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Wally Moses
Wallace Moses

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 17, 1935
Final Game September 30, 1951
Born October 8, 1910 in Uvalda, GA
Died October 10, 1990 in Vidalia, GA

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Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 24 PHA AL  85  345   60  112  21  3   5   35   3  4  25  18  .325  .375  .446  113  154   0           3    
 1936 25 PHA AL 146  585   98  202  35 11   7   66  12  6  62  32  .345  .410  .479  120  280   6           2     MVP-14
 1937 26 PHA AL 154  649  113  208  48 13  25   86   9  7  54  38  .320  .374  .550  132  357   7           2     MVP-11,AS
 1938 27 PHA AL 142  589   86  181  29  8   8   49  15  5  58  31  .307  .369  .424  101  250   3           0    
 1939 28 PHA AL 115  437   68  134  28  7   3   33   7  4  44  23  .307  .370  .423  104  185   5           0   4
 1940 29 PHA AL 142  537   91  166  41  9   9   50   6  4  75  44  .309  .396  .469  125  252   5           2   4
 1941 30 PHA AL 116  438   78  132  31  4   4   35   3  3  62  27  .301  .388  .418  115  183   9           0   6
 1942 31 CHW AL 146  577   73  156  28  4   7   49  16 10  74  27  .270  .353  .369  105  213   1           0   5
 1943 32 CHW AL 150  599   82  147  22 12   3   48  56 14  55  47  .245  .310  .337   89  202   1           1   9
 1944 33 CHW AL 136  535   82  150  26  9   3   34  21  7  52  22  .280  .345  .379  108  203   0           1   1 MVP-26
 1945 34 CHW AL 140  569   79  168  35 15   2   50  11  5  69  33  .295  .373  .420  133  239   1           2   4 MVP-29,AS
 1946 35 TOT AL 104  343   43   82  20  4   6   33   4  6  31  35  .239  .306  .373   88  128   2           2   4
         CHW AL  56  168   20   46   9  1   4   16   2  2  17  20  .274  .344  .411  114   69   1           1   3
         BOS AL  48  175   23   36  11  3   2   17   2  4  14  15  .206  .268  .337   64   59   1           1   1
 1947 36 BOS AL  90  255   32   70  18  2   2   27   3  0  27  16  .275  .344  .384   97   98   3           0   6
 1948 37 BOS AL  78  189   26   49  12  1   2   29   5  0  21  19  .259  .340  .365   84   69   0           2   1
 1949 38 PHA AL 110  308   49   85  19  3   1   25   1  3  51  19  .276  .381  .367  101  113  10           1   3
 1950 39 PHA AL  88  265   47   70  16  5   2   21   0  1  40  17  .264  .365  .385   94  102   2           2   6
 1951 40 PHA AL  70  136   17   26   6  0   0    9   2  2  21   9  .191  .304  .235   46   32   0           1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons         7356      2138    110      679     81     457  .291  .364  .416  109       55   0   0  21  58
               2012      1124      435     89      174    821                            3060
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592   91  172  35  9   7   55  14  7  66  37  .291  .364  .416  109  246   4   0   0   2   5
 Career High    154  649  113  208  48 15  25   86  56 14  75  47  .345  .410  .550  133  357  10   0   0   3   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 24 PHA AL  373  237   56   6.3   110| .325  .286| .375  .359| .446  .414| .821  .772| 113  .604   6.3   0.6  42%
 1936 25 PHA AL  655  395  114   7.7   120| .345  .296| .410  .371| .479  .435| .889  .806| 120  .645  19.9   1.8  66%
 1937 26 PHA AL  712  455  131   7.6   115| .320  .287| .374  .362| .550  .428| .924  .790| 132  .663  28.8   2.6  56%
 1938 27 PHA AL  650  416   93   5.9   116| .307  .286| .369  .365| .424  .427| .793  .791| 101  .550   0.8   0.1  75%
 1939 28 PHA AL  486  316   68   5.7   112| .307  .284| .370  .359| .423  .420| .793  .778| 104  .554   3.2   0.3  63%
 1940 29 PHA AL  619  384   99   6.8   109| .309  .277| .396  .350| .469  .420| .865  .769| 125  .643  22.8   2.1  60%
 1941 30 PHA AL  509  324   71   5.9   105| .301  .273| .388  .349| .418  .402| .806  .752| 115  .597  12.1   1.2  50%
 1942 31 CHW AL  652  437   75   4.6    93| .270  .263| .353  .337| .369  .368| .722  .706| 105  .551   5.4   0.6  61%
 1943 32 CHW AL  656  476   67   3.8    87| .245  .256| .310  .330| .337  .353| .647  .684|  89  .505  -9.8  -1.1  80%
 1944 33 CHW AL  588  393   71   4.9    91| .280  .267| .345  .334| .379  .364| .724  .698| 108  .586   5.4   0.6  75%
 1945 34 CHW AL  641  411   89   5.8    86| .295  .258| .373  .330| .420  .351| .793  .680| 133  .678  24.7   2.6  68%
 1946 35 TOT AL  378  273   38   3.7    96| .239  .265| .306  .339| .373  .381| .679  .720|  88  .449  -6.2  -0.7  40%
         CHW AL  187  128   23   4.8    92| .274  .259| .344  .332| .411  .372| .755  .705| 114  .565   3.1   0.3  50%
         BOS AL  191  145   15   2.8   101| .206  .271| .268  .346| .337  .389| .605  .735|  64  .321  -9.2  -1.0  33%
