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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1x All-Star

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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: 14-21 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 3

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	317	1	Apr 9	DET	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.00	3.28	24	4	8	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.035	2.11	0.05%	0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	318	5	Apr 18	DET		WSA	W,5-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	1.20	2.22	34	11	14	0	4	4	80			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.308	1.41	0.40%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	319	9	Apr 24	DET		KCA	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	0	0.75	2.16	34	2	18	1	0	4	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.722	3.44	0.99%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	320	13	Apr 28	DET		LAA	L,6-7	GS-3	L(2-2)	3	2.2	6	5	5	1	2	1	0	2.36	2.65	15	1	5	0	1	6	27			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.377	2.30	-0.51%	-3.69	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d3
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	321	16	May 2	DET	@	KCA	L,8-12	GS-2	L(2-3)	3	1.2	7	6	6	1	0	0	0	4.13	2.76	13	2	3	1	0	7	16			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.34	-0.415	3.42	-0.64%	-4.21	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 2 out d3
6	322	25	May 12	DET		BOS	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-4)	9	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.93	2.59	25	5	9	0	0	6	55			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.048	1.68	0.06%	1.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
7	323	30	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	GS-8	W(3-4)	6	7.1	7	3	3	1	7	2	0	3.89	2.95	31	6	10	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.107	1.27	0.10%	0.59	1b start a 3	8b --- 1 out a1
8	324	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	11	4	3	1	5	0	0	3.73	2.76	41	15	13	3	0	7	55			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	4	1.73	0.377	3.76	0.49%	0.36	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a1
9	325	40	May 29	DET		BAL	W,12-4	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	7	4	4	1	4	3	0	3.77	3.30	35	13	10	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	2	.38	0.013	1.03	0.02%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
10	326	46	Jun 3	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	7.0	5	4	4	3	6	2	0	3.92	3.58	29	5	10	2	6	5	54			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	.56	0.118	2.07	0.26%	0.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
11	327	51	Jun 8(2)	DET	@	WSA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(6-5)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	0	3.62	3.29	30	4	15	1	6	4	73			3	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.208	3.99	0.40%	2.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
12	328	56	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	L(6-6)	6	9.0	9	3	2	2	7	0	0	3.44	3.12	39	11	10	0	0	9	64			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	.76	0.082	1.50	0.10%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
13	329	61	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,4-5	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	6.2	10	5	5	1	3	2	0	3.69	3.34	31	9	9	1	3	9	36			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.276	1.95	-0.24%	-1.51	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d3
14	330	67	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	L(6-8)	4	8.0	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.57	3.20	33	15	9	0	0	5	60			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.117	1.76	0.12%	2.12	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
15	331	73	Jun 30(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	GS-7	W(7-8)	4	6.0	11	4	4	1	7	2	0	3.71	3.31	29	8	2	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.165	1.45	-0.15%	-1.59	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
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
16	332	78	Jul 4(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS-9		3	8.2	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	3.50	3.14	33	9	9	1	0	6	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.79	0.204	4.65	0.32%	2.89	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out tie
17	333	81	Jul 7	DET		BAL	L,6-7	9-9	HL(7-9)	2	0.1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.49	3.14	3	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.132	5.51	-0.12%	-1.03	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a1
18	334	84	Jul 12	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-8	L(7-10)	4	7.1	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.51	3.26	30	7	15	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.124	2.46	-0.15%	0.28	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
19	335	91	Jul 20	DET	@	KCA	W,10-3	CG	W(8-10)	7	9.0	8	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.47	3.30	35	7	14	2	0	8	61			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.246	.22	0.05%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
20	336	96	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.2	6	5	5	3	5	2	0	3.68	3.47	23	4	5	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.338	.39	-0.10%	-2.80	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d3
21	337	100	Jul 29(2)	DET		LAA	L,8-12	GS-6		3	5.1	7	5	5	1	5	2	0	3.87	3.57	24	5	6	1	0	7	38			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.352	.52	-0.12%	-2.45	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
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	338	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,3-4	GS-1	L(8-11)	5	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	4.11	3.66	5	1	0	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.294	.17	-0.03%	-3.44	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d3
23	339	108	Aug 6	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	3.66	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.28	-0.064	.28	-0.01%	0.32	9b 1-3 0 out tie	9b end d 1
24	340	110	Aug 8(1)	DET	@	WSA	W,6-5	GS-3		1	2.2	6	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.22	3.70	14	2	4	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.144	.05	0.00%	-1.75	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 2 out a1
25	341	113	Aug 10	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.16	3.67	8	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
26	342	115	Aug 11(2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	9-9		0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	3.66	2	0	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.002	.25	0.00%	-0.03	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 1 out tie
27	343	125	Aug 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	8-8	L(8-12)	10	0.1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.66	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2.37	-0.395	.09	-0.01%	-2.44	8t --- 0 out tie	8t --3 1 out d2
28	344	131	Aug 27	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	3.65	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.51	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
29	345	133	Aug 31	DET		CHW	W,5-2	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	3.65	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.034	.04	0.00%	0.45	9t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
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	346	136	Sep 3(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS-9	W(9-12)	2	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.92	3.56	35	10	13	0	0	7	76			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.661	.01	0.00%	4.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
31	347	141	Sep 8	DET		MIN	L,2-9	GS-3	L(9-13)	4	2.2	7	8	7	4	1	2	0	4.25	3.77	18	2	5	0	0	6	11			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	2	0	.55	-0.358	.01	-0.01%	-5.24	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d6
32	348	144	Sep 11	DET		NYY	L,7-8	5-8	BS(1)	2	3.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	4.28	3.75	16	6	5	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	2.04	-0.311	.01	0.00%	-1.14	5t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-3 1 out d1
33	349	149	Sep 15	DET	@	LAA	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-13)	3	7.1	10	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.25	3.65	32	4	11	2	0	10	51			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.096	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
34	350	154	Sep 21	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(11-13)	5	9.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	4.09	3.55	34	5	15	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.250	.00	0.00%	3.63	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
35	351	159	Sep 28	DET		KCA	W,7-3	GS-2		6	2.0	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.19	3.63	10	1	4	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
							14-21		W-L:11-13,Sv:1,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.9	180.1	195	92	84	36	120	24	1	4.19	3.63	774	0.68		4%	5%	180	52	5	40%	5	1	0	723	29	7	1	7	6	15	1.05	-0.302	1.61	1.27%	0.73

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