Mark Ross
Mark Joseph Ross
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 8, 1957 in Galveston, TX
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1982
Final Game: August 15, 1990
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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
1982 24 HOU NL 0 0 1.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 221 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.0
1984 26 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 27 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 71 1.077 8.3 1.4 1.4 2.1 1.50
1987 29 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 45 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1988 30 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 80 1.227 6.1 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00
1990 32 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 50 102 1.184 7.8 1.4 2.8 3.6 1.25
6 Seasons 2 2 .500 3.83 27 0 15 0 0 1 42.1 33 20 18 5 10 3 17 0 0 3 167 93 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 93 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 81 101 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 92 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 80 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 97 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 80 1.227 6.1 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00

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
1982 24 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
1984 26 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
1985 27 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
1987 29 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
1988 30 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
1990 32 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
6 Seasons 27 167 155 20 33 9 0 5 4 1 10 17 .213 .259 .368 .627 .209 57 1 0 1 1 3
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
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
1982 24 HOU NL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.376 0 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 4.5
1984 26 HOU NL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0.458 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.5
1985 27 HOU NL 8 8 4 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 4 2 50% 6 0.896 4 0 4 3 2 3 3 5 5 2 5 1 4.9
1987 29 PIT NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.163 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1988 30 TOR AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 1 0.162 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 7.3 44
1990 32 PIT NL 9 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 7 0.647 1 1 7 0 1 8 5 4 4 1 4 2 4.2 17
6 Seasons 27 27 15 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 18 7 39% 0.577 5 3 17 4 3 20 11 16 13 4 13 4 4.7 26

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%
1982 24 HOU NL 21 24% 0.0% 19.1% 0.0% 4.8% 33% 6.00 81% 0 0
1984 26 HOU NL 8 13% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 88% 0 0
1985 27 HOU NL 52 37% 3.9% 5.8% 3.9% 7.7% 33% 1.40 87% 8 1 13%
1987 29 PIT NL 4 100% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 75% 0 0
1988 30 TOR AL 32 44% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 12.5% 80% 0.64 0.80 75% 8% 0.0% 64% 5 0 0%
1990 32 PIT NL 50 54% 4.0% 10.0% 8.0% 8.0% 36% 1.00 1.38 76% 24% 13.3% 25% 9 0 0%
6 Seasons 167 42% 3.0% 10.2% 6.0% 8.4% 42% 0.85 1.51 80% 18% 10.0% 41% 22 1 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 30 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 32 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 Seasons 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

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
1982 24 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 26 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 27 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 29 PIT NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 30 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 32 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 Seasons 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

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+
1982 24 0 0 1.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 221 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.0 221
1983 25 0 0 1.50 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 221 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.0 221
1984 26 1 0 1.000 1.08 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 29 307 0.480 4.3 0.0 0.0 5.4 307
1985 27 1 2 .333 3.38 14 0 6 0 0 1 21.1 16 8 8 2 2 0 8 0 0 2 81 101 0.844 6.8 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.00 101
1986 28 1 2 .333 3.38 14 0 6 0 0 1 21.1 16 8 8 2 2 0 8 0 0 2 81 101 0.844 6.8 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.00 101
1987 29 1 2 .333 3.63 15 0 7 0 0 1 22.1 17 9 9 3 2 0 8 0 0 2 85 95 0.851 6.9 1.2 0.8 3.2 4.00 95
1988 30 1 2 .333 3.94 18 0 9 0 0 1 29.2 22 15 13 3 6 1 12 0 0 2 117 90 0.944 6.7 0.9 1.8 3.6 2.00 90
1989 31 1 2 .333 3.94 18 0 9 0 0 1 29.2 22 15 13 3 6 1 12 0 0 2 117 90 0.944 6.7 0.9 1.8 3.6 2.00 90
1990 32 2 2 .500 3.83 27 0 15 0 0 1 42.1 33 20 18 5 10 3 17 0 0 3 167 93 1.016 7.0 1.1 2.1 3.6 1.70 93

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 24 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 26 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 27 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 29 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 30 0 0 6.43 7.0 6 6 5 0 5 4 0 1.571 7.7 6.4 5.1 0.80 0.0 3
1990 32 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 12 7 6 2 4 4 0 1.455 9.8 3.3 3.3 1.00 1.6 9
6 Seasons 0 2 .000 4.83 41.0 31 25 22 4 11 17 0 1.024 6.8 3.7 1.55 0.9 27

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