Ross Baumgarten
[edit] Biography
Born on May 27, 1955 in Highland Park, Illinois, Ross Baumgarten (Ross Baumgarten) played for the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 5 year career. Baumgarten broke into the bigs on August 16, 1978 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 3.54 ERA in 190.2 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ross Baumgarten's best season was 1979, when he posted a 3.54 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 72 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1978
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 5.87
| 15
| 15
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 23
| 29
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1979
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 28
| 13
| 8
| 3.54
| 72
| 82
| 75
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 190.2
| 175
| 18
| 83
| 1
| 6
| 1
|
| 1980
| CHI
| A
| 24
| 23
| 2
| 12
| 3.44
| 66
| 60
| 52
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 136
| 127
| 10
| 52
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1981
| CHI
| A
| 19
| 19
| 5
| 9
| 4.07
| 52
| 56
| 46
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 101.2
| 101
| 9
| 40
| 3
| 4
| 1
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 6.75
| 17
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 60
| 3
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 6.75
| 17
| 33
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 60
| 3
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 78
| 74
| 22
| 31
| 3.75
| 205
| 213
| 188
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 451.1
| 432
| 40
| 184
| 4
| 17
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 90
| 84
| 22
| 36
| 4.02
| 222
| 246
| 221
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 495.1
| 492
| 43
| 211
| 5
| 21
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| CHI
| A
| P
| 7
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| CHI
| A
| P
| 28
| 28
| 190.2
| 14
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 14
| 5
| 5
| .977
|
| 1980
| CHI
| A
| P
| 24
| 23
| 136
| 5
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 5
| .973
|
| 1981
| CHI
| A
| P
| 19
| 19
| 101.2
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| P
| 12
| 10
| 44
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 2
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 90
| 84
| 495.1
| 28
| 85
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 29
| 20
| 12
| .983
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| CHI
| A
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| CHI
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| CHI
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| PIT
| N
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 12
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 92
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .083
| .083
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Butch Edge to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Vance Law and Ernie Camacho (March 21, 1982).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (March 28, 1983).
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