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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:57AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 0 287 102 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 1 295 205 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 0 136 110 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 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 3 481 102 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 111 1.295 9.5 1.1 2.2 4.8 2.22

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1955 24 CIN NL 67.1 11 33 40 2 1.1 7 0.7 $
1956 25 CIN NL 69.1 7 25 39 1 1.1 14 1.5 $
1957 26 CIN NL 148.1 16 75 90 1 1.0 15 1.3 $
1958 27 PIT NL 74.2 3 37 40 3 1.3 3 0.0 $
1959 28 PIT NL 33.0 0 16 19 0 1.0 3 0.1 $
1960 29 PIT NL 5.1 0 2 3 0 .2 1 0.0 $
6 Seasons 398.0 37 188 231 7 1.1 43 3.6 $
PIT (3 yrs) 113.0 3 55 62 3 1.2 7 0.1 $
CIN (3 yrs) 285.0 34 133 169 4 1.0 36 3.5 $

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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
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 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 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 NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 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 -59 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 24 CIN NL 23 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1956 25 CIN NL 21 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1957 26 CIN NL 54 -8 0 1 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1958 27 PIT NL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1959 28 PIT NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 121 -19 0 1 0 0 10 5 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $
CIN (3 yrs) 98 -14 0 1 0 0 8 4 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $
PIT (2 yrs) 23 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1955 CIN NL 24 P 17 11 2 67.1 17 3 12 2 1 .882 2.00 0.88 .950 2.05 2.02 1 1 50% 0
1956 CIN NL 25 P 19 7 2 69.1 19 6 13 0 3 1.000 2.47 1.00 .966 2.05 2.03 3 1 25% 0
1957 CIN NL 26 P 43 16 5 148.1 36 14 22 0 1 1.000 2.18 0.84 .962 2.06 2.08 2 4 67% 0
1958 PIT NL 27 P 40 3 0 74.2 19 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.48 .955 1.98 1.96 1 3 75% 0
1959 PIT NL 28 P 21 0 0 33.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.27 0.57 .954 1.99 1.97 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 29 P 5 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.08 0 1 100% 0
6 Seasons P 145 37 9 398.0 103 29 72 2 6 .981 2.28 0.70 .958 2.03 2.02 7 10 59% 0
6 Seasons TOT 145 37 9 398.0 103 29 72 2 6 .981 2.28 0.70 .958 2.03 2.02 7 10 59% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1957 NL  1.000 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  4. Clyde Wright (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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