Ross Skelton
Full Name:  David Ross Skelton
     Born:  February 27, 1948, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
     Died:  April 16, 1997, Northport, Ala.
   School:  Carroll High School in Ozark, Alabama


FSU Career
Baseball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  B  T  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1968   6  OF      5-9  160  R  R  So   *   Ozark, AL             


Comments
David Ross Skelton Obituary.

Published in The Dothan Eagle on Apr 18, 1997, page 7.

David Ross Skelton, 49, of 11704 Creighton Ave., Northport, Ala., died Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at Druid City Hospital (Northport DCH), Northport, Ala.

Mr. Skelton was employed with Uniroyal Goodrich and was a member of First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa. He was in the U.S. Air Force.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Beverly Jean Tummel Skelton; brother, Ronald Adrin Skelton; grandparents, Mr. H.P. Tummel, Mrs. Olive Blough Tummel, Mr. C.C. Skelton, Mrs. Myrtie Skelton.

Survivors include his wife, Laura K. Skelton, Northport; stepdaughter, Pamela Johnson Hoggle, Northport; step-grandson, John Winston Hoggle, Northport; father, Stancil Adrin Skelton, Ozark; stepmother, Mrs. Sylvia Skelton, Ozark; aunts, uncles, and cousins.



FSU Statistics
Baseball
Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
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1968  .208  11       24   4   5   0   2   1   7   12  .500   4   0  12      .310  1  0   1    
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Tot   .208  11   0   24   4   5   0   2   1   7   12  .500   4   0  12   0  .310  1  0   1   0
Fielding Statistics
Year   PO  AST  E   FLD%  DP
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1968            1   .000    
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Tot     0    0  1   .000   0
Baseball
Game Statistics
1968
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Mar  8 Valdosta Red Sox       7  .667  1 LF   3   2   2     2      1   6                      0            
Mar  9 Valdosta Red Sox       7  .429  1 LF   4   1   1        1   4   4                      0            
Mar 19 Georgia                5  .300  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0                  1   1            
Mar 20 Georgia                6  .214  1 LF   4   0   0            0   0                      0           1
Mar 27 Springfield College    3a .267  1      1   0   1            1   1                      0            
Apr  1 Southern Illinois      9a .250  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  8 KY Wesleyan College    8a .235  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  9 KY Wesleyan College    3a .263  1      2   1   1            1   1            1         0            
May 11 Georgia Southern       6a .238  1      2   0   0            0   0                      0            
May 14 Auburn                 8  .217  1 CF   2   0   0            0   0                      0            
May 30 East Carolina          2c .208  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
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                                 .208 11  5  24   4   5  0  2  1   7  12  0   0  0  1  0  1   1    0   0  1