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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB		DET	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	SLB	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	53	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 19	SLB	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
7	9 (2)	Apr 25	SLB		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	10	Apr 26 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	13 (2)	Apr 30	SLB		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (3)	May 3 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
11	18	May 5	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	19	May 6	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	20	May 8	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
14	21	May 9	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	23 (1)	May 12	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	24	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	28 (3)	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	30 (1)	May 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	34 (3)	May 25	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	38 (3)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	W,11-5	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	40 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,13-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	41	May 31 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	44 (2)	Jun 3	SLB		WSH	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
24	47 (2)	Jun 6	SLB		NYY	L,2-6	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
25	48	Jun 7 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
26	49	Jun 7 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	50	Jun 9	SLB		BOS	L,5-6	CG	47	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
28	51	Jun 10 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
29	54 (2)	Jun 12	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
30	55	Jun 13	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	58 (2)	Jun 16	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	60 (1)	Jun 18 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	62 (1)	Jun 19	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	66 (3)	Jun 23	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	69 (2)	Jun 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	75 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,0-13	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	77 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,7-10	GF	34	6.0	6	0	2	8	0	PH C
38	78	Jul 5 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	79	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	91 (11)	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
41	94 (2)	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,4-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
42	96 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	99 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	104 (4)	Aug 1	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	105	Aug 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
46	106	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	110 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	111	Aug 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
49	112	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	115 (2)	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	121 (5)	Aug 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	125 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	128 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,3-1	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	129	Aug 28	SLB		PHA	W,8-3	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	131 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	132	Aug 31	SLB		WSH	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	134 (1)	Sep 3	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	135	Sep 4	SLB		DET	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
59	136	Sep 5	SLB		DET	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
60	137	Sep 6	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	140 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	141	Sep 9 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	142	Sep 11	SLB	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	143	Sep 12	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	55	11.1	5	1	0	6	1	C
65	144	Sep 13 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
66	146 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
67	148 (1)	Sep 17	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	149	Sep 20 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	151 (1)	Sep 22	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	152	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
71	154 (1)	Sep 27	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
							71gm		558.0	296	21	7	324	4