Don Mossi

Full Name: Donald Louis Mossi	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/195	First Game: April 17, 1954
Birthdate: January 11, 1929	Final Game: October 1, 1965
Birthplace: St. Helena, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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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.

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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

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	CLE	A	P	40	0	0	4	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	CLE	A	P	57	0	0	7	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CLE	A	P	48	0	0	3	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.947
1957	CLE	A	P	36	22	159	7	21	0	2	0	7	4	1	1.000
1958	CLE	A	P	43	5	101.2	8	17	0	1	0	3	1	0	1.000
1959	DET	A	P	34	30	228	12	38	1	5	0	4	2	2	.980
1960	DET	A	P	23	22	158.1	2	27	0	2	1	3	1	0	1.000
1961	DET	A	P	35	34	240.1	7	40	1	8	0	2	4	1	.979
1962	DET	A	P	35	27	180.1	9	19	0	3	0	5	1	0	1.000
1963	DET	A	P	24	16	122.2	6	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1964	CHI	A	P	34	0	40	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1965	KC	A	P	51	0	55.1	2	7	0	2	1	1	3	0	1.000
Total			P	460	156	1285.2	69	239	3	28	2	27	17	4	.990

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1954	CLE	A	40	19	1	3	0	0	.158	.273	.158	0	0	3	10	0	1	0
1955	CLE	A	57	9	0	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	0	0	2	4	0	0	0
1956	CLE	A	48	20	1	3	0	2	.150	.227	.250	2	0	2	10	0	0	1
1957	CLE	A	36	55	4	12	0	1	.218	.267	.255	0	1	4	12	0	0	0
1958	CLE	A	43	26	3	3	0	1	.115	.111	.115	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
1959	DET	A	36	77	6	13	1	8	.169	.198	.260	4	0	3	28	0	5	0
1960	DET	A	23	43	0	5	0	2	.116	.255	.116	0	0	7	12	1	3	1
1961	DET	A	35	79	8	13	1	8	.165	.224	.228	2	0	6	28	0	6	0
1962	DET	A	36	55	5	9	0	3	.164	.292	.164	0	0	10	20	0	1	0
1963	DET	A	24	39	2	8	0	4	.205	.311	.256	2	0	6	12	0	2	0
1964	CHI	A	34	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	51	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total			463	436	30	71	2	29	.163	.238	.204	10	1	43	152	1	18	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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