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Don
Ross		  
Nickname: Dandy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 16, 1914 in Usa, CA, PASADENA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1945   
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
1938 23 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 6 5 6 9 9 9
1939 24 BSN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1940 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1941 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1942 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1943 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1944 29 TAM AL $ 1,378,571   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1945 30 NYA AL $ 1,378,571   7 7 8 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 10 10 10
1946 31 NYA AL $ 3,900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 10 10 10
1947 32 NYA AL $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1948 33 NYA AL $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1949 34 NYA AL $ 4,180,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 4 9 9 9
1950 35 OAK AL $ 745,938   6 6 6 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
1951 36 OAK AL $ 745,938   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,180,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 10 10 10
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
1938 23 DET AL 12 32 2 8 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 .250 .333 .406 .740 4.4 0.6
    AAA   54 207 22 50 7 0 3 21 1 1 34 9 .242 .349 .319 .667 25.7  
    AA   81 301 35 76 14 2 3 24 0 2 55 17 .252 .368 .342 .710 41.4  
1939 24 AAA   129 485 64 141 19 3 9 63 2 1 44 18 .291 .350 .398 .748 66.7  
1940 25 TAM AL 26 70 9 24 2 0 2 7 0 0 8 2 .343 .410 .457 .867 11.4 2.3
    AAA   81 350 38 107 18 1 5 43 1 1 23 13 .306 .349 .406 .754 47.1  
1941 26 BSN NL 79 282 34 80 11 2 3 31 0 1 21 14 .284 .333 .369 .702 31.3 4.6
  TAM AL 60 130 12 40 4 0 1 17 0 0 9 7 .308 .355 .362 .716 15.5 2.3
  TOT   139 412 46 120 15 2 4 48 0 1 30 21 .291 .340 .367 .707 46.9 6.9
1942 27 TAM AL 132 439 65 127 23 4 6 61 0 0 41 19 .289 .348 .401 .749 58.0 10.9
1943 28 TAM AL 141 507 48 137 17 2 6 66 0 0 46 14 .270 .329 .347 .676 52.3 4.6
1944 29 TAM AL 91 216 29 56 9 1 3 34 0 0 18 8 .259 .314 .352 .665 22.2 1.9
1945 30 NYA AL 145 459 76 155 35 6 11 83 0 0 45 9 .338 .395 .512 .907 82.4 17.6
1946 31 NYA AL 147 511 69 173 24 1 15 81 0 0 41 14 .339 .386 .477 .864 85.8 16.3
1947 32 NYA AL 138 429 50 117 15 4 6 49 0 0 21 16 .273 .309 .368 .677 46.3 4.5
1948 33 NYA AL 158 562 63 155 20 4 9 77 0 0 44 34 .276 .329 .374 .703 63.6 4.0
1949 34 NYA AL 141 501 50 141 13 2 11 66 0 0 35 45 .281 .329 .381 .710 60.2 7.0
1950 35 OAK AL 107 276 27 95 8 0 5 53 0 1 21 9 .344 .391 .428 .818 40.7 6.6
1951 36 OAK AL 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8 0.1
    AAA   111 424 39 94 14 0 2 39 1 0 41 87 .222 .290 .269 .559 34.4  
13 Years Sim 1382 4422 534 1310 184 27 78 630 0 2 355 193 .296 .348 .403 .751 575.0 83.3
4 Years AAA 375 1466 163 392 58 4 19 166 5 3 142 127 .267 .332 .351 .683 173.9  
1 Years AA 81 301 35 76 14 2 3 24 0 2 55 17 .252 .368 .342 .710 41.4  
5 Years Minors 456 1767 198 468 72 6 22 190 5 5 197 144 .265 .338 .350 .688 215.3  
162 Game Average 518 62 153 21 3 9 73 0 0 41 22 .296 .348 .403 .751 67.4  
Career Highs 158 562 76 173 35 6 15 83 0 1 46 45 .344 .410 .512 .907 85.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2704 326 780 109 16 48 385 0 0 202 112 .288 .337 .394 .731 351.7
vs LH   1718 208 530 75 11 30 245 0 2 153 81 .308 .364 .417 .782 253.0
Home 686 2158 270 660 98 18 42 320 0 2 179 102 .306 .359 .426 .785 317.2
Away 696 2264 264 650 86 9 36 310 0 0 176 91 .287 .338 .381 .718 287.5
RISP   1151 0 357 55 7 24 524 0 0 122 51 .310 .369 .433 .802 182.2
Pinch Hitting   202 22 63 8 2 1 35 0 0 21 7 .312 .373 .386 .759 29.1
Close/Late   539 35 173 18 3 12 86 0 0 38 22 .321 .363 .432 .795 81.1
Mar/Apr 222 721 94 225 37 3 15 123 0 0 57 29 .312 .364 .434 .798 108.1
May 237 758 100 216 35 7 16 123 0 0 54 34 .285 .333 .413 .746 100.8
June 234 751 90 215 32 8 10 96 0 1 66 46 .286 .345 .390 .735 98.9
July 221 691 81 207 29 3 10 90 0 0 56 27 .300 .351 .394 .744 93.5
August 237 762 81 228 32 3 11 85 0 1 71 39 .299 .356 .392 .748 105.6
Sep/Oct 231 739 88 219 19 3 16 113 0 0 51 18 .296 .340 .395 .735 97.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1938 23 DET AL RF 8 8 65.7 21 2 0 2 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1940 25 TAM AL RF 20 19 159.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 26 BSN NL RF 33 32 347.9 71 4 1 1 .987 1.94 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 19 15 161.5 27 2 0 1 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 10 7 84.1 33 1 0 0 1.000 3.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 2 23.9 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 3 0 3.4 3 0 0 1 1.000 7.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL RF 25 25 160.9 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 15 12 74.7 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 7 6 38.9 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.47 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 1 11.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 1.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 58 57 508.8 104 6 1 1 .991 1.95   2.3
      LF 34 27 236.2 40 3 0 1 1.000 1.64   0.0
      CF 17 13 123.0 48 1 0 0 1.000 3.59   0.0
      3B 8 3 34.9 4 10 0 3 1.000 3.61   0.2
      1B 5 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1942 27 TAM AL RF 75 74 660.3 189 5 0 2 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    1B 26 26 204.0 240 16 4 20 .985 11.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 7 4 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 2 25.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 10 0 19.3 1 6 1 1 .875 3.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1943 28 TAM AL CF 80 78 710.3 237 8 1 2 .996 3.10 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    RF 57 56 497.7 138 8 1 0 .993 2.64 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
