Tyson Ross

Tyson William Ross (born April 22, 1987 in Berkeley, California) is an American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He attended Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, which is located mere miles away from where he currently plays. He also pitched for the University of California, Berkeley before being drafted by the Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2008 Draft.

Professional career

Minors

Ross made 6 appearances (4 starts, 0-1) in 2008 for Single-A Kane County, posting a 4.66 ERA. He went 19.1 innings, 11 runs (10 earned) on 16 hits while striking out 16 and walking 5. 2009, he began the season with Single-A Stockton, starting 18 games, posting a 5-6 record with a 4.17 ERA. He pitched 86.1 innings, allowing 49 runs (40 earned) on 78 hits with 82 K's and 33 walks. He finished the season with Double-A Midland, making 9 starts, going 5-4 with a 3.96 ERA. In 50 innings, he allowed 22 runs (all earned) on 40 hits, fanning 31 and walking 20.

Majors

For the 2010 season, Ross was ranked Oakland's 6th best prospect. Despite not pitching above Double-A, Ross made the big-league roster, while making only 5 spring training appearances. Ross made his major league debut on April 7, 2010 against the Mariners. He went 2.1 innings allowing no runs on one hit. He struck out the first batter he faced and childhood idol, Ken Griffey Jr., and walked one. His next appearance, April 11, he pitched 3 innings against the Angels and recorded his first career save. On May 11 against the Rangers, he picked up both first career win and blown save.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)