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Don
Gross		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 196
 
Born: June 30, 1931 in Usa, MI, WEIDMAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
All-Star Selections 1958   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6
1959 28 MON NL   5 4 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6
1960 29 SDP NL $ 1,230,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1961 30 SDP NL $ 1,230,000 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6
1962 31 SDP NL $ 1,230,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1963 32 SDP NL $ 1,230,000 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1964 33 SDP NL $ 2,345,555 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6
1965 34 TOR AL $ 2,345,555 2 3 2 3 6 6 6 4 4 4
1966 35 TOR AL $ 2,345,555 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1967 36 STL NL $ 2,345,555 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,345,555 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 SDP NL $ 1,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 SDP NL $ 1,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 SDP NL $ 1,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 SDP NL $ 1,230,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 SDP NL $ 2,345,555   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 34 TOR AL $ 2,345,555   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 35 TOR AL $ 2,345,555   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 36 STL NL $ 2,345,555   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,345,555   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1955 24 MON NL 6 10 .375 48 17 1 0 5 156.0 165 65 15 49 73 3.75 .275 .329 .419 .748 14.4
    AAA   2 1 .667 6 6 0 0 0 40.3 36 18 5 17 43 4.02 .237 .314 .362 .675  
1956 25 MON NL 8 21 .276 37 37 2 0 0 241.3 262 123 30 71 140 4.59 .277 .328 .443 .771 9.1
1957 26 MON NL 5 7 .417 67 10 2 0 5 143.7 140 59 21 37 72 3.70 .252 .298 .402 .700 11.5
1958 27 MON NL 12 4 .750 79 0 0 0 14 91.3 77 26 7 31 72 2.56 .223 .288 .332 .620 16.2
1959 28 MON NL 3 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 17.0 18 8 2 8 3 4.24 .286 .361 .397 .758 1.6
    AAA   2 3 .400 14 5 0 0 1 38.3 43 20 5 10 43 4.70 .279 .323 .416 .739  
1960 29 SDP NL 9 16 .360 50 26 3 0 4 215.0 247 118 28 93 111 4.94 .289 .358 .430 .788 7.1
1961 30 SDP NL 3 14 .176 29 27 1 0 0 178.7 199 98 24 62 86 4.94 .283 .341 .440 .781 2.9
1962 31 SDP NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 7.7 9 2 0 1 1 2.35 .300 .313 .367 .679 1.0
1963 32 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 4 23.0 11 3 1 7 8 1.17 .134 .202 .183 .385 4.5
    AAA   2 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 2 20.0 19 5 2 4 13 2.25 .244 .280 .333 .614  
1964 33 SDP NL 3 1 .750 28 0 0 0 4 25.3 31 15 5 6 12 5.33 .307 .343 .485 .828 1.1
1965 34 TOR AL 5 3 .625 53 0 0 0 3 53.7 60 19 2 18 29 3.19 .282 .336 .357 .693 5.8
1966 35 TOR AL 3 5 .375 44 0 0 0 1 42.7 46 19 7 23 17 4.01 .277 .363 .446 .809 1.8
1967 36 AAA   3 5 .375 66 0 0 0 4 41.7 75 40 3 39 21 8.64 .401 .504 .508 1.012  
12 Years Sim 58 81 .417 468 117 9 0 41 1195.3 1265 555 142 406 624 4.18 .271 .330 .415 .745 77.1
4 Years AAA 9 9 .500 105 11 0 0 7 140.3 173 83 15 70 120 5.32 .303 .379 .420 .799  
Season Average 4 6 .400 39 9 0 0 3 99.6 105 46 11 33 52 4.18 .271 .330 .415 .745  
Career Highs 12 21 1.000 79 37 3 0 14 241.3 262 123 30 93 140 5.33 .307 .363 .485 .828  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   887 382 106 264 420   .274 .329 .424 .753
vs LH   378 173 36 142 204   .266 .332 .395 .727
Home 35 33 .515 243 56 2 0 12 596.0 631 274 67 206 308 4.14 .270 .329 .411 .741
Away 23 48 .324 225 61 7 0 29 599.3 634 281 75 200 316 4.22 .273 .330 .420 .750
Mar/Apr 12 12 .500 65 23 1 0 4 214.3 184 73 15 65 105 3.07 .228 .286 .341 .626
May 13 15 .464 76 27 2 0 8 240.6 264 111 36 70 113 4.15 .276 .325 .441 .765
June 6 17 .261 93 23 4 0 10 244.6 273 133 34 104 110 4.89 .288 .358 .449 .807
July 10 9 .526 66 17 2 0 3 166.6 176 73 17 52 88 3.94 .277 .331 .398 .729
August 7 12 .368 78 15 0 0 10 164.3 178 81 18 61 114 4.44 .274 .336 .411 .747
Sep/Oct 10 16 .385 90 12 0 0 6 164.6 190 84 22 54 94 4.59 .287 .341 .443 .785
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 MON NL 48 39 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .154 .175 .154 .329 0.5 0.0
1956 25 MON NL 37 69 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 25 .058 .057 .087 .144 -3.0 0.0
1957 26 MON NL 67 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .120 .154 .160 .314 -0.3 0.0
