Wally Moon (original) (raw)
Wally Moon
Full name Wallace Wade Moon |
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Born April 3, 1930, Bay, Arkansas |
Died February 9, 2018, Bryan, Texas |
Buried at College Station Cemetery, College Station, Texas (Section H in front right corner) |
First Game: April 13, 1954; Final Game: October 13, 1965 |
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 169 |
Named NL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1954) |
Named NL Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News (1954) |
Won NL Gold Glove as left fielder (1960) |
Ejections as player: 1957 (2), 1959 (1), 1961 (1). Total: 4 |
SABR Biography |
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1954 STL N Daily Splits 151 635 106 193 29 9 12 76 71 3 73 1 2 7 0 14 10 18 10 .304 .371 .435 -0.3 1954 STL N 1955 STL N Daily Splits 152 593 86 175 24 8 19 76 47 4 65 3 1 1 0 8 11 11 11 .295 .349 .459 -0.7 1955 STL N 1956 STL N Daily Splits 149 540 86 161 22 11 16 68 80 7 50 1 1 0 0 9 13 12 9 .298 .390 .469 1.6 1956 STL N 1957 STL N Daily Splits 142 516 86 152 28 5 24 73 62 12 57 1 0 7 0 9 14 5 6 .295 .367 .508 0.7 1957 STL N 1958 STL N Daily Splits 108 290 36 69 10 3 7 38 47 5 30 0 1 2 0 5 9 2 3 .238 .342 .366 -1.6 1958 STL N 1959 LA N Daily Splits 145 543 93 164 26 11 19 74 81 1 64 3 8 2 0 7 9 15 6 .302 .394 .495 1.1 1959 LA N 1960 LA N Daily Splits 138 469 74 140 21 6 13 69 67 4 53 1 4 6 0 6 21 6 10 .299 .383 .452 0.8 1960 LA N 1961 LA N Daily Splits 134 463 79 152 25 3 17 88 89 9 79 1 4 4 0 6 9 7 5 .328 .434 .505 1.6 1961 LA N 1962 LA N Daily Splits 95 244 36 59 9 1 4 31 30 3 33 1 2 1 0 8 6 5 2 .242 .326 .336 -0.7 1962 LA N 1963 LA N Daily Splits 122 343 41 90 13 2 8 48 45 5 43 1 4 5 0 3 12 5 5 .262 .345 .382 -0.5 1963 LA N 1964 LA N Daily Splits 68 118 8 26 2 1 2 9 12 3 22 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 .220 .292 .305 -0.8 1964 LA N 1965 LA N Daily Splits 53 89 6 18 3 0 1 11 13 3 22 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 .202 .304 .270 -0.5 1965 LA N Total (12 Years) Splits 1457 4843 737 1399 212 60 142 661 644 59 591 13 31 35 0 77 121 89 68 .289 .371 .445 0.7 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1959 LA N Daily Splits 6 23 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 .320 .391 1959 LA N 1965 LA N Daily Splits 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1965 LA N Total ( 2 Years) Splits 8 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 .296 .360 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL 1959 NL Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .429 .000 1959 NL Total ( 2 Years) Splits 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .375 .000 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1954 STL N Daily Splits OF 148 148 146 1345.1 387 11 9 2 0 .978 9 140 0 1954 STL N CF 140 140 139 1267.1 372 8 8 2 0 .979 1954 STL N LF 9 8 7 78 14 2 1 0 0 .941 1955 STL N Daily Splits OF 100 96 86 871 188 5 5 1 0 .975 26 47 33 1955 STL N 1B 51 48 44 417.1 445 34 7 40 0 .986 1955 STL N CF 47 43 39 390 104 1 1 1 0 .991 1955 STL N RF 33 30 26 268 48 3 4 0 0 .927 1955 STL N LF 26 23 21 213 36 0 0 0 0 1.000 1956 STL N Daily Splits OF 97 95 92 838.1 159 8 2 2 0 .988 0 1 96 1956 STL N RF 96 94 91 830.1 157 7 2 2 0 .988 1956 STL N 1B 52 52 47 454 498 47 9 52 1 .984 1956 STL N CF 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1957 STL N Daily Splits OF 133 132 111 1210.2 245 8 9 1 0 .966 89 13 48 1957 