Buck Ross
1936–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics
237G
.154AVG
.194OBP
.199SLG
More career statistics
69H
3HR
27RBI
0SB
56–95W–L
1,365.1IP
360K
4.94ERA
182GS
2SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 448 | 449 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 141 | 143 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 500 | 501 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,141 | 6,140 |
| Pitching · p er | 749 | 743 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,545 | 1,543 |
| Pitching · p hr | 114 | 113 |
| Pitching · p r | 882 | 883 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | 500 | 448 | 24 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | .154 | .194 | .199 | .393 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,365.3 | 237 | 182 | 65 | 56 | 95 | 2 | 1,545 | 882 | 749 | 114 | 573 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 4.94 | 1.551 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1939-05-29 to 1939-07-14
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1943-05-23 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1943-05-14 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1936-05-17 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 119 | 238 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 84 | .136 | .164 | .202 |
| Away | 118 | 263 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 59 | .169 | .190 | .195 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 35 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | .089 | .138 | .107 |
| June | 46 | 100 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 32 | .172 | .190 | .247 |
| July | 51 | 114 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | .173 | .202 | .214 |
| August | 47 | 117 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 36 | .170 | .171 | .236 |
| September | 43 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .159 | .202 | .171 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 39 | 90 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | .173 | .200 | .222 |
| new-york-yankees | 37 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | .106 | .113 | .121 |
| st-louis-browns | 35 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .214 | .222 | .304 |
| cleveland-guardians | 34 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 32 | .151 | .183 | .192 |
| detroit-tigers | 31 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15 | .150 | .156 | .225 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .176 | .254 | .235 |
| chicago-white-sox | 21 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .140 | .145 | .160 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 14 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .094 | .111 | .094 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 30 | 71 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .169 | 200 | 47 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Athletics | 28 | 49 | 5 | – | – | – | .102 | 147 | 37 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 5 | – | .190 | 184 | 54 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 29 | 59 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .203 | 174 | 43 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 4 | – | .132 | 156 | 43 |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics | 21 | 33 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .212 | 112 | 30 |
| 1942 |  Chicago White Sox | 22 | 38 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .158 | 113 | 37 |
| 1943 | Chicago White Sox | 21 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | .087 | 149 | 41 |
| 1944 | Chicago White Sox | 20 | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | .077 | 90 | 20 |
| 1945 | Chicago White Sox | 13 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 37 | 8 |