Ross Gload
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Pam Rasmussen
Ross Peter Gload
4/5/76 Brooklyn, New York
6'0", 185, L/L
East Hampton High School, East Hampton, New York, University of South Florida

Selected by Florida in the 13th round of the 1997 draft, signed 7/31/97
Traded by Florida to Chicago (NL) for Henry Rodriguez, 9/12/01
Claimed on waivers by Colorado 1/21/02
Traded by Colorado with Cragi House and Alex Ochoa to New York (NL) for
Todd Zeile, Benny Agbayani and cash, 1/25/02

Contract purchased by Colorado 1/26/02
Traded by Colorado to Chicago (AL) for Wade Parrish, 3/27/03
Signed by Chicago (AL) 11/28/06
Traded by Chicago (AL) to Kansas City for Andrew Sisco, 12/16/06
5/14/07-Placed on the disabled list with a torn right quad
6/30/07-Activated from disabled list
1/18/08 Signs 2yr contract with Kansas City

Hitting (Majors)
Year Club League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG
2000 Chicago National 24 .194 18 31 4 6 0 1 1 3 3 10 0 .257 .355
2002 Colorado National 26 .258 26 31 4 8 1 0 1 4 3 7 0 .324 .387
2004 Chicago American 28 .321 110 234 28 75 16 0 7 44 20 37 0 .375 .479
2005 Chicago American 29 .167 28 42 2 7 2 0 0 5 2 9 0 .205 .214
2006 Chicago American 30 .327 77 156 22 51 8 2 3 18 6 15 6 .354 .462
2007 Kansas City American 31 .288 102 320 37 92 22 3 7 51 16 39 2 .318 .441
Totals .294 361 814 97 239 49 6 19 125 50 117 8

Hitting (Minors)
Year Club League Level Age ORG AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG
1997 Utica New York-Penn A 21 FLA .261 68 245 28 64 15 2 3 43 28 57 1 .336 .376
1998 Kane County Midwest A 22 FLA .313 132 501 77 157 41 3 12 92 58 84 7 .386 .479
1999 Brevard County Florida State A 23 FLA .298 133 490 80 146 26 3 10 74 53 76 3 .369 .424
2000 Portland Eastern AA 24 FLA .284 100 401 60 114 28 4 16 65 29 53 <4 .333 .494
Iowa Pacific Coast AAA 24 CHC .404 28 104 24 42 10 2 14 39 9 13 1 .452 .942
2001 Iowa Pacific Coast AAA 25 CHC .297 133 475 70 141 32 10 15 93 35 88 9 .344 .501
2002 Colorado Springs Pacific Coast AAA 26 COL .314 104 442 69 139 28 6 16 71 18 59 9 .338 .514
2003 Charlotte International AAA 27 CWS .315 133 508 72 160 40 6 18 70 29 60 6 .349 .524
2005 Charlotte International AAA 29 CWS .364 60 236 45 86 22 1 15 45 22 37 0 .416 .657
2007 Omaha Pacific Coast AAA 31 KC .500 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 1.250
Totals .309 892 3406 526 1051 242 37 120 593 281 527 40

Fielding (Majors)
Year Club POS PCT G PO A E DP POS PCT G PO A E DP
2000 Chicago 1B 1.000 2 6 0 0 2 OF 1.000 8 9 0 0 0
2002 Colorado 1B 1.000 4 20 3 0 1 OF 1.000 2 0 1 0 0
2004 Chicago 1B 1.000 42 220 12 0 15 OF 40 59 1 3 0
2005 Chicago 1B .987 24 72 4 1 9 OF 1.000 3 5 0 0 0
2006 Chicago 1B .986 49 266 13 4 24 OF 1.000 19 16 0 0 0
Fielding (Minors)
Year Club POS PCT G PO A E DP POS PCT G PO A E DP
1997 Utica 1B .973 63 546 37 16 38
1998 Kane County 1B .989 129 1160 69 14 89
1999 Brevard County 1B .993 133 1200 83 9 90
2000 Portland 1B .990 48 381 24 4 37 OF .967 54 81 6 3 0
Iowa OF .917 29 42 2 4 0
2001 Iowa 1B .997 50 345 35 1 30 OF .983 72 112 6 2 0
2002 Colorado Springs 1B .987 88 738 69 11 81 OF 1.000 19 25 1 0 0
2003 Charlotte 1B .990 112 770 58 8 63 OF 1.000 28 50 2 0 0
2005 Charlotte 1B 1.000 36 314 12 0 41 OF .952 11 20 0 1 0

Spring Training
Year Club Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB OBP SLG
2001 Chicago 25 .111 9 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .111 .222
2003 Colorado 27 .500 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500
2004 Chicago 28 .323 24 62 15 20 2 1 3 10 4 9 0 .373 .532
2005 Chicago 29 .262 18 42 7 11 2 0 0 7 3 6 0 .311 .310
2007 Kansas City 31 .393 20 56 13 22 4 2 2 5 4 4 3 .424 .643
2008 Kansas City 32 .242 20 62 7 15 2 1 2 10 0 5 0 .242 .403

Salary Data
Year Club Salary
2000 Chicago 175,000
2002 Colorado 200,000
2004 Chicago 302,000
2005 Chicago 335,000
2006 Chicago 350,000
2007 Kansas City 625,000
2008 Kansas City 1,300,000