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Don Mossi Donald Louis Mossi (The Sphinx,Ears) Bats Left, Throws Left Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb. MLB Debut April 17, 1954 Final Game October 1, 1965 Born January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, CA Died July 19, 2019 (age 90)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
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 1954 25 CHA AL   9   2  .818  42   4   0  27   9   0   80.0   34   313   14   12   3   40   4   1   42   0  0  1.35  CY-7
 1955 26 DEA AL   7   5  .583  57   0   0  27   5   0   89.2   87   376   31   29   3   26   7   0   63   3  0  2.91  
 1956 27 DEA AL   0   6  .000  55   0   0  26   4   0   75.1   66   317   33   25   4   24   4   3   50   0  0  2.99  
 1957 28 CIN NL   6   5  .545  39  18   0   5   0   0  120.0  127   536   73   68  15   49   8   2   78   1  1  5.10  
 1958 29 CIN NL   4   3  .571  64   3   0  16   0   0  103.1  105   441   51   45   8   35   4   4   55   1  0  3.92  
 1959 30 DEA AL  14  15  .483  35  35   5   0   0   1  240.0  276  1057  141  130  31   79   2   6  113   4  2  4.88  
 1960 31 DEA AL   6   8  .429  22  21   1   1   0   1  141.0  144   596   68   54  12   35   4   5   67   0  0  3.45  
 1961 32 DEA AL  15  10  .600  32  31  11   0   0   3  231.0  263   983  117  104  33   50   6   2  133   2  1  4.05  
 1962 33 DEA AL  10   9  .526  32  24   2   1   0   0  175.1  231   790  109  106  21   41   1   6  128   1  0  5.44  
 1963 34 DEA AL   8   3  .727  48  11   1  11   2   0  125.2   82   481   32   28  16   24   4   3   74   0  2  2.01  
 1964 35 DEA AL   0   1  .000  17   0   0   8   2   0   20.0   20    84    9    4   2    4   0   2   12   0  0  1.80  
 1965 36 KCA AL   5   4  .556  42   0   0  14   6   0   54.2   64   235   28   23   0   14   0   1   42   1  0  3.79  
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 12 Seasons      84  71  .542 485 147  20 136  28   5 1456.0 1499  6209  706  628 148  421  44  35  857  13  6  3.88
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   With DEA      60  57  .513 298 122  20  74  13   5 1098.0 1169  4684  540  480 122  283  28  27  640  10  5  3.93
   With CIN      10   8  .556 103  21   0  21   0   0  223.1  232   977  124  113  23   84  12   6  133   2  1  4.55
   With CHA       9   2  .818  42   4   0  27   9   0   80.0   34   313   14   12   3   40   4   1   42   0  0  1.35
   With KCA       5   4  .556  42   0   0  14   6   0   54.2   64   235   28   23   0   14   0   1   42   1  0  3.79
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 MLB Totals     101  80  .558 460 165  55 148  50   8 1548.0 1493  6464  672  590 156  385  34  19  932  12  6  3.43
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 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1954 25 CHA AL  28   14   1.6  10  5.00   12   0   0  .000   0    3    2  .667    0    0  .000 -125   
 1955 26 DEA AL  29   36   3.6   8          3   1   0  .333   0    1    1 1.000    3    3  .500  -18   
 1956 27 DEA AL  33   30   3.7  10          3   2   0  .667   0    4    2  .500    2    1  .667  -35   
 1957 28 CIN NL  26   69   5.1   1  5.39   33   7   0  .212   0    2    2 1.000    3    1  .750    6   
 1958 29 CIN NL  30   50   4.4   2  2.67   17   3   0  .176   0    3    3 1.000    1    2  .333   -4   
 1959 30 DEA AL  24  150   5.6   0  4.66   83   7   2  .084   0    9    5  .556    2    3  .400  103   
 1960 31 DEA AL  14   64   4.0   0  5.00   44   1   0  .023   0    4    4 1.000    2    2  .500  -29   
 1961 32 DEA AL  30  131   5.1   0  6.06   75  12   1  .160   0    9    5  .556    6    6  .500   46   
 1962 33 DEA AL  32  125   6.4   0  4.71   56  10   0  .179   0    7    6  .857    5    3  .625   46   
 1963 34 DEA AL  29   33   2.4   2  3.91   27   5   0  .185   0    5    4  .800    2    0 1.000 -161   
 1964 35 DEA AL  31    7   3.3   2          1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000 -115   
 1965 36 KCA AL  47   22   3.8   7          8   0   0  .000   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  -23   
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 12 Seasons          735   4.5  42        362  48   3  .133   0   49   35  .714   26   21  .553    1   0
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Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #17 (Class of 1954): 0 of 15 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1954 WS    CHA BRN   W    3  3.60   1-0   1  0   5.0   6   2   1   4
 1955 WS    DEA BRN   W    1  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.0   3   0   0   0
 1957 WS    CIN NYA   W    4  5.40   1-0   0  0   3.1   3   2   2   1
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    2  6.00   1-1   0  2  12.0  15   8   2   5
 1962 WS    DEA SFN   L    2  0.00   0-0   0  0   2.2   0   0   1   0
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Draft History

• 1958: Round 2 (#20 overall) by CIN
• 1964: Round 3 (#42 overall) by DEA

Transaction History

• 1954-01: traded by DEA to CHA with Eddie Mathews, Ray Narleski for Hal Newhouser, Cass Michaels, Chuck Harmon, Joe Nuxhall
• 1956-01: traded by CIN to DEA for Dick Groat

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1954 CHA 93-61 Robert Rescigno 1955 DEA 98-56 Tom Austad 1956 DEA 65-89 Tom Austad 1957 CIN 87-67 Larry Cupp 1958 CIN 81-73 Larry Cupp 1959 DEA 84-70 Tom Austad 1960 DEA 96-58 Tom Austad 1961 DEA 101-53 Tom Austad 1962 DEA 95-67 Alan Boodman 1963 DEA 88-74 Steve Dewing, Alan Boodman 1964 DEA 97-66 Steve Dewing 1965 KCA 70-92 James Taglia

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