.032 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.0
9 Seasons 282 224 84 14 19 16 7 9 44% 24 4 196 72 37% 0.946 68 40 108 32 38 152 100 122 127 49 137 45 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1968 20 CHC NL 185 32% 0.5% 16.8% 13.5% 6.0% 25% 2.58 66% 36 3 8%
1969 21 TOT NL 490 39% 1.0% 12.2% 11.8% 4.7% 22% 1.19 73% 103 10 10%
1969 21 CHC NL 9 56% 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 100% 56% 1 0 0%
1969 21 SDP NL 481 39% 1.0% 12.1% 11.6% 4.6% 21% 1.15 73% 102 10 10%
1970 22 SDP NL 281 39% 2.9% 13.9% 12.8% 7.5% 29% 1.19 68% 48 7 15%
1971 23 SDP NL 109 37% 0.0% 11.9% 10.1% 1.8% 7% 1.00 72% 28 3 11%
1972 24 SDP NL 400 41% 0.5% 11.5% 12.3% 4.0% 18% 1.85 72% 105 18 17%
1973 25 SDP NL 349 39% 2.3% 12.6% 9.5% 7.7% 29% 1.72 73% 86 9 10%
1974 26 SDP NL 82 43% 1.2% 13.4% 7.3% 8.5% 30% 2.23 76% 10 1 10%
1975 27 CAL AL 23 52% 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 56% 3.9% 11.5% 4.2% 9.2% 29% 1.98 80% 47 4 9%
10 Seasons 3127 44% 1.5% 12.1% 9.2% 6.2% 26% 1.57 75% 601 70 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 1 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 Seasons 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 7 0 74 73
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 76 1.683 9.7 0.2 5.5 6.8 1.24 76
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 80 1.520 8.8 0.4 4.9 5.4 1.10 80
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 81 1.579 9.3 0.5 4.9 5.4 1.10 81
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 90 1.553 9.1 0.4 4.9 5.1 1.06 90
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 83 1.571 9.6 0.5 4.6 5.2 1.13 83
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 88 1.474 9.6 0.6 3.6 4.8 1.31 88

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
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 4.09 22.0 30 11 10 0 12 12 1 1.909 12.3 4.9 4.9 1.00 0.0 13
1972 24 6 3 .667 3.21 87.0 97 34 31 2 55 44 4 1.747 10.0 5.7 4.6 0.80 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 10 0 1.765 12.7 3.2 5.3 1.67 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 4.03 210.0 252 104 94 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 Seasons 28 40 .412 4.87 663.0 826 398 359 51 310 350 25 1.713 11.2 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL--3.000--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

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Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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