Biographical

Portrait of Robbie Ross

Robbie Ross PWhite Sox

White Sox Player Cards | White Sox Team Audit | White Sox Depth Chart

2018 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 29)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
Login or Subscribe today for access to projections!
Birth Date6-24-1989
Height5' 11"
Weight215 lbs
Age29 years, 0 months, 27 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
-1.12014
0.22015
0.62016
0.12017
0.32018
+proj
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR oppTAv PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP TAv WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2012 TEX MLB 58 0 65.0 6 0 0 55 23 47 3 .267 104 7.6 3.2 0.4 6.5 63% .274 .223 1.20 3.35 2.22 104 5.48 125.6 -0.5
2013 TEX MLB 65 0 62.3 4 2 0 63 19 58 4 .264 100 9.1 2.7 0.6 8.4 45% .326 .254 1.32 3.20 3.03 99 3.96 94.7 0.5
2014 TEX MLB 27 12 78.3 3 6 0 103 30 51 9 .259 104 11.8 3.4 1.0 5.9 54% .352 .303 1.70 4.77 6.20 121 5.87 144.0 -1.1
2015 BOS MLB 54 0 60.7 0 2 6 59 20 53 7 .260 111 8.8 3.0 1.0 7.9 51% .295 .256 1.30 3.99 3.86 103 4.47 104.5 0.2
2016 BOS MLB 54 0 55.3 3 2 0 47 23 56 2 .253 113 7.6 3.7 0.3 9.1 51% .302 .221 1.27 3.23 3.25 98 4.06 89.8 0.6
2017 BOS MLB 8 0 9.0 0 0 0 12 5 9 0 .266 105 12.0 5.0 0.0 9.0 46% .429 .288 1.89 3.80 7.00 90 4.01 85.4 0.1
CareerMLB26612330.71612633912027425.2611069.23.30.77.553%.317.2571.393.763.921065.01117.6-1.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR oppTAv PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP TAv WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2009 SPO A- 15 15 74.3 4 4 0 68 17 76 5 .264 100 8.2 2.1 0.6 9.2 66% .304 .243 1.14 3.69 2.66 83 2.81 55.2
2010 HIC A 16 16 94.0 8 7 0 89 20 62 2 .266 98 8.5 1.9 0.2 5.9 65% .284 .236 1.16 3.47 2.59 97 2.58 55.7
2010 BAK A+ 11 11 52.0 4 4 0 67 17 49 4 .262 110 11.6 2.9 0.7 8.5 63% .375 .276 1.62 4.05 5.37 83 3.21 61.1
2011 MYR A+ 21 20 123.3 9 4 0 102 28 98 1 .251 98 7.4 2.0 0.1 7.2 57% .282 .205 1.05 2.56 2.26 83 2.48 56.9
2011 FRI AA 6 6 38.0 1 1 0 33 5 36 5 .252 106 7.8 1.2 1.2 8.5 50% .272 .216 1.00 3.58 2.61 78 3.10 62.0
2012 TEX MLB 58 0 65.0 6 0 0 55 23 47 3 .267 104 7.6 3.2 0.4 6.5 63% .274 .223 1.20 3.35 2.22 104 5.48 125.6
2013 TEX MLB 65 0 62.3 4 2 0 63 19 58 4 .264 100 9.1 2.7 0.6 8.4 45% .326 .254 1.32 3.20 3.03 99 3.96 94.7
2014 TEX MLB 27 12 78.3 3 6 0 103 30 51 9 .259 104 11.8 3.4 1.0 5.9 54% .352 .303 1.70 4.77 6.20 121 5.87 144.0
2014 ROU AAA 12 9 60.3 5 4 0 66 16 43 7 .277 99 9.8 2.4 1.0 6.4 58% .319 .259 1.36 4.72 4.33 92 3.66 71.0
2015 BOS MLB 54 0 60.7 0 2 6 59 20 53 7 .260 111 8.8 3.0 1.0 7.9 51% .295 .256 1.30 3.99 3.86 103 4.47 104.5
2015 PAW AAA 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 5 4 6 0 .252 88 6.4 5.1 0.0 7.7 55% .250 .268 1.29 3.58 3.86 99 3.53 87.4
2016 BOS MLB 54 0 55.3 3 2 0 47 23 56 2 .253 113 7.6 3.7 0.3 9.1 51% .302 .221 1.27 3.23 3.25 98 4.06 89.8
2017 BOS MLB 8 0 9.0 0 0 0 12 5 9 0 .266 105 12.0 5.0 0.0 9.0 46% .429 .288 1.89 3.80 7.00 90 4.01 85.4
2017 PAW AAA 6 0 6.0 1 0 0 1 3 7 0 .253 1.5 4.5 0.0 10.5 42% .083 .152 0.67 2.49 1.50 95 3.75 85.6
2018 KAN A 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 .257 4.5 4.5 0.0 9.0 40% .200 .202 1.00 2.97 0.00 47 0.72 15.3
2018 CHR AAA 11 0 10.7 0 2 0 12 17 11 0 .252 10.1 14.3 0.0 9.3 48% .414 .336 2.72 6.88 11.81 117 4.71 99.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR PITCHES ZONE_RT SWING_RT CONTACT_RT Z_SWING_RT O_SWING_RT Z_CONTACT_RT O_CONTACT_RT SW_STRK_RT
2012 1041 0.5274 0.4611 0.8167 0.6375 0.2642 0.8657 0.6846 0.1833
2013 995 0.5618 0.5186 0.7810 0.6708 0.3234 0.8587 0.5745 0.2190
2014 1342 0.5432 0.4769 0.8359 0.6365 0.2871 0.9095 0.6420 0.1641
2015 994 0.5423 0.4708 0.7756 0.6252 0.2879 0.8368 0.6183 0.2244
2016 965 0.4922 0.4373 0.7464 0.6189 0.2612 0.8197 0.5781 0.2536
2017 155 0.4516 0.4258 0.6818 0.7429 0.1647 0.7308 0.5000 0.3182
Career54920.53190.4720.79130.64080.28150.8580.61830.2087

