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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-13 / in Starts: 6-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 6

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	352	3	Apr 11	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.15	30	9	13	0	0	2	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.269	.89	0.35%	3.04	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
2	353	7	Apr 17	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	10	2	2	0	1	2	0	1.00	3.15	35	16	10	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.415	2.85	0.68%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	354	12	Apr 22	DET	@	KCA	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	4	4	1	7	0	0	2.22	2.52	28	3	9	0	0	8	47			1	0	0	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.226	2.57	-0.34%	-1.57	1b start a 5	7b --3 1 out a1
4	355	16	Apr 26	DET		MIN	L,5-7	GS-9	L(2-1)	3	8.0	6	4	4	2	8	2	0	2.78	3.00	32	9	7	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.284	1.99	-0.34%	0.12	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out tie
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	356	21	May 3	DET		BAL	L,5-8	GS-4		6	3.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	1	3.57	3.38	18	6	2	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.233	1.95	-0.19%	-2.60	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out a1
6	357	25	May 7	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.25	3.27	33	13	11	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.366	.75	0.23%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
7	358	29	May 12	DET		CLE	L,3-9	GS-2	L(3-2)	4	1.2	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	3.72	3.31	11	3	2	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.25	-0.230	1.53	-0.17%	-2.28	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d3
8	359	43	May 29	DET	@	LAA	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		16	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.56	3.19	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.020	.05	0.01%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
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
9	360	51	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,8-4	GS-8	W(4-2)	9	7.0	7	4	4	0	2	2	1	3.76	3.55	29	11	9	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.006	.66	0.00%	-1.11	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
10	361	57	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-3)	5	7.2	8	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.88	3.80	31	10	15	3	0	5	48			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.286	.47	-0.08%	-0.71	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out d2
11	362	62	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-4	L(4-4)	4	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.19	3.86	18	4	6	2	0	6	36			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.222	.08	-0.02%	-2.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
12	363	67	Jun 24	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	GS-4	L(4-5)	4	3.1	5	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.50	4.02	16	5	5	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.375	.14	-0.03%	-3.01	1b start tie	4b --3 1 out d1
13	364	70	Jun 27	DET	@	MIN	L,6-10	6-7		2	1.2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.40	3.96	9	1	3	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-1.67	6b 12- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d6
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
14	365	80	Jul 6	DET		KCA	W,8-4	8-GF	S(1)	8	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.40	4.07	7	0	5	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.114	.02	0.00%	1.41	8t -23 0 out a4	9t end a 4
15	366	84	Jul 12	DET	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS-7		5	7.0	7	6	6	2	8	3	1	4.69	4.33	31	9	4	0	2	7	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	-0.494	.03	-0.01%	-2.89	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
16	367	88	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,6-8	9-10		5	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	4.26	5	0	3	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	0.321	.05	0.00%	1.12	9t -2- 1 out tie	10t 3 out tie
17	368	89	Jul 19	DET	@	LAA	W,10-5	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.48	4.15	6	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.134	.01	0.00%	0.85	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 5
18	369	94	Jul 24	DET		CHW	L,1-3	GS-5	L(4-6)	4	5.0	2	2	2	1	4	1	0	4.43	4.15	18	2	9	0	0	2	58			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.038	.01	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	5t 3 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
19	370	109	Aug 8	DET		BOS	W,6-5	9-9	BS(1)	14	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.52	4.29	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.334	.00	0.00%	-1.69	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t 3 out tie
20	371	113	Aug 11(1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS-7	W(5-6)	2	6.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	4.39	4.29	27	5	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.93	0.021	.00	0.00%	0.38	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a4
21	372	120	Aug 18	DET	@	LAA	W,3-2	4-GF	W(6-6)	6	5.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.16	4.17	17	8	8	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	0.638	.00	0.00%	2.69	4b -23 2 out a1	9b end a 1
22	373	125	Aug 24	DET		KCA	W,4-3	4-GF(13)	W(7-6)	5	10.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.79	3.97	33	11	16	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	1.079	.00	0.00%	5.04	4t 1-- 0 out tie	13t end tie
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
23	374	133	Sep 1(1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(7-7)	7	7.0	5	5	0	5	4	1	0	3.56	4.05	32	10	8	0	4	5	56			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.40	-0.323	.00	0.00%	-1.86	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
24	375	141	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	L,6-11	GS-5		5	4.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.74	4.00	22	7	8	1	0	5	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-1.58	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out a3
							11-13		W-L:7-7,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.6	122.2	110	58	51	17	68	20	4	3.74	4.00	496	0.87		3%	2%	95	50	9	33%	1	0	0	466	17	3	0	6	1	4	.98	0.070	.77	0.10%	-3.05

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