Don Mossi
Donald Louis Mossi (The Sphinx and Ears)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, CA
High School: Jefferson (Daly City, CA)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Final Game: October 1, 1965
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Standard Batting

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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
1954 25 CLE AL 40 23 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .158 .273 .158 .431 20 3 0 0 1 0 1
1955 26 CLE AL 57 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-24
1956 27 CLE AL 48 22 20 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .150 .227 .250 .477 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
1957 28 CLE AL 36 60 55 4 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 12 .218 .267 .255 .521 44 14 0 0 0 1 0 1 AS
1958 29 CLE AL 43 27 26 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .115 .111 .115 .226 -37 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 30 DET AL 36 86 77 6 13 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 28 .169 .198 .260 .457 22 20 0 0 5 1 0 1
1960 31 DET AL 23 54 43 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 12 .116 .255 .116 .371 3 5 1 1 3 0 0 1
1961 32 DET AL 35 91 79 8 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 6 28 .165 .224 .228 .451 20 18 0 0 6 0 0 1
1962 33 DET AL 36 66 55 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 20 .164 .292 .164 .456 26 9 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 34 DET AL 24 47 39 2 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 12 .205 .311 .256 .568 60 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 35 CHW AL 34 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 36 KCA AL 51 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 463 501 436 30 71 10 1 2 29 0 0 43 152 .163 .238 .204 .442 21 89 2 1 18 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 175 153 10 25 3 0 1 10 0 0 15 53 .163 .238 .204 .442 21 31 1 0 6 1
CLE (5 yrs) 224 143 129 9 22 2 1 0 4 0 0 11 49 .171 .232 .202 .434 19 26 1 0 1 2 0
DET (5 yrs) 154 344 293 21 48 8 0 2 25 0 0 32 100 .164 .248 .212 .459 25 62 1 1 17 1 0
KCA (1 yr) 51 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 34 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -5 1 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1954 25 CLE AL 23 17 1 1.6 100 .333 .158 .268 .273 .344 .158 .391 .431 .735 20 .140 -2.1 -0.2 .375 .158 .000
1955 26 CLE AL 11 8 0 0.0 106 .200 .111 .271 .273 .351 .111 .404 .384 .755 5 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
1956 27 CLE AL 22 18 1 1.5 109 .300 .150 .271 .227 .353 .250 .413 .477 .767 25 .105 -2.2 -0.2 .389 .200 .100
1957 28 CLE AL 60 44 4 2.5 99 .273 .218 .263 .267 .335 .255 .397 .521 .732 44 .256 -4.4 -0.4 .419 .109 .036
1958 29 CLE AL 27 24 0 0.0 97 .214 .115 .260 .111 .329 .115 .396 .226 .725 -37 .000 -4.9 -0.5 .130 .000 .000
1959 30 DET AL 86 70 4 1.5 103 .245 .169 .267 .198 .339 .260 .408 .457 .748 22 .127 -8.7 -0.9 .359 .130 .091 .0
1960 31 DET AL 54 42 2 1.3 104 .161 .116 .267 .255 .341 .116 .408 .371 .749 3 .091 -5.9 -0.6 .333 .163 .000
1961 32 DET AL 91 72 5 1.8 106 .240 .165 .267 .224 .343 .228 .416 .451 .759 20 .156 -9.5 -0.9 .364 .139 .063 .0
1962 33 DET AL 66 47 3 1.7 105 .257 .164 .267 .292 .339 .164 .415 .456 .754 26 .144 -5.7 -0.6 .413 .182 .000
1963 34 DET AL 47 33 4 3.3 97 .296 .205 .259 .311 .325 .256 .399 .568 .725 60 .388 -1.9 -0.2 .516 .205 .051
1964 35 CHW AL 6 5 0 0.0 94 .250 .167 .252 .167 .320 .167 .392 .333 .712 -5 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1965 36 KCA AL 8 8 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .382 .000 .702 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 501 388 24 1.7 103 .242 .163 .265 .238 .338 .204 .406 .442 .745 21 .141 -49.5 -5.0 .362 .140 .041 .0
162 Game Avg. 175 136 8 1.7 103 .242 .163 .265 .238 .338 .204 .406 .442 .745 21 .141 -49.5 -5.0 .362 .140 .041
CLE (5 yrs) 143 111 6 1.5 101 .268 .171 .265 .232 .339 .202 .399 .434 .738 19 .115 -14.8 -1.5 .343 .116 .031
DET (5 yrs) 344 264 18 1.8 104 .240 .164 .266 .248 .339 .212 .410 .459 .749 25 .163 -31.7 -3.2 .386 .157 .048 .0
KCA (1 yr) 8 8 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .382 .000 .702 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 6 5 0 0.0 94 .250 .167 .252 .167 .320 .167 .392 .333 .712 -5 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .200 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 CLE AL WS NYG L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 25 CLE AL 23 0.0% 43.5% 13.0% 0.0% 0% 3.33 1.9 1.33 39%
1955 26 CLE AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.3 3.00 45%
1956 27 CLE AL 22 0.0% 45.5% 9.1% 9.1% 67% 5.00 2.0 10.0 1.33 45%
1957 28 CLE AL 60 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 1.7% 8% 3.00 4.6 55.0 1.13 73%
1958 29 CLE AL 27 0.0% 48.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 26.0 1.20 52%
1959 30 DET AL 86 1.2% 32.6% 3.5% 5.8% 39% 9.33 2.8 77.0 9.6 2.42 57%
1960 31 DET AL 54 0.0% 22.2% 13.0% 0.0% 0% 1.71 3.6 21.5 1.50 57%
1961 32 DET AL 91 1.1% 30.8% 6.6% 3.3% 23% 4.67 2.8 79.0 9.9 1.28 55%
1962 33 DET AL 66 0.0% 30.3% 15.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.8 18.3 0.79 53%
1963 34 DET AL 47 0.0% 25.5% 12.8% 4.3% 25% 2.00 3.3 9.8 3.20 57%