STL N LF 89 81 76 741.1 159 2 7 1 0 .958 1957 STL N RF 48 43 33 392.2 71 5 1 0 0 .987 1957 STL N CF 13 8 2 76.2 15 0 1 0 0 .938 1958 STL N Daily Splits OF 82 75 57 672 122 5 2 0 0 .984 31 8 54 1958 STL N RF 54 38 35 366.1 61 2 0 0 0 1.000 1958 STL N LF 31 29 20 251.1 44 2 2 0 0 .958 1958 STL N CF 8 8 2 54.1 17 0 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N Daily Splits OF 143 141 119 1271 224 13 4 2 0 .983 125 4 32 1959 LA N LF 125 110 103 1022.1 185 9 3 2 0 .985 1959 LA N RF 32 28 16 228.2 35 4 1 0 0 .975 1959 LA N CF 4 3 0 20 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N 1B 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1960 LA N Daily Splits OF 127 120 108 1079.2 194 15 3 3 0 .986 109 0 24 1960 LA N LF 109 99 93 896.2 168 14 3 3 0 .984 1960 LA N RF 24 21 15 183 27 0 0 0 0 1.000 1961 LA N Daily Splits OF 133 131 79 1105 186 5 6 1 0 .970 126 0 19 1961 LA N LF 126 113 75 969 159 5 5 1 0 .970 1961 LA N RF 19 18 4 136 22 0 1 0 0 .957 1962 LA N Daily Splits OF 36 25 17 226.1 51 2 1 1 0 .981 24 0 12 1962 LA N 1B 33 32 19 272 249 18 6 28 0 .978 1962 LA N LF 24 13 10 133.2 35 2 1 1 0 .974 1962 LA N RF 12 12 7 92.2 17 0 0 0 0 1.000 1963 LA N Daily Splits OF 96 90 55 779.2 125 2 5 0 0 .962 48 2 61 1963 LA N RF 61 48 39 439.2 60 1 5 0 0 .924 1963 LA N LF 48 42 16 330.1 57 1 0 0 0 1.000 1963 LA N CF 2 0 0 9.2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1964 LA N Daily Splits OF 23 22 16 191 33 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 17 1964 LA N RF 17 17 11 145 21 1 0 0 0 1.000 1964 LA N LF 6 5 5 46 12 0 0 0 0 1.000 1965 LA N Daily Splits OF 23 18 14 157.1 25 1 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 13 1965 LA N RF 13 12 9 94 18 1 0 0 0 1.000 1965 LA N LF 10 6 5 63.1 7 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total (12 Years) Splits OF 1141 1093 900 9747.1 1939 75 46 13 0 .978 603 215 409 Total (11 Years) LF 603 529 431 4745 876 37 22 8 0 .976 Total (11 Years) RF 409 361 286 3176.1 537 24 14 2 0 .976 Total ( 7 Years) CF 215 203 183 1826 517 10 10 3 0 .981 Total ( 4 Years) 1B 137 132 110 1146.1 1194 99 22 120 1 .983 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1959 LA N Daily Splits OF 6 6 4 53 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 4 1 3 1959 LA N LF 4 3 3 30 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N RF 3 3 1 22 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 1 Year ) Splits OF 6 6 4 53 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 4 1 3 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 4 3 3 30 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) RF 3 3 1 22 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) CF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1959 NL Daily Splits OF 2 2 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1959 NL LF 2 2 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 1 Year ) Splits OF 2 2 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 Total ( 1 Year ) LF 2 2 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Coaching Record
Year Team START END 1969 SD N 4- 8 10- 2 Total ( 1 Year )
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason 5- 5-1957(2) BOX STL N Augie Donatelli Call at 1B (Threw helmet) 9- 2-1957(1) BOX STL N Bill Baker Called third strike 6-20-1959 BOX LA N Ken Burkhart Call at 1B 6- 2-1961 BOX LA N Augie Donatelli Call at 2B (Bumped umpire)
Transaction Information
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).