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Bob
Ross		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: November 2, 1928 in Usa, CA, FULLERTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 21 MON NL   6 8 8 8 2 1 2 4 3 3
1951 22 MON NL   6 8 8 8 2 2 2 4 3 3
1952 23 MON NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 2 3 3 3
1953 24 MON NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 3 2 2 3 3 3
1954 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 2 3 3 3
1955 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
1956 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 3 2 3 3 3 3
1957 28 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 3 3 3 3
1958 29 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 2 3 3 3
1959 30 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 8 7 7 2 1 2 3 3 3
1960 31 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 8 7 8 2 1 2 3 3 3
1962 33 BSN NL $ 510,000 6 8 8 8 2 1 2 4 3 3
1963 34 BSN NL $ 510,000 6 7 6 6 2 1 2 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 7 6 6 2 1 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 510,000 6 8 8 8 3 2 3 4 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1950 21 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 22 MON NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 23 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 24 MON NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 29 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 30 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 33 BSN NL $ 510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 34 BSN NL $ 510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 510,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1950 21 AA   1 3 .250 72 0 0 0 4 56.7 45 24 4 39 65 3.81 .228 .356 .315 .671  
1951 22 AA   5 4 .556 57 5 0 0 6 77.7 63 47 12 55 104 5.45 .219 .344 .375 .719  
1952 23 MON NL 1 0 1.000 3 1 0 0 0 6.7 6 2 0 7 5 2.70 .250 .419 .250 .669 0.9
    AA   3 3 .500 75 0 0 0 5 61.0 27 14 7 37 83 2.07 .134 .268 .243 .510  
1953 24 MON NL 3 1 .750 18 1 0 0 2 33.7 25 9 4 22 20 2.41 .216 .345 .353 .699 4.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 1 10.0 11 7 3 4 13 6.30 .275 .341 .600 .941  
1954 25 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
    AAA   5 0 1.000 31 0 0 0 1 57.7 54 25 13 31 69 3.90 .250 .344 .481 .826  
1955 26 OAK AL 3 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 28.3 17 5 3 3 27 1.59 .168 .192 .267 .460 5.1
1956 27 OAK AL 0 5 .000 15 0 0 0 3 17.0 21 12 4 17 15 6.35 .292 .427 .514 .941 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 17.0 7 4 1 8 25 2.12 .127 .238 .182 .420  
1957 28 OAK AL 2 4 .333 31 0 0 0 0 36.0 29 16 4 29 29 4.00 .225 .363 .395 .758 2.2
1958 29 OAK AL 2 1 .667 16 0 0 0 1 12.3 9 3 3 6 11 2.19 .200 .302 .400 .702 2.0
1959 30 OAK AL 1 3 .250 20 0 0 0 1 22.3 21 10 4 15 24 4.03 .250 .364 .417 .780 0.7
1960 31 OAK AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 8.3 6 1 1 1 7 1.08 .200 .226 .300 .526 1.0
1962 33 BSN NL 3 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 1 27.0 17 9 4 10 18 3.00 .179 .259 .337 .596 2.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 8 5 2 7 5 9.00 .364 .517 .727 1.245  
1963 34 AAA   4 1 .800 22 2 0 0 0 44.7 45 29 11 35 57 5.84 .263 .388 .520 .909  
10 Years Sim 15 14 .517 151 2 0 0 9 192.6 151 67 27 110 156 3.13 .216 .323 .366 .689 19.0
5 Years AAA 9 1 .900 79 2 0 0 2 134.3 125 70 30 85 169 4.69 .248 .357 .482 .839  
3 Years AA 9 10 .474 204 5 0 0 15 195.3 135 85 23 131 252 3.92 .197 .325 .319 .644  
8 Years Minors 18 11 .621 283 7 0 0 17 329.6 260 155 53 216 421 4.23 .218 .338 .388 .726  
Season Average 1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 0 19.3 15 6 2 11 15 3.13 .216 .323 .366 .689  
Career Highs 3 5 1.000 31 1 0 0 3 36.0 29 16 4 29 29 6.35 .292 .427 .514 .941  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   100 38 17 74 105   .213 .320 .357 .677
vs LH   51 29 10 36 51   .223 .328 .384 .713
Home 9 6 .600 88 1 0 0 4 115.3 78 32 12 63 102 2.50 .191 .299 .311 .609
Away 6 8 .429 63 1 0 0 5 77.3 73 35 15 47 54 4.07 .252 .356 .445 .801
Mar/Apr 2 0 1.000 24 0 0 0 2 24.6 24 10 4 12 26 3.65 .261 .346 .446 .792
May 5 1 .833 32 0 0 0 2 38.3 34 14 8 19 24 3.29 .238 .327 .427 .754
June 4 5 .444 33 1 0 0 2 49.7 42 18 7 23 34 3.26 .228 .314 .397 .711
July 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 16.3 10 4 1 9 15 2.20 .179 .292 .286 .578
August 3 1 .750 18 0 0 0 0 23.7 11 5 3 15 24 1.90 .139 .277 .266 .542
Sep/Oct 1 6 .143 30 1 0 0 3 40.0 30 16 4 32 33 3.60 .207 .350 .303 .654
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 22 AA   5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1952 23 MON NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1953 24 MON NL 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.4 0.0
1955 26 OAK AL 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1956 27 AAA   5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1957 28 OAK AL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1959 30 OAK AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1960 31 OAK AL 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1962 33 BSN NL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
7 Years Sim 119 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .125 .176 .125 .301 -0.1 0.3
1 Years AAA 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
1 Years AA 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
2 Years Minors 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
162 Game Average 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 .176 .125 .301 -0.2  
Career Highs 31 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 0.2
vs LH   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 70 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0
Away 17 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 24 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 0.9
July 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 23 MON NL P 3 1 6.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1953 24 MON NL P 18 1 33.7 0 4 1 1 .800 1.07    
1954 25 OAK AL P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 26 OAK AL P 20 0 28.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.95    
1956 27 OAK AL P 15 0 17.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1957 28 OAK AL P 31 0 36.0 7 4 0 0 1.000 2.75    
1958 29 OAK AL P 16 0 12.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73    
1959 30 OAK AL P 20 0 22.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.40    
1960 31 OAK AL P 7 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1962 33 BSN NL P 20 0 27.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00    
Career Totals   151 2 192.6 12 20 1 1 .970 1.50    
Career Highs   31 1 36.0 7 4 1 1 1.000 4.05    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1953 24 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0.00 .286 .444 .286 .730
1955 26 OAK AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .333 .500 .333 .833
1959 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 3 1 9.00 .400 .625 .400 1.025
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 1 0 6 4 2.46 .333 .524 .333 .857
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Montreal in 1950
Earned first career win on 9/28/1952
Had first career hit on 6/26/1953, off Hal Newhouser (BOS)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 2/1/1954 (Going to OAK: LF Eddie Lukon, P Bob Ross. Going to MON: 3B Loren Babe)
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $510,000 per year
7/31/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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