Don Gross
Donald John Gross
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 186 lb.

Born: June 30, 1931 in Weidman, MI
School: Michigan State University
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1955
Final Game: May 25, 1960
Relatives: Uncle of Todd Benzinger
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 24 CIN NL 4 5 .444 4.14 17 11 6 2 1 0 67.1 79 33 31 11 16 0 33 1 0 0 287 101 1.411 10.6 1.5 2.1 4.4 2.06
1956 25 CIN NL 3 0 1.000 1.95 19 7 4 2 0 0 69.1 69 25 15 4 20 2 47 1 0 1 295 203 1.284 9.0 0.5 2.6 6.1 2.35
1957 26 CIN NL 7 9 .438 4.31 43 16 9 5 0 1 148.1 152 75 71 21 33 3 73 3 0 2 626 95 1.247 9.2 1.3 2.0 4.4 2.21
1958 27 PIT NL 5 7 .417 3.98 40 3 23 0 0 7 74.2 67 37 33 5 38 7 59 1 0 3 324 97 1.406 8.1 0.6 4.6 7.1 1.55
1959 28 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.55 21 0 10 0 0 2 33.0 28 16 13 3 10 3 15 1 0 0 136 109 1.152 7.6 0.8 2.7 4.1 1.50
1960 29 PIT NL 0 0 3.38 5 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 5 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 112 0.938 8.4 1.7 0.0 5.1
6 Seasons 20 22 .476 3.73 145 37 55 9 1 10 398.0 400 188 165 45 117 15 230 7 0 6 1689 108 1.299 9.0 1.0 2.6 5.2 1.97
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .476 3.73 54 14 21 3 0 4 149 149 70 62 17 44 6 86 3 0 2 631 108 1.299 9.0 1.0 2.6 5.2 1.97
PIT (3 yrs) 6 8 .429 3.82 66 3 36 0 0 9 113.0 100 55 48 9 48 10 77 2 0 3 481 101 1.310 8.0 0.7 3.8 6.1 1.60
CIN (3 yrs) 14 14 .500 3.69 79 34 19 9 1 1 285.0 300 133 117 36 69 5 153 5 0 3 1208 110 1.295 9.5 1.1 2.2 4.8 2.22

