Don Gross

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 186lb (180cm, 84kg)

Born: June 30, 1931 in Weidman, MI us

Died: August 10, 2017 in Weidman, MI

Buried: St. Joseph the Worker Cemetery, Beal City, MI

High School: Weidman HS (Weidman, MI)

School: Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

Debut: July 21, 1955 (Age 24-021d, 11,278th in major league history)
vs. PHI 5.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: May 25, 1960 (Age 28-330d)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Donald John Gross

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Relatives: Uncle of Todd Benzinger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

ERA

3.73

145

398.0

230

WHIP

1.299

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-26 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 16

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	37	1	Apr 16	CIN		STL	L,4-13	6-7		99	1.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.26	8	2	3	1	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	.22	-0.041	.58	-0.07%	-1.29	6t 1-3 1 out d4	7t 3 out d6
2	38	7	Apr 24	CIN		CHC	W,9-5	8-GF	S(1)	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.27	6	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.039	.53	0.05%	1.03	8t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	39	13	May 1	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-6	8-9		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.00	0.66	5	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	0.243	6.50	0.29%	1.05	8b -23 2 out tie	9b 3 out tie
4	40	14	May 2	CIN	@	NYG	W,9-7	1-7		0	6.2	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	2.31	3.31	29	6	9	1	0	8		1	1	0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	1	1	.83	-0.191	1.77	-0.24%	-0.22	1b -2- 0 out tie	7b 1-- 2 out tie
5	41	18	May 5(2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.61	3.76	36	11	13	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	33	5	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.236	2.29	0.41%	1.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	42	23	May 12(2)	CIN	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.12	3.20	33	9	15	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	.87	0.373	3.41	0.88%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
7	43	27	May 17	CIN		NYG	W,11-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	1.86	3.36	32	8	14	1	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.442	3.89	1.20%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
8	44	33	May 23	CIN		STL	W,6-2	GS-9	W(4-0)	5	8.2	6	2	2	0	6	1	0	1.90	3.22	32	8	12	2	0	6	70			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.239	1.93	0.67%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a4
9	45	35	May 25	CIN		STL	L,4-12	5-5		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.86	3.26	5	2	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.49	-0.041	7.16	-0.12%	-0.14	5t 1-3 0 out d1	5t 3 out d3
10	46	38	May 28	CIN	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-1)	2	8.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.76	3.13	27	7	15	1	1	2	75			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	.98	0.175	5.61	0.60%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	47	42	Jun 2(1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-4	GS-2		4	1.1	6	4	3	0	2	0	0	2.18	3.05	11	2	1	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.287	5.70	-0.82%	-3.56	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d3
12	48	46	Jun 6	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-4	L(4-2)	3	4.0	5	4	4	1	4	2	0	2.63	3.35	18	4	6	1	2	3	39			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.262	5.15	-0.89%	-2.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
13	49	52	Jun 11	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-8	GS-3	L(4-3)	4	2.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.83	3.32	12	2	4	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	1	0	.97	-0.180	4.24	-0.47%	-2.04	1b start tie	3b 12- 0 out d2
14	50	57	Jun 16	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.1	7	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.92	3.24	32	9	9	3	0	7	53			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.194	4.69	0.45%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
15	51	63	Jun 22	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	GS-9		5	9.0	9	3	3	2	1	2	0	2.93	3.53	38	11	15	2	0	9	56			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.103	4.31	0.21%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
16	52	68	Jun 27	CIN		NYG	L,2-7	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.0	4	5	5	1	1	1	0	3.44	3.69	8	1	1	0	1	4	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.309	3.54	-0.84%	-3.88	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
17	53	72	Jun 30(2)	CIN		PHI	W,6-2	7-9		2	2.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	3.46	3.74	11	1	5	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.017	2.09	0.05%	0.17	7t 12- 1 out a5	9t 123 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	54	74	Jul 2	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS-3		1	2.1	5	3	3	2	1	2	0	3.68	4.06	14	3	3	0	0	5	34			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.115	3.92	-0.32%	-1.82	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out a2
19	55	76	Jul 4	CIN		MLN	L,7-10	6-8		1	2.1	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.89	4.14	11	4	2	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.159	10.04	-0.63%	-0.61	6t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
