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Les Moss
John Lester Moss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 10, 1946
Final Game September 1, 1958
Born May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, OK

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 21 SLB AL  12   35    4   13   3  0   0    5   1  0   3   5  .371  .436  .457  145   16   0           1   0
 1947 22 SLB AL  96  274   17   43   5  2   6   27   0  0  35  48  .157  .255  .255   41   70   2           1   4
 1948 23 SLB AL 107  335   35   86  12  1  14   46   0  0  39  50  .257  .334  .424   99  142   7           0  16
 1949 24 SLB AL  97  278   28   81  11  0  10   39   0  1  49  32  .291  .399  .439  118  122   2           1  10
 1950 25 SLB AL  84  222   24   59   6  0   8   34   0  1  26  32  .266  .343  .401   87   89   2           0   7
 1951 26 TOT AL  87  249   23   48   8  0   4   33   0  0  31  42  .193  .285  .273   47   68   4           1  12
         SLB AL  16   47    5    8   2  0   1    7   0  0   6   8  .170  .264  .277   45   13   0           0   3
         BOS AL  71  202   18   40   6  0   3   26   0  0  25  34  .198  .289  .272   47   55   4           1   9
 1952 27 SLB AL  52  118   11   29   3  0   3   12   0  1  15  13  .246  .331  .347   87   41   2           0   6
 1953 28 SLB AL  78  239   21   66  14  1   2   28   0  1  18  31  .276  .329  .368   87   88   1           1  10
 1954 29 BAL AL  50  126    7   31   3  0   0    5   0  0  14  16  .246  .321  .270   69   34   1   0       0   3
 1955 30 TOT AL  61  115   10   34   3  0   4   13   0  1  13  14  .296  .372  .426  117   49   2   0   2   1   1
         BAL AL  29   56    5   19   1  0   2    6   0  1   7   4  .339  .413  .464  144   26   0   0   1   0   1
         CHW AL  32   59    5   15   2  0   2    7   0  0   6  10  .254  .333  .390   92   23   2   0   1   1   0
 1956 31 CHW AL  56  127   20   31   4  0  10   22   0  0  18  15  .244  .338  .512  120   65   2   0   0   0   7
 1957 32 CHW AL  42  115   10   31   3  0   2   12   0  0  20  18  .270  .375  .348   99   40   1   1   1   0   4
 1958 33 CHW AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   52    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     824 2234  210  552  75  4  63  276   1  5 282 316  .247  .333  .369   87  824  26   1   3   6  80
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        439   41  109  15  1  12   54   0  1  55  62  .247  .333  .369   87  162   5   0   1   1  16
 Career High    107  335   35   86  14  2  14   46   1  1  49  50  .291  .399  .439  118  142   7   1   2   1  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 21 SLB AL   39   22    7   8.5   100| .371  .269| .436  .345| .457  .387| .893  .732| 145  .787   2.4   0.2 100%
 1947 22 SLB AL  312  237   18   2.0    98| .157  .265| .255  .345| .255  .381| .510  .726|  41  .211 -23.1  -2.4   0%
 1948 23 SLB AL  381  272   47   4.6   107| .257  .275| .334  .361| .424  .398| .758  .759|  99  .499  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1949 24 SLB AL  330  210   48   6.1   110| .291  .276| .399  .368| .439  .400| .838  .768| 118  .627   8.4   0.8   0%
 1950 25 SLB AL  250  173   30   4.6   117| .266  .283| .343  .371| .401  .425| .744  .796|  87  .466  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1951 26 TOT AL  285  217   19   2.4   109| .193  .276| .285  .359| .273  .405| .558  .765|  47  .233 -19.6  -2.0   0%
         SLB AL   53   42    3   1.9   105| .170  .271| .264  .353| .277  .397| .541  .750|  45  .173  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         BOS AL  232  175   16   2.5   109| .198  .278| .289  .361| .272  .407| .561  .768|  47  .248 -15.8  -1.6   0%
 1952 27 SLB AL  135   98   13   3.6    99| .246  .264| .331  .344| .347  .385| .678  .729|  87  .433  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1953 28 SLB AL  259  185   28   4.1   104| .276  .272| .329  .348| .368  .400| .697  .749|  87  .457  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1954 29 BAL AL  141   99   11   3.0    93| .246  .257| .321  .331| .270  .376| .591  .707|  69  .342  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1955 30 TOT AL  131   85   18   5.7   101| .296  .264| .372  .343| .426  .393| .798  .736| 117  .596   2.7   0.2   0%
         BAL AL   63   39   10   6.9    96| .339  .258| .413  .336| .464  .384| .877  .720| 144  .677   3.5   0.3   0%
         CHW AL   68   46    8   4.6   105| .254  .270| .333  .350| .390  .402| .723  .752|  92  .507  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1956 31 CHW AL  147  105   20   5.1   108| .244  .270| .338  .352| .512  .411| .850  .763| 120  .527   2.9   0.3   0%
 1957 32 CHW AL  137   90   16   4.8   100| .270  .264| .375  .336| .348  .399| .723  .735|  99  .542   0.7   0.1   0%
 1958 33 CHW AL    2    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .260| .500  .329| .000  .396| .500  .725|  52  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     2549 1794  275   4.1   105| .247  .271| .333  .354| .369  .398| .702  .752|  87  .457 -44.7  -4.7  16%