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-08-30 2012-09-15 15-DL 16 14 Left Forearm Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2018 CHA $
2017 BOS $1,825,000
2016 BOS $1,250,000
2015 BOS $566,500
2014 TEX $512,745
2013 TEX $497,400
2012 TEX $480,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$5,131,645
6 yrTotal$5,131,645

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 98 dBledsoe Agency1 year (2018)

Details
  • 1 year (2018). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 3/4/18 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$1.825M (2017). Re-signed by Boston 1/13/17 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A 11/2/17 (refused assignment).
  • 1 year/$1.25M (2016). Re-signed by Boston 1/29/16 (avoided arbitration, $1.325M-$1.075M). Performance bonus: $25,000 for 60 games or 60 innings.
  • 1 year/$0.5665M (2015). Acquired by Boston in trade from Texas 1/27/15. Signed by Boston 3/8/15.
  • 1 year/$512,745 (2014). Re-signed by Texas 2/26/14.
  • 1 year/$0.4974M (2013). Re-signed by Texas 2/12/13.
  • 1 year/$0.48M (2012). Contract purchased by Texas 4/4/12.
  • Drafted by Texas 2008 (2-57) (Lexington Christian, Ky.). Signed 8/15/08, $1.575M signing bonus.

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

Platoon
SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .224 .319 .317 .234
11 vs R (Multi) .271 .345 .387 .255
18 Split (Multi) -.047 -.026 -.069 -.021
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.020 -.022 -.064 -.025
30 vs L (2016) .188 .320 .225 .204
31 vs R (2016) .254 .333 .341 .233
38 Split (2016) -.066 -.014 -.116 -.029
39 LgAvg (2016) -.022 -.023 -.071 -.028

Definition of multi-year splits

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with Robbie Ross

BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-06-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)What are your top LOOGYs that I should target to snipe me some holds?
(GC from 90210)		Cingrani still available? Alex Torres, Brett Cecil, Justin Wilson, Charlie Furbush (Ollie Perez temporarily closing gives him more opps), Sean Doolittle, Robbie Ross, and Tim Collins (Paul Sporer)


BP Roundtables

No BP Roundtables have mentioned this guy.

 

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC