David Wade Ross (born March 19, 1977) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager.

On September 2, 2002, with the Dodgers leading 18–0,[6] the Diamondbacks put first baseman Mark Grace in to pitch after he volunteered, to rest the bullpen.

Ross hit his first major league home run off Grace with two outs in the 9th inning, capping a 19–1 win.

On April 21, 2007, his slump hit rock-bottom when with runners on first and second base, he grounded into a rare 5–4–3 triple play against the Philadelphia Phillies.

Ross hit the first ever home run in the Wild Card Game when the new playoff format was introduced in 2012.

[14] Ross signed a two-year, $6.2 million deal on November 10, 2012, to return to the Red Sox as "more than a backup but not a starter"[15] behind primary catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Ross suffered two concussions during the 2013 season and spent over two months on the disabled list; however, his health returned and he played a key role in Boston's run to the World Series championship over the St. Louis Cardinals that year, starting in four games during the series and driving in the game-winning run with an RBI double in Game 5.

[18] On May 9, 2015, in his first appearance as a pitcher in his professional baseball career, Ross recorded a perfect inning against the Milwaukee Brewers.

[19] On July 26, he repeated the feat against the Philadelphia Phillies, then led off the next inning by hitting a home run off of Héctor Neris.

[20] On April 21, 2016, Ross caught his first no-hitter, against the Cincinnati Reds, his former team, with starting pitcher Jake Arrieta.

[26] On October 24, 2019, the Cubs hired Ross as their manager to replace Joe Maddon, signing him to a three-year contract.

[30] On March 1, 2017, Ross was revealed as one of the contestants on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with professional dancer Lindsay Arnold.

[32] Despite only having the sixth-highest scoring average, Ross and Arnold outlasted higher-scoring couples and ended up placing runner-up to winner Rashad Jennings and partner Emma Slater.

[36] Ross worked with author Don Yaeger, on a book titled Teammate: My Life in Baseball, which was published in May 2017.

[37] Ross has made an appearance on Saturday Night Live, along with some of his teammates, to celebrate the Cubs championship win.

[38] Ross has also made an appearance in the recent commercials for "The Bryzzo Souvenir Company" as an intern trying to meet the standards and requests of his bosses, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo.