Don Gross
1955–1960 · bats L / throws L · Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates
145G
.106AVG
.145OBP
.125SLG
More career statistics
11H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
20–22W–L
398.0IP
230K
3.73ERA
37GS
10SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 32 | 33 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,689 | 1,688 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,194 | 1,195 |
| Pitching · p k | 230 | 229 |
| Pitching · p r | 188 | 189 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145 | 121 | 104 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .106 | .145 | .125 | .270 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398.0 | 145 | 37 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 400 | 188 | 165 | 45 | 117 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 3.73 | 1.299 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1957-05-12 to 1957-05-17
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1956-09-23 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 9 scoreless innings | 1955-08-21 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 16 | 9 strikeouts | 1958-06-29 | 1 in 62 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Cincinnati Reds | 17 | 19 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .158 | 67 | 33 |
| 1956 | Cincinnati Reds | 19 | 19 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .105 | 69 | 47 |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 46 | 5 | – | 6 | – | .109 | 148 | 73 |
| 1958 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 18 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .056 | 75 | 58 |
| 1959 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 33 | 15 |
| 1960 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 3 |