1964 35 CHW AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 67%
1965 36 KCA AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8.0 2.50 88%
12 Seasons 501 0.4% 30.3% 8.6% 2.6% 18% 3.53 2.9 218.0 15.0 1.52 57%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 25 CLE AL 0 0 17% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CLE AL 1 0 20% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 CLE AL 0 0 25% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 29 CLE AL 0 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 30 DET AL 1 0 33% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1960 31 DET AL 0 0 0% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 32 DET AL 2 0 39% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 36% 9 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1962 33 DET AL 2 0 26% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 20% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1963 34 DET AL 0 0 14% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 5 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1964 35 CHW AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 36 KCA AL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 7 0 25% 175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 34% 25 19 5 3 2 1 10 3 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 25 CLE AL 23 70% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1955 26 CLE AL 11 64% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CLE AL 22 86% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 21 2 10% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1957 28 CLE AL 60 63% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 10 1 10% 36 1 3% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0
1958 29 CLE AL 27 63% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 1 10% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1959 30 DET AL 86 66% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 20 0 0% 20 4 20% 57 7 12% 5 3 60% 4 1 25% 0
1960 31 DET AL 54 91% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 1 13% 9 2 22% 28 2 7% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1961 32 DET AL 91 67% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 20 0 0% 19 4 21% 61 7 11% 7 2 29% 5 2 40% 0
1962 33 DET AL 66 85% 9 1 0 0 0 3.16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 32 3 9% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1963 34 DET AL 48 77% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 26 4 15% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1964 35 CHW AL 6 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 36 KCA AL 8 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 502 74% 71 1 0 0 0 3.16 2 0 16 1 1 1 1 0 25 18 72% 81 2 2% 79 16 20% 293 29 10% 21 10 48% 27 7 26% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 25 40 23 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 .158 .273 .158 .431 20 3 0 0 1 0
1955 26 97 34 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 .143 .273 .143 .416 15 4 0 0 1 0 0
1956 27 145 56 48 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 24 .146 .255 .188 .442 19 9 1 0 1 0 0
1957 28 181 116 103 6 19 2 1 0 3 0 0 11 36 .184 .261 .223 .484 32 23 1 0 1 1 0
1958 29 224 143 129 9 22 2 1 0 4 0 0 11 49 .171 .232 .202 .434 19 26 1 0 1 2 0
1959 30 260 229 206 15 35 6 1 1 12 0 0 14 77 .170 .220 .223 .443 20 46 1 0 6 3 0
1960 31 283 283 249 15 40 6 1 1 14 0 0 21 89 .161 .226 .205 .431 17 51 2 1 9 3 0
1961 32 318 374 328 23 53 8 1 2 22 0 0 27 117 .162 .226 .210 .436 18 69 2 1 15 3 0
1962 33 354 440 383 28 62 8 1 2 25 0 0 37 137 .162 .236 .204 .440 19 78 2 1 16 3 0
1963 34 378 487 422 30 70 10 1 2 29 0 0 43 149 .166 .243 .209 .452 23 88 2 1 18 3 0
1964 35 412 493 428 30 71 10 1 2 29 0 0 43 151 .166 .242 .208 .450 23 89 2 1 18 3 0
1965 36 463 501 436 30 71 10 1 2 29 0 0 43 152 .163 .238 .204 .442 21 89 2 1 18 3 0

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 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 25 42 25 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 .190 .320 .190 .510 1 40
1955 26 60 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 57
1956 27 50 23 21 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 10 .143 .217 .238 .455 1 48
1957 28 38 63 58 4 13 0 1 0 1 0 4 13 .224 .270 .259 .528 4 36
1958 29 45 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 43
1959 30 38 85 81 6 14 4 0 1 8 0 3 29 .173 .200 .259 .459 4 36
1960 31 24 58 47 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 10 13 .149 .310 .149 .459 2 23
1961 32 35 85 79 7 13 2 0 1 7 0 6 28 .165 .224 .228 .451 4 35
1962 33 36 67 56 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 11 20 .179 .313 .179 .492 3 36
1963 34 24 47 40 2 9 2 0 0 4 0 7 12 .225 .340 .275 .615 4 24
1964 35 34 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1965 36 51 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 51
12 Seasons 477 506 453 25 73 10 1 2 27 0 49 156 .161 .243 .201 .444 23 463
162 Game Avg. 162 172 154 8 25 3 0 1 9 0 17 53 .161 .243 .201 .444 8 463

* 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

All-Star Games
1957 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1955-AL-24-0%
0.00 Career Shares (1667th)

                           

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