Mark Ross

Mark Joseph Ross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 8, 1954 in Galveston, TX
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1982
Teams (by GP): Astros/Pirates/BlueJays 1982-1990

Final Game: August 15, 1990
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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
1979	24	HOU-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	3.86	2	1					7.0	5	3	3	0	1								0.857	6.4	0.0	1.3			AST · GULF
1980	25	HOU-min	A,AA	7	5	.583	2.33	44	1		1	0	6	85.0	80	25	22	1	15	7	52	0	0	3			1.118	8.5	0.1	1.6	5.5	3.47	DYB,CBS · FLOR,SOUL
1981	26	HOU-min	AA	8	10	.444	2.25	63	0	59	0	0	22	116.0	103	35	29	3	32	12	70	5	0	3			1.164	8.0	0.2	2.5	5.4	2.19	CBS · SOUL
1982	27	HOU-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.88	43	1	26	0	0	7	83.0	106	55	45	5	32	5	35	3	0	2			1.663	11.5	0.5	3.5	3.8	1.09	TUC · PCL
1982	27	HOU	NL	0	0		1.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	21	238	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0

1983	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	1	3	.250	4.01	19	0	14	0	0	5	33.2	41	18	15	1	20	4	14	0	1	4			1.812	11.0	0.3	5.3	3.7	0.70	CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1984	29	HOU-min	AAA	5	6	.455	2.93	57	0	45	0	0	20	92.0	88	35	30	5	24	8	32	2	0	1			1.217	8.6	0.5	2.3	3.1	1.33	TUC · PCL
1984	29	HOU	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8		0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9
1985	30	HOU-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.62	46	0	38	0	0	11	77.0	109	38	31	3	21	6	31	0	0	2			1.688	12.7	0.4	2.5	3.6	1.48	TUC · PCL
1985	30	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	4.85	8	0	4	0	0	1	13.0	12	7	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	52	74	1.077	8.3	1.4	1.4	2.1	1.50

1986	31	HOU-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.17	48	0	37	0	0	8	73.1	99	37	34	4	20	5	26	2	1	1			1.623	12.2	0.5	2.5	3.2	1.30	TUC · PCL
1987	32	PIT-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.02	32	1	15	0	0	4	89.1	87	40	30	5	21	6	48	2	0	1			1.209	8.8	0.5	2.1	4.8	2.29	VAN · PCL
1987	32	PIT	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	62	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1988	33	TOR-min	AAA	3	8	.273	3.61	17	15	1	2	0	0	99.2	101	50	40	8	19	2	57	1	1	5			1.204	9.1	0.7	1.7	5.1	3.00	SYR · IL
1988	33	TOR	AL	0	0		4.91	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	6	4	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	32	84	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00

1989	34	TOR-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.94	26	8	7	2	0	0	95.0	102	43	31	4	11	0	58	3	1	1			1.189	9.7	0.4	1.0	5.5	5.27	SYR · IL
1990	35	PIT-min	AAA	6	8	.429	2.02	47	0	36	0	0	11	71.1	73	23	16	1	12	6	36	2	1	0			1.192	9.2	0.1	1.5	4.5	3.00	BFL · AA
1990	35	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	3.55	9	0	6	0	0	0	12.2	11	5	5	2	4	2	5	0	0	1	50	105	1.184	7.8	1.4	2.8	3.6	1.25
1991	36	ATL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.50	39	1	22	0	0	9	82.1	84	35	32	2	13	7	50	1	0	1	338		1.178	9.2	0.2	1.4	5.5	3.85	RMD · IL
6 Yrs				2	2	.500	3.83	27	0	15	0	0	1	42.1	33	20	18	5	10	3	17	0	0	3	167	99	1.016	7.0	1.1	2.1	3.6	1.70
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	3.83	68	0	38	0	0	3	107	83	50	45	13	25	8	43	0	0	8	421	99	1.016	7.0	1.1	2.1	3.6	1.70

HOU (3 yrs)				1	2	.333	3.38	14	0	6	0	0	1	21.1	16	8	8	2	2	0	8	0	0	2	81	107	0.844	6.8	0.8	0.8	3.4	4.00
PIT (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	3.95	10	0	7	0	0	0	13.2	12	6	6	3	4	2	5	0	0	1	54	98	1.171	7.9	2.0	2.6	3.3	1.25
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	6	4	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	32	84	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00

