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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 Pitching

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
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 0 287 102 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 98 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 21 120 0.938 8.4 1.7 0.0 5.1
6 Yrs 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 3 481 102 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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1955 24 CIN NL 67.1 17 11 33 4.41 4.54 0.25 0.00 103.6 4.44 1 0.2 .7 -0.0 0.7 8 .509 .501 $
1956 25 CIN NL 69.1 19 7 25 3.25 4.21 0.10 0.00 104.6 4.31 10 1.1 1.1 -0.0 1.7 15 .557 .507 $
1957 26 CIN NL 148.1 43 16 75 4.55 4.34 0.06 0.00 103.2 4.42 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 14 .498 .499 $
1958 27 PIT NL 75.0 40 3 37 4.44 4.42 0.34 0.00 99.9 4.08 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.2 0.2 5 .492 .498 $
1959 28 PIT NL 33.0 21 0 16 4.36 4.50 0.02 0.00 97.9 4.38 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.1 0.2 4 .499 .500 $
1960 29 PIT NL 5.1 5 0 2 3.38 4.36 0.24 -0.18 93.3 3.67 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.1 1 .504 .500 $
6 Seasons 398.1 145 37 188 4.25 4.38 0.15 -0.00 102.3 4.32 7 0.8 1.3 -0.5 4.1 46 .506 .501 $
PIT (3 yrs) 113.1 66 3 55 4.37 4.44 0.24 -0.01 99.0 4.15 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.3 0.5 9 .495 .499 $
CIN (3 yrs) 285.0 79 34 133 4.20 4.36 0.11 0.00 103.6 4.40 10 1.1 1.0 -0.2 3.6 37 .515 .502 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 1
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 7
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 10
1958 27 PIT NL 40 320 279 37 67 7 1 5 1 3 38 59 .240 .332 .326 .658 .287 91 8 1 5 1 7 7
1959 28 PIT NL 21 135 122 16 28 7 0 3 0 0 10 15 .230 .291 .361 .652 .238 44 4 1 1 1 3 2
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 1
6 Yrs 145 1684 1533 188 400 75 11 45 7 10 117 230 .261 .314 .412 .726 .280 632 36 7 20 11 15 28
162 Game Avg. 54 629 573 70 149 28 4 17 3 4 44 86 .261 .314 .412 .726 .280 236 13 3 7 4 6 10
MLB Averages .257 .327 .392 .718 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 24 CIN NL 1.4 0.1 291 -1.3 5.5 -6.8 1.10 -0.1 -1.1 -0.7 -0.1 1.10 -0.6 1 1 1
1956 25 CIN NL 11.6 1.2 303 -0.1 5.5 -5.6 1.09 0.3 -0.4 6.3 0.6 1.09 5.0 4 3 5
1957 26 CIN NL -1.6 -0.2 637 -0.9 11.5 -12.4 1.05 -0.2 -0.7 -5.3 -0.5 1.05 -2.9 7 7 10
1958 27 PIT NL -0.8 -0.1 331 -0.2 6.7 -6.8 1.30 0.4 -0.5 8.1 0.8 1.29 4.2 19 6 11
1959 28 PIT NL 0.8 0.1 135 -0.0 2.3 -2.3 1.00 0.3 -0.3 3.8 0.4 1.00 2.6 7 2 11
1960 29 PIT NL 0.5 0.0 21 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .20 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -0.0 0.20 -2.5 0 0 4
6 Yrs 12.0 1.3 1718 -2.6 31.6 -34.2 1.10 0.6 -2.9 11.8 1.2 1.10 5.9 38 19 42

Starting Pitching*

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% 48.9 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% 58.0 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% 50.4 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% 46.7 54 40 25 11 2 1 5.1 3.4 6.9
4 Yrs 119 37 13 10 14 4 3 23 14 .622 1 8 9 1 18 49% 51 81 25 72 20 18 9 4.8 4.1 6.0
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.100 1 1 1 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 1.086 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 1.047 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 1.301 19 6 11 14 8 14 20 16 18 11 21 4 4.4
1959 28 PIT NL 21 21 10 1 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 11 2 18% 8 .995 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 .203 0 0 4 0 0 5 1 4 1 1 1 2 3.2
6 Yrs 145 108 55 7 12 12 10 3 83% 20 6 90 22 24% 1.096 38 19 42 24 18 65 51 56 52 26 58 20 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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 25% 3.8% 11.5% 5.6% 9.1% 33% 0.70 78% 54 9 17%
1956 25 CIN NL 295 31% 1.4% 15.9% 6.8% 8.1% 35% 1.34 74% 53 6 11%
1957 26 CIN NL 626 30% 3.4% 11.7% 5.3% 8.8% 36% 0.71 78% 106 9 8%
1958 27 PIT NL 324 36% 1.6% 18.4% 11.9% 4.1% 19% 1.09 68% 76 8 11%
1959 28 PIT NL 135 41% 2.2% 11.1% 7.4% 7.4% 36% 1.08 78% 26 4 15%
1960 29 PIT NL 21 24% 4.8% 14.3% 0.0% 14.3% 60% 2.00 81% 1 0 0%
6 Yrs 1688 31% 2.7% 13.7% 7.0% 7.8% 33% 0.89 75% 316 36 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.0% 9.2% 6.7% 29% 0.99 76% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 320 67 5 0 7 4 1 2 3 19 9 5 47% 7 3 2 144 1 3 25% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 4
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 Yrs 1684 400 45 0 37 34 11 26 19 91 45 13 49% 28 6 6 628 7 10 41% 5 6 1 3 1 1 1 0 34 4
MLB Averages 51% 58%

Cumulative Pitching

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 0 287 102 1.411 10.6 1.5 2.1 4.4 2.06 102
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 108 1.318 9.2 1.0 2.7 5.3 1.98 108
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

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3 4 .429 4.10 68.0 81 34 31 11 16 33 1 1.426 10.7 2.1 4.4 2.06 1.5 17
1956 25 6 1 .857 2.03 71.0 72 18 16 4 21 48 1 1.310 9.1 2.7 6.1 2.29 0.5 19
1957 26 8 9 .471 4.21 154.0 156 80 72 22 34 76 3 1.234 9.1 2.0 4.4 2.24 1.3 43
1958 27 4 4 .500 4.26 76.0 72 40 36 5 41 60 1 1.487 8.5 4.9 7.1 1.46 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 Yrs 23 19 .548 3.76 409.0 411 190 171 45 123 236 7 1.306 9.0 5.2 1.92 1.0 145

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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 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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