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Robbie Ross Jr.

Rangers Career team 2012–2014
Number #84
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 37
Height 5' 11"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Lexington, KY
Born Jun 24, 1989

Key Insights

2017
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass

The quality of contact against Ross Jr. projects a .424 average, 7th percentile.

163 pitches in 2017. 7th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 654th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs

46.2% of the contact against Ross Jr. is on the ground and 26.9% of it is in the air.

26 tracked batted balls allowed.
Too much of the contact against him is loud

42.3% of the contact Ross Jr. gives up is hit hard, 19th percentile.

163 pitches in 2017. 19th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 569th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Ross Jr.'s cutter leaves the bat at 87.6 mph, against 84.4 off his 4-seam fastball.

51 and 72 of them thrown.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak

Contact against Ross Jr. is weak: 86.2 mph off the bat on average, 77th percentile.

163 pitches in 2017. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 166th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him

Ross Jr. averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 22nd percentile in the league.

163 pitches in 2017. 22nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 546th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jun 24, 1989
Birth Place Lexington, KY
Height 5' 11"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left