Cody Ross
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Ross with the San Francisco Giants in 2011
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: December 23, 1980 Portales, New Mexico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 4, 2003, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
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| May 1, 2015, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .262 | ||
| Home runs | 132 | ||
| Runs batted in | 508 | ||
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Cody Joseph Ross (born December 23, 1980), nicknamed "Toy Cannon" and "Ross the Boss," is a former professional baseball outfielder. He is 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighs 195 pounds (88 kg). Ross has played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers (2003), Los Angeles Dodgers (2005–2006), Cincinnati Reds (2006), Florida Marlins (2006–2010), San Francisco Giants (2010–2011), Boston Red Sox (2012), Arizona Diamondbacks (2013–2014) and Oakland Athletics (2015). He is one of the few Major League players to bat right-handed but throw left-handed.
Following high school, Ross embarked on his professional career, getting selected by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. He reached the Major Leagues in 2003, but suffered a torn ACL which caused him to miss most of September. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers following spring training in 2004, appearing in a handful of games with them in 2005. In 2006, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Florida Marlins. It was in Florida that he finally established himself, as he played with the Marlins through 2010. He was used mainly as a reserve outfielder in 2006 and 2007, but during the 2008 season he took over a starting role. He would be a starting outfielder for the rest of his Marlins career, playing centerfield or right field. In 2009, he hit a career-high 24 home runs and won the Marlins' Charlie Hough Good Guy award.
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