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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9		11	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
2	5	Apr 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
4	13 (5)	Apr 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-5		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	14	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	24 (9)	May 8 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	25	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	30 (4)	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (1)	May 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-11		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	36 (3)	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3		8	2.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
11	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	39 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	42 (2)	May 31	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GF	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	45 (2)	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	47 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	50 (2)	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	GF	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
17	53 (2)	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	GS	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	56 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	58 (1)	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	62 (3)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	70 (7)	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	72 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	76 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	77	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	80 (2)	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	83 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	85 (1)	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4		12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
28	88 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	89	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	91	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6		9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	92	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	W,4-3		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	94 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
34	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	99 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	102 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	105 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	107 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	111 (2)	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
42	114 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	116 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7		7	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	120 (2)	Aug 19	CLE		KCA	W,2-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	123 (2)	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	125 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	127 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	129 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-13		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	130	Aug 30	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	132 (1)	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	136 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,4-5		12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
53	139 (2)	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	143 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	148 (4)	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							57gm		81.2	7	19	0	26	2