Todd Moser

Todd M. Moser

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 4", Weight 174 lb.

• School Florida Atlantic University, State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota
• High School St. Thomas Aquinas High School

• Born October 28, 1976 in Brooklyn, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Todd Moser has pitched in the minor leagues, Venezuela, Taiwan, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

Moser was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33th round of the 1995 Amateur Draft out of high school, but he refused to sign, opting for college. He was picked as an All-American in 1999 by both the American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball while Baseball America named him third-string. He was 15-1 with a 2.34 ERA that year, fanning 130 in 104 IP. He tied Jeff Nichols for the NCAA Division I lead in wins and was was 9th in ERA. He won the pitching Triple Crown in the TransAmerica Conference.

The Florida Marlins then drafted him in the 14th round of the 1999 Amateur Draft. Moser had a 8-2 record with a 1.53 ERA for the Utica Blue Sox in 1999, leading the New York-Penn League in ERA (.03 ahead of Randy Leak) and complete games (3). He was one win behind leader Jairo Pineda and tied Mike Nannini for 3rd with 86 strikeouts. He and Joe Kennedy were named the loop's All-Star southpaws.

He was 9-5 with a 2.83 ERA in 21 starts for the Kane County Cougars in 2000. He finished 6th in the Midwest League in ERA, between Travis Thompson and Rafael Soriano, but Andy Van Hekken was named the league's All-Star LHSP. He only pitched 3 games in 2001, presumably due to injury. Moser was promoted in 2002, and he had a 7-4 record with a 3.82 ERA for A+ Jupiter Hammerheads.

The New Yorker pitched 5 games with a 1.50 ERA in 2003 for Jupiter, then he went to the AA Carolina Mudcats and he had a 3.41 ERA in 18 starts. Moser struggled in 2004 as his ERA was 6.75, and the Marlins released him in June. The St. Louis Cardinals signed him, but Moser recorded a 5.36 ERA for the Tennessee Smokies, and he became a free agent after this season. He then went to the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League and pitched there for two seasons. Moser had a 5.00 ERA (3-5, 2 Sv) in 35 appearances in 2005, then recorded a 6-6, 4.27 record in 27 games in 2006. He pitched 2 games with the Aguilas Cibaenas after the 2006 season.

Moser then went to Taiwan and joined the Brother Elephants of the CPBL in 2007. As a full-time reliever, Moser notched a league-leading 13 saves (tied with Yung-Chih Kuo) with a 2.41 ERA in 33 relief outings. However, he slumped to 0-1, 3.55 in 11 games in 2008, and the Elephants released him. He came back to the US, and joined the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League; he was 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA there. Moser pitched 20 games with a 1.80 ERA for the Leones de Ponce of the Puerto Rican Winter League after the 2008 season.

The veteran reliever had a 1-2, 6.23 record in 14 games for the T-Bones in 2009, and he recorded a 4.64 ERA while going 2-0 in 20 games with the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League. He pitched for tPonce again after the 2009 season, but he had a 8.68 ERA in 19 games. Moser pitched 22 games combined for 3 teams in the Northern League in 2010, but his ERA was 5.81, and his professional career ended. He had gone 60-46 with 18 saves and a 3.80 ERA in 331 games as a pro.