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Chet
Ross		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 1, 1917 in Usa, NY, BUFFALO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 NYG NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1940 23 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1941 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1942 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1943 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1944 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1945 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1946 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1947 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1948 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1949 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1950 33 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1951 34 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1952 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1953 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1954 37 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
1955 38 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6
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
1939 22 AAA   136 514 58 112 24 1 13 52 6 2 45 102 .218 .281 .344 .625 51.2  
1940 23 AAA   137 532 82 147 34 4 19 89 3 4 55 103 .276 .344 .462 .807 82.0  
1941 24 AAA   137 534 91 143 32 2 31 115 2 3 57 80 .268 .338 .509 .848 90.0  
1942 25 AAA   137 563 81 161 33 4 29 106 4 3 52 85 .286 .346 .513 .860 96.0  
1943 26 NYG NL 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8 0.1
    AAA   132 490 77 161 23 3 27 95 4 7 68 73 .329 .410 .553 .963 102.6  
1944 27 NYG NL 35 85 9 15 5 1 2 6 0 0 7 19 .176 .247 .329 .577 6.2 0.0
1945 28 NYG NL 19 54 9 12 4 0 3 4 0 0 5 5 .222 .288 .463 .751 7.0 0.8
    AAA   54 204 34 58 16 0 15 41 2 2 17 33 .284 .339 .583 .923 38.1  
1946 29 NYG NL 18 56 6 8 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 8 .143 .186 .268 .454 2.1 0.0
1947 30 NYG NL 11 23 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .391 .440 .522 .962 4.6 1.1
1948 31 NYG NL 34 52 5 19 3 1 1 5 0 0 5 12 .365 .421 .519 .940 9.9 2.8
1949 32 NYG NL 25 43 7 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 2 5 .233 .250 .372 .622 4.7 0.1
1950 33 NYG NL 41 57 7 18 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 6 .316 .328 .439 .766 6.5 0.8
1951 34 NYG NL 76 221 23 43 10 0 8 22 0 0 14 38 .195 .246 .348 .594 18.1 0.0
1952 35 NYG NL 127 407 47 102 33 1 12 43 0 0 26 93 .251 .294 .425 .719 47.0 5.2
1953 36 NYG NL 154 572 67 168 41 1 18 90 0 0 26 128 .294 .323 .463 .787 80.4 11.7
1954 37 NYG NL 41 76 8 19 1 0 1 3 0 0 7 21 .250 .321 .303 .624 8.1 0.7
1955 38 AAA   128 457 41 103 21 2 6 41 1 4 26 119 .225 .267 .319 .587 36.6  
12 Years Sim 586 1654 192 425 111 4 48 196 0 0 99 339 .257 .299 .416 .715 195.4 23.3
7 Years AAA 861 3294 464 885 183 16 140 539 22 25 320 595 .269 .332 .461 .794 496.5  
162 Game Average 457 53 117 30 1 13 54 0 0 27 93 .257 .299 .416 .715 54.0  
Career Highs 154 572 67 168 41 1 18 90 0 0 26 128 .391 .440 .522 .962 80.4  
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   893 102 233 58 3 28 111 0 0 50 166 .261 .299 .427 .725 110.8
vs LH   761 90 192 53 1 20 85 0 0 49 173 .252 .300 .403 .703 89.0
Home 284 824 103 207 58 1 26 97 0 0 44 176 .251 .290 .419 .709 97.0
Away 302 830 89 218 53 3 22 99 0 0 55 163 .263 .308 .413 .721 102.9
RISP   373 0 93 29 1 12 135 0 0 30 82 .249 .299 .429 .728 48.0
Pinch Hitting   109 15 32 6 0 3 20 0 0 11 22 .294 .355 .431 .787 16.5
Close/Late   153 18 45 7 0 6 21 0 0 8 35 .294 .331 .458 .789 22.0
Mar/Apr 95 257 28 71 14 0 9 30 0 0 21 56 .276 .331 .436 .767 36.3
May 88 252 27 61 20 1 6 26 0 0 11 59 .242 .275 .401 .676 26.5
June 89 260 29 63 21 1 6 37 0 0 8 51 .242 .263 .400 .663 26.1
July 79 205 27 65 19 0 5 33 0 0 13 39 .317 .361 .483 .844 32.4
August 115 355 43 83 17 0 10 38 0 0 25 70 .234 .285 .366 .651 37.0
Sep/Oct 118 325 38 82 20 2 12 32 0 0 21 64 .252 .297 .437 .734 41.6
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
1943 26 NYG NL CF 3 1 13.3 6 0 1 0 .857 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 27 NYG NL RF 14 13 105.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 11 11 82.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.62 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 1 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 6 0 10.3 6 6 1 3 .923 10.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1945 28 NYG NL LF 6 6 50.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 7 6 49.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 4 32.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 29 NYG NL RF 6 6 49.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 5 5 40.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 5 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 30 NYG NL RF 4 4 35.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1948 31 NYG NL CF 8 6 50.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 4 0 13.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 5.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1949 32 NYG NL LF 6 5 44.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 6 4 33.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 2 17.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.76 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 33 NYG NL LF 13 6 63.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 2 1 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 34 NYG NL LF 49 48 381.7 72 3 1 1 .987 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 6 1 16.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 35 NYG NL RF 47 44 371.7 65 2 2 1 .971 1.62 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    2B 45 45 363.7 80 169 7 30 .973 6.16 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 27 26 215.0 46 4 3 1 .943 2.09 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0  
1953 36 NYG NL 2B 148 144 1259.3 303 533 20 134 .977 5.97 0 0 .000 0 4.8
    RF 2 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1954 37 NYG NL CF 14 14 108.0 39 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 7 0 16.0 3 7 0 4 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 221 189 1676.7 397 729 28 173 .976 6.04 0 0 .000 0 7.1
  LF 115 101 841.3 171 8 4 2 .978 1.91 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  RF 96 81 701.3 129 2 2 1 .985 1.68 0 0 .000 0 3.5
  CF 59 48 398.3 138 2 1 0 .993 3.16 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   492 419 3618.6 835 741 35 176 .978 3.92 0 0 .000 0 13.6
Career Highs   151 144 1272.3 304 533 20 134 1.000 5.92 0 0 .000 0  
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
1948 31 NYG NL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1949 32 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
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.
At-Bats
1953-9-572
 Hits
1953-10-168
 Doubles
1952-7-33
1953-3-41
 Strikeouts
1952-9-93
1953-3-128
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Dick Davis (967)
  2. Champ Summers (964)
  3. Rip Repulski (963)
  4. Dom Dimaggio (962)
  5. Terry Moore (960)
  6. Nick Cullop (960)
  7. Chet Laabs (957)
  8. Shane Mack (953)
  9. Bud Stewart (951)
  10. Glenn Braggs (951)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1939
Had first career hit on 9/4/1943, off Howie Pollet (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1944, off Ralph Buxton (TAM)
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1949: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/6/1951 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 6/1/1952 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 4/18/1954 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/21/1955 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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