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Buck Ross
Lee Ravon Ross

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 7, 1936
Final Game September 10, 1945
Born February 3, 1915 in Norwood, NC
Died November 23, 1978 in Charlotte, NC

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1936 21 PHA AL   9  14  30  27  12   1   1  0  200.7  253  146  130  17   83   47   0  10   927       0  5.83  5.09   87 1.674
 1937 22 PHA AL   5  10  28  22   7   1   2  0  147.3  183  102   80  12   63   37   2   8   673       0  4.89  4.72   96 1.670
 1938 23 PHA AL   9  16  29  28  10   0   1  0  184.3  218  132  109  23   80   54   0   1   849       1  5.32  4.84   91 1.617
 1939 24 PHA AL   6  14  29  28   6   1   0  0  174.0  216  143  116  17   95   43   0   5   833       0  6.00  4.71   79 1.787
 1940 25 PHA AL   5  10  24  19  10   0   3  1  156.3  160   91   76  15   60   43   0   4   690       0  4.38  4.42  101 1.407
 1941 26 TOT AL   3   9  21  12   7   0   7  0  112.3  109   60   46   8   45   30   1   0   490       0  3.69  4.11  111 1.371
         PHA AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0   10    9    8   2    2    0   0   0    25       0 18.00  4.19   23 3.000
         CHW AL   3   8  20  11   7   0   7  0  108.3   99   51   38   6   43   30   1   0   465       0  3.16  4.11  130 1.311
 1942 27 CHW AL   5   7  22  14   4   2   5  1  113.3  118   63   63   6   39   37   0   5   489       0  5.00  3.62   72 1.385
 1943 28 CHW AL  11   7  21  21   7   1   0  0  149.3  140   61   53   6   56   41   2   1   627       1  3.19  3.33  104 1.313
 1944 29 CHW AL   2   7  20   9   2   0   7  0   90.3   97   56   52   7   35   20   2   3   390       0  5.18  3.43   66 1.461
 1945 30 CHW AL   1   1  13   2   0   0   7  0   37.3   51   28   24   3   17    8   0   0   173       0  5.79  3.33   58 1.821
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .371  56  95 237 182  65   6  33  2 1365.3 1545  882  749 114  573  360   7  37  6141       2  4.94  4.34   88 1.551
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  15  38  29  10   0   5  0  221.3  250  143  121  18   92   58   1   6   996   0   0  4.94  4.34   88 1.551
 Career High     11  16  30  28  12   2   7  1  200.7  253  146  130  23   95   54   2  10   927   0   1  3.19  5.09  111 1.313