1944 29 TAM AL C 24 24 218.7 87 13 1 0 .990 4.12 5 2 .400 25 0.2
    LF 13 10 103.0 14 2 1 0 .941 1.40 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 12 9 91.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 6 1 20.0 29 1 1 1 .968 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 30 NYA AL RF 67 65 569.3 135 6 0 2 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 20 12 114.0 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 18 11 113.0 43 0 0 0 1.000 3.42 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 13 8 99.3 26 54 1 15 .988 7.25 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 11 10 84.0 6 15 2 1 .913 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 3 2 18.0 21 2 0 3 1.000 11.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 31 NYA AL 2B 83 80 691.7 158 291 5 56 .989 5.84 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    RF 19 19 164.0 44 3 0 0 1.000 2.58 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 12 11 90.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 3.90 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 12 9 82.7 8 11 3 2 .864 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 6 49.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 3 27.0 35 2 2 5 .949 12.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 32 NYA AL 1B 48 45 397.7 485 34 4 48 .992 11.75 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 33 23 213.7 60 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 22 15 148.0 7 48 0 3 1.000 3.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 18 13 123.0 27 39 0 9 1.000 4.83 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 5 40.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 8.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
1948 33 NYA AL 3B 80 79 680.3 60 150 14 14 .938 2.78 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 53 52 412.7 520 58 6 49 .990 12.61 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 9 9 77.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.69 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 10 6 64.0 19 26 2 3 .957 6.33 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 0 9.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.66 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1949 34 NYA AL RF 70 70 588.7 144 6 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 65 60 510.0 30 145 10 21 .946 3.09 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    2B 4 0 6.3 3 3 0 3 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 35 OAK AL RF 59 58 477.0 109 2 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 6 3 28.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 3.21 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 17 0 25.3 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 9 0 20.7 10 5 0 1 1.000 6.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 5 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1951 36 OAK AL 2B 2 1 13.0 3 10 0 4 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 448 435 3786.8 948 38 2 7 .998 2.34 0 0 .000 0 12.4
  3B 229 176 1587.6 118 388 30 46 .944 2.87 0 0 .000 0 4.2
  CF 190 148 1392.7 464 13 1 3 .998 3.08 0 0 .000 0 3.9
  1B 148 129 1092.3 1343 114 17 128 .988 12.00 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  2B 141 108 1020.0 247 429 8 91 .988 5.96 0 0 .000 0 4.1
  LF 97 67 624.2 126 8 1 1 .993 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  C 24 24 218.7 87 13 1 0 .990 4.12 5 2 .400 25 0.2
Career Totals   1277 1087 9722.1 3333 1003 60 276 .986 4.01 5 2 .400 25 27.6
Career Highs   159 146 1245.7 628 308 22 66 1.000 8.36 5 2 .400 25  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1942 27 TAM AL 7 24 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .208 .259 .208 .468
1944 29 TAM AL 9 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
1945 30 NYA AL 6 20 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .450 .500 .450 .950
Career Post-Season Batting 22 55 9 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 2 .309 .350 .309 .659
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1945-2-.338
1946-3-.339
 On-Base Pct
1945-10-.395
 Slugging Pct
1945-6-.512
 OPS
1945-6-.907
1946-10-.864
 Games
1948-1-158
 Hits
1946-10-173
Singles
1946-4-133
1948-10-122
 Triples
1945-9-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 35th overall pick, by Detroit in 1938
Had first career hit on 9/1/1938, off Carl Hubbell (NYA)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 5/1/1939 (Going to DET: LF Dusty Cooke, P Roy Mahaffey, P Johnny Murphy. Going to BSN: RF Gene Moore, RF Don Ross)
Injured on 6/15/1939 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1940 (Going to BSN: P Dizzy Dean. Going to TAM: LF Babe Barna, 3B Dee Moore, CF Don Ross, 2B Frankie Gustine, 3B Rusty Peters)
Injured on 5/26/1940 with a Swollen Ear, out for 6 days
Injured on 6/17/1940 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 8/30/1940, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 4/2/1941 (Going to BSN: LF Ralph Hodgin, LF Don Ross, 1B Jake Jones. Going to TAM: P Randy Gumpert)
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1941 (Going to BSN: RF Frank Demaree. Going to TAM: LF Don Ross)
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,378,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 2/1/1945 (Going to TAM: SS Arky Vaughan, CF Dom Dimaggio, P Whitey Wilshere. Going to NYA: P Paul Dean, CF Don Ross)
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,900,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1946, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
9/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $4,180,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle on 9/9/1948
Injured on 4/4/1949 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/3/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $745,938 per year
Injured on 5/20/1951 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
 
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