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Don Gross
Donald John Gross

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 186 lb.
School Michigan State University

Debut July 21, 1955
Final Game May 25, 1960
Born June 30, 1931 in Weidman, MI

Uncle of Todd Benzinger

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1955 24 CIN NL   4   5  17  11   2   1   6  0   67.3   79   33   31  11   16   33   1   0   287   0   0  4.14  4.16  100 1.411
 1956 25 CIN NL   3   0  19   7   2   0   4  0   69.3   69   25   15   4   20   47   1   1   295   2   0  1.95  3.92  201 1.284
 1957 26 CIN NL   7   9  43  16   5   0   9  1  148.3  152   75   71  21   33   73   3   2   626   3   0  4.31  4.07   95 1.247
 1958 27 PIT NL   5   7  40   3   0   0  23  7   74.7   67   37   33   5   38   59   1   3   324   7   0  3.98  3.87   97 1.406
 1959 28 PIT NL   1   1  21   0   0   0  10  2   33.0   28   16   13   3   10   15   1   0   136   3   0  3.55  3.87  109 1.152
 1960 29 PIT NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   3  0    5.3    5    2    2   1    0    3   0   0    21   0   0  3.38  3.76  112 0.938
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .476  20  22 145  37   9   1  55 10  398.0  400  188  165  45  117  230   7   6  1689  15   0  3.73  4.00  107 1.299
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  54  13   3   0  20  3  148.7  149   70   61  16   43   85   2   2   631   5   0  3.73  4.00  107 1.299
 Career High      7   9  43  16   5   1  23  7  148.3  152   75   71  21   38   73   3   3   626   7   0  1.95  4.16  201 1.247

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 24 CIN NL  17   19    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   6  .158  .200  .158   -5    3   3   0   0   0   0
 1956 25 CIN NL  19   19    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .105  .190  .105  -19    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 26 CIN NL  43   46    2    5   0  1   0    6   0  1   1  14  .109  .125  .152  -28    7   6   1   0   0   1
 1958 27 PIT NL  40   18    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   5  .056  .105  .056  -55    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1959 28 PIT NL  21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      145  104    4   11   0  1   0   10   0  1   5  32  .106  .145  .125  -28   13  11   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        116    4   12   0  1   0   11   0  1   6  36  .106  .145  .125  -28   15  12   1   0   0   1
 Career High     43   46    2    5   0  1   0    6   0  1   2  14                           7   6   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 24 CIN NL   23   19    1   1.4   109| .158  .270| .200  .342| .158  .428| .358  .769|  -5  .100  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1956 25 CIN NL   21   17    0   0.0   107| .105  .270| .190  .337| .105  .426| .295  .763| -19  .000  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1957 26 CIN NL   54   50    1   0.5   108| .109  .275| .125  .340| .152  .426| .277  .766| -28  .019  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1958 27 PIT NL   20   18    0   0.0   103| .056  .266| .105  .333| .056  .416| .161  .749| -55  .000  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1959 28 PIT NL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .269| .000  .335| .000  .416| .000  .751|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       121  107    2   0.5   107| .106  .272| .145  .338| .125  .424| .270  .763| -28  .017 -19.6  -2.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 24 CIN NL P 17 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 0.88 0.83 2.01 2.05 11 67.3 1956 25 CIN NL P 19 6 13 0 3 1.000 .964 1.00 0.83 2.47 2.05 7 69.3 1957 26 CIN NL P 43 14 22 0 1 1.000 .963 0.84 0.82 2.18 2.06 16 148.3 1958 27 PIT NL P 40 5 14 0 1 1.000 .955 0.47 0.77 2.28 1.97 3 75.0 1959 28 PIT NL P 21 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.82 3.27 1.99 0 33.0 1960 29 PIT NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.88 0.00 2.04 0 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 24 CIN NL P 17 3 12 2 1 .882 .949 0.88 0.83 2.01 2.05 11 67.3 1956 25 CIN NL P 19 6 13 0 3 1.000 .964 1.00 0.83 2.47 2.05 7 69.3 1957 26 CIN NL P 43 14 22 0 1 1.000 .963 0.84 0.82 2.18 2.06 16 148.3 1958 27 PIT NL P 40 5 14 0 1 1.000 .955 0.47 0.77 2.28 1.97 3 75.0 1959 28 PIT NL P 21 1 11 0 0 1.000 .952 0.57 0.82 3.27 1.99 0 33.0 1960 29 PIT NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.88 0.00 2.04 0 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 145 29 72 2 6 .981 .958 0.70 0.81 2.28 2.03 37 398.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 145 29 72 2 6 .981 .958 0.70 0.81 2.28 2.03 37 398
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Saves
1958 NL-7-10

Games Finished
1958 NL-23-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1957: Traded by the Cincinnati Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bob Purkey.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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