Don Mossi
1954–1965 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics
463G
.163AVG
.238OBP
.204SLG
More career statistics
71H
2HR
29RBI
0SB
101–80W–L
1,548.0IP
932K
3.43ERA
165GS
50SV
2Rare feats
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 | 152 | 154 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 501 | 502 |
| Batting · RBI | 29 | 28 |
| Batting · Walks | 43 | 44 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,464 | 6,460 |
| Pitching · p k | 932 | 931 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 463 | 501 | 436 | 30 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 43 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 89 | .163 | .238 | .204 | .442 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,548.0 | 460 | 165 | 55 | 101 | 80 | 50 | 1,493 | 672 | 590 | 156 | 385 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 3.43 | 1.213 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1962-09-15 to 1963-04-22
8longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1961-06-23 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1963-08-24 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1958-07-26 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 226 | 253 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 72 | .155 | .229 | .191 |
| Away | 237 | 249 | 37 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 82 | .171 | .229 | .218 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 36 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .225 | .262 | .250 |
| May | 71 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 26 | .120 | .207 | .133 |
| June | 99 | 126 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 37 | .142 | .230 | .170 |
| July | 98 | 91 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 27 | .132 | .231 | .197 |
| August | 98 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 32 | .173 | .195 | .235 |
| September | 60 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .241 | .281 | .293 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 87 | 108 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 35 | .096 | .157 | .138 |
| baltimore-orioles | 60 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | .186 | .224 | .203 |
| chicago-white-sox | 58 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 | .207 | .254 | .224 |
| boston-red-sox | 54 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .111 | .192 | .111 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 49 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | .240 | .304 | .440 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .105 | .227 | .105 |
| detroit-tigers | 34 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .185 | .207 | .222 |
| cleveland-guardians | 29 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .233 | .314 | .233 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 |  Cleveland Guardians | 40 | 19 | 3 | – | – | – | .158 | 93 | 55 |
| 1955 | Cleveland Guardians | 57 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 81 | 69 |
| 1956 | Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 20 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .150 | 87 | 60 |
| 1957 | Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 55 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .218 | 159 | 97 |
| 1958 | Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 26 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .115 | 101 | 55 |
| 1959 |  Detroit Tigers | 36 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 7 | – | .169 | 228 | 125 |
| 1960 | Detroit Tigers | 23 | 43 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .116 | 158 | 69 |
| 1961 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 8 | – | .165 | 240 | 137 |
| 1962 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 55 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .164 | 180 | 120 |
| 1963 | Detroit Tigers | 24 | 39 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .205 | 122 | 68 |
| 1964 |  Chicago White Sox | 34 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 40 | 36 |
| 1965 |  Kansas City Athletics | 51 | 8 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 55 | 40 |