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Don Newcombe League
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Ross Hood First Base
Retired (1962, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .281 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .755 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 948 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 02-09-1928
HR 46 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(6 games)
RBI 437
SB 69
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C- Velocity B    Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control F    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (100%) LF D- (11.0%) Arm D  WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 5
3B A- (79.0%) RF D- (7.1%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Majors 22 39.74 1 / 4 3 / 4 4 / 4 6 / 7 5 / 11 3 / 3 6 / 6 28 / 39
1951 Minors 23 12.00 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 3 / 4 7 / 12
1951 Majors 23 21.18 0 / 3 2 / 3 3 / 4 5 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 0 3 / 3 15 / 21
1952 Majors 24 36.12 0 / 3 1 / 2 4 / 11 0 / 2 4 / 5 6 / 8 3 / 5 18 / 36
1953 Majors 25 41.57 0 / 6 3 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 4 2 / 6 3 / 8 4 / 4 14 / 41
1954 Majors 26 41.64 0 / 5 1 / 7 2 / 7 4 / 8 1 / 6 2 / 3 0 / 5 10 / 41
1955 Majors 27 40.62 0 / 5 2 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 11 0 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 4 4 / 40
1956 Majors 28 34.71 0 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 5 3 / 34
1957 Majors 29 49.36 0 / 13 0 / 2 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 8 2 / 7 0 / 4 2 / 49
1958 Majors 30 10.51 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 10
1959 Majors 31 15.83 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 15
1960 Majors 32 10.49 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 10
1961 Majors 33 4.99 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4
1962 Minors 34 17.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 17
1962 Majors 34 2.10 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2
Total 0 0 0 2 / 53 12 / 43 15 / 62 20 / 57 15 / 57 20 / 50 20 / 49 104 / 371
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Ross Hood has retired from the Pittsburgh Crawfords
1962-07-11The Pittsburgh Crawfords have designated Ross Hood for assignment.
1962-06-18The Pittsburgh Crawfords have promoted Ross Hood to the major league team.
1962-05-08The Pittsburgh Crawfords have acquired Ross Hood from the waiver wire.
1961-07-02The Chicago American Giants have waived Ross Hood.
1961-06-22The Chicago American Giants have designated Ross Hood for assignment.
1959-05-22The Chicago American Giants have acquired Ross Hood from the waiver wire.
1959-05-15The Washington Generals have promoted Mike Sayles to the major league team. The Washington Generals have promoted Cameron Frye to the major league team. The Washington Generals have designated Dummy Mielke for assignment. The Washington Generals have designated Ross Hood for assignment.
1952-04-01The Washington Generals have promoted Ross Hood to the major league team. The Washington Generals have sent Angel Watt to the minors.
1951-07-04The Washington Generals have promoted Cy Campbell to the major league team. The Washington Generals have sent Ross Hood to the minors.