20	56	77	Jul 5	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	L(4-5)	0	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.89	4.05	9	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.092	14.00	-0.36%	-0.20	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
21	57	78	Jul 6	CIN	@	STL	L,3-13	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	4.03	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
22	58	83	Jul 14(1)	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-6	5-5		7	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.93	4.03	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.171	2.44	-0.27%	-1.81	5b 1-- 1 out d1	5b -2- 2 out d3
23	59	89	Jul 20	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-7	3-GF	L(4-6)	5	6.0	5	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.96	3.99	24	4	10	4	2	4		0	0	1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.358	10.49	-1.04%	-0.19	3b --- 1 out d4	9b end d 2
24	60	97	Jul 28	CIN		BRO	L,2-7	9-GF		7	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.92	3.96	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.18	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
25	61	98	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	L,5-8	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.91	3.95	1	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.008	1.09	0.02%	0.51	9t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	62	102	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	9-9		3	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	3.98	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	-0.217	7.29	-0.40%	-0.91	9t --- 0 out tie	9t -23 1 out tie
27	63	103	Aug 4(1)	CIN		NYG	L,6-7	12-12		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.97	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.052	4.31	0.08%	0.81	12t 123 1 out d1	12t 123 2 out d1
28	64	105	Aug 6	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-5	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.96	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.016	.65	0.03%	1.36	7b --3 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
29	65	106	Aug 7	CIN	@	MLN	L,2-12	3-3		0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	3.92	5	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.137	2.97	-0.25%	-1.58	3b 12- 0 out d1	3b 3 out d4
30	66	108	Aug 9(1)	CIN		CHC	W,9-7	3-7		1	3.2	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.93	4.00	16	4	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.256	2.24	-0.24%	-0.93	3t 1-- 1 out d2	7t --- 0 out d2
31	67	112	Aug 14	CIN		MLN	L,3-13	6-7		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.98	4	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.033	.81	0.05%	0.75	6t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
32	68	113	Aug 15	CIN		MLN	L,1-8	7-8		0	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	4.10	4.21	7	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.044	.22	-0.04%	-2.88	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 0 out d7
33	69	114	Aug 16	CIN	@	CHC	L,6-8	2-GF(12)	L(4-7)	0	10.1	7	3	3	3	3	1	1	3.97	4.22	41	14	13	2	0	7		0	0	1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.129	.97	0.05%	2.01	2b --- 0 out d4	12b end d 2
34	70	120	Aug 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-8)	5	3.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.17	4.14	14	4	2	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.01	-0.206	.08	-0.01%	-2.51	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d3
35	71	123	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,1-10	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.13	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
36	72	124	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-17	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.11	5	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out d13	8b end d14
37	73	126	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.24	4.14	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	-0.209	.04	0.00%	-1.38	8b 1-3 1 out a3	8b 123 1 out a2
38	74	127	Aug 30	CIN		MLN	L,5-9	3-6	L(4-9)	1	4.0	4	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.25	4.17	19	3	6	2	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.151	.02	0.00%	-0.95	3t --- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	75	131	Sep 2(2)	CIN		STL	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(5-9)	2	10.0	9	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.01	4.00	37	7	15	1	4	9	74			0	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.726	.00	0.00%	4.12	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
40	76	136	Sep 6	CIN	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-5	W(6-9)	3	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.12	4.03	22	5	6	1	2	8	36			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-1.53	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d2
41	77	146	Sep 20	CIN		STL	L,5-7	GS-3		13	2.1	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.24	4.08	12	3	2	0	0	4	38			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out a2
42	78	148	Sep 22	CIN		STL	L,5-7	7-8		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.19	4.09	6	4	1	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.46	7t --3 1 out d2	8t 3 out d3
43	79	150	Sep 24(2)	CIN		CHC	W,11-9	4-7	W(7-9)	1	2.1	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.31	4.04	12	1	3	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.74	4t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 12- 0 out a3
							17-26		W-L:7-9,Sv:1	2.6	148.1	152	75	71	33	73	21	3	4.31	4.04	626	0.72		7%	5%	148	50	25	40%	2	4	0	576	28	6	3	9	6	10	1.05	-0.898	3.05	-1.97%	-5.29

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