Don Mossi

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, CA us

Died: July 19, 2019 in Nampa, ID

Buried: Cremated

High School: Jefferson HS (Daly City, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1954 (Age 25-096d, 11,103rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: October 1, 1965 (Age 36-263d)
vs. CHW 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Donald Louis Mossi

Nicknames: The Sphinx or Ears

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

101

ERA

3.43

460

165

1548.0

932

WHIP

1.213

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-15 / in Starts: 19-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

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	225	1	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,7-9	11-GF(14)	L(0-1)	99	4.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.50	4.79	15	3	7	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	0.017	5.35	0.03%	0.07	11t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 2
2	226	8	Apr 21	DET		CLE	L,1-14	9-GF		10	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.60	3.14	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.36	9t 123 0 out d13	9t end d13
3	227	10	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,4-10	7-8		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.86	2.69	8	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.000	.11	0.00%	0.03	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d6
4	228	11	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,1-10	4-5		0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.00	2.21	9	1	2	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.122	.43	-0.07%	-2.17	4b 123 0 out d1	5b 3 out d6
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	229	19	May 3(2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.50	1.88	36	13	10	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	.47	0.144	.23	0.04%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	230	23	May 8	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	3	2	3	0	0	3.60	2.06	28	7	9	1	2	7	50			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	1	1	.94	-0.146	.62	-0.06%	-0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	231	28	May 15	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(1-2)	6	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.27	2.57	30	9	11	1	3	5	65			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.220	1.76	-0.15%	1.79	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
8	232	32	May 19	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	12	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.21	2.61	39	10	14	2	0	11	51			1	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.175	.68	0.07%	1.21	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
9	233	36	May 24(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	9	2	1	3	4	0	0	2.88	2.62	34	9	11	0	4	7	59			0	0	1	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.102	1.04	0.07%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	234	40	May 29	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.59	2.70	35	14	13	1	0	3	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.444	1.57	0.40%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	235	45	Jun 2	DET		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.25	2.53	30	8	14	0	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.567	2.21	0.69%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
12	236	50	Jun 7	DET		WSH	W,6-4	GS-3		4	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.54	2.70	14	3	4	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.160	2.00	-0.23%	-1.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
13	237	55	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.36	2.63	33	11	13	2	0	2	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.485	5.43	1.01%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	238	61	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	GS-8		5	7.2	8	5	5	4	3	3	0	2.67	3.14	34	12	7	2	2	8	42			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.012	3.22	-0.03%	-1.31	1b start a 2	8b --- 2 out a1
15	239	67	Jun 24	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	L(5-3)	5	7.0	8	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.76	3.19	30	12	8	2	3	7	46			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.26	0.001	4.18	0.00%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	240	72	Jun 28	DET		BAL	W,7-2	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	6	2	1	2	2	0	0	2.60	3.15	36	10	16	3	3	6	69			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	.83	0.178	2.88	0.37%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	241	76	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,9-7	GS-9	W(7-3)	3	8.1	13	7	7	3	2	1	0	2.97	3.27	41	11	12	2	2	13	28			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.259	3.73	0.63%	-2.62	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out a2
18	242	84	Jul 11	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS-3		8	3.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	3.29	3.31	16	2	3	1	1	8	26			0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.393	2.77	-0.57%	-3.58	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
19	243	90	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-4)	5	7.0	3	3	1	3	2	1	0	3.17	3.41	27	9	10	0	2	3	62			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.066	.61	-0.04%	0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
20	244	97	Jul 24	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(8-4)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.09	3.38	33	8	14	4	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.405	.63	0.18%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	245	101	Jul 28	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	3	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.09	3.37	31	9	13	2	4	3	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.45	0.059	.16	0.01%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
22	246	105	Aug 1	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.02	3.25	35	9	11	1	3	7	71			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.133	.14	0.01%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	247	108	Aug 5	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(10-5)	3	8.0	8	3	2	1	8	1	0	2.98	3.21	33	8	9	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	.78	0.094	.14	0.01%	0.74	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
24	248	112	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS-9	W(11-5)	3	8.2	12	3	3	4	8	1	0	2.99	3.23	41	7	10	0	1	12	52			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.154	.06	0.01%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out a4
25	249	115	Aug 13	DET		CHW	L,0-9	GS-2	L(11-6)	3	2.0	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.17	3.38	10	0	6	1	2	4	32			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.280	.02	-0.01%	-2.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
26	250	119	Aug 18	DET		NYY	L,3-5	GS-3	L(11-7)	4	3.0	9	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.38	3.50	18	2	7	3	0	8	22			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.288	.03	-0.01%	-3.45	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
27	251	123	Aug 22	DET		BOS	L,1-7	GS-6	L(11-8)	3	5.1	7	7	6	0	3	1	1	3.58	3.53	23	5	7	0	1	7	31			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.162	.01	0.00%	-2.83	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d5
28	252	125	Aug 24	DET		BAL	L,0-11	GS-3	L(11-9)	1	2.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	3.69	3.51	13	1	3	0	1	6	34			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d3
29	253	130	Aug 30	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-9)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	3.51	3.41	32	9	10	1	1	3	87			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.531	.00	0.00%	4.48	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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
30	254	134	Sep 4	DET		KCA	W,9-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.44	3.34	35	11	10	1	5	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	2	.65	0.330	.00	0.00%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	255	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-9)	7	9.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.29	3.25	31	9	13	3	0	3	85			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.375	.00	0.00%	4.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	256	146	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,3-1	GS-9	W(15-9)	3	8.0	7	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.21	3.19	32	9	7	0	3	7	69			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.333	.00	0.00%	2.17	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a2
33	257	149	Sep 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-6	W(16-9)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.29	3.24	27	7	7	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
34	258	152	Sep 25	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	W(17-9)	4	9.0	6	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.36	3.27	35	13	11	1	1	6	56			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							19-15		W-L:17-9	3.9	228.0	210	92	85	49	125	20	3	3.36	3.27	927	0.84		6%	8%	191	57	6	50%	4	2	2	865	39	4	0	19	3	12	.96	2.474	1.23	2.37%	21.50

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