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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
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 Pitching

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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
1954 25 CLE AL 6 1 .857 1.94 40 5 18 2 0 7 93.0 56 22 20 5 39 55 1 0 0 368 190 1.022 5.4 0.5 3.8 5.3 1.41
1955 26 CLE AL 4 3 .571 2.42 57 1 27 0 0 9 81.2 81 28 22 4 18 2 69 1 0 2 347 165 1.212 8.9 0.4 2.0 7.6 3.83 MVP-24
1956 27 CLE AL 6 5 .545 3.59 48 3 24 0 0 11 87.2 79 38 35 6 33 5 59 1 0 1 372 117 1.278 8.1 0.6 3.4 6.1 1.79
1957 28 CLE AL 11 10 .524 4.13 36 22 7 6 1 2 159.0 165 82 73 16 57 5 97 2 2 1 693 91 1.396 9.3 0.9 3.2 5.5 1.70 AS
1958 29 CLE AL 7 8 .467 3.90 43 5 24 0 0 3 101.2 106 49 44 6 30 6 55 4 0 1 441 95 1.338 9.4 0.5 2.7 4.9 1.83
1959 30 DET AL 17 9 .654 3.36 34 30 2 15 3 0 228.0 210 92 85 20 49 0 125 3 1 2 927 121 1.136 8.3 0.8 1.9 4.9 2.55
1960 31 DET AL 9 8 .529 3.47 23 22 1 9 2 0 158.1 158 68 61 17 32 4 69 1 0 0 660 115 1.200 9.0 1.0 1.8 3.9 2.16
1961 32 DET AL 15 7 .682 2.96 35 34 1 12 1 1 240.1 237 97 79 29 47 3 137 0 2 1 981 139 1.182 8.9 1.1 1.8 5.1 2.91
1962 33 DET AL 11 13 .458 4.19 35 27 3 8 1 1 180.1 195 92 84 24 36 1 121 1 0 1 774 97 1.281 9.7 1.2 1.8 6.0 3.36
1963 34 DET AL 7 7 .500 3.74 24 16 5 3 0 2 122.2 110 58 51 20 17 0 68 4 1 1 496 100 1.035 8.1 1.5 1.2 5.0 4.00
1964 35 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.92 34 0 17 0 0 7 40.0 37 16 13 9 7 2 36 1 0 0 163 118 1.100 8.3 2.0 1.6 8.1 5.14
1965 36 KCA AL 5 8 .385 3.74 51 0 19 0 0 7 55.1 59 30 23 0 20 6 41 0 0 2 242 93 1.428 9.6 0.0 3.3 6.7 2.05
12 Seasons 101 80 .558 3.43 460 165 148 55 8 50 1548.0 1493 672 590 156 385 34 932 19 6 12 6464 114 1.213 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .558 3.43 50 18 16 6 1 5 168 162 73 64 17 42 101 2 1 1 703 114 1.213 8.7 0.9 2.2 5.4 2.42
CLE (5 yrs) 34 27 .557 3.34 224 36 100 8 1 32 523.0 487 219 194 37 177 18 335 9 2 5 2221 115 1.270 8.4 0.6 3.0 5.8 1.89
DET (5 yrs) 59 44 .573 3.49 151 129 12 47 7 4 929.2 910 407 360 110 181 8 520 9 4 5 3838 115 1.174 8.8 1.1 1.8 5.0 2.87
KCA (1 yr) 5 8 .385 3.74 51 0 19 0 0 7 55.1 59 30 23 0 20 6 41 0 0 2 242 93 1.428 9.6 0.0 3.3 6.7 2.05
CHW (1 yr) 3 1 .750 2.92 34 0 17 0 0 7 40.0 37 16 13 9 7 2 36 1 0 0 163 118 1.100 8.3 2.0 1.6 8.1 5.14

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1954 25 CLE AL WS L NYG 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 2.3
1 WS 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 2.3

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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

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

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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 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 AL--2.958--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1959 AL--17--4th
1961 AL--15--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 AL--.654--4th
1961 AL--.682--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1959 AL--1.136--4th
1960 AL--1.200--5th
1961 AL--1.182--8th
Career--1.213--159th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL--1.934--4th
1960 AL--1.819--2nd
1961 AL--1.760--1st
1962 AL--1.797--3rd
Career--2.238--169th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL--5.491--7th
1962 AL--6.039--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1955 AL--57--2nd
1956 AL--48--4th

Saves s c a p y
1954 AL--7--4th
1955 AL--9--6th
1956 AL--11--2nd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1959 AL--228.0--9th
1961 AL--240.3--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL--125--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1959 AL--30--9th
1961 AL--34--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1959 AL--15--2nd
1961 AL--12--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1959 AL--3--4th
1960 AL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 AL--29--5th

Hits s c a p y
1961 AL--237--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1959 AL--2.551--4th
1960 AL--2.156--5th
1961 AL--2.915--1st
1962 AL--3.361--2nd
Career--2.421--99th

Losses s c a p y
1962 AL--13--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 AL--27--5th
1956 AL--24--5th
1958 AL--24--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1959 AL--121--8th
1960 AL--115--8th
1961 AL--139--3rd
Career--114--212th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 2 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 55 (462), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (829), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (426), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 20, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Ossie Alvarez and Ray Narleski to the Detroit Tigers for Al Cicotte and Billy Martin.

March 18, 1964: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

October 19, 1964: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May 28, 1965: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Athletics.

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Name and misspellings: The Sphinx Donny Donnie Donald donald Ears Louis Don dave Mossi

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