Don Mossi
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[edit] Biography
Born on January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, California, Don Mossi (Donald Louis Mossi) played for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 12 year career. Mossi broke into the bigs on April 17, 1954 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 1.94 ERA in 93 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Don Mossi's best season was 1961, when he posted a 2.96 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 137 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CLE | A | 40 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1.94 | 55 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 56 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 57 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2.42 | 69 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 81.2 | 81 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 48 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3.59 | 59 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 87.2 | 79 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 36 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4.13 | 97 | 82 | 73 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 165 | 16 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | 43 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3.90 | 55 | 49 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101.2 | 106 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 1959 | DET | A | 34 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3.36 | 125 | 92 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 228 | 210 | 20 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1960 | DET | A | 23 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3.47 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 158.1 | 158 | 17 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | DET | A | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 2.96 | 137 | 97 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 240.1 | 237 | 29 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | A | 35 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4.19 | 121 | 92 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 180.1 | 195 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | DET | A | 24 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3.74 | 68 | 58 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122.2 | 110 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 34 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.92 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | KC | A | 51 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3.74 | 41 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55.1 | 59 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 460 | 165 | 101 | 80 | 3.43 | 932 | 672 | 590 | 55 | 8 | 50 | 1548 | 1493 | 156 | 385 | 34 | 12 | 19 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CLE | A | P | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | P | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | P | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .947 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | P | 36 | 22 | 159 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | P | 43 | 5 | 101.2 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1959 | DET | A | P | 34 | 30 | 228 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .980 |
| 1960 | DET | A | P | 23 | 22 | 158.1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1961 | DET | A | P | 35 | 34 | 240.1 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .979 |
| 1962 | DET | A | P | 35 | 27 | 180.1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1963 | DET | A | P | 24 | 16 | 122.2 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | P | 34 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | KC | A | P | 51 | 0 | 55.1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 460 | 156 | 1285.2 | 69 | 239 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 4 | .990 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CLE | A | 40 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .273 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CLE | A | 57 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | CLE | A | 48 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .150 | .227 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1957 | CLE | A | 36 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .218 | .267 | .255 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CLE | A | 43 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .115 | .111 | .115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | DET | A | 36 | 77 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 8 | .169 | .198 | .260 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | DET | A | 23 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .116 | .255 | .116 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | DET | A | 35 | 79 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 8 | .165 | .224 | .228 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | DET | A | 36 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .164 | .292 | .164 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | DET | A | 24 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .205 | .311 | .256 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CHI | A | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | KC | A | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 463 | 436 | 30 | 71 | 2 | 29 | .163 | .238 | .204 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 152 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1949).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Narleski and Ossie Alvarez to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Billy Martin and Al Cicotte (November 20, 1958).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Chicago White Sox (March 18, 1964).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (October 19, 1964).
- Signed by Kansas City Athletics (May 28, 1965).
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