NL (5 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.60	24	0	13	0	0	1	35.0	28	14	14	5	6	2	13	0	0	3	135	103	0.971	7.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	2.17
AL (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	3	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	5	6	4	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	32	84	1.227	6.1	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00

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
1982	27	HOU	NL	6.0	4	0	1	1.50	4.15	-0.07	-0.32	85.4	3.33	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	0.1	2	.533	.501	$

1984	29	HOU	NL	2.1	2	0	0	0.00	3.88	-0.12	-0.30	106.5	3.93	1	0.1	.7	-0.0	0.1	1	.558	.501	$
1985	30	HOU	NL	13.0	8	0	7	4.85	4.02	-0.19	-0.32	102.2	3.99	-1	-0.1	1.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0	.482	.499	$

1987	32	PIT	NL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.48	0.41	-0.34	106.0	3.95	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.444	.500	$
1988	33	TOR	AL	7.1	3	0	6	7.36	4.89	0.17	-0.39	95.0	4.12	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.413	.498	$

1990	35	PIT	NL	12.2	9	0	5	3.55	4.14	0.11	-0.32	92.8	3.45	-0	-0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$
6 Seasons				42.1	27	0	20	4.25	4.23	-0.00	-0.33	96.1	3.75	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	0.0	2	.490	.500	$

HOU (3 yrs)				21.1	14	0	8	3.38	4.04	-0.15	-0.32	97.9	3.79	1	0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.1	3	.507	.500	$
PIT (2 yrs)				13.2	10	0	6	3.95	4.16	0.13	-0.32	93.8	3.48	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	0.0	1	.490	.500	$
TOR (1 yr)				7.1	3	0	6	7.36	4.89	0.17	-0.39	95.0	4.12	-3	-0.3	.2	0.1	-0.1	-2	.413	.498	$

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
1982	27	HOU	NL	4	21	21	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.190	.333	.176	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984	29	HOU	NL	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	30	HOU	NL	8	52	50	7	12	2	0	2	3	0	2	3	.240	.269	.400	.669	.222	20	1	0	0	0	0	0

1987	32	PIT	NL	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	33	TOR	AL	3	32	27	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	.185	.281	.333	.615	.208	9	0	0	0	1	1	1

1990	35	PIT	NL	9	50	45	5	11	2	0	2	1	1	4	5	.244	.306	.422	.728	.237	19	0	0	1	0	2	0
6 Yrs				27	167	155	20	33	9	0	5	4	1	10	17	.213	.259	.368	.627	.209	57	1	0	1	1	3	1
162 Game Avg.				68	421	390	50	83	23	0	13	10	3	25	43	.213	.259	.368	.627	.209	144	3	0	3	3	8	3
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.389	.713	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	27	HOU	NL	1.6	0.2	21	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.30	0.3	0.1	1.5	0.2	0.30	2.5	0	1	3

1984	29	HOU	NL	1.1	0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.39	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.39	1.2	0	1	1
1985	30	HOU	NL	-1.5	-0.2	57	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	.86	0.0	-1.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.86	-0.1	4	0	4

1987	32	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.16	-0.8	0	0	1
1988	33	TOR	AL	-1.4	-0.1	32	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.14	0.0	-0.0	-3.5	-0.3	0.14	-1.5	0	0	1

1990	35	PIT	NL	0.5	0.0	54	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.62	0.1	-0.1	1.6	0.2	0.62	1.7	1	1	7
6 Yrs				0.0	0.0	176	-0.7	1.2	-2.0	.55	0.5	-1.8	-2.0	-0.2	0.55	3.1	5	3	17

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	Pit/GR
1982	27	HOU	NL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.303	0	1	3	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	0	4.5

1984	29	HOU	NL	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	3	.392	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.5
1985	30	HOU	NL	8	8	4	0	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	4	2	50%	6	.862	4	0	4	3	2	3	3	5	5	2	5	1	4.9

1987	32	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.160	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1988	33	TOR	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	1	.138	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	7.3	44

