Moe Thacker

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Full Name: Morris Benton Thacker	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: August 3, 1958
Birthdate: May 21, 1934	Final Game: July 14, 1963
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 13, 1997
Deathplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Moe Thacker (Morris Benton Thacker) was born on May 21, 1934 in Louisville, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on August 3, 1958 for the Chicago Cubs. Thacker played for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 5 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	CHI	N	11	24	4	6	2	3	.250	.269	.542	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	1
1960	CHI	N	54	90	5	14	0	6	.156	.269	.167	1	0	14	20	0	0	1	5	3
1961	CHI	N	25	35	3	6	0	2	.171	.383	.171	0	0	11	11	1	0	0	1	1
1962	CHI	N	65	107	8	20	0	9	.187	.287	.234	5	0	14	40	1	0	0	1	2
1963	STL	N	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			158	260	20	46	2	20	.177	.290	.227	7	0	40	81	2	0	1	8	7

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	CHI	N	C	9	7	67	34	6	2	1	0	0	6	3	0	.952
1960	CHI	N	C	50	30	275.2	170	23	4	2	0	2	9	13	0	.980
1961	CHI	N	C	25	11	117.1	67	5	2	0	0	3	3	2	0	.973
1962	CHI	N	C	65	35	324	219	34	1	8	0	7	26	20	0	.996
1963	STL	N	C	3	1	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
Total			C	152	84	798	499	69	9	11	0	12	45	39	0	.984

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with George Altman and Don Cardwell to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel and Jimmie Schaffer (October 17, 1962).

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