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Don Ross
Donald Raymond Ross

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 19, 1938
Final Game September 22, 1946
Born July 16, 1914 in Pasadena, CA
Died April 4, 1996 in Arcadia, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 23 DET AL  77  265   22   69   7  1   1   30   1  0  29  11  .260  .333  .306   57   81   3           0    
 1940 25 BRO NL  10   38    4   11   2  0   1    8   1      3   3  .289  .341  .421  104   16   0           0   0
 1942 27 DET AL  87  226   29   62  10  2   3   30   2  1  36  16  .274  .379  .376  106   85   1           2   7
 1943 28 DET AL  89  247   19   66  13  0   0   18   2  0  20   3  .267  .325  .320   83   79   2           1   6
 1944 29 DET AL  66  167   14   35   5  0   2   15   2  1  14   9  .210  .275  .275   54   46   3           1   5
 1945 30 TOT AL 114  392   29  106  19  1   2   47   2  4  47  16  .270  .350  .339  103  133  11           1  11
         DET AL   8   29    3   11   4  0   0    4   2  0   5   1  .379  .471  .517  180   15   0           0   1
         CLE AL 106  363   26   95  15  1   2   43   0  4  42  15  .262  .340  .325   97  118  11           1  10
 1946 31 CLE AL  55  153   12   41   7  0   3   14   0  0  17  12  .268  .341  .373  104   57   2           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      498 1488  129  390  63  4  12  162  10  6 166  70  .262  .338  .334   86  497  22   0   0   5  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        484   42  127  20  1   4   53   3  2  54  23  .262  .338  .334   86  162   7   0   0   2  10
 Career High    114  392   29  106  19  2   3   47   2  4  47  16  .274  .379  .376  106  133  11   0   0   2  11
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 23 DET AL  297  199   27   3.6   124| .260  .299| .333  .379| .306  .445| .639  .824|  57  .329 -18.5  -1.7 100%
 1940 25 BRO NL   41   27    5   5.0   103| .289  .279| .341  .344| .421  .401| .762  .745| 104  .560   0.2   0.0     
 1942 27 DET AL  265  173   32   5.0   101| .274  .275| .379  .350| .376  .385| .755  .735| 106  .584   3.2   0.3  66%
 1943 28 DET AL  270  189   26   3.8    93| .267  .265| .325  .341| .320  .366| .645  .706|  83  .494  -5.2  -0.6 100%
 1944 29 DET AL  185  141   12   2.3    96| .210  .275| .275  .343| .275  .375| .550  .718|  54  .263 -10.5  -1.1  66%
 1945 30 TOT AL  451  312   47   4.0    86| .270  .258| .350  .329| .339  .350| .689  .680| 103  .520   3.3   0.4  33%
         DET AL   34   19    8  11.3    93| .379  .268| .471  .342| .517  .365| .988  .706| 180  .877   3.5   0.4 100%
         CLE AL  417  293   39   3.6    85| .262  .257| .340  .328| .325  .349| .665  .678|  97  .463  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1946 31 CLE AL  172  117   19   4.3    91| .268  .256| .341  .330| .373  .369| .714  .699| 104  .519   1.2   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1681 1158  168   3.9    98| .262  .271| .338  .345| .334  .381| .672  .726|  86  .464 -26.4  -2.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1938 23 DET AL 3B 75 90 157 14 15 .946 .941 3.29 3.07 1940 25 BRO NL 3B 10 10 19 4 0 .879 .948 2.90 2.82 1942 27 DET AL OF 38 77 4 3 2 .964 .976 2.13 2.31 5 0 33 3B 20 17 26 4 2 .915 .939 2.15 3.03 1943 28 DET AL OF 38 62 3 1 0 .985 .977 1.71 2.39 6 0 32 SS 18 29 41 4 7 .946 .952 3.89 4.93 2B 7 14 19 4 3 .892 .968 4.71 5.44 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.10 1944 29 DET AL OF 37 67 2 3 1 .958 .975 1.86 2.35 0 0 37 SS 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 5.05 1B 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 .989 18.00 9.80 1945 30 TOT AL 3B 114 125 193 14 14 .958 .948 2.79 2.97 DET AL 3B 8 6 18 1 0 .960 .949 3.00 2.98 CLE AL 3B 106 119 175 13 14 .958 .948 2.77 2.97 1946 31 CLE AL 3B 41 35 50 5 5 .944 .948 2.07 2.89 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 0 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 29 DET AL 1B 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 .989 18.00 9.80 1943 28 DET AL 2B 7 14 19 4 3 .892 .968 4.71 5.44 1938 23 DET AL 3B 75 90 157 14 15 .946 .941 3.29 3.07 1940 25 BRO NL 3B 10 10 19 4 0 .879 .948 2.90 2.82 1942 27 DET AL 3B 20 17 26 4 2 .915 .939 2.15 3.03 1943 28 DET AL 3B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 3.10 1945 30 TOT AL 3B 114 125 193 14 14 .958 .948 2.79 2.97 DET AL 3B 8 6 18 1 0 .960 .949 3.00 2.98 CLE AL 3B 106 119 175 13 14 .958 .948 2.77 2.97 1946 31 CLE AL 3B 41 35 50 5 5 .944 .948 2.07 2.89 1942 27 DET AL OF 38 77 4 3 2 .964 .976 2.13 2.31 5 0 33 1943 28 DET AL OF 38 62 3 1 0 .985 .977 1.71 2.39 6 0 32 1944 29 DET AL OF 37 67 2 3 1 .958 .975 1.86 2.35 0 0 37 1946 31 CLE AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.25 0 0 2 1943 28 DET AL SS 18 29 41 4 7 .946 .952 3.89 4.93 1944 29 DET AL SS 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 5.05
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 261 278 447 41 36 .946 .945 2.78 2.99 OF 115 207 9 7 3 .969 .976 1.88 2.35 11 0 104 SS 20 30 45 4 7 .949 .952 3.75 4.94 2B 7 14 19 4 3 .892 .968 4.71 5.44 1B 1 17 1 0 0 1.000 .989 18.00 9.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 404 546 521 56 49 .950 .953 2.64 2.96
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Transactions 

September 14, 1938: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Detroit Tigers.

September 30, 1941: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1941 rule 5 draft.

April 29, 1945: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Dutch Meyer to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Cullenbine.


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