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Don Newcombe League
9-16-2165
Ross Hood First Base
Retired (1962, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .281 Total Rating   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   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B A+ (100%) LF D- (11.0%) Arm 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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1950 1B WAS 48 48 422.0 449 424 20 5 34 -1 9.47 .989
1951 1B WAS 68 68 585.1 611 593 15 3 65 -4 9.35 .995
1952 3B WAS 27 27 240.0 76 19 51 6 5 -8 2.62 .921
1B WAS 30 19 185.0 207 199 8 0 22 -1 10.07 1.000
SS WAS 20 20 183.1 93 32 56 5 8 -5 4.32 .946
2B WAS 13 13 111.2 69 28 38 3 8 -3 5.32 .957
CF WAS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
RF WAS 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.50 1.000
1953 3B WAS 62 62 559.1 160 34 116 10 5 -12 2.41 .938
1B WAS 20 10 106.0 115 110 5 0 8 -1 9.76 1.000
2B WAS 12 12 100.0 62 24 35 3 10 -3 5.31 .952
SS WAS 6 6 54.0 26 8 15 3 3 -1 3.83 .885
CF WAS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1954 1B WAS 37 27 252.0 273 261 12 0 31 +1 9.75 1.000
3B WAS 24 24 215.2 58 17 37 4 3 -2 2.25 .931
2B WAS 13 13 112.0 79 39 40 0 9 -3 6.35 1.000
SS WAS 10 10 94.0 48 21 23 4 8 -1 4.21 .917
C WAS 6 6 54.0 47 45 1 1 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 7.67 .979
RF WAS 2 0 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
CF WAS 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1955 3B WAS 36 36 323.0 108 34 70 4 7 -2 2.90 .963
SS WAS 16 16 138.1 77 29 41 7 7 +1 4.55 .909
2B WAS 13 13 127.2 79 40 36 3 15 -4 5.36 .962
1B WAS 25 11 121.0 134 127 7 0 18 +2 9.97 1.000
RF WAS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
CF WAS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1956 3B WAS 29 29 261.0 66 16 48 2 2 -4 2.21 .970
2B WAS 15 15 126.0 78 34 39 5 8 -1 5.21 .936
1B WAS 25 11 125.0 130 126 4 0 10 -1 9.36 1.000
SS WAS 9 9 76.0 33 12 17 4 3 -3 3.43 .879
CF WAS 6 0 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
1957 3B WAS 125 125 1100.2 362 74 277 11 12 -11 2.87 .970
1B WAS 4 1 13.0 18 18 0 0 3 0 12.46 1.000
2B WAS 1 1 9.0 6 1 5 0 2 -1 6.00 1.000
SS WAS 1 1 9.0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3.00 .750
1958 C WAS 4 2 20.0 18 18 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 8.10 1.000
1B WAS 4 0 8.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 7.88 1.000
1959 LF WAS-CHA 9 9 78.2 18 18 0 0 0 0 2.06 1.000
RF WAS-CHA 7 7 58.2 12 12 0 0 0 0 1.84 1.000
2B WAS-CHA 6 6 56.0 33 12 20 1 6 -4 5.14 .970
3B WAS-CHA 5 5 44.0 21 3 18 0 1 -1 4.30 1.000
C WAS-CHA 3 3 26.0 19 17 0 2 0 1 7 0 0.0% 0 5.88 .895
1B WAS-CHA 3 3 26.0 26 26 0 0 4 +1 9.00 1.000
CF WAS-CHA 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1960 C CHA 13 13 113.0 84 80 1 3 0 0 17 0 0.0% 0 6.45 .964
SS CHA 5 5 45.0 17 4 13 0 2 -3 3.40 1.000
CF CHA 3 3 25.0 7 6 0 1 0 -1 2.16 .857
RF CHA 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
LF CHA 2 2 16.0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0.56 .500
3B CHA 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 0 +1 3.00 1.000
1B CHA 4 0 4.0 6 6 0 0 1 0 13.50 1.000
1961 CF CHA 4 4 35.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.34 1.000
SS CHA 3 3 25.0 12 7 5 0 0 -1 4.32 1.000
LF CHA 2 2 20.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
RF CHA 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
1962 1B PIT 3 2 18.0 21 21 0 0 1 0 10.50 1.000
Pos Total 3B 309 309 2752.2 854 197 620 37 35 -39 2.67 .957
1B 271 200 1865.1 1997 1918 71 8 197 -4 9.60 .996
2B 73 73 642.1 406 178 213 15 58 -19 5.48 .963
SS 70 70 624.2 310 115 171 24 31 -13 4.12 .923
C 26 24 213.0 168 160 2 6 0 1 35 0 0.0% 0 6.85 .964
LF 13 13 114.2 26 25 0 1 0 0 1.96 .962
RF 15 11 106.0 20 20 0 0 0 0 1.70 1.000
CF 21 8 90.0 26 25 0 1 0 -1 2.50 .962
Total 798 708 6408.2 3807 2638 1077 92 321 1 35 0 0.0% -76 5.22 .976
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.