Les Moss

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, OK us

Died: August 29, 2012 in Longwood, FL

Buried: Chapel Hill Cemetery, Orlando, FL

High School: Central HS (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: September 10, 1946 (Age 21-119d, 10,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1958 (Age 33-110d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: John Lester Moss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

2234

552

.247

210

RBI

276

OBP

.333

SLG

.369

OPS

.702

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 63 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 20 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL/SLB	46
CHW	14
BOS	3

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Away	39
Home	24

Outs
1	26
2	20
0	17

8 Opps
BOS	13
WSH	11
CLE	11
CHW	8
PHA/KCA	7
DET	6
NYY	5
BAL	2

49 Pitchers
Chuck Stobbs	3
Bob Feller	3
Mickey Harris	2
Mike Garcia	2
Willard Nixon	2
Vic Raschi	2
Ellis Kinder	2
Mel Parnell	2
Bob Wiesler	2
Carl Scheib	2
Joe Dobson	2
Alex Kellner	2
Cal McLish	1
Hank Borowy	1
Billy Pierce	1
Marino Pieretti	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Art Houtteman	1
Orval Grove	1
Early Wynn	1
Jack Kramer	1
Al Gettel	1
Windy McCall	1
Mickey Haefner	1
Bob Savage	1
Scott Cary	1
Tom Gorman	1
Bob Turley	1
Bob Muncrief	1
Bill Wight	1
Steve Gromek	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Don Mossi	1
Al Sima	1
Marv Rotblatt	1
Connie Johnson	1
Bob Gillespie	1
Randy Gumpert	1
Bob Kuzava	1
Ray Narleski	1
Duke Maas	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Dave Ferriss	1
Bob Lemon	1
Virgil Trucks	1
Ted Gray	1
Hal Griggs	1
Karl Drews	1
Sid Hudson	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	16
Fenway Pk (BOS)	12
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	12
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
GriffithStad (WAS)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	45
8	2
78	2
9	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	13
12-	7
-2-	6
123	1
-23	1

101 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	35
1 on	19
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	28

Inning
1	2
2	11
3	5
4	9
5	8
6	8
7	6
8	6
9	8

1-3	18
4-6	25
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	6
+1	5
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	15

