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American baseball player
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Male
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Birth:
16 July 1914
Death:
4 April 1996
The details
Biography
Donald Raymond Ross (July 16, 1914 – April 4, 1996) was a Major League Baseball player who played 7 seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1938, 1942–45), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940), and Cleveland Indians (1945–46). Ross played in 498 major league games, 261 as a third baseman, 115 as an outfielder, 20 as a shortstop and 7 as a second baseman. Ross had a career batting average of .262 and an on-base percentage of .338. He had 390 career hits, 129 runs scored, 162 RBIs, 166 bases on balls, and 79 extra base hits. Ross was born in Pasadena, California, and died in Arcadia, California.