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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-11 / in Starts: 23-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	61 (29-21-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (29-17-9)

Most Driven In
J Wood	4
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
N Cash	1
S Boros	1
Self	1
M Roarke	0

Most Driven In By
B Bruton	4
A Kaline	2
Self	1
R Colavito	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	284	3 (2)	Apr 15	DET		CHW	W,6-2	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.53	-0.009	1.09	-0.01%	-0.24	P
2	285	6 (2)	Apr 21	DET		LAA	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.28	-0.003	.71	-0.01%	-0.59	P
3	286	10 (3)	Apr 26	DET		NYY	L,11-13	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.68	-0.017	2.35	-0.04%	-0.17	P
4	287	13 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.77	-0.020	2.56	-0.04%	-0.17	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	288	17 (3)	May 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	1.02	0.050	3.21	0.09%	0.80	P
6	289	22 (4)	May 9 (1)	DET		WSA	W,7-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.083	.350	9	.74	-0.004	3.28	-0.01%	-0.31	P
7	290	28 (5)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.214	.508	9	.84	0.041	4.56	0.13%	0.52	P
8	291	34 (5)	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.278	.200	.478	9	1.42	-0.041	7.08	-0.12%	-0.38	P
9	292	38 (3)	May 24	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.238	.167	.405	9	1.00	-0.078	5.35	-0.25%	-0.88	P
10	293	43 (4)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.217	.150	.367	9	.54	0.007	2.71	0.02%	0.02	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	294	48 (4)	Jun 3	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.231	.174	.405	9	1.44	-0.058	7.28	-0.18%	-0.76	P
12	295	53 (4)	Jun 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.250	.200	.450	9	2.00	0.059	13.65	0.24%	0.42	P
13	296	59 (5)	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	9	.37	-0.038	1.62	-0.10%	-0.56	P
14	297	63 (3)	Jun 17	DET		NYY	W,12-10	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.235	.194	.429	9	.19	-0.010	1.17	-0.04%	-0.42	P
15	298	67 (3)	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,15-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.200	.437	9	.54	-0.040	3.63	-0.16%	-0.94	P
16	299	73 (5)	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,12-5	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.262	.231	.493	9	.48	-0.010	2.75	-0.03%	2.29	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	300	78 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.250	.220	.470	9	.84	-0.042	7.63	-0.23%	-0.38	P
18	301	84 (5)	Jul 8	DET		LAA	W,3-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.214	.459	9	1.57	-0.028	8.84	-0.10%	-0.27	P
19	302	89 (4)	Jul 16 (1)	DET		KCA	W,11-1	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.265	.289	.554	9	.63	0.120	3.62	0.42%	2.01	P
20	303	94 (4)	Jul 20	DET		BAL	W,15-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.260	.283	.543	9	1.31	-0.032	8.29	-0.12%	-0.31	P
21	304	96 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.260	.283	.543	9						P
22	305	99 (2)	Jul 25	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.271	.521	9	1.42	-0.120	8.61	-0.44%	-1.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	306	104 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	DET		WSA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.232	.250	.482	9	1.17	-0.200	6.50	-0.67%	-1.96	P
24	307	109 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.220	.236	.457	9	.90	-0.067	5.05	-0.22%	-0.81	P
25	308	113 (3)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.242	.263	.505	9	1.19	0.033	6.43	0.11%	0.28	P
26	309	118 (4)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.250	.271	.521	9	1.08	-0.021	6.04	-0.07%	-0.24	P
27	310	122 (3)	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.254	.274	.528	9	1.29	0.177	6.97	0.58%	0.57	P
28	311	126 (3)	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.261	.281	.542	9	.98	0.035	6.34	0.14%	0.22	P
29	312	129 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.250	.269	.519	9	.38	-0.022	2.26	-0.08%	-0.72	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	313	135 (5)	Sep 1	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.240	.257	.497	9	1.02	-0.075	14.50	-0.64%	-0.54	P
31	314	140 (4)	Sep 5	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.234	.250	.484	9	.78	-0.040	1.39	-0.04%	-0.33	P
32	315	144 (3)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.234	.250	.484	9						P
33	316	148 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.228	.243	.471	9	1.41	-0.073	.08	0.00%	-0.70	P
34	317	152 (3)	Sep 19	DET		LAA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.229	.234	.463	9	.60	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.42	P
35	318	157 (4)	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.224	.228	.451	9	.83	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
							24-11		91	79	8	13	2	0	1	8	6	0	29	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	.165	.224	.228	.451		.86	-0.612	4.48	-1.86%	-7.45

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