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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-46 / in Starts: 28-33
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	8

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 260 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	174 (94-54-26) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 260 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	167 (88-52-26)

Most Driven In
V Wertz	6
B Elliott	5
D Lenhardt	5
R Sievers	3
V Stephens	3
Self	2
D Kokos	1
B Young	1

Most Driven In By
B Hunter	4
B Holloman	2
N Berry	2
J Groth	2
D Larsen	2
Self	2
B Elliott	2
D Littlefield	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	536	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	7	.29	0.080	.70	0.12%	2.84	C
2	537	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.500	.875	7	1.03	-0.105	2.73	-0.17%	-0.60	C
3	538	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.417	.417	.583	1.000	7	1.34	0.014	3.64	0.02%	0.04	C
4	539	4	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.471	.824	7	1.80	0.131	4.99	0.22%	-0.21	C
5	540	5	Apr 18 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.381	.667	7	.52	-0.052	1.53	-0.09%	-0.52	C
6	541	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.391	.725	7	1.60	0.168	5.07	0.32%	1.20	C
7	542	8 (1)	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.375	.695	8	.51	-0.015	1.69	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
8	543	9	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.296	.345	.370	.715	4	.70	-0.054	2.22	-0.10%	-0.59	C
9	544	10	Apr 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	5	.80	0.107	2.14	0.17%	0.39	C
10	545	12 (1)	Apr 28	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.290	.353	.387	.740	9	1.83	-0.048	5.28	-0.08%	-0.11	PH
11	546	13	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.324	.353	.677	6	.83	-0.061	1.83	-0.08%	-0.51	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	547	17 (3)	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.243	.317	.324	.641	6	1.89	-0.172	3.64	-0.20%	-1.02	C
13	548	18	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.366	.699	7	1.12	0.114	2.42	0.15%	0.86	C
14	549	19	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	5	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.283	.340	.413	.753	6	.58	-0.039	1.33	-0.05%	-1.33	C
15	550	20	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.340	.396	.735	7	1.71	0.001	4.41	0.00%	-0.17	C
16	551	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.321	.373	.694	7	1.26	-0.078	2.86	-0.11%	-0.65	C
17	552	23 (1)	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.268	.328	.429	.756	6	.71	0.052	1.13	0.05%	0.74	C
18	553	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.323	.417	.740	6	1.50	-0.072	2.94	-0.09%	-0.38	C
19	554	28 (3)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-10	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.819	6	1.17	0.318	2.05	0.33%	3.01	C
20	555	29	May 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.352	.455	.807	9	1.44	-0.038	2.02	-0.03%	-0.11	PH
21	556	30	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.351	.449	.801	6	1.14	0.088	1.35	0.06%	0.73	C
22	557	34 (3)	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.292	.338	.431	.768	5	1.85	-0.172	1.10	-0.06%	-1.73	C
23	558	38 (3)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	8-GF(11)	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.354	.438	.793	7	1.14	0.059	.52	0.02%	0.42	C
24	559	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.369	.442	.811	6	.79	0.212	.50	0.08%	2.60	C
25	560	41	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.309	.371	.432	.803	5	1.38	-0.155	1.05	-0.07%	-1.10	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	561	44 (2)	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.309	.371	.432	.803	7						C
27	562	47 (2)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.374	.434	.807	7	1.94	-0.083	.85	-0.02%	-0.52	PH C
28	563	48	Jun 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.337	.394	.453	.847	8	.65	0.078	.21	0.02%	1.03	C
29	564	49	Jun 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.322	.378	.433	.811	6						C
30	565	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.330	.382	.436	.819	6	.63	0.027	.07	0.00%	0.13	C
31	566	51	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.377	.429	.806	6	.36	-0.033	.03	0.00%	0.30	C
32	567	54 (2)	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.324	.373	.422	.794	6						C
33	568	55	Jun 13	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.360	.406	.765	6	.55	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.81	C
34	569	58 (2)	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.356	.394	.750	6	.67	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.29	C
35	570	60 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.352	.389	.742	7	.52	0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
36	571	62 (1)	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.344	.379	.723	6	.83	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
37	572	66 (3)	Jun 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.367	.700	6	.94	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.28	C
38	573	69 (2)	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.331	.371	.702	5	1.12	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	574	75 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,0-13	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.328	.368	.696	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
40	575	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.326	.365	.691	9	1.72	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
41	576	77	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	4-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.324	.357	.680	5	2.14	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-1.19	PH C
42	577	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.317	.348	.665	6	.75	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
43	578	79	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.322	.353	.675	5	3.49	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
44	579	88 (8)	Jul 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.326	.353	.680	9	.64	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
45	580	89	Jul 17	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.326	.353	.680	9						PH
46	581	91 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.324	.372	.697	6	.65	0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
47	582	94 (2)	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	12-GF(14)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.329	.377	.706	6	.93	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
48	583	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.327	.373	.700	5	.70	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.65	C
49	584	99 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.325	.370	.695	6	.54	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.91	C
50	585	101 (1)	Jul 29	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-9	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.323	.367	.690	9	2.79	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.61	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	586	104 (2)	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.321	.364	.685	6	1.57	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-0.80	C
52	587	105	Aug 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.325	.364	.689	6	.36	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.01	C
53	588	106	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.324	.361	.684	6	.54	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
54	589	110 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.272	.322	.358	.680	6	2.11	0.199	.00	0.00%	0.92	C
55	590	111	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.315	.349	.664	6	.25	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.97	C
56	591	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.315	.355	.670	6	1.30	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
57	592	115 (2)	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.315	.355	.670	8						C
58	593	121 (5)	Aug 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.277	.324	.382	.706	7	1.80	0.280	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
59	594	125 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.277	.323	.384	.707	6	1.10	-0.069	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
60	595	128 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.323	.384	.707	6						C
61	596	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.323	.384	.707	6						C
62	597	131 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.326	.392	.719	6	.46	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
63	598	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.327	.391	.718	6	1.18	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.04	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	599	134 (1)	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.335	.389	.724	6	.88	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.06	C
65	600	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.346	.402	.748	6	.45	0.012	.00	0.00%	1.61	C
66	601	136	Sep 5	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG(12)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.340	.394	.733	6	1.67	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
67	602	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.343	.393	.736	6	1.17	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.65	C
68	603	140 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.285	.341	.390	.731	6	.89	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.23	C
69	604	141	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.339	.387	.727	6	1.73	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
70	605	142	Sep 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.285	.342	.386	.729	7	1.28	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.73	C
71	606	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.343	.392	.735	7	1.80	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.25	C
72	607	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.394	.740	7	.50	0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
73	608	146 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.340	.386	.727	6	.45	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
74	609	148 (1)	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.342	.384	.725	7	.76	0.101	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
75	610	149	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.337	.379	.716	6	.84	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
76	611	151 (1)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.339	.377	.715	6	.47	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
77	612	152	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.337	.374	.712	5	1.04	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
78	613	154 (1)	Sep 27	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.332	.368	.700	5	1.51	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.05	C
							32-46		260	239	21	66	14	1	2	28	19	1	31	1	1		3	10	0	1	.276	.332	.368	.700		1.04	-0.041	.83	0.37%	-2.45

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