Don Gross

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 186lb (180cm, 84kg)

Born: June 30, 1931 in Weidman, MI us

Died: August 10, 2017 in Weidman, MI

Buried: St. Joseph the Worker Cemetery, Beal City, MI

High School: Weidman HS (Weidman, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: July 21, 1955 (Age 24-021d, 11,278th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 25, 1960 (Age 28-330d)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald John Gross

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Relatives: Uncle of Todd Benzinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

ERA

3.73

145

398.0

230

WHIP

1.299

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-10 / in Starts: 7-0

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 7

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	18	7	Apr 24	CIN	@	STL	L,3-5	5-6		99	2.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.37	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	-0.010	.64	-0.01%	-0.06	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	19	68	Jul 1(2)	CIN	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	67	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	1	0	0.82	2.82	34	9	16	1	2	7	71			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.187	2.14	0.59%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	20	70	Jul 3	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	2.79	5	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.01	-0.001	.04	-0.01%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
4	21	73	Jul 6	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	2	6.1	8	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.95	2.26	28	8	6	0	1	8	45			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.189	6.43	-0.60%	-1.02	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
5	22	77	Jul 13	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	8-GF		6	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.15	2.32	8	2	2	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.015	5.61	0.05%	0.41	8t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 2
6	23	80	Jul 15(2)	CIN		NYG	W,4-3	GS-8		1	7.2	9	3	2	1	4	1	0	2.93	2.62	33	10	9	0	2	9	54			1	0	0	32	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.056	5.62	-0.17%	0.68	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
7	24	85	Jul 20	CIN		PIT	W,6-4	GS-4		4	3.2	6	4	2	2	4	0	0	3.16	2.53	19	5	2	0	0	6	39			1	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.216	4.70	-0.62%	-2.32	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d4
8	25	87	Jul 22(1)	CIN		PIT	L,6-8	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.24	2.79	8	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.085	5.04	-0.28%	0.00	6t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
9	26	89	Jul 23	CIN		PIT	W,4-3	9-9	H(1)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.21	2.73	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.95	-0.119	13.36	-0.32%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 12- 1 out a1
10	27	90	Jul 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,5-10	7-GF(8)		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	2.66	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.009	.24	-0.03%	-0.86	7b -23 2 out d5	8b end d 5
11	28	96	Jul 29(2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	1	1	7	0	0	2.79	2.35	30	7	8	0	5	7	63			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.079	6.10	0.20%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	29	107	Aug 9	CIN		CHC	W,5-3	8-9		10	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.72	2.37	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	-0.079	8.98	-0.22%	0.01	8t 1-3 1 out d1	9t -2- 1 out tie
13	30	110	Aug 12	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-8	3-4		2	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.64	2.46	6	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.012	1.44	0.06%	0.75	3b -2- 2 out d6	4b 3 out d5
14	31	111	Aug 13	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-5	8-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	2.53	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.006	2.89	-0.03%	-0.32	8b 12- 2 out d2	8b 123 2 out d2
15	32	120	Aug 21	CIN		PIT	W,7-4	GS-8		7	7.2	7	4	1	5	3	0	0	2.42	2.68	31	15	3	0	0	5	53			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.60	-0.319	7.01	-0.84%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d1
16	33	122	Aug 23	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	2.64	3	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.020	5.45	-0.08%	0.19	9t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
17	34	126	Aug 26(2)	CIN		PHI	L,4-11	4-7		2	4.0	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.38	2.86	18	5	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.047	3.95	0.11%	1.00	4t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	35	146	Sep 18(2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-7	2-4		22	2.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.28	2.77	11	5	1	1	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.057	.68	0.03%	1.46	2b 123 1 out d2	4b 3 out d3
19	36	151	Sep 23(1)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(3-0)	4	10.0	5	2	0	3	6	0	0	1.95	2.67	39	12	13	1	1	5	81			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.41	0.580	5.70	1.41%	3.00	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							9-10		W-L:3-0,Hld:1	2.3	69.1	69	25	15	20	47	4	1	1.95	2.67	295	1.38		3%	7%	65	58	14	36%	3	1	0	269	17	3	2	6	1	7	1.09	-0.132	4.88	-0.77%	6.04

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