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Ross Baumgarten
Ross Baumgarten

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.
School University of Florida

Debut August 16, 1978
  vs. TEX 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game August 23, 1982
Born May 27, 1955 in Highland Park, IL

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 23 CHW AL   2   2   7   4   1   1   2  0   23.0   29   15   15   3    9   15   1   1   106   0   0  5.87  3.85   66 1.652
 1979 24 CHW AL  13   8  28  28   4   3   0  0  190.7  175   82   75  18   83   72   1   6   818   1   1  3.54  4.27  121 1.353 RoY-4
 1980 25 CHW AL   2  12  24  23   3   1   0  0  136.0  127   60   52  10   52   66   1   6   566   0   2  3.44  4.04  117 1.316
 1981 26 CHW AL   5   9  19  19   2   1   0  0  101.7  101   56   46   9   40   52   1   4   435   3   2  4.07  3.59   88 1.387
 1982 27 PIT NL   0   5  12  10   0   0   1  0   44.0   60   33   33   3   27   17   0   4   208   1   1  6.75  3.75   56 1.977
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .379  22  36  90  84  10   6   3  0  495.3  492  246  221  43  211  222   4  21  2133   5   6  4.02  4.00  100 1.419
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  14  35  32   3   2   1  0  193.3  192   96   86  16   82   86   1   8   833   1   2  4.02  4.00  100 1.419
 Career High     13  12  28  28   4   3   2  0  190.7  175   82   75  18   83   72   1   6   818   3   2  3.44  4.27  121 1.316

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 27 PIT NL  12   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .083  .083  .083  -54    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       14   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .083  .083  .083  -54    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        139    0   12   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  46  .083  .083  .083  -54   12   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     12   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 27 PIT NL   12   11    0   0.0    98| .083  .270| .083  .334| .083  .393| .166  .726| -54  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        12   11    0   0.0    98| .083  .270| .083  .334| .083  .393| .166  .726| -54  .000  -2.5  -0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 23 CHW AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.86 0.78 1.92 4 23.0 1979 24 CHW AL P 28 14 28 1 1 .977 .948 1.50 0.81 1.98 1.92 28 190.7 1980 25 CHW AL P 24 5 31 1 3 .973 .957 1.50 0.77 2.38 1.85 23 136.0 1981 26 CHW AL P 19 7 16 0 1 1.000 .962 1.21 0.81 2.04 1.98 19 101.7 DH 1 1982 27 PIT NL P 12 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.83 0.70 2.05 1.96 10 44.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 26 CHW AL DH 1 1978 23 CHW AL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.86 0.78 1.92 4 23.0 1979 24 CHW AL P 28 14 28 1 1 .977 .948 1.50 0.81 1.98 1.92 28 190.7 1980 25 CHW AL P 24 5 31 1 3 .973 .957 1.50 0.77 2.38 1.85 23 136.0 1981 26 CHW AL P 19 7 16 0 1 1.000 .962 1.21 0.81 2.04 1.98 19 101.7 1982 27 PIT NL P 12 2 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.83 0.70 2.05 1.96 10 44.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 90 28 85 2 6 .983 .954 1.26 0.79 2.05 1.92 84 495.3 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 90 28 85 2 6 .983 .954 1.26 0.79 2.05 1.92 84 495
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1979 AL-3.54-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1979 AL-8.26-5

Shutouts
1979 AL-3-6

Adjusted ERA+
1979 AL-121-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

March 21, 1982: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Butch Edge to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vance Law and Ernie Camacho.

March 28, 1983: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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