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Ross Baumgarten

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: May 27, 1955 in Highland Park, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL).

High School: New Trier HS (Winnetka, IL)

Schools: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL), Palm Beach State College (Lake Worth, FL), University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: August 16, 1978 (Age 23-081d, 14,076th in major league history)
vs. TEX 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 23, 1982 (Age 27-088d)
vs. SDP 4.0 IP, 5 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Ross Baumgarten

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.1

ERA

4.00

495.1

222

WHIP

1.419

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-10 / in Starts: 9-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	60	3	Apr 14	CHW		MIL	W,9-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	3	3	5	3	2	0	3.38	6.98	34	9	10	0	1	7	54			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.58	0.202	.36	0.08%	0.53	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a6
2	61	7	Apr 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.0	4	5	5	3	1	1	1	6.55	7.87	17	3	5	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.342	.74	-0.13%	-3.68	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d4
3	62	12	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	GS-7	W(2-1)	5	7.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.00	5.93	28	6	13	1	1	5	67			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.420	1.02	0.19%	3.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
4	63	17	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.1	4	3	2	3	3	1	0	3.70	5.72	26	9	7	2	0	4	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.314	.85	-0.14%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b --3 1 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	64	21	May 5	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.0	5	5	5	2	5	1	0	4.45	5.40	25	5	8	0	2	5	45			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.114	.82	-0.06%	-1.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
6	65	26	May 11	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(2-4)	5	8.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	0	4.23	5.00	31	9	7	2	0	7	58			0	2	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.00	-0.126	.63	-0.05%	0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
7	66	31	May 17	CHW		TEX	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-4)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.42	4.37	30	9	13	1	0	4	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	.24	0.153	.19	0.07%	3.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
8	67	36	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,15-4	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	6.2	10	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.67	4.27	33	6	10	1	2	10	37			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.012	.89	0.01%	-0.15	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out a9
9	68	40	May 27	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	GS-6	W(5-4)	3	5.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.36	4.14	20	9	7	0	1	2	59			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.203	1.63	0.16%	1.77	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	69	44	Jun 2	CHW		OAK	L,2-6	GS-1	L(5-5)	5	0.2	5	5	1	0	1	0	0	3.47	4.09	8	1	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.17	-0.396	1.87	-0.38%	-4.89	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d5
11	70	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-4	L(5-6)	4	3.1	4	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.57	4.16	17	7	3	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.225	1.26	-0.12%	-1.72	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	71	55	Aug 11	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-5		64	5.0	4	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.57	3.94	20	6	7	3	4	1	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.048	1.53	0.03%	0.41	1b start a 1	5b 3 out tie
13	72	60	Aug 16	CHW	@	BAL	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.1	4	4	4	4	0	1	0	3.97	4.25	14	1	5	0	0	4	29			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.375	1.60	-0.26%	-3.12	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d2
14	73	64	Aug 21	CHW	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.0	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.06	4.37	21	9	5	1	1	4	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	-0.112	1.37	-0.10%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out a2
15	74	73	Aug 31	CHW		DET	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-7)	9	7.0	9	3	1	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.26	29	3	14	3	5	9	50			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.069	1.56	-0.07%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	75	78	Sep 5	CHW		TOR	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	6.1	4	2	1	2	7	0	0	3.65	4.05	25	3	9	2	1	4	64			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.138	1.29	0.09%	1.24	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
17	76	83	Sep 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	6	4	2	2	1	0	3.84	4.14	23	7	6	2	0	6	35			0	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.28	-0.584	.89	-0.24%	-3.84	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
18	77	94	Sep 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-9)	11	8.0	3	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.63	3.94	29	5	12	1	7	3	77			2	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.77	0.210	.03	0.00%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	78	99	Sep 27(1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,9-5	GS-1		4	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.07	3.94	5	0	0	0	0	5	20			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-3.96	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d3
							9-10		W-L:5-9	4.6	101.2	101	56	46	40	52	9	1	4.07	3.94	435	0.75		8%	10%	93	49		---%	3	3	0	388	14	3	3	8	2	4	1.00	-1.597	.92	-0.93%	-10.07

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