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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
2	4	Apr 21	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	5	Apr 22 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 23	SLB	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 25 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	12 (2)	Apr 29 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,13-11	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	15 (2)	May 3	SLB		NYY	L,3-17	CG	50	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
8	17 (1)	May 5	SLB		NYY	L,6-17	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
9	18	May 6 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	52	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	21 (2)	May 9	SLB		PHA	L,2-8	CG	0	10.0	4	1	1	6	0
11	23 (1)	May 12	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	25 (1)	May 13 (2)	SLB		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Boston Red Sox
13	25	May 18	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	GF	28	7.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
14	26	May 19	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
15	27	May 20	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	28	May 21	BOS		DET	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
18	30	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,12-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
19	31	May 25	BOS		WSH	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	32	May 26	BOS		WSH	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	33	May 27 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	34	May 27 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	35	May 28	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
24	36	May 30 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,11-10	CG	63	15.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	37	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	38	Jun 1	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
27	39	Jun 2	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	40	Jun 3 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	41	Jun 3 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
30	42	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	43	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
32	44	Jun 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	45	Jun 6	BOS	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	46	Jun 7	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	47	Jun 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
36	48	Jun 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
37	49	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	51 (1)	Jun 12	BOS		DET	L,3-7	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	52	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	53	Jun 16	BOS		SLB	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
41	54	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	56 (1)	Jun 18	BOS		CLE	L,7-9	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
43	57	Jun 19	BOS		CLE	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	58	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-14	CG	50	9.0	9	0	2	11	0	C
45	59	Jun 21	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
46	60	Jun 22	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	61	Jun 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	62	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	63	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
50	64	Jun 26	BOS		PHA	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
51	65	Jun 27	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	66	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	68 (1)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	70 (1)	Jul 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
55	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	78 (5)	Jul 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	79	Jul 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	57	14.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	80	Jul 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	81	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	82	Jul 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	84 (1)	Jul 17	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
62	86 (1)	Jul 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	13	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	89 (2)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	91 (1)	Jul 25	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
65	93 (1)	Jul 27	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	94	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	W,8-4		11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	96 (1)	Jul 31	BOS		SLB	L,6-8		13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	99 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-6	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	103 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	BOS		DET	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	106 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
71	122 (15)	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	124 (1)	Aug 28	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	131 (6)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
74	136 (4)	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	144 (7)	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	145	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	146	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	148 (1)	Sep 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
79	149	Sep 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
80	151 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	153 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							81gm		617.0	335	36	7	378	5