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: 24-11 / in Starts: 23-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	282	3	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.2	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.18	2.57	23	4	8	0	1	6	50			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.092	1.61	0.11%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a4
2	283	6	Apr 21	DET		LAA	W,9-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	9	1	0	1.84	2.64	35	7	9	2	0	8	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.74	0.189	1.87	0.29%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
3	284	10	Apr 26	DET		NYY	L,11-13	GS-4		4	4.0	7	7	3	1	2	1	0	2.89	3.27	23	10	5	1	0	5	29			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.00	-0.402	3.47	-0.84%	-4.90	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
4	285	13	Apr 30(1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GS-5		3	5.0	5	2	1	0	7	1	0	2.66	3.08	21	5	4	1	1	5	58			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	0.019	2.72	0.04%	0.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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	286	17	May 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.93	2.91	31	10	12	1	4	1	85			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.92	0.456	2.90	0.87%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	287	22	May 9(1)	DET		WSA	W,7-2	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	3	2	0	1.94	3.46	31	10	12	1	1	4	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.410	3.83	1.09%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	288	28	May 14(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	0	5	2	0	2.40	3.66	27	6	16	7	3	0	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.187	2.81	-0.61%	-0.62	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
8	289	34	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	3	3	1	2	4	0	0	2.26	3.49	27	8	11	1	0	2	65			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.83	-0.021	4.15	-0.06%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
9	290	38	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(5-0)	3	6.0	9	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.34	3.60	29	4	8	1	3	9	48			0	1	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.092	5.85	0.29%	0.20	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
10	291	43	May 30(1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.36	3.52	29	8	9	0	3	8	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.110	4.67	0.33%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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	292	48	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.20	3.35	35	8	15	0	3	7	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.660	7.94	2.01%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	293	53	Jun 8(1)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.13	3.25	27	9	9	0	1	5	65			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.267	6.33	1.10%	2.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	294	59	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.02	3.11	38	5	15	0	4	12	63			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.299	3.05	0.78%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	295	63	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,12-10	GS-4		3	3.2	7	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.40	3.24	20	5	4	1	0	7	27			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.071	4.60	-0.26%	-3.42	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out a3
15	296	67	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,15-7	GS-7	W(8-1)	5	7.0	10	6	5	1	3	5	0	2.67	3.79	30	8	9	2	2	9	37			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	-0.056	1.96	-0.23%	-2.55	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a8
16	297	73	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,12-5	CG	W(9-1)	4	9.0	15	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.86	3.81	43	10	13	2	2	15	38			0	0	1	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.286	4.99	0.98%	-0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	298	78	Jul 4(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	L(9-2)	5	4.2	7	6	1	2	2	0	0	2.82	3.78	23	4	12	5	2	3	36			0	0	0	21	2	1	2	1	0	1	1.45	-0.316	13.21	-1.73%	-2.94	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d4
18	299	84	Jul 8	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	1	0	6	1	0	2.74	3.72	27	4	12	0	3	5	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.110	6.08	0.37%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
19	300	89	Jul 16(1)	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	W(10-2)	7	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.62	3.61	34	8	14	1	3	5	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.330	5.67	1.15%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
20	301	94	Jul 20	DET		BAL	W,15-8	GS-4		3	3.1	10	5	5	0	0	1	0	2.88	3.68	20	5	5	0	1	10	20			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.429	7.12	-1.63%	-3.84	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out d1
21	302	96	Jul 23(1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	3.66	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	0.201	22.97	0.67%	0.92	9b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
22	303	99	Jul 25	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-6		1	6.0	6	3	3	2	4	2	0	2.94	3.78	24	7	5	0	1	6	50			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	1	0	.76	-0.049	4.60	-0.18%	0.36	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
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
23	304	104	Aug 2(1)	DET		WSA	W,4-3	CG	W(11-2)	7	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.94	3.78	36	11	13	1	5	6	61			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.55	0.352	8.61	1.17%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	305	109	Aug 6(1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(12-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.83	3.80	31	4	19	3	10	3	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.645	7.31	2.16%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	306	113	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.79	3.70	37	7	17	1	5	10	60			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.56	0.567	8.42	1.83%	2.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	307	118	Aug 15(2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.78	3.61	30	8	9	0	3	7	59			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.086	6.22	0.29%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	308	122	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.2	7	2	1	0	5	1	0	2.70	3.58	34	9	13	0	2	7	69			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.137	7.00	0.44%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
28	309	126	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(13-3)	3	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.76	3.60	23	4	8	1	3	7	48			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.12	-0.103	7.21	-0.40%	-0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
29	310	129	Aug 27(1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	GS-9	W(14-3)	3	8.2	8	4	1	1	3	0	0	2.68	3.54	35	6	17	2	5	8	60			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	1	.58	0.189	3.41	0.67%	0.09	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 2 out a3
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	311	135	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(14-4)	4	8.2	8	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.61	3.45	34	7	16	6	1	3	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.175	21.73	1.49%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
31	312	140	Sep 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(14-5)	3	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.57	3.39	26	5	7	1	1	5	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.195	1.96	0.21%	2.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	313	144	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-2	L(14-6)	4	2.0	8	6	6	0	0	1	0	2.79	3.44	13	2	5	3	0	6	16			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.355	.11	-0.03%	-4.97	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
33	314	148	Sep 15(1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	GS-7	L(14-7)	4	6.1	6	6	6	3	4	2	0	2.96	3.53	28	6	9	1	1	6	38			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.201	.05	-0.01%	-3.03	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d5
34	315	152	Sep 19	DET		LAA	W,6-2	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	4	2	2	3	6	2	0	2.92	3.59	34	4	17	2	5	4	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	316	157	Sep 25(1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.96	3.59	21	4	6	1	1	7	50			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
							24-11		W-L:15-7,Sv:1	3.8	240.1	237	97	79	47	137	29	0	2.96	3.59	981	0.61		8%	14%	211	56	2	0%	2	4	1	920	40	2	3	21	7	12	1.00	3.806	5.27	12.37%	24.50

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