 1947 36 BOS AL  285  194   34   4.7   102| .275  .271| .344  .352| .384  .389| .728  .741|  97  .552  -1.0  -0.1 100%
 1948 37 BOS AL  212  141   24   4.5   110| .259  .279| .340  .365| .365  .403| .705  .768|  84  .492  -4.5  -0.4 100%
 1949 38 PHA AL  370  239   42   4.7   104| .276  .267| .381  .358| .367  .388| .748  .747| 101  .510   2.5   0.2  25%
 1950 39 PHA AL  309  204   36   4.7   112| .264  .276| .365  .363| .385  .414| .750  .776|  94  .473  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1951 40 PHA AL  158  117    9   2.1   104| .191  .270| .304  .351| .235  .396| .539  .747|  46  .194  -9.8  -1.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8253 5412 1117   5.5   104| .291  .274| .364  .350| .416  .397| .780  .747| 109  .578  99.0   9.2  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1935 24 PHA AL  OF   80    157    7   10    1  .943  .970  2.05  2.30                0    0   80
 1936 25 PHA AL  OF  144    396   12   11    3  .974  .968  2.83  2.29                0  136    9
 1937 26 PHA AL  OF  154    323   16   15    4  .958  .969  2.20  2.28                0    0  154 AS
 1938 27 PHA AL  OF  139    304   11   11    3  .966  .972  2.27  2.28                0    0  139
 1939 28 PHA AL  OF  103    209   10    8    2  .965  .969  2.13  2.35                0    5  100
 1940 29 PHA AL  OF  133    295   10    8    1  .974  .970  2.29  2.32                0    2  131
 1941 30 PHA AL  OF  109    263   12    7    5  .975  .973  2.52  2.33                0    0  109
 1942 31 CHW AL  OF  145    323   14    7    3  .980  .976  2.32  2.31                3   14  130
 1943 32 CHW AL  OF  148    370   12    8    2  .979  .977  2.58  2.39                0   23  125
 1944 33 CHW AL  OF  134    267    7    7    2  .975  .974  2.04  2.35                0    0  134
 1945 34 CHW AL  OF  139    329   12    8    1  .977  .978  2.45  2.27                0    0  139 AS
 1946 35 TOT AL  OF   80    176    5    2    1  .989  .977  2.26  2.24                2   16   65
         CHW AL  OF   36     84    2    0    0 1.000  .977  2.39  2.24                2   14   22
         BOS AL  OF   44     92    3    2    1  .979  .977  2.16  2.24                0    2   43
 1947 36 BOS AL  OF   58    109    2    3    0  .974  .979  1.91  2.35                0    0   58
 1948 37 BOS AL  OF   45    101    2    2    1  .981  .975  2.29  2.36                0    0   45
 1949 38 PHA AL  OF   92    169    7    3    3  .983  .980  1.91  2.27                1    1   91
 1950 39 PHA AL  OF   62    147    7    2    2  .987  .979  2.48  2.34                4    7   51
 1951 40 PHA AL  OF   27     62    1    1    1  .984  .977  2.33  2.23                0    0   27
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1935 24 PHA AL  OF   80    157    7   10    1  .943  .970  2.05  2.30                0    0   80
 1936 25 PHA AL  OF  144    396   12   11    3  .974  .968  2.83  2.29                0  136    9
 1937 26 PHA AL  OF  154    323   16   15    4  .958  .969  2.20  2.28                0    0  154
 1938 27 PHA AL  OF  139    304   11   11    3  .966  .972  2.27  2.28                0    0  139
 1939 28 PHA AL  OF  103    209   10    8    2  .965  .969  2.13  2.35                0    5  100
 1940 29 PHA AL  OF  133    295   10    8    1  .974  .970  2.29  2.32                0    2  131
 1941 30 PHA AL  OF  109    263   12    7    5  .975  .973  2.52  2.33                0    0  109
 1942 31 CHW AL  OF  145    323   14    7    3  .980  .976  2.32  2.31                3   14  130
 1943 32 CHW AL  OF  148    370   12    8    2  .979  .977  2.58  2.39                0   23  125
 1944 33 CHW AL  OF  134    267    7    7    2  .975  .974  2.04  2.35                0    0  134
 1945 34 CHW AL  OF  139    329   12    8    1  .977  .978  2.45  2.27                0    0  139
 1946 35 TOT AL  OF   80    176    5    2    1  .989  .977  2.26  2.24                2   16   65
         CHW AL  OF   36     84    2    0    0 1.000  .977  2.39  2.24                2   14   22
         BOS AL  OF   44     92    3    2    1  .979  .977  2.16  2.24                0    2   43
 1947 36 BOS AL  OF   58    109    2    3    0  .974  .979  1.91  2.35                0    0   58
 1948 37 BOS AL  OF   45    101    2    2    1  .981  .975  2.29  2.36                0    0   45
 1949 38 PHA AL  OF   92    169    7    3    3  .983  .980  1.91  2.27                1    1   91
 1950 39 PHA AL  OF   62    147    7    2    2  .987  .979  2.48  2.34                4    7   51
 1951 40 PHA AL  OF   27     62    1    1    1  .984  .977  2.33  2.23                0    0   27
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF 1792   4000  147  113   35  .973  .974  2.31  2.31               10  204 1587
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1792   4000  147  113   35  .973  .974  2.31  2.31