Ahead	21
Tied	15
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	61
PH	2

OrderPos
7th	23
6th	18
8th	13
5th	6
9th	2
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	17
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1947-06-08 (1)	SLB		NYY	Karl Drews	tied 1-1	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.206	73%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores
2	2	2	1	1947-06-17	SLB	@	BOS	Dave Ferriss	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.229	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Stephens Scores; B. Hitchcock Scores
3	3	3	1	1947-08-11 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	Bob Gillespie	ahead 6-0	t 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Judnich Scores
4	4	4	1	1947-08-24 (2)	SLB		WSH	Scott Cary	behind 0-5	b 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.019	4%		Home Run (LF-CF)
5	5	5	1	1947-09-12	SLB	@	WSH	Early Wynn	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.212	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Judnich Scores
6	6	6	1	1947-09-27 (2)	SLB		CHW	Orval Grove	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	2
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1948-04-29	SLB		CLE	Bob Lemon	behind 1-5	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.059	14%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1948-05-29	SLB		DET	Virgil Trucks	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.074	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1948-05-31 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Muncrief	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.107	57%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1948-06-02	SLB	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	ahead 2-1	t 9	0	---	1	7	2	0.093	92%		Home Run
11	11	5	1	1948-06-04 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 2-10	t 9	2	1--	2	7	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Zarilla Scores
12	12	6	1	1948-06-25	SLB		BOS	Mel Parnell	behind 1-5	b 4	1	-23	3	6	2	0.175	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Platt Scores; P. Layden Scores/unER
13	13	7	1	1948-07-06	SLB	@	CHW	Marino Pieretti	tied 2-2	t 3	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.175	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Platt Scores
14	14	8	1	1948-07-11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Feller	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	1	7	2	0.334	83%		Home Run
15	15	9	1	1948-07-20	SLB	@	BOS	Jack Kramer	behind 0-1	t 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.172	58%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Platt Scores
16	16	10	1	1948-07-21	SLB	@	PHA	Bob Savage	ahead 14-2	t 7	1	1--	2	6	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kokos Scores
17	17	11	1	1948-08-29 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	12-	3	7	2
18	18	12	1	1948-09-01	SLB	@	NYY	Vic Raschi	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.092	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	13	1	1948-09-17	SLB		BOS	Joe Dobson	behind 0-3	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.083	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	14	1	1948-09-19 (2)	SLB		NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 4-9	b 8	1	1--	2	7	2	0.040	6%		Home Run; W. Platt Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1949-04-23	SLB	@	CHW	Al Gettel	tied 2-2	t 4	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.220	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Lehner Scores/unER; L. Moss Scores/unER
22	22	2	1	1949-05-05	SLB		WSH	Mickey Haefner	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.153	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kokos Scores
23	23	3	1	1949-05-08 (1)	SLB		BOS	Windy McCall	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.073	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	4	1	1949-06-19 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.091	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	5	1	1949-07-03 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Steve Gromek	behind 0-1	t 6	2	12-	3	7	2	0.418	75%		Home Run; J. Priddy Scores; R. Sievers Scores
26	26	6	1	1949-07-27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	Carl Scheib	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	1--	2	6	2	0.105	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kokos Scores
27	27	7	1	1949-08-09	SLB	@	CLE	Bob Feller	behind 0-5	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.035	9%		Home Run
28	28	8	1	1949-08-14 (2)	SLB	@	DET	Art Houtteman	behind 0-3	t 7	1	1--	2	7	2
29	29	9	1	1949-08-25	SLB		PHA	Alex Kellner	behind 2-4	b 5	1	12-	3	5	2
30	30	10	1	1949-09-23	SLB	@	CHW	Randy Gumpert	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1950-07-01	SLB	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-4	t 9	2	---	1	5	2	0.003	0%		Home Run
32	32	2	1	1950-07-04 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	Mike Garcia	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	---	1	6	2	0.020	97%		Home Run
33	33	3	1	1950-07-17	SLB	@	WSH	Bob Kuzava	behind 0-3	t 8	1	---	1	9	PH	0.053	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	4	1	1950-07-23	SLB	@	BOS	Ellis Kinder	behind 1-6	t 9	0	---	1	5	2	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	5	1	1950-07-30 (2)	SLB		WSH	Mickey Harris	behind 6-13	b 9	0	1--	2	9	PH	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sommers Scores
36	36	6	1	1950-08-20 (2)	SLB	@	DET	Hank Borowy	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.038	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	7	1	1950-08-23	SLB	@	BOS	Chuck Stobbs	behind 2-6	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.047	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	8	1	1950-09-20	SLB		WSH	Sid Hudson	behind 4-10	b 5	0	12-	3	3	2
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1951-05-09	SLB		PHA	Alex Kellner	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	2
40	40	2	1	1951-05-19	BOS		CLE	Bob Feller	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.091	72%		Home Run
41	41	3	1	1951-05-22	BOS		DET	Ted Gray	tied 2-2	b 7	2	123	4	8	2	0.342	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Boudreau Scores/unER; V. Stephens Scores/unER; B. Doerr Scores/unER; L. Moss Scores/unER
42	42	4	1	1951-06-03 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	Marv Rotblatt	ahead 6-5	t 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.129	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1952-04-17	SLB	@	DET	Hal Newhouser	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.258	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
44	44	2	1	1952-04-18	SLB		CHW	Chuck Stobbs	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.160	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1952-07-14	SLB	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	ahead 5-0	t 3	2	---	1	5	2	0.036	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1953-05-12	SLB	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.128	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	2	1	1953-07-19 (1)	SLB		WSH	Al Sima	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	6	2	0.081	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1955-04-16	BAL	@	BOS	Ellis Kinder	behind 4-6	t 8	1	---	1	6	2	0.102	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	2	1	1955-04-21	BAL	@	NYY	Bob Turley	behind 1-14	t 9	0	---	1	5	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	3	1	1955-06-28	CHW		DET	Duke Maas	behind 0-4	b 5	0	-2-	2	8	2	0.117	29%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Dropo Scores
51	51	4	1	1955-07-03	CHW	@	CLE	Ray Narleski	behind 6-14	t 9	2	12-	3	6	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Fox Scores; B. Kennedy Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1956-05-29	CHW	@	KCA	Tom Gorman	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.102	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	2	1	1956-05-30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	Mike Garcia	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.093	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	3	2	1956-05-30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	Don Mossi	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.023	97%		Home Run (Deep CF)
55	55	4	1	1956-07-22	CHW	@	WSH	Bob Wiesler	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	2	7	2	0.224	60%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Dropo Scores
56	56	5	2	1956-07-22	CHW	@	WSH	Hal Griggs	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.059	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	6	1	1956-07-26	CHW		NYY	Tommy Byrne	behind 3-6	b 3	1	---	1	6	2	0.088	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	7	1	1956-08-02	CHW		WSH	Bob Wiesler	behind 2-3	b 6	1	12-	3	6	2	0.364	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doby Scores; W. Dropo Scores
59	59	8	1	1956-08-03	CHW		BAL	Connie Johnson	ahead 11-3	b 4	0	1--	2	6	2	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Dropo Scores
60	60	9	1	1956-08-04	CHW		BAL	Bill Wight	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	6	2	0.164	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Miñoso Scores
61	61	10	1	1956-08-28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	Chuck Stobbs	behind 0-4	t 6	2	1--	2	6	2	0.104	16%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Miñoso Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1957-06-26	CHW	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.106	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	2	1	1957-07-05	CHW		CLE	Cal McLish	ahead 13-4	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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