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: 6-15

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 6

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	120	2	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	8-8		99	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	inf	inf	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.16	-0.023	.36	-0.03%	-1.99	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 12- 0 out d5
2	121	14	Apr 27	PIT		LAD	L,3-9	9-GF		16	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	27.00	1.54	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
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
3	122	36	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-11	2-4		22	2.2	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	12.27	7.45	14	5	2	0	2	5		1	1	0	0	0	12	2	0	1	2	0	1	.28	-0.055	.53	-0.06%	-1.41	2b 1-- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d7
4	123	39	May 23	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	7-7	H(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.25	7.04	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	0.117	10.39	0.16%	0.80	7t 123 1 out a2	7t 123 2 out a2
5	124	43	May 27	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.50	5.54	6	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.16	0.02%	0.90	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
6	125	87	Jul 11	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	6-7		44	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.63	4.79	6	5	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.014	.31	0.03%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
7	126	89	Jul 12 susp	PIT		STL	L,6-8	7-9	H(2)	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.30	5.64	8	3	3	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.011	5.27	0.02%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-- 0 out a1
8	127	96	Jul 22	PIT		PHI	L,4-11	6-7		9	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.25	5.21	9	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.014	.45	0.02%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
9	128	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	5-6		5	1.0	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	6.92	5.31	6	1	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	-0.127	1.42	-0.09%	-1.20	5b 1-3 1 out tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
10	129	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-4	12-GF(12)	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.59	5.03	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	0.289	4.37	0.14%	0.70	12b -2- 1 out a1	12b end a 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
11	130	106	Aug 1	PIT	@	SFG	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.14	4.86	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	131	111	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.74	4.59	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
13	132	112	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	13-GF(14)	W(1-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.09	4.52	8	3	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.329	.41	0.03%	0.97	13b --- 0 out tie	14b end a 1
14	133	124	Aug 22	PIT		LAD	W,2-0	9-GF	S(2)	13	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91	4.45	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.160	1.38	0.04%	0.89	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
15	134	128	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	L,5-12	1-5		2	5.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.63	4.26	18	3	7	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.042	.87	0.03%	1.41	1t 12- 0 out d2	5t 3 out d2
16	135	133	Aug 30(2)	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	8-9		4	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.26	4.36	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	.27	0.024	.38	0.02%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d4	9t 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
17	136	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	5-6		5	2.0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	3.95	4.26	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.176	1.24	-0.10%	-1.00	5b --- 0 out a1	6b 3 out tie
18	137	139	Sep 7(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	4.13	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
19	138	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.68	4.01	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
20	139	151	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	6-7		11	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3.45	3.95	8	2	3	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.03	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
21	140	154	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(1-1)	4	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.82	3.82	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.64	-0.654	.00	0.00%	-1.22	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
							6-15		W-L:1-1,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:2	2.9	33.0	28	17	14	10	15	3	1	3.82	3.82	135	1.10		2%	7%	23		11	18%	0	0	0	122	7	0	3	4	1	2	.99	-0.039	.91	0.22%	3.70

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