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 21 SLB AL C 12 55 5 2 1 .968 .982 5.00 4.79 0 1947 22 SLB AL C 96 362 43 7 6 .983 .985 4.22 4.30 6 1948 23 SLB AL C 103 357 52 5 8 .988 .986 3.97 4.08 4 1949 24 SLB AL C 83 283 41 10 9 .970 .985 3.90 4.10 4 1950 25 SLB AL C 60 204 20 10 4 .957 .985 3.73 4.21 6 1951 26 TOT AL C 81 335 36 7 5 .981 .982 4.58 4.40 6 SLB AL C 12 50 8 2 1 .967 .981 4.83 4.40 0 BOS AL C 69 285 28 5 4 .984 .982 4.54 4.40 6 1952 27 SLB AL C 39 118 17 6 3 .957 .985 3.46 4.70 3 1953 28 SLB AL C 71 296 21 7 4 .978 .985 4.46 4.44 4 1954 29 BAL AL C 38 159 16 5 4 .972 .986 4.61 4.76 2 1955 30 TOT AL C 49 156 10 1 5 .994 .988 3.39 4.73 3 BAL AL C 17 66 5 0 4 1.000 .987 4.18 4.73 2 CHW AL C 32 90 5 1 1 .990 .988 2.97 4.73 1 1956 31 CHW AL C 49 149 10 1 1 .994 .988 3.24 5.02 4.72 5.91 30 303.0 4 10 11 4 1957 32 CHW AL C 39 138 8 3 2 .980 .991 3.74 5.11 4.50 5.92 34 292.0 3 4 7 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 21 SLB AL C 12 55 5 2 1 .968 .982 5.00 4.79 0 1947 22 SLB AL C 96 362 43 7 6 .983 .985 4.22 4.30 6 1948 23 SLB AL C 103 357 52 5 8 .988 .986 3.97 4.08 4 1949 24 SLB AL C 83 283 41 10 9 .970 .985 3.90 4.10 4 1950 25 SLB AL C 60 204 20 10 4 .957 .985 3.73 4.21 6 1951 26 TOT AL C 81 335 36 7 5 .981 .982 4.58 4.40 6 SLB AL C 12 50 8 2 1 .967 .981 4.83 4.40 0 BOS AL C 69 285 28 5 4 .984 .982 4.54 4.40 6 1952 27 SLB AL C 39 118 17 6 3 .957 .985 3.46 4.70 3 1953 28 SLB AL C 71 296 21 7 4 .978 .985 4.46 4.44 4 1954 29 BAL AL C 38 159 16 5 4 .972 .986 4.61 4.76 2 1955 30 TOT AL C 49 156 10 1 5 .994 .988 3.39 4.73 3 BAL AL C 17 66 5 0 4 1.000 .987 4.18 4.73 2 CHW AL C 32 90 5 1 1 .990 .988 2.97 4.73 1 1956 31 CHW AL C 49 149 10 1 1 .994 .988 3.24 5.02 4.72 5.91 30 303.0 4 10 11 4 1957 32 CHW AL C 39 138 8 3 2 .980 .991 3.74 5.11 4.50 5.92 34 292.0 3 4 7 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 720 2612 279 64 52 .978 .985 4.02 4.44 64 595.0 45 14 18 5 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 720 2612 279 64 52 .978 .985 4.02 4.44
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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.

Youngest Player
1946 AL-21-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

Before 1943 Season: Sent from the Chicago Cubs to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

Before 1945 Season: Returned to the Elmira (Eastern) by the Philadelphia Athletics after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1945 Season: Obtained by the St. Louis Browns from the Elmira (Eastern) as part of a minor league working agreement.

May 17, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later, Jim Suchecki, Matt Batts, and $100,000. The Boston Red Sox sent Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951) to the St. Louis Browns to complete the trade.

November 28, 1951: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Tom Wright to the St. Louis Browns for Gus Niarhos and Ken Wood.

June 6, 1955: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Chicago White Sox for Harry Dorish.


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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