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Ron
Gauss		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 5, 1886 in Fulton, MO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
WORLD SERIESs Won 1908    1911   
World Series MVP Award 1911   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1904 18 SLA AL 64 245 33 67 9 0 3 28 9 3 21 19 .273 .332 .347 .679 25.9 4.8
    AAA   29 115 12 34 5 2 2 8 6 0 12 16 .296 .362 .426 .788 18.4  
    AA   42 172 12 36 5 1 2 10 7 0 10 20 .209 .253 .285 .538 13.1  
    A   9 36 2 10 2 0 2 10 2 0 2 5 .278 .316 .500 .816 5.9  
1905 19 SLA AL 145 545 75 153 33 2 5 60 21 3 57 25 .281 .349 .376 .725 72.0 19.9
1906 20 SLA AL 148 541 68 169 26 7 5 66 22 12 54 41 .312 .377 .414 .791 80.8 23.8
1907 21 SLA AL 145 529 63 143 21 6 7 56 27 10 63 39 .270 .345 .372 .717 72.1 20.4
1908 22 SLA AL 150 561 71 166 29 6 2 55 35 7 70 39 .296 .371 .380 .751 84.9 21.4
1909 23 SLA AL 129 485 47 125 19 2 3 52 20 7 46 32 .258 .323 .324 .647 50.4 12.3
1910 24 SLA AL 145 526 74 121 25 7 7 66 30 6 78 34 .230 .326 .344 .670 62.1 9.7
1911 25 SLA AL 148 555 86 168 34 7 8 100 32 10 87 49 .303 .395 .432 .827 96.4 18.9
1912 26 SLA AL 147 555 92 151 27 11 7 77 28 8 67 68 .272 .349 .398 .747 76.0 11.3
1913 27 SLA AL 148 558 72 137 26 5 8 75 25 6 61 75 .246 .319 .353 .672 68.3 11.0
1914 28 SLA AL 145 544 57 124 22 5 5 64 27 6 66 73 .228 .313 .314 .627 56.4 7.9
1915 29 SLA AL 145 568 90 146 20 4 10 64 34 14 70 53 .257 .336 .359 .696 75.3 14.1
1916 30 SLA AL 146 525 70 136 17 8 3 75 35 10 72 52 .259 .344 .339 .683 71.5 15.6
1917 31 SLA AL 147 539 69 136 22 4 5 62 22 13 71 61 .252 .342 .336 .678 64.2 15.3
1919 33 AAA   107 342 50 92 24 2 2 40 6 1 55 42 .269 .370 .368 .739 49.7  
1920 34 AAA   129 523 71 122 19 7 12 65 23 5 53 59 .233 .304 .365 .669 62.3  
14 Years Sim 1952 7276 967 1942 330 74 78 900 367 115 883 660 .267 .345 .365 .710 956.3 206.6
3 Years AAA 265 980 133 248 48 11 16 113 35 6 120 117 .253 .337 .373 .710 130.4  
1 Years AA 42 172 12 36 5 1 2 10 7 0 10 20 .209 .251 .285 .536 13.1  
1 Years A 9 36 2 10 2 0 2 10 2 0 2 5 .278 .308 .500 .808 5.9  
5 Years Minors 316 1188 147 294 55 12 20 133 44 6 132 142 .247 .324 .364 .689 149.4  
162 Game Average 603 80 161 27 6 6 74 30 9 73 54 .267 .345 .365 .710 79.4  
Career Highs 150 568 92 169 34 11 10 100 35 14 87 75 .312 .395 .432 .827 96.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5130 710 1401 230 48 64 648 275 85 660 471 .273 .354 .374 .729 725.9
vs LH   2146 257 541 100 26 14 252 92 30 223 189 .252 .323 .342 .666 248.4
Home 966 3525 471 989 152 44 44 451 182 54 426 321 .281 .357 .386 .743 509.9
Away 986 3751 496 953 178 30 34 449 185 61 457 339 .254 .334 .345 .679 464.4
RISP   2018 0 540 99 17 20 759 0 0 347 189 .268 .366 .363 .729 295.9
Pinch Hitting   44 5 12 2 0 0 5 2 1 8 5 .273 .385 .318 .703 6.1
Close/Late   929 114 258 29 9 14 115 0 0 150 80 .278 .377 .374 .750 140.0
Mar/Apr 198 753 96 198 31 6 4 103 43 12 98 66 .263 .349 .336 .685 96.8
May 333 1242 158 334 51 18 14 141 71 23 156 116 .269 .349 .373 .722 172.4
June 324 1215 174 339 52 7 12 156 71 14 145 103 .279 .358 .363 .720 169.5
July 345 1270 167 336 65 14 12 151 44 19 163 115 .265 .346 .366 .712 168.7
August 348 1309 195 358 62 11 15 162 71 21 157 114 .273 .348 .372 .720 180.8
Sep/Oct 404 1487 177 377 69 18 21 187 67 26 164 146 .254 .327 .367 .694 186.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1904 18 SLA AL 3B 59 58 528.3 48 107 6 3 .963 2.64   2.5
    1B 2 2 18.0 22 0 0 1 1.000 11.00   0.1
1905 19 SLA AL 1B 95 95 856.0 974 50 12 77 .988 10.77   1.8
    3B 44 44 398.3 41 86 7 8 .948 2.87   2.3
1906 20 SLA AL 1B 130 130 1148.7 1270 84 23 79 .983 10.61   1.7
    3B 16 14 131.0 9 29 2 3 .950 2.61   0.6