1990	35	PIT	NL	9	9	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	7	.624	1	1	7	0	1	8	5	4	4	1	4	2	4.2	17
6 Yrs				27	27	15	2	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	18	7	39%		.542	5	3	17	4	3	20	11	16	13	4	13	4	4.7	26

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%
1982	27	HOU	NL	21	76%	0.0%	19.1%	0.0%	4.8%	33%		6.00	81%				0	0

1984	29	HOU	NL	8	88%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.00	88%				0	0
1985	30	HOU	NL	52	63%	3.9%	5.8%	3.9%	7.7%	33%		1.40	87%				8	1	13%

1987	32	PIT	NL	4	0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%			75%				0	0
1988	33	TOR	AL	32	56%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%	80%	0.64	0.80	75%	8%	0.0%	64%	5	0	0%

1990	35	PIT	NL	50	46%	4.0%	10.0%	8.0%	8.0%	36%	1.00	1.38	76%	24%	13.3%	25%	9	0	0%
6 Yrs				167	58%	3.0%	10.2%	6.0%	8.4%	42%	0.85	1.51	80%	18%	10.0%	41%	22	1	5%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.4%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	33	TOR	AL	32	132	4.13	75	57%	31%	12%	25%	32%	69%	7%	39%	83%	47%	13%	4	2	16%	5	3	1	50%	0	1	0	0	0

1990	35	PIT	NL	29	99	3.41	66	67%	23%	14%	27%	36%	77%	0%	52%	82%	76%	3%	1	1	24%	7	2	0	67%	1	0	21	0	0
2 Yrs				61	231	3.79	141	61%	27%	13%	26%	34%	73%	4%	45%	83%	61%	8%	5	3	20%	12	5	1	57%	1	1	21	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1982	27	HOU	NL	21	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984	29	HOU	NL	8	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	30	HOU	NL	52	12			2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	100%	0	2	0	21	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1987	32	PIT	NL	4	1			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0											0
1988	33	TOR	AL	32	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1990	35	PIT	NL	50	11	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	2	0	40%	0	1	0	18	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				167	33	2	0	5	0	2	2	3	1	4	10	7	0	70%	1	3	0	60	4	1	80%	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1982	27	0	0		1.50	4	2	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	21	238	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0		238
1983	28	0	0		1.50	4	2	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	21	238	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	6.0		238
1984	29	1	0	1.000	1.08	6	2	0	8.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	29	341	0.480	4.3	0.0	0.0	5.4		341
1985	30	1	2	.333	3.38	14	6	1	21.1	16	8	8	2	2	0	8	2	81	107	0.844	6.8	0.8	0.8	3.4	4.00	107
1986	31	1	2	.333	3.38	14	6	1	21.1	16	8	8	2	2	0	8	2	81	107	0.844	6.8	0.8	0.8	3.4	4.00	107
1987	32	1	2	.333	3.63	15	7	1	22.1	17	9	9	3	2	0	8	2	85	102	0.851	6.9	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.00	102
1988	33	1	2	.333	3.94	18	9	1	29.2	22	15	13	3	6	1	12	2	117	96	0.944	6.7	0.9	1.8	3.6	2.00	96
1989	34	1	2	.333	3.94	18	9	1	29.2	22	15	13	3	6	1	12	2	117	96	0.944	6.7	0.9	1.8	3.6	2.00	96
1990	35	2	2	.500	3.83	27	15	1	42.1	33	20	18	5	10	3	17	3	167	99	1.016	7.0	1.1	2.1	3.6	1.70	99

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
1982	27	0	0		2.57	7.0	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.4		0.0	4

1984	29	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.0		0.0	2
1985	30	0	1	.000	6.00	12.0	13	9	8	2	2	3	0	1.250	9.8	1.5	2.3	1.50	1.5	8

1987	32	0	0		9.00	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
1988	33	0	0		5.63	8.0	5	6	5	0	4	4	0	1.125	5.6	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	3

1990	35	0	1	.000	3.75	12.0	11	6	5	2	4	5	0	1.250	8.3	3.0	3.8	1.25	1.5	9
6 Yrs		0	2	.000	4.40	43.0	29	24	21	4	10	18	0	0.907	6.1		3.8	1.80	0.8	27

* 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.

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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.
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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.

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