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: 19-21 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 20

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	80	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	7-8		99	1.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	4.88	8	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.67	0.035	4.19	0.05%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 2 out tie
2	81	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.29	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.16	0.021	.43	0.03%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	82	6	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.95	6	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.021	.34	0.03%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
4	83	10	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	6-GF	W(1-0)	3	4.0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.00	2.58	16	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.24	0.330	5.20	0.46%	2.09	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 4
May				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
5	84	14	May 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.39	5	0	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.014	.35	0.03%	1.44	7b 12- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
6	85	18	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.65	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.93	0.095	25.16	0.21%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
7	86	25	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	7-GF	S(2)	7	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.07	9	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.294	5.10	0.68%	2.43	7t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
8	87	33	May 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	8-GF		7	2.0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0.54	2.30	10	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.007	.40	-0.01%	-0.04	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
9	88	34	May 23	PIT		STL	W,3-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.51	2.36	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	0.273	14.45	0.49%	0.86	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	89	41	May 30(2)	PIT		MLN	W,12-6	7-GF	BW(2-0)	6	2.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.44	2.33	12	1	6	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	1	.99	0.041	2.85	0.07%	1.13	7t 1-3 1 out a1	9t end a 6
Jun				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
11	90	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	6-GF(8)		4	2.2	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0.78	2.08	11	2	2	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.080	1.24	0.11%	1.62	6b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 3
12	91	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-8		2	7.1	7	5	5	4	6	1	1	2.08	2.71	35	9	8	1	0	7	46			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.22	-0.378	2.17	-0.40%	-0.66	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out tie
13	92	55	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		6	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.99	2.76	5	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.039	1.11	0.06%	1.02	7b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
14	93	59	Jun 19	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	S(4)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	2.69	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.035	3.81	0.06%	0.10	9t --- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
15	94	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,5-7	GS-7	L(2-1)	3	6.0	10	4	3	1	3	0	0	2.37	2.58	30	11	5	0	1	10	40			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	-0.227	3.64	-0.41%	-1.46	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out tie
16	95	71	Jun 29(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-8	GS-8	L(2-2)	5	7.1	8	4	4	1	9	1	0	2.78	2.52	31	6	8	0	4	7	54			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.124	1.95	-0.14%	-0.08	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d1
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
17	96	74	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.66	2.43	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.078	.94	0.08%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
18	97	80	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	8-8		7	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.64	2.56	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.019	.49	-0.02%	-0.69	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-3 1 out d2
19	98	81	Jul 13(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	9-9		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	2.56	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.049	1.96	-0.04%	-1.00	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b 12- 2 out a2
20	99	83	Jul 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.55	2.48	5	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.090	1.10	0.09%	1.71	8b 1-3 1 out a4	9b end a 4
21	100	87	Jul 19	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	2-4		3	2.0	2	3	3	3	0	1	0	2.98	2.90	11	2	4	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.214	2.63	-0.23%	-1.66	2b 12- 1 out tie	4b 1-- 1 out tie
22	101	88	Jul 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	7-7		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92	2.90	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.11	0.01%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
23	102	91	Jul 24	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	6-9	H(1)	3	3.0	1	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.09	3.11	12	3	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.116	.91	0.08%	0.80	6t 1-3 0 out a4	9t 12- 0 out a4
24	103	94	Jul 27(1)	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	14-GF(14)	W(3-2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	3.15	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	0.134	6.34	0.15%	0.48	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
25	104	98	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)	L(3-3)	3	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.98	3.16	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.32	-0.204	5.76	-0.31%	-0.52	8t --- 0 out tie	8t end d 1
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
26	105	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.14	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.027	1.89	0.08%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
27	106	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.88	3.18	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.027	2.16	0.07%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
28	107	109	Aug 10(1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	W(4-3)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	3.18	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	0.112	13.68	0.21%	0.43	10t 12- 2 out tie	10t end tie
29	108	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	6-7		2	0.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.85	3.19	4	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.072	4.47	-0.21%	-0.76	6b 1-- 2 out a4	7b 12- 0 out a4
30	109	116	Aug 17(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF		3	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.85	3.19	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.06	-0.154	13.40	-0.30%	-0.78	9b -23 1 out tie	9b end d 1
31	110	117	Aug 17(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	7-8	L(4-4)	-1	1.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.08	3.23	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	-0.121	4.93	-0.21%	-0.56	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 1 out tie
32	111	119	Aug 20(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	8-8	H(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	3.22	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	0.121	12.87	0.20%	0.43	8b 12- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
33	112	125	Aug 24(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12	7-8	BL(4-5)	3	0.2	4	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.61	3.23	8	1	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.86	-0.485	12.00	-1.22%	-4.07	7b 12- 1 out a1	8b 12- 0 out d3
34	113	127	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	3-7	W(5-5)	1	4.2	4	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.63	3.45	20	6	5	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.129	2.79	0.17%	1.13	3b 12- 0 out a3	7b 12- 2 out a1
35	114	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2		S(6)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.43	2												2	0	0	0		0
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
36	115	133	Sep 1(2)	PIT		PHI	L,0-9	7-8		2	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.60	3.40	8	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.000	.09	0.00%	-0.04	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
37	116	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	6-7	L(5-6)	1	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.95	3.39	5	0	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	-0.163	3.83	-0.16%	-0.96	6b 12- 2 out tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
38	117	140	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	7-GF	S(7)	4	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	3.36	8	6	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.316	.93	0.15%	2.28	7t 123 0 out a3	9t end a 3
39	118	149	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	8-8	H(3)	11	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	3.35	1	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.068	.50	0.01%	0.23	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
40	119	154	Sep 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	10-GF(10)	L(5-7)	7	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.96	3.36	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.72	-0.413	.00	0.00%	-1.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
							19-21		W-L:5-7,Sv:7,BSv:2,Hld:3	3.1	75.0	67	37	33	38	58	5	1	3.96	3.36	324	1.13		1%	5%	63	47	38	11%	1	3	0	279	7	1	7	8	1	7	1.29	-0.128	3.07	-0.09%	8.38

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