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: 6-11 / in Starts: 6-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 11, Entered with runners on base: 1

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	1	91	Jul 21	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-5	GS-6		99	5.0	6	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.60	4.17	23	7	7	1	1	6	44			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.26	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out tie
2	2	98	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-10	9-GF		6	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.50	5.37	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.47	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 8
3	3	102	Jul 31(2)	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	GS-6		2	5.2	5	4	3	1	3	1	1	4.63	5.02	23	5	8	1	4	5	47			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.02	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 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
4	4	107	Aug 4	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	0	2	2	0	4.34	5.21	28	3	15	1	2	8	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.041	.00	0.00%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	5	108	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,9-12	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.12	4.96	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
6	6	111	Aug 7(2)	CIN		NYG	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.05	4.82	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out d1	9t end d 1
7	7	113	Aug 10(1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-0)	2	5.1	5	2	2	1	6	1	0	3.91	4.46	22	6	4	0	1	5	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.13	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
8	8	116	Aug 12	CIN	@	STL	L,7-8	6-GF	L(1-1)	1	3.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.34	4.23	16	5	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.663	.00	0.00%	-1.22	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
9	9	120	Aug 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(1-2)	4	9.0	11	3	3	0	6	2	0	4.03	4.16	36	11	8	1	3	11	59			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.166	.00	0.00%	1.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	10	124	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.26	3.81	32	6	17	1	4	4	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.533	.00	0.00%	4.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
11	11	129	Aug 26	CIN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-7	W(3-2)	4	6.0	9	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.23	3.99	30	5	18	8	0	2	45			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.78	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
12	12	135	Aug 30(2)	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-9	GS-3	L(3-3)	3	2.1	5	6	4	1	1	1	0	3.74	4.17	13	1	5	0	3	5	27			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.315	.00	0.00%	-4.00	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d4
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
13	13	139	Sep 3	CIN	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS-5		3	4.2	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.75	4.28	21	5	5	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.01	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
14	14	141	Sep 5	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(3-4)	1	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.23	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.362	.00	0.00%	-0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
15	15	143	Sep 8	CIN		PHI	L,4-6	GS-1	L(3-5)	2	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.26	5	2	0	0	0	2	37			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	1t 1-- 2 out d2
16	16	147	Sep 11(2)	CIN		BRO	W,5-3	GS-5	W(4-5)	2	5.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.07	4.25	18	4	11	5	0	1	51			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.67	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
17	17	151	Sep 20	CIN		MLN	L,0-7	9-GF		8	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.01	4.27	6	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d7	9t end d 7
							6-11		W-L:4-5	2.8	67.1	79	33	30	16	33	11	1	4.01	4.27	287	0.58		11%	12%	66	49	1	0%	1	1	0	266	14	1	0	9	2	1	1.10	-1.309	.00	0.00%	-0.70

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