Cody Ross

Cody Joseph Ross ( born December 23, 1980 in Portales, New Mexico) is an American baseball player in the major leagues. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Career

Ross was selected in the fourth round of the MLB Drafts in 1999 by the Detroit Tigers and played until 2003 in the Minor Leagues. In the 2003 season, the Tigers put him in six games and transferred it to the end of the season to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2004 season spent Ross again in the Minor Leagues. It was predominantly the Las Vegas 51s used in the Triple -A team of the Dodgers in 2005, but had in June and July also some games in the MLB.

At the beginning of the 2006 season, Ross was transferred from the Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds, in turn, sold him the end of May 2006 to the Florida Marlins. Here he played until the 2010 season in the outfield. On August 21, acquired the San Francisco Giants Ross to prevent that he goes to division rival San Diego Padres. They put him in 33 games of the regular season. With the Giants, he had a batting average of .288 with three home runs and won with the team the National League West. In the Division Series against the Atlanta Braves Ross started in all four games. A home run in the decisive fourth game brought an equalizer, another hit cared for two runs of the Giants and secured a place in the Championship Series. Already in the first game of this series against the Philadelphia Phillies, he hit two home runs. In the series, he had a batting average of .350 with three homers, three doubles and five RBIs. Due to its excellent performance, he was awarded after winning the series in Game 6 as the most valuable player. Cody Ross signed on 23 January 2012, the Boston Red Sox a one-year contract. On April 14, 2012 will be the first home run at the new place of work.

On December 22, 2012 Ross signed a three -year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the first meeting of the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks on August 2, 2013 at Fenway Park in Boston Ross scored the decisive run.

Private life

Ross is married and has a son with his wife Summer and a daughter.

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