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 CIN NL 17 287 266 33 79 14 1 11 1 1 16 33 .297 .337 .481 .818 .304 128 9 1 2 2 0
1956 25 CIN NL 19 295 269 25 69 17 3 4 3 1 20 47 .257 .309 .387 .696 .297 104 6 1 4 1 2
1957 26 CIN NL 43 626 576 75 152 28 6 21 2 4 33 73 .264 .304 .443 .747 .268 255 9 3 8 6 3
1958 27 PIT NL 40 324 279 37 67 6 0 5 1 3 38 59 .240 .332 .315 .648 .287 88 8 1 5 1 7
1959 28 PIT NL 21 135 122 16 28 8 0 3 0 0 10 15 .230 .291 .369 .660 .238 45 4 1 1 1 3
1960 29 PIT NL 5 21 21 2 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 .238 .238 .476 .714 .235 10 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 145 1688 1533 188 400 75 10 45 7 10 117 230 .261 .314 .411 .725 .280 630 36 7 20 11 15
162 Game Avg. 54 631 573 70 149 28 4 17 3 4 44 86 .261 .314 .411 .725 .280 235 13 3 7 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 24 CIN NL 17 11 4 3 4 2 1 6 5 .545 0 4 2 1 4 36% 49 80 27 12 1 8 1 4.8 3.1 5.4
1956 25 CIN NL 19 7 3 0 4 1 0 7 0 1.000 0 2 2 0 5 71% 58 81 39 9 0 2 2 5.0 4.1 7.3
1957 26 CIN NL 43 16 6 5 5 1 1 9 7 .563 1 2 5 0 8 50% 50 78 25 26 8 6 5 4.7 5.0 5.7
1958 27 PIT NL 40 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 47 54 40 24 10 2 1 5.1 3.9 6.9
4 Seasons 119 37 13 10 14 4 3 23 14 .622 1 8 9 1 18 49% 51 81 25 71 19 18 9 4.8 4.2 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 24 CIN NL 17 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1.104 1 2 3 0 2 4 1 5 1 2 1 1 3.8
1956 25 CIN NL 19 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 5 36% 8 1.100 4 3 5 1 0 11 7 5 7 3 8 3 4.5
1957 26 CIN NL 43 27 9 1 4 1 1 0 100% 2 0 25 10 40% 8 1.062 7 7 10 3 6 18 16 11 14 5 15 8 6.4
1958 27 PIT NL 40 37 23 5 5 8 7 2 88% 12 3 38 4 11% 7 1.341 18 7 9 14 7 13 20 14 18 11 20 4 4.4
1959 28 PIT NL 21 21 10 1 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 11 2 18% 8 1.026 7 2 11 6 2 13 6 15 11 4 12 2 4.7
1960 29 PIT NL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.236 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 1 1 1 2 3.2
6 Seasons 145 108 55 7 12 12 10 3 83% 20 6 90 22 24% 1.110 37 21 42 24 17 64 51 54 52 26 57 20 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 24 CIN NL 287 75% 3.8% 11.5% 5.6% 9.1% 33% 0.70 78% 54 9 17%
1956 25 CIN NL 295 69% 1.4% 15.9% 6.8% 8.1% 35% 1.34 74% 53 6 11%
1957 26 CIN NL 626 70% 3.4% 11.7% 5.3% 8.8% 36% 0.71 78% 106 9 8%
1958 27 PIT NL 324 61% 1.5% 18.2% 11.7% 3.4% 16% 1.17 67% 70 8 11%
1959 28 PIT NL 135 59% 2.2% 11.1% 7.4% 8.2% 39% 1.08 78% 26 4 15%
1960 29 PIT NL 21 76% 4.8% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 60% 2.00 81% 1 0 0%
6 Seasons 1688 69% 2.7% 13.6% 6.9% 7.7% 33% 0.90 75% 310 36 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 24 CIN NL 287 79 11 0 3 10 1 7 4 11 5 2 45% 1 0 1 104 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 25 CIN NL 295 69 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 19 11 3 58% 7 1 1 108 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
1957 26 CIN NL 626 152 21 0 13 14 7 11 10 36 17 3 47% 10 2 2 214 2 4 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
1958 27 PIT NL 277 67 5 0 7 4 0 1 3 19 9 5 47% 6 3 2 127 1 3 25% 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 47
1959 28 PIT NL 135 28 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 6 3 0 50% 2 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 29 PIT NL 21 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1641 400 45 0 37 34 10 25 19 91 45 13 49% 27 6 6 611 7 10 41% 5 6 1 3 1 1 2 0 33 47
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 24 4 5 .444 4.14 17 11 6 2 1 0 67.1 79 33 31 11 16 0 33 1 0 0 287 101 1.411 10.6 1.5 2.1 4.4 2.06 101
1956 25 7 5 .583 3.03 36 18 10 4 1 0 136.2 148 58 46 15 36 2 80 2 0 1 582 135 1.346 9.7 1.0 2.4 5.3 2.22 135
1957 26 14 14 .500 3.69 79 34 19 9 1 1 285.0 300 133 117 36 69 5 153 5 0 3 1208 110 1.295 9.5 1.1 2.2 4.8 2.22 110
1958 27 19 21 .475 3.75 119 37 42 9 1 8 359.2 367 170 150 41 107 12 212 6 0 6 1532 107 1.318 9.2 1.0 2.7 5.3 1.98 107
1959 28 20 22 .476 3.74 140 37 52 9 1 10 392.2 395 186 163 44 117 15 227 7 0 6 1668 108 1.304 9.1 1.0 2.7 5.2 1.94 108
1960 29 20 22 .476 3.73 145 37 55 9 1 10 398.0 400 188 165 45 117 15 230 7 0 6 1689 108 1.299 9.0 1.0 2.6 5.2 1.97 108

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 24 4 3 .571 3.97 68.0 80 33 30 11 16 33 1 1.412 10.6 2.1 4.4 2.06 1.5 17
1956 25 6 1 .857 2.03 71.0 73 18 16 4 21 48 1 1.324 9.3 2.7 6.1 2.29 0.5 19
1957 26 8 9 .471 4.24 153.0 158 80 72 22 34 75 3 1.255 9.3 2.0 4.4 2.21 1.3 43
1958 27 4 4 .500 4.14 76.0 71 39 35 5 40 60 1 1.461 8.4 4.7 7.1 1.50 0.6 40
1959 28 2 1 .667 3.82 33.0 30 16 14 3 11 15 1 1.242 8.2 3.0 4.1 1.36 0.8 21
1960 29 0 0 2.57 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 5
6 Seasons 24 18 .571 3.73 408.0 412 188 169 45 122 235 7 1.309 9.1 5.2 1.93 1.0 145

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1958 NL--7--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1958 NL--23--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  1. Harry Eisenstat (975)
  2. Ray Prim (973)
  3. John Cumberland (971)
  4. Jim Davis (970)
  5. Stan Baumgartner (969)
  6. Danny Coombs (968)
  7. Jim Shellenback (967)
  8. Bob Lacey (966)
  9. Don Liddle (965)
  10. Rich Folkers (965)
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  1. Warren Spahn (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Clyde Wright (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Clyde Wright (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Baumgartner (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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