1907 21 SLA AL 1B 138 138 1238.7 1316 93 14 102 .990 10.24   2.8
    3B 2 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1908 22 SLA AL 3B 144 144 1296.7 118 284 6 18 .985 2.79   8.6
    1B 4 2 21.3 26 3 0 3 1.000 12.24   0.1
1909 23 SLA AL 3B 123 123 1082.3 96 218 11 15 .966 2.61   5.5
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1910 24 SLA AL 3B 141 141 1259.3 124 256 16 19 .960 2.72   7.0
1911 25 SLA AL 1B 130 130 1171.7 1320 75 19 93 .987 10.72   1.9
    3B 15 15 139.0 7 37 2 1 .957 2.85   0.6
1912 26 SLA AL 1B 143 143 1282.3 1386 110 14 112 .991 10.50   1.4
1913 27 SLA AL 1B 138 138 1217.0 1389 104 20 97 .987 11.04   2.4
    3B 6 4 38.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.2
    SS 4 4 33.0 4 9 1 2 .929 3.55   0.0
1914 28 SLA AL 1B 139 139 1261.3 1393 117 12 112 .992 10.77   4.6
1915 29 SLA AL 1B 127 127 1122.0 1365 116 21 114 .986 11.88   2.0
    3B 18 18 148.0 11 36 2 3 .959 2.86   0.5
1916 30 SLA AL 1B 143 143 1273.7 1520 117 13 126 .992 11.57   2.9
1917 31 SLA AL 1B 145 145 1319.7 1618 116 14 125 .992 11.83   3.5
  1B 1335 1332 11931.3 13599 985 162 1041 .989 11.00   25.0
  3B 568 561 5024.3 457 1061 52 70 .967 2.72   27.9
  SS 4 4 33.0 4 9 1 2 .929 3.55   0.0
Career Totals   1907 1897 16988.6 14060 2055 215 1113 .987 8.54   52.9
Career Highs   148 146 1319.7 1618 287 25 126 .992 11.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1908 22 SLA AL 5 18 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .278 .350 .333 .683
1911 25 SLA AL 6 21 5 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 5 .333 .440 .524 .964
1912 26 SLA AL 7 24 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 .208 .345 .208 .553
Career Post-Season Batting 18 63 11 17 2 0 1 7 2 0 11 8 .270 .378 .349 .728
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1906-7-.312
1908-5-.296
 On-Base Pct
1906-10-.377
1908-6-.371
1911-10-.395
 Slugging Pct
1905-7-.376
1906-3-.414
1908-7-.380
1911-5-.432
 OPS
1906-7-.791
1908-4-.751
1911-5-.827
 Secondary Average
1916-8-0.265
 XR
1905-10-72.0
1906-7-80.8
1908-4-84.9
1911-4-96.4
Games
1906-8-148
1908-3-150
1910-10-145
1912-8-147
1913-6-148
 At-Bats
1908-9-561
1913-10-558
1915-5-568
 Runs
1905-8-75
1912-6-92
1915-3-90
 Hits
1905-9-153
1906-5-169
1908-6-166
 Walks
1908-8-70
1911-9-87
1916-9-72
1917-9-71
 Total Bases
1905-7-205
1906-3-224
1907-10-197
1908-6-213
1911-3-240
Singles
1906-10-131
1908-8-129
 Doubles
1905-7-33
1911-8-34
 Homeruns
1905-2-5
1906-8-5
1907-2-7
1910-4-7
1911-1-8
1912-5-7
1913-5-8
1914-9-5
1915-1-10
 RBIs
1911-2-100
1916-6-75
 Stolen Base Percentage
1916-8-78
CAR-49-76
 Strikeouts
1913-7-75
1914-6-73
Base on Ball per Strikeout
1916-10-1.4
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 39)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 193)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 59)
 
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  3. Cutter Nolan (908)
  4. Ben Balogh (893)
  5. Vincent Wexler (889)
  6. Bob Mulcahy (881)
  7. Arnold Kellogg (881)
  8. Mathew Christianson (881)
  9. Eric Blair (875)
  10. Charles Radke (871)
History
Had first career hit on 7/18/1904, off Hal Bush (BOS)
Traded from Washington to St. Louis (A) on 7/30/1904 (Going to WS1: LF Dicky Cook. Going to SLA: 3B Ron Gauss, CF William Adams)
Hit first career homerun on 8/27/1904, off Numbers Bishop (CLE)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1908, hitting .343 with 0 HR, 15 RBI
Won WORLD SERIES with St. Louis (A) in 1908
Injured on 3/5/1909 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 6/21/1909
Injured on 9/14/1909 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Won WORLD SERIES with St. Louis (A) in 1911
 
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