Don Ross
1937–1946 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, WHK
498G
.262AVG
.338OBP
.334SLG
More career statistics
390H
12HR
162RBI
10SB
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 | 1,488 | 1,489 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 70 | 71 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,681 | 1,684 |
| Batting · RBI | 162 | 163 |
| Batting · Walks | 166 | 168 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 498 | 1,681 | 1,488 | 129 | 390 | 63 | 4 | 12 | 162 | 166 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 497 | .262 | .338 | .334 | .672 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1938-06-19 to 1938-06-28
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 3 walks | 1938-05-24 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1938-06-24 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 RBI | 1942-09-13 | 1 in 128 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 244 | 808 | 197 | 9 | 88 | 81 | 31 | .278 | .344 | .377 |
| Away | 254 | 876 | 193 | 3 | 75 | 87 | 40 | .247 | .320 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 35 | 121 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | .299 | .364 | .411 |
| May | 103 | 367 | 83 | 0 | 23 | 36 | 10 | .259 | .324 | .308 |
| June | 101 | 339 | 76 | 3 | 36 | 33 | 13 | .253 | .322 | .313 |
| July | 92 | 320 | 73 | 1 | 34 | 30 | 14 | .255 | .322 | .322 |
| August | 80 | 252 | 62 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 12 | .272 | .337 | .346 |
| September | 86 | 284 | 63 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 17 | .256 | .342 | .358 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 77 | 246 | 56 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 15 | .256 | .317 | .320 |
| chicago-white-sox | 71 | 267 | 56 | 4 | 25 | 31 | 4 | .238 | .326 | .332 |
| st-louis-browns | 69 | 227 | 53 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 5 | .265 | .326 | .310 |
| new-york-yankees | 68 | 221 | 48 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 12 | .245 | .308 | .296 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 68 | 228 | 52 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 10 | .257 | .329 | .322 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 63 | 218 | 56 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 10 | .280 | .330 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 47 | 148 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 8 | .273 | .385 | .380 |
| detroit-tigers | 25 | 88 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | .321 | .375 | .397 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  Detroit Tigers | 77 | 265 | 69 | 1 | 31 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 87 | 227 | 62 | 3 | 30 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 89 | 247 | 66 | – | 18 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1944 | Detroit Tigers | 66 | 167 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 2 | .210 | – | – |
| 1945 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 114 | 392 | 106 | 2 | 47 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1946 |  Cleveland Guardians | 55 | 153 | 41 | 3 | 14 | – | .268 | – | – |