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Billy Moran
William Nelson Moran

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 15, 1958
  vs. KCA 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 28, 1965
Born November 27, 1933 in Montgomery, AL

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 CLE AL 115  257   26   58  11  0   1   18   3  2  13  23  .226  .262  .280   50   72   8   1   1   0   7
 1959 25 CLE AL  11   17    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .294  .294  .294   65    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 27 LAA AL  54  173   17   45   7  1   2   22   0  0  17  16  .260  .328  .347   74   60   6   1   1   1   5
 1962 28 LAA AL 160  659   90  186  25  3  17   74   5  1  39  80  .282  .324  .407   98  268  14   5   2   4   8 MVP-13,AS
 1963 29 LAA AL 153  597   67  164  29  5   7   65   1  1  31  57  .275  .310  .375   97  224  10   7   2   3  14
 1964 30 TOT AL 119  349   40   84  16  1   1   21   1  4  31  36  .241  .304  .301   74  105   9   3   4   2  14
         LAA AL  50  198   26   53  10  1   0   11   1  3  13  20  .268  .315  .328   88   65   6   1   1   1   9
         CLE AL  69  151   14   31   6  0   1   10   0  1  18  16  .205  .291  .265   57   40   3   2   3   1   5
 1965 31 CLE AL  22   24    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .125  .222  .125    1    3   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      634 2076  242  545  88 10  28  202  10  8 133 218  .263  .308  .355   84  737  47  17  10  11  48
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   62  139  22  3   7   52   3  2  34  56  .263  .308  .355   84  188  12   4   3   3  12
 Career High    160  659   90  186  29  5  17   74   5  4  39  80  .282  .324  .407   98  268  14   7   4   4  14
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 24 CLE AL  279  217   18   2.2    97| .226  .260| .262  .329| .280  .396| .542  .725|  50  .230 -17.6  -1.8  60%
 1959 25 CLE AL   17   12    1   2.2    96| .294  .257| .294  .328| .294  .392| .588  .720|  65  .226  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1961 27 LAA AL  198  140   20   3.8   113| .260  .276| .328  .353| .347  .430| .675  .783|  74  .410  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1962 28 LAA AL  721  501   89   4.8   100| .282  .259| .324  .331| .407  .404| .731  .735|  98  .522  -2.7  -0.3  83%
 1963 29 LAA AL  648  465   68   4.0    89| .275  .248| .310  .314| .375  .384| .685  .697|  97  .472  -2.3  -0.2  50%
 1964 30 TOT AL  394  295   30   2.7    91| .241  .248| .304  .316| .301  .386| .605  .702|  74  .310 -10.6  -1.1  20%
         LAA AL  219  164   18   3.0    87| .268  .244| .315  .310| .328  .379| .643  .689|  88  .340  -2.5  -0.3  25%
         CLE AL  175  131   12   2.5    95| .205  .254| .291  .323| .265  .395| .556  .718|  57  .271  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1965 31 CLE AL   27   21    1   1.3    93| .125  .252| .222  .322| .125  .386| .347  .708|   1  .109  -3.1  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2284 1651  227   3.7    96| .263  .256| .308  .325| .355  .396| .663  .721|  84  .424 -44.2  -4.5  55%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 24 CLE AL 2B 74 136 154 12 38 .960 .978 3.92 4.68 5.49 5.26 52 475.0 SS 38 38 56 3 18 .969 .964 2.47 4.17 4.35 4.96 21 194.3 1959 25 CLE AL 2B 6 6 8 0 1 1.000 .979 2.33 4.73 4.20 5.28 4 30.0 SS 5 7 1 1 1 .889 .964 1.60 3.96 5.54 4.85 0 13.0 1961 27 LAA AL 2B 51 108 116 8 31 .966 .978 4.39 4.72 4.93 5.24 47 409.3 SS 2 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 4.35 2.37 4.83 2 19.0 1962 28 LAA AL 2B 160 422 477 13 103 .986 .980 5.62 4.87 5.71 5.25 159 1418.0 AS 1963 29 LAA AL 2B 151 352 455 22 98 .973 .980 5.34 4.68 5.41 5.08 150 1342.3 1964 30 TOT AL 3B 89 81 153 13 9 .947 .955 2.63 2.76 2.84 3.03 81 742.7 TOT AL 2B 18 24 24 1 4 .980 .980 2.67 4.54 4.93 5.17 8 87.7 LAA AL 3B 47 47 84 10 5 .929 .955 2.79 2.76 2.79 3.03 47 423.0 2B 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.53 2.40 5.16 1 15.0 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 CLE AL 3B 42 34 69 3 4 .972 .955 2.45 2.76 2.90 3.03 34 319.7 2B 15 23 21 1 3 .978 .980 2.93 4.54 5.45 5.17 7 72.7 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.10 0.00 9.53 0 1.7 1965 31 CLE AL 2B 7 4 6 0 2 1.000 .980 1.43 4.39 3.30 5.08 2 27.3 SS 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 7.00 4.40 7.00 4.70 1 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 30 CLE AL 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.10 0.00 9.53 0 1.7 1958 24 CLE AL 2B 74 136 154 12 38 .960 .978 3.92 4.68 5.49 5.26 52 475.0 1959 25 CLE AL 2B 6 6 8 0 1 1.000 .979 2.33 4.73 4.20 5.28 4 30.0 1961 27 LAA AL 2B 51 108 116 8 31 .966 .978 4.39 4.72 4.93 5.24 47 409.3 1962 28 LAA AL 2B 160 422 477 13 103 .986 .980 5.62 4.87 5.71 5.25 159 1418.0 1963 29 LAA AL 2B 151 352 455 22 98 .973 .980 5.34 4.68 5.41 5.08 150 1342.3 1964 30 TOT AL 2B 18 24 24 1 4 .980 .980 2.67 4.54 4.93 5.17 8 87.7 LAA AL 2B 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 1.33 4.53 2.40 5.16 1 15.0 CLE AL 2B 15 23 21 1 3 .978 .980 2.93 4.54 5.45 5.17 7 72.7 1965 31 CLE AL 2B 7 4 6 0 2 1.000 .980 1.43 4.39 3.30 5.08 2 27.3 1964 30 TOT AL 3B 89 81 153 13 9 .947 .955 2.63 2.76 2.84 3.03 81 742.7 LAA AL 3B 47 47 84 10 5 .929 .955 2.79 2.76 2.79 3.03 47 423.0 CLE AL 3B 42 34 69 3 4 .972 .955 2.45 2.76 2.90 3.03 34 319.7 1958 24 CLE AL SS 38 38 56 3 18 .969 .964 2.47 4.17 4.35 4.96 21 194.3 1959 25 CLE AL SS 5 7 1 1 1 .889 .964 1.60 3.96 5.54 4.85 0 13.0 1961 27 LAA AL SS 2 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 2.50 4.35 2.37 4.83 2 19.0 1964 30 LAA AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 0.00 4.50 0 1.0 1965 31 CLE AL SS 1 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 7.00 4.40 7.00 4.70 1 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 467 1052 1240 56 277 .976 .980 4.91 4.74 5.44 5.19 422 3789.7 3B* 89 81 153 13 9 .947 .955 2.63 2.76 2.84 3.03 81 742.7 SS* 47 48 66 5 19 .958 .964 2.43 4.17 4.34 4.93 24 236.3 1B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.10 0.00 9.53 0 1.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 605 1181 1459 74 305 .973 .977 4.36 4.42 4.98 4.84 527 4770
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1962-1 LAA AL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1962-2 LAA AL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      2   7   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .286  .286  .286 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1962-1 (2B)
1962-2 (2B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-AL-13-0.10
Car-885-0.10 shares

Games
1962 AL-160-5

At Bats
1962 AL-659-2
1963 AL-597-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1962 AL-721-3

Hits
1962 AL-186-6
1963 AL-164-9

Doubles
1963 AL-29-7

Singles
1962 AL-141-3
1963 AL-123-5

Sac. Hits
1958 AL-8-10
1962 AL-14-2
1963 AL-10-3
1964 AL-9-6

Sac. Flies
1963 AL-7-6

Outs
1962 AL-501-2
1963 AL-465-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1328) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

October 13, 1960: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the Cleveland Indians.

June 22, 1961: Traded by the Toronto (International) to the Los Angeles Angels for Ken Hamlin and Russ Heman.

June 11, 1964: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Los Angeles Angels to the Cleveland Indians. The Los Angeles Angels sent Frank Kostro to the Minnesota Twins. The Minnesota Twins sent Vic Power and Lenny Green to the Los Angeles Angels. The Cleveland Indians sent Jerry Kindall to the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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