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Originally Posted by Cusick
I'm not sure about these two photos, Dto7. I looked up both the 3/5/20 New York Daily News and the 3/5/1921 Sacramento Bee. In both cases, the player photo was captioned "Sidney" Ross, and the player was noted as having been with the San Antonio team. Given what's in Baseball-Reference.com, that would be a career minor league pitcher named John Sidney Ross.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=ross--004joh
His Sporting News contract card calls him Sidney Ross:
https://digital.la84.org/digital/col.../102775/rec/15
The date of birth on his contract card is consistent with the DOB on the career minor leaguer's B-R.com record. The contract card says he was a left-handed pitcher. B-R.com doesn't have any info about which arm he used.
The major leaguer's name was George Sidney Ross. He was also a left-handed pitcher. His one game in the majors was with the NY Giants on 6/27/1918. The contract card for the career minor leaguer says the Giants acquired him in August of 1918. Quite a coincidence.
Maybe you know something about both these guys being the same player. I can't find any official source that unites them. I've checked the newsletters of SABR's biographical research committee for about the past three years, and there is no mention of a Ross in its updates.
The B-R.com record for the major leaguer George Ross is at:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r...d=ross--001geo
I could not find a Sporting News contract card for him. |
Cusick, thanks for the research on George Ross great information.
I went by this July 7, 1918, Butte Miner Sunday newspaper photo of a pitcher Ross that looked like the ones I posted. I thought this was George Ross that pitched for the Giants in 1918. I found the same image photo from June 22, 1918.
I'll take the two photos down on your information.
Thanks, Dto7