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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 CLE AL 25 P 40 5 93.0 15 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.38 .960 2.01 0.93
1955 CLE AL 26 P 57 1 81.2 26 7 19 0 2 1.000 2.87 0.46 .954 1.99 0.83 MVP-24
1956 CLE AL 27 P 48 3 87.2 19 3 15 1 1 .947 1.85 0.38 .953 1.92 0.82
1957 CLE AL 28 P 36 22 159.0 28 7 21 0 2 1.000 1.58 0.78 .961 1.99 0.86 AS
1958 CLE AL 29 P 43 5 101.2 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 2.21 0.58 .960 1.95 0.82
1959 DET AL 30 P 34 30 228.0 51 12 38 1 5 .980 1.97 1.47 .953 2.05 0.85
1960 DET AL 31 P 23 22 158.1 29 2 27 0 2 1.000 1.65 1.26 .966 1.96 0.78
1961 DET AL 32 P 35 34 240.1 48 7 40 1 8 .979 1.76 1.34 .952 2.05 0.83
1962 DET AL 33 P 35 27 180.1 28 9 19 0 3 1.000 1.40 0.80 .957 2.08 0.79
1963 DET AL 34 P 24 16 122.2 26 6 20 0 1 1.000 1.91 1.08 .954 1.99 0.79
1964 CHW AL 35 P 34 0 40.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.58 0.21 .957 1.89 0.72
1965 KCA AL 36 P 51 0 55.1 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.46 0.18 .944 2.03 0.75
12 Seasons P 460 165 1548.0 311 69 239 3 28 .990 1.79 0.67 .956 2.01 0.82
12 Seasons TOT 460 165 1548.0 311 69 239 3 28 .990 1.79 0.67 .946 2.01 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CLE AL 25 40 5 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 26 57 1 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CLE AL 27 48 3 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 28 36 22 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 29 43 5 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 30 36 30 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1960 DET AL 31 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DET AL 32 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 DET AL 33 36 27 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 DET AL 34 24 16 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHW AL 35 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 KCA AL 36 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 463 165 463 463 460 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CLE AL 25 373 75% 20% 13 85% 1 4 1 3 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1955 CLE AL 26 348 75% 20% 22 91% 2 8 2 3 16 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 67%
1956 CLE AL 27 378 75% 17% 17 88% 0 4 0 4 16 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1957 CLE AL 28 700 78% 19% 24 83% 2 7 2 5 21 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 63%
1958 CLE AL 29 446 80% 24% 21 95% 1 7 1 3 18 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 50%
1959 DET AL 30 940 81% 26% 42 90% 0 12 3 8 36 23 10 1 0 1 0 1 6 5 6 0 5 40%
1960 DET AL 31 665 85% 25% 30 93% 0 3 0 3 28 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 83%
1961 DET AL 32 990 81% 21% 43 88% 1 7 6 1 38 27 4 1 0 0 1 0 8 3 3 5 6 50%
1962 DET AL 33 782 80% 20% 28 89% 0 10 3 4 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 7 57%
1963 DET AL 34 499 82% 26% 20 95% 0 6 0 6 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1964 CHW AL 35 166 73% 20% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 KCA AL 36 249 76% 18% 11 100% 0 1 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
12 Seasons 6536 80% 22% 277 91% 7 71 19 42 238 172 38 3 0 2 1 2 29 19 22 7 53 68%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* 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.

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