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Buck
Ross		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 2, 1915 in Usa, NC, NORWOOD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 21 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 4 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1937 22 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 6 6
1938 23 DET AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 5 5
1939 24 DET AL $ 300,000 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 5 5
1940 25 SLC NL   8 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 5 5
1941 26 SLC NL   8 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1942 27 SLC NL   8 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1943 28 STL NL   8 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1944 29 STL NL   8 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
1945 30 STL NL   8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 3 4 3 7 8 8 6 6 6
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
1936 21 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1937 22 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1938 23 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 24 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 25 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 26 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 27 SLC NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 28 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 29 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 30 STL NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1936 21 DET AL 0 2 .000 23 0 0 0 5 19.0 33 18 1 3 2 8.53 .371 .391 .461 .852 0.0
1937 22 DET AL 1 2 .333 33 1 0 0 0 52.0 71 31 5 14 11 5.37 .327 .368 .475 .842 1.3
1938 23 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 6 1 1 1 0 5.42 .600 .636 1.000 1.636 0.0
    AAA   10 9 .526 26 26 4 1 0 192.3 188 71 15 51 97 3.32 .256 .304 .370 .674  
1939 24 DET AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 1 6.7 12 4 0 3 1 5.41 .414 .469 .517 .986 0.0
    AAA   9 9 .500 23 23 0 0 0 152.7 181 69 9 60 74 4.07 .296 .359 .389 .748  
1940 25 AA   11 11 .500 30 30 3 0 0 226.7 206 63 16 41 161 2.50 .241 .275 .334 .609  
1941 26 AA   9 15 .375 30 30 4 2 0 214.7 223 84 14 54 128 3.52 .268 .312 .365 .677  
1942 27 AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 5 1 0 1 0 3.38 .385 .429 .538 .967  
    AA   4 7 .364 16 16 4 0 0 111.7 97 34 6 24 88 2.74 .230 .272 .316 .588  
1943 28 AA   18 7 .720 30 30 4 2 0 226.7 188 58 6 47 138 2.30 .224 .265 .290 .555  
1944 29 AAA   5 16 .238 29 29 0 0 0 173.3 233 114 19 80 64 5.92 .323 .390 .483 .874  
1945 30 AAA   14 8 .636 26 26 2 1 0 180.7 192 87 15 59 80 4.33 .266 .321 .386 .708  
1946 31 AAA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 12.0 20 10 3 4 6 7.50 .377 .421 .642 1.063  
4 Years Sim 1 4 .200 61 1 0 0 6 79.3 122 54 7 21 14 6.13 .354 .390 .490 .880 1.3
6 Years AAA 38 42 .475 113 104 6 2 0 713.6 819 352 61 255 321 4.44 .287 .345 .413 .758  
4 Years AA 42 40 .512 106 106 15 4 0 779.6 714 239 42 166 515 2.76 .242 .283 .328 .610  
10 Years Minors 80 82 .494 219 210 21 6 0 1493.3 1533 591 103 421 836 3.56 .264 .314 .369 .683  
Season Average 0 1 .000 15 0 0 0 1 19.8 30 13 1 5 3 6.13 .354 .390 .490 .880  
Career Highs 1 2 .333 33 1 0 0 5 52.0 71 31 5 14 11 8.53 .600 .636 1.000 1.636  
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   62 27 3 10 10   .352 .387 .500 .887
vs LH   60 27 4 11 4   .355 .394 .479 .874
Home 1 2 .333 32 1 0 0 1 42.3 74 34 3 18 8 7.23 .383 .436 .497 .933
Away 0 2 .000 29 0 0 0 5 37.0 48 20 4 3 6 4.87 .316 .329 .480 .809
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 5 0 2 2 5.63 .324 .361 .412 .773
May 0 0 .000 10 1 0 0 0 16.3 23 16 3 8 4 8.82 .315 .383 .466 .848
June 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 5.3 9 3 0 0 1 5.07 .391 .391 .565 .957
July 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 4 15.0 24 7 0 2 3 4.20 .364 .382 .439 .822
August 1 2 .333 17 0 0 0 1 20.7 31 13 3 5 4 5.67 .365 .400 .553 .953
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 1 14.0 24 10 1 4 0 6.43 .375 .412 .500 .912
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
1937 22 DET AL 33 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1
1939 24 DET AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 36 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.1
162 Game Average 31 13 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714 3.6  
Career Highs 33 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9  
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   3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 1.1
vs LH   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 22 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Away 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2
August 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 21 DET AL P 23 0 19.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.89    
1937 22 DET AL P 33 1 52.0 0 13 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1938 23 DET AL P 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1939 24 DET AL P 3 0 6.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.41    
Career Totals   61 1 79.3 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.38    
Career Highs   33 1 52.0 2 13 0 1 1.000 5.41    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1936
Had first career hit on 7/30/1937, off Johnny Marcum (SEM)
Earned first career win on 8/25/1937
Traded from Detroit to St. Louis (C) on 2/1/1940 (Going to SLC: 2B Bill Lillard, P Max Butcher, P Buck Ross. Going to DET: P Bob Logan)
Injured on 4/23/1942 with a Inflamed Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/30/1942 with a Broken Finger, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 8/12/1942 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Released by St. Louis on 5/1/1946
 
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