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   4  12   1   5  0  0  0   0   1   2  .417  .462  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   PHA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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
1937
1945

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1936-AL-14-0.09
1937-AL-11-0.15
1944-AL-26-0.01
1945-AL-29-0.01
Car-626-0.26 shares

Batting Average
1936 AL-.345-7
1945 AL-.295-6

On-base %
1945 AL-.373-10

Slugging %
1937 AL-.550-8
1945 AL-.420-7

OPS
1945 AL-.793-7

Games
1937 AL-154-7

At Bats
1937 AL-649-2
1938 AL-589-10
1943 AL-599-7
1945 AL-569-6

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1937 AL-712-5
1945 AL-641-6

Runs
1937 AL-113-9
1943 AL-82-7
1945 AL-79-7

Hits
1936 AL-202-9
1937 AL-208-6
1945 AL-168-2

Total Bases
1937 AL-357-4
1945 AL-239-5

Doubles
1937 AL-48-3
1940 AL-41-5
1945 AL-35-1

Triples
1936 AL-11-9
1937 AL-13-6
1943 AL-12-1
1944 AL-9-5
1945 AL-15-2

Home Runs
1937 AL-25-9

Stolen Bases
1938 AL-15-6
1942 AL-16-7
1943 AL-56-2
1944 AL-21-4
1945 AL-11-6

Singles
1936 AL-149-6
1938 AL-136-7
1945 AL-116-6

Adjusted OPS+
1937 AL-132-10
1945 AL-133-8

Runs Created
1937 AL-131-5
1945 AL-89-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1937 AL-29-9
1940 AL-23-10
1945 AL-25-8