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 21 PHA AL  30   71    4   12   4  0   0    4   0  0   2  30  .169  .203  .225    6   16   4           1    
 1937 22 PHA AL  28   49    6    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   5  24  .102  .185  .102  -25    5   0           0    
 1938 23 PHA AL  29   63    4   12   0  0   1    5   0  0   2  17  .190  .227  .238   18   15   5           1    
 1939 24 PHA AL  29   58    2   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   1  19  .207  .220  .241   19   14   7           0   2
 1940 25 PHA AL  24   53    2    7   0  0   1    4   0  0   2  14  .132  .164  .189   -8   10   2           0   1
 1941 26 TOT AL  21   33    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   6  .212  .257  .242   33    8   4           0   0
         PHA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         CHW AL  20   32    2    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   5  .219  .265  .250   37    8   4           0   0
 1942 27 CHW AL  22   38    2    6   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  10  .158  .179  .237   17    9   2           0   3
 1943 28 CHW AL  21   46    1    4   1  0   1    4   0  0   5  15  .087  .176  .174    3    8   4           0   1
 1944 29 CHW AL  20   26    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .077  .077  .077  -56    2   2           0   0
 1945 30 CHW AL  13   11    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .182  .182  .182    7    2   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     237  448   24   69  11  0   3   27   0  0  20 141  .154  .194  .199    4   89  30   0   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        306   16   47   8  0   2   18   0  0  14  96  .154  .194  .199    4   61  21   0   0   1   5
 Career High     30   71    6   12   4  0   1    5   0  0   5  30                          16   7   0   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 21 PHA AL   78   63    3   1.3   120| .169  .296| .203  .371| .225  .435| .428  .806|   6  .063 -10.7  -1.0   0%
 1937 22 PHA AL   54   44    1   0.6   115| .102  .287| .185  .362| .102  .428| .287  .790| -25  .019  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 1938 23 PHA AL   71   56    3   1.4   116| .190  .286| .227  .365| .238  .427| .465  .791|  18  .082  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1939 24 PHA AL   66   55    3   1.4   112| .207  .284| .220  .359| .241  .420| .461  .778|  19  .092  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1940 25 PHA AL   57   49    2   1.1   109| .132  .277| .164  .349| .189  .420| .353  .769|  -8  .058  -8.8  -0.8   0%
 1941 26 TOT AL   39   30    2   1.8   106| .212  .274| .257  .351| .242  .404| .499  .755|  33  .143  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         PHA AL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .000  .349| .000  .402| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CHW AL   38   29    2   1.8   106| .219  .274| .265  .351| .250  .404| .515  .755|  37  .151  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1942 27 CHW AL   41   37    2   1.4    93| .158  .263| .179  .337| .237  .368| .416  .706|  17  .129  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1943 28 CHW AL   55   47    1   0.6    87| .087  .256| .176  .330| .174  .353| .350  .684|   3  .031  -5.9  -0.7   0%
 1944 29 CHW AL   28   26    0   0.0    91| .077  .267| .077  .333| .077  .364| .154  .698| -56  .000  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1945 30 CHW AL   11   10    0   0.0    86| .182  .258| .182  .330| .182  .351| .364  .680|   7  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      500  417   17   1.1   107| .154  .279| .194  .353| .199  .407| .393  .760|   4  .061 -64.5  -6.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1936 21 PHA AL   P   30      6   30    3    4  .923  .955  1.20  1.04  1.61  1.99   27  200.7
 1937 22 PHA AL   P   28      7   28    1    2  .972  .954  1.25  1.09  2.14  2.05   22  147.3
 1938 23 PHA AL   P   29      5   36    2    2  .953  .951  1.41  1.12  2.00  2.11   28  184.3
 1939 24 PHA AL   P   29      9   20    2    1  .935  .951  1.00  0.98  1.50  1.92   28  174.0
 1940 25 PHA AL   P   24     12   23    3    0  .921  .956  1.46  1.05  2.02  2.04   19  156.3
 1941 26 TOT AL   P   21      4   15    2    2  .905  .960  0.90  1.16  1.52  2.15   12  112.3
         PHA AL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.20  4.50  2.25    1    4.0
         CHW AL   P   20      3   14    2    2  .895  .960  0.85  1.16  1.41  2.14   11  108.3
 1942 27 CHW AL   P   22      4   12    0    0 1.000  .958  0.73  1.30  1.27  2.31   14  113.3
 1943 28 CHW AL   P   21      5   26    0    1 1.000  .963  1.48  1.27  1.87  2.27   21  149.3
 1944 29 CHW AL   P   20      1    8    0    0 1.000  .957  0.45  1.14  0.90  2.09    9   90.3
 1945 30 CHW AL   P   13      0    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.46  1.28  1.45  2.24    2   37.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1936 21 PHA AL   P   30      6   30    3    4  .923  .955  1.20  1.04  1.61  1.99   27  200.7
 1937 22 PHA AL   P   28      7   28    1    2  .972  .954  1.25  1.09  2.14  2.05   22  147.3
 1938 23 PHA AL   P   29      5   36    2    2  .953  .951  1.41  1.12  2.00  2.11   28  184.3
 1939 24 PHA AL   P   29      9   20    2    1  .935  .951  1.00  0.98  1.50  1.92   28  174.0
 1940 25 PHA AL   P   24     12   23    3    0  .921  .956  1.46  1.05  2.02  2.04   19  156.3
 1941 26 TOT AL   P   21      4   15    2    2  .905  .960  0.90  1.16  1.52  2.15   12  112.3
         PHA AL   P    1      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.20  4.50  2.25    1    4.0
         CHW AL   P   20      3   14    2    2  .895  .960  0.85  1.16  1.41  2.14   11  108.3
 1942 27 CHW AL   P   22      4   12    0    0 1.000  .958  0.73  1.30  1.27  2.31   14  113.3
 1943 28 CHW AL   P   21      5   26    0    1 1.000  .963  1.48  1.27  1.87  2.27   21  149.3
 1944 29 CHW AL   P   20      1    8    0    0 1.000  .957  0.45  1.14  0.90  2.09    9   90.3
 1945 30 CHW AL   P   13      0    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.46  1.28  1.45  2.24    2   37.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 237     53  204   13   12  .952  .955  1.08  1.13  1.69  2.09  182 1365.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       237     53  204   13   12  .952  .955  1.08  1.13  1.69  2.09  182   1365

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games Started
1938 AL-28-10
1939 AL-28-10

Home Runs Allow.
1938 AL-23-4
1939 AL-17-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1939 AL-95-9

Hits Allowed
1939 AL-216-10

Losses
1938 AL-16-2
1939 AL-14-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1936 AL-130-7
1938 AL-109-8
1939 AL-116-4

Wild Pitches
1936 AL-10-4
1937 AL-8-2
1939 AL-5-8
1942 AL-5-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2419) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
April 30, 1941: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics.
April 8, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Games Started 1938 AL-28-10 1939 AL-28-10	Home Runs Allow. 1938 AL-23-4 1939 AL-17-7	Bases On Balls Allow. 1939 AL-95-9	Hits Allowed 1939 AL-216-10	Losses 1938 AL-16-2 1939 AL-14-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1936 AL-130-7 1938 AL-109-8 1939 AL-116-4
Wild Pitches 1936 AL-10-4 1937 AL-8-2 1939 AL-5-8 1942 AL-5-6