1958 27 MON NL 79 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1959 28 MON NL 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1960 29 SDP NL 50 61 4 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 26 .115 .156 .180 .337 0.3 0.0
1961 30 SDP NL 29 56 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .179 .321 0.3 0.0
1963 32 SDP NL 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1965 34 TOR AL 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1966 35 TOR AL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 434 260 12 28 5 2 0 14 0 0 5 99 .108 .124 .142 .266 -3.1 0.0
162 Game Average 97 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 36 .108 .124 .142 .266 -1.2  
Career Highs 79 69 4 8 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 26 .154 .175 .180 .337 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   157 8 18 3 2 0 10 0 0 4 49 .115 .136 .159 .295 -1.2
vs LH   103 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 50 .097 .106 .117 .222 -3.1
Home 222 114 3 13 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 46 .114 .136 .132 .267 -1.6
Away 129 146 9 15 5 1 0 9 0 0 2 53 .103 .115 .151 .266 -2.8
RISP   54 0 7 2 0 0 14 0 0 0 20 .130 .127 .167 .294 -0.6
Close/Late   18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.1
Mar/Apr 32 47 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .128 .163 .128 .291 -0.3
May 64 63 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 28 .095 .123 .111 .234 -1.6
June 50 56 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 24 .089 .103 .125 .228 -1.5
July 27 36 4 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .222 .222 .306 .528 2.0
August 31 32 2 3 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 10 .094 .094 .188 .281 -0.5
Sep/Oct 42 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1955 24 MON NL P 48 17 156.0 8 33 2 3 .953 2.37    
1956 25 MON NL P 37 37 241.3 18 51 0 8 1.000 2.57    
1957 26 MON NL P 67 10 143.7 10 30 0 4 1.000 2.51    
1958 27 MON NL P 79 0 91.3 3 23 1 0 .963 2.56    
1959 28 MON NL P 10 0 17.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.65    
1960 29 SDP NL P 50 26 215.0 11 48 1 4 .983 2.47    
1961 30 SDP NL P 29 27 178.7 10 47 0 3 1.000 2.87    
1962 31 SDP NL P 6 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 32 SDP NL P 17 0 23.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.57    
1964 33 SDP NL P 28 0 25.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1965 34 TOR AL P 53 0 53.7 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1966 35 TOR AL P 44 0 42.7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.48    
Career Totals   468 117 1195.3 71 256 4 23 .988 2.46    
Career Highs   79 37 241.3 18 51 2 8 1.000 2.87    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1958 27 MON NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 5 0 1 5 15.00 .400 .438 .467 .904
1962 31 SDP NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 .333 .333 .444 .778
1963 32 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 2 1 0.00 .231 .333 .231 .564
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 9.0 12 5 0 3 7 5.00 .324 .375 .378 .753
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 27 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1956-2-21
1960-9-16
 Winning Pct
1958-4-.750
 Saves
1958-3-14
 Games Pitched
1958-3-79
 Walks Allowed
1960-9-93
 Walks per 9IP
1956-7-2.6
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Jeff Russell (952)
  2. Bob Harris (950)
  3. Woodie Fryman (948)
  4. Bob McClure (946)
  5. Rick Waits (943)
  6. Grant Jackson (943)
  7. Joe Hesketh (941)
  8. Wally Hebert (941)
  9. Johnny Gee (939)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Montreal in 1955
Had first career hit on 4/5/1955, off Dick Donovan (SEM)
Earned first career win on 4/10/1955
Injured on 6/23/1956 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,828,571 through salary arbitration
Released by Montreal on 10/21/1959
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/18/1960 to a 4-year deal worth $1,230,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1961
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/16/1964 to a 4-year deal worth $2,345,555 per year
Traded from San Diego to New York (N) on 3/3/1965 (Going to SDP: P Jim Constable, C Frank House, CF Vic Davalillo. Going to NYG: P Jim Kaat, P Don Gross)
Traded from New York (N) to Toronto on 3/3/1965 (Going to NYG: LF Howie Bedell. Going to TOR: P Don Gross, P Terry Fox)
Traded from Toronto to St. Louis on 2/3/1967 (Going to TOR: P Billy Hoeft. Going to STL: P Don Gross)
 
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