Batting Wins
1937 AL-2.6-9
1940 AL-2.1-9
1945 AL-2.6-8

Extra-Base Hits
1937 AL-86-3
1945 AL-52-3

Times on Base
1945 AL-239-4

Offensive Win%
1945 AL-.678-7

Caught Stealing
1937 AL-7-9
1942 AL-10-8
1943 AL-14-3

Power/Speed Number
1937 AL-13.2-4
1942 AL-9.7-5

At Bats per Strikeout
1939 AL-19.0-8
1942 AL-21.4-10
1944 AL-24.3-6

Outs
1937 AL-455-6
1943 AL-476-2

Oldest Player
1949 AL-38-4
1950 AL-39-2
1951 AL-40-2

Black Ink: Batting - 3 (509) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 62 (396) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 28.0 (316) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 45.0 (398) (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.

Transactions
August 9, 1934: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Galveston (Texas).
December 9, 1939: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Detroit Tigers for Benny McCoy. Trade was voided and players returned on January 14, 1940.
January 14, 1940: Sent by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete an earlier deal made on December 9, 1939. The Detroit Tigers sent Benny McCoy to the Philadelphia Athletics for Wally Moses. Trade was voided and players returned on January 14, 1940.
December 9, 1941: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett.
July 23, 1946: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox.
November 15, 1948: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
December 1, 1948: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
January 21, 1952: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1937 1945	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1936-AL-14-0.09 1937-AL-11-0.15 1944-AL-26-0.01 1945-AL-29-0.01 Car-626-0.26 shares	Batting Average 1936 AL-.345-7 1945 AL-.295-6	On-base % 1945 AL-.373-10	Slugging % 1937 AL-.550-8 1945 AL-.420-7	OPS 1945 AL-.793-7
Games 1937 AL-154-7	At Bats 1937 AL-649-2 1938 AL-589-10 1943 AL-599-7 1945 AL-569-6	Plate Appearances (approx.) 1937 AL-712-5 1945 AL-641-6	Runs 1937 AL-113-9 1943 AL-82-7 1945 AL-79-7	Hits 1936 AL-202-9 1937 AL-208-6 1945 AL-168-2	Total Bases 1937 AL-357-4 1945 AL-239-5
Doubles 1937 AL-48-3 1940 AL-41-5 1945 AL-35-1	Triples 1936 AL-11-9 1937 AL-13-6 1943 AL-12-1 1944 AL-9-5 1945 AL-15-2	Home Runs 1937 AL-25-9	Stolen Bases 1938 AL-15-6 1942 AL-16-7 1943 AL-56-2 1944 AL-21-4 1945 AL-11-6	Singles 1936 AL-149-6 1938 AL-136-7 1945 AL-116-6	Adjusted OPS+ 1937 AL-132-10 1945 AL-133-8
Runs Created 1937 AL-131-5 1945 AL-89-5	Adjusted Batting Runs 1937 AL-29-9 1940 AL-23-10 1945 AL-25-8	Batting Wins 1937 AL-2.6-9 1940 AL-2.1-9 1945 AL-2.6-8	Extra-Base Hits 1937 AL-86-3 1945 AL-52-3	Times on Base 1945 AL-239-4	Offensive Win% 1945 AL-.678-7
Caught Stealing 1937 AL-7-9 1942 AL-10-8 1943 AL-14-3	Power/Speed Number 1937 AL-13.2-4 1942 AL-9.7-5	At Bats per Strikeout 1939 AL-19.0-8 1942 AL-21.4-10 1944 AL-24.3-6	Outs 1937 AL-455-6 1943 AL-476-2	Oldest Player 1949 AL-38-4 1950 AL-39-2 1951 AL-40-2