Don Gross

Donald John Gross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: June 30, 1931 in Weidman, MI
School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1955
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Pirates 1955-1960

Final Game: May 25, 1960
Relatives: Uncle of Todd Benzinger
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	19	CIN-min	D	44	88	88		29	4	1	0						.330	.330	.398	.727		35							MUN · OHIN
1951	20	CIN-min	C,A,D	16	45	45		6	0	1	1						.133	.133	.244	.378		11							OGD,CHL,WLH · PION,CENL,APPY
1952	21	CIN-min	AA																										TUL · TL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	23	CIN-min	A,AA	36	73	73		18	4	0	1						.247	.247	.342	.589		25							CLM,TUL · SALL,TL
1955	24	CIN-min	AA	34	39	39		5	2	0	0						.128	.128	.179	.308		7							NVL · SOUA
1955	24	CIN	NL	17	23	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	-5	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	25	CIN-min	AAA	10	20	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.200	.294	.200	.494		3		0	3	0			HAV · IL
1956	25	CIN	NL	19	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.105	.190	.105	.296	-19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	26	CIN	NL	43	54	46	2	5	0	1	0	6	0	1	1	14	.109	.125	.152	.277	-28	7	1	0	6	1	0	1
1958	27	PIT	NL	40	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.056	.105	.056	.161	-55	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	28	PIT-min	AAA	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							CLB · IL
1959	28	PIT	NL	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	25	51	48	7	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.271	.314	.292	.605		14							SLC · PCL
1960	29	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	30	MAC	AA	19	46	44	4	7	1	0	0	0	0		2	17	.159	.196	.182	.377		8							MAC · SOUA
1962	31	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1963	32	PIT-min	AAA	3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667		2							CLB · IL
6 Yrs				145	121	104	4	11	0	1	0	10	0	1	5	32	.106	.145	.125	.270	-28	13	1	0	11	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	135	116	4	12	0	1	0	11	0	1	6	36	.106	.145	.125	.270	-28	15	1	0	12	1	0

PIT (3 yrs)				66	23	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.050	.095	.050	.145	-60	1	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (3 yrs)				79	98	84	3	10	0	1	0	8	0	1	4	25	.119	.157	.143	.300	-20	12	1	0	9	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	24	CIN	NL	17	23	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1956	25	CIN	NL	19	21	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1957	26	CIN	NL	43	54	-7	-1	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$	1
1958	27	PIT	NL	40	20	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1959	28	PIT	NL	21	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1960	29	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				145	121	-19	-1	0	0	13	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.7	.496	.499	-0.7	-0.1	-2	$

PIT (3 yrs)				66	23	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.496	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
CIN (3 yrs)				79	98	-14	-1	0	0	10	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.495	.499	-0.4	-0.1	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1955	24	CIN	NL	23	19	1	1.4	110	.231	.158	.271	.200	.343	.158	.430	.358	.773	-5	.100	-3.0	-0.3	.250	.053	.000
1956	25	CIN	NL	21	17	0	0.0	107	.143	.105	.270	.190	.338	.105	.426	.296	.764	-19	.000	-3.3	-0.3	.235	.105	.000
1957	26	CIN	NL	54	50	1	0.5	108	.152	.109	.276	.125	.340	.152	.427	.277	.766	-28	.019	-8.7	-0.9	.163	.043	.043
1958	27	PIT	NL	20	18	0	0.0	104	.077	.056	.267	.105	.335	.056	.418	.161	.753	-55	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.118	.056	.000
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	103		.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.414	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				121	107	2	0.5	108	.151	.106	.272	.145	.339	.125	.425	.270	.764	-28	.017	-19.7	-2.0	.179	.058	.019
162 Game Avg.				135	120	2	0.5	108	.151	.106	.272	.145	.339	.125	.425	.270	.764	-28	.017	-19.7	-2.0	.179	.058	.019

CIN (3 yrs)				98	86	2	0.6	108	.167	.119	.273	.157	.340	.143	.427	.300	.767	-20	.025	-15.1	-1.5	.197	.060	.024
PIT (3 yrs)				23	21	0	0.0	104	.077	.050	.267	.095	.335	.050	.417	.145	.752	-60	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.105	.050	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	CIN	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.2		19.0	1.33	57%
1956	25	CIN	NL	21	0.0%	23.8%	9.5%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.8		19.0	1.00	67%
1957	26	CIN	NL	54	0.0%	25.9%	1.9%	1.9%	20%	14.00	3.3		7.7	2.56	61%
1958	27	PIT	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.6		9.0	0.50	65%
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
6 Yrs				121	0.0%	26.5%	4.1%	0.8%	9%	6.40	3.3		10.4	1.45	60%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.6%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.0	37.8	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	24	CIN	NL	-3.0	-0.3	23	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.14	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.94	-3.3	0
1956	25	CIN	NL	-3.3	-0.3	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.83	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.91	-2.7	0
1957	26	CIN	NL	-8.7	-0.9	56	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	1.04	-0.6	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	1.06	-6.9	0
1958	27	PIT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.88	-0.4	0.3	-2.0	-0.2	0.94	-4.1	0
1959	28	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.90	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.89	-0.7	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-19.7	-2.0	123	-1.4	1.0	-2.3	.99	-1.6	0.2	-13.8	-1.3	0.99	-17.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1955	24	CIN	NL	0	0%	6	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1956	25	CIN	NL	0	25%	9	0		0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0
1957	26	CIN	NL	3	33%	17	1	0%	1	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1
1958	27	PIT	NL	0	50%	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1959	28	PIT	NL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				3	25%	33	1	0%	1	1	17%	5	4	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	24	CIN	NL	23	57%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	16	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	25	CIN	NL	21	81%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	26	CIN	NL	54	78%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	14	1	7%	18	4	22%	44	6	14%	7	5	71%	3	2	67%	0
1958	27	PIT	NL	20	65%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1959	28	PIT	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				121	72%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	11	85%	25	1	4%	29	7	24%	86	10	12%	7	5	71%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1955	24	17	23	19	0	3	0	1	0	1	6	.158	.200	.158	.358	-5	3	0	3	0
1956	25	36	44	38	1	5	0	2	0	3	11	.132	.195	.132	.327	-12	5	0	3	0
1957	26	79	98	84	3	10	1	8	1	4	25	.119	.157	.143	.300	-20	12	1	9	1
1958	27	119	118	102	4	11	1	10	1	5	30	.108	.148	.127	.276	-26	13	1	10	1
1959	28	140	121	104	4	11	1	10	1	5	32	.106	.145	.125	.270	-28	13	1	11	1
1960	29	145	121	104	4	11	1	10	1	5	32	.106	.145	.125	.270	-28	13	1	11	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	24	18	25	21	0	4	0	2	1	6	.190	.227	.190	.418	1	17
1956	25	20	22	20	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	19
1957	26	45	57	49	2	6	1	7	1	15	.122	.137	.163	.301	1	43
1958	27	42	21	19	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	40
1959	28	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
5 Yrs		147	128	111	2	10	1	9	5	33	.090	.128	.108	.236	2	140
162 Game Avg.		162	141	122	2	11	1	10	6	36	.090	.128	.108	.236	2	140

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