Wally Moon
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[edit] Biography
Wally Moon (Wallace Wade Moon) was born on April 3, 1930 in Bay, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1954 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .304 with 12 home runs and 76 RBI. Moon played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Wally Moon's best season was 1954, when he hit for a .304 average and knocked in 76 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | N | 151 | 635 | 106 | 193 | 12 | 76 | .304 | .371 | .435 | 29 | 9 | 71 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 10 |
| 1955 | STL | N | 152 | 593 | 86 | 175 | 19 | 76 | .295 | .349 | .459 | 24 | 8 | 47 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 149 | 540 | 86 | 161 | 16 | 68 | .298 | .390 | .469 | 22 | 11 | 80 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 |
| 1957 | STL | N | 142 | 516 | 86 | 152 | 24 | 73 | .295 | .367 | .508 | 28 | 5 | 62 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 1958 | STL | N | 108 | 290 | 36 | 69 | 7 | 38 | .238 | .342 | .366 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 1959 | LA | N | 145 | 543 | 93 | 164 | 19 | 74 | .302 | .394 | .495 | 26 | 11 | 81 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 9 |
| 1960 | LA | N | 138 | 469 | 74 | 140 | 13 | 69 | .299 | .383 | .452 | 21 | 6 | 67 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 1961 | LA | N | 134 | 463 | 79 | 152 | 17 | 88 | .328 | .434 | .505 | 25 | 3 | 89 | 79 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 1962 | LA | N | 95 | 244 | 36 | 59 | 4 | 31 | .242 | .326 | .336 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 1963 | LA | N | 122 | 343 | 41 | 90 | 8 | 48 | .262 | .345 | .382 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 1964 | LA | N | 68 | 118 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 9 | .220 | .292 | .305 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1965 | LA | N | 53 | 89 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 11 | .202 | .304 | .270 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 1457 | 4843 | 737 | 1399 | 142 | 661 | .289 | .371 | .445 | 212 | 60 | 644 | 591 | 13 | 31 | 89 | 59 | 121 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | STL | N | LF | 9 | 8 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1954 | STL | N | OF | 148 | 148 | 1345.1 | 387 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1954 | STL | N | CF | 140 | 140 | 1272.1 | 370 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1955 | STL | N | OF | 100 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1955 | STL | N | 1B | 51 | 0 | 0 | 445 | 34 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1956 | STL | N | OF | 97 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .988 |
| 1956 | STL | N | 1B | 52 | 0 | 0 | 498 | 47 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1957 | STL | N | LF | 89 | 81 | 741.1 | 159 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1957 | STL | N | RF | 48 | 43 | 392.2 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .987 |
| 1957 | STL | N | OF | 133 | 132 | 1210.2 | 245 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .966 |
| 1957 | STL | N | CF | 13 | 8 | 76.2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .938 |
| 1958 | STL | N | OF | 82 | 75 | 671.2 | 122 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1958 | STL | N | CF | 8 | 8 | 54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | STL | N | RF | 54 | 38 | 366.1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1958 | STL | N | LF | 31 | 29 | 251.1 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .958 |
| 1959 | LA | N | RF | 32 | 28 | 228.2 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
| 1959 | LA | N | OF | 143 | 141 | 1271 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 |
| 1959 | LA | N | CF | 4 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1959 | LA | N | LF | 125 | 110 | 1022.1 | 185 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .985 |
| 1959 | LA | N | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | LA | N | RF | 24 | 21 | 183 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1960 | LA | N | OF | 127 | 120 | 1079.2 | 194 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .986 |
| 1960 | LA | N | LF | 109 | 99 | 896.2 | 168 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1961 | LA | N | RF | 19 | 18 | 136 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1961 | LA | N | OF | 133 | 131 | 1105 | 186 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1961 | LA | N | LF | 126 | 113 | 969 | 159 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .970 |
| 1962 | LA | N | LF | 24 | 13 | 133.2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .974 |
| 1962 | LA | N | OF | 36 | 25 | 226.1 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .981 |
| 1962 | LA | N | RF | 12 | 12 | 92.2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1962 | LA | N | 1B | 33 | 32 | 272 | 249 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1963 | LA | N | RF | 61 | 48 | 439.2 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .924 |
| 1963 | LA | N | LF | 48 | 42 | 330.1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1963 | LA | N | OF | 96 | 90 | 779.2 | 125 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1963 | LA | N | CF | 2 | 0 | 9.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | LA | N | OF | 23 | 22 | 191 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | LA | N | RF | 17 | 17 | 145 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1964 | LA | N | LF | 6 | 5 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | LA | N | OF | 23 | 18 | 157.1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | LA | N | RF | 13 | 12 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1965 | LA | N | LF | 10 | 6 | 63.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 1B | 137 | 32 | 275 | 1194 | 99 | 22 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .983 | ||
| Total | OF | 1141 | 902 | 8037.2 | 1939 | 75 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 | ||
| Total | CF | 167 | 159 | 1432.2 | 410 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 | ||
| Total | RF | 280 | 237 | 2078 | 332 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .977 | ||
| Total | LF | 577 | 506 | 4527 | 837 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .975 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1950).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Phil Paine to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Gino Cimoli (December 4, 1958).
- Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 22, 1965).
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