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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-46 / in Starts: 3-22
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 131 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	81 (44-23-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 131 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	83 (44-26-12)

Most Driven In
Self	4
B Kennedy	3
H Evers	1
B Cox	1
E Waitkus	1
J Busby	1
W Dropo	1
N Fox	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
N Fox	1
C Carrasquel	1
B Adams	1
S Rogovin	1
B Cox	1
J Pyburn	1

1955 Batting Game Log

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1955 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	664	1	Apr 11	BAL	@	WSH	L,5-12	7-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	9	.03	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.41	C
2	665	2	Apr 12	BAL		BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	7	.64	0.003	1.42	0.00%	-0.21	C
3	666	3	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.778	1.111	6	1.23	0.014	2.60	0.02%	0.23	C
4	667	4	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.700	1.000	9	3.39	-0.089	6.94	-0.11%	-0.80	PH
5	668	5	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,9-12	GS-8	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.615	1.015	5	1.30	0.236	2.21	0.24%	1.22	C
6	669	8 (2)	Apr 21	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-14	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.765	1.186	5	.38	-0.014	.57	-0.01%	0.59	C
7	670	9	Apr 22	BAL		WSH	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.722	1.122	6	6.31	-0.155	8.29	-0.12%	-0.74	PH C
8	671	10	Apr 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.722	1.151	3	.33	0.001	.36	0.00%	0.17	PH
9	672	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.429	.722	1.151	7						C
10	673	12	Apr 24 (2)	BAL		WSH	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.316	.409	.684	1.093	2	.22	0.009	.30	0.01%	0.12	PH
11	674	16 (3)	Apr 30	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.360	.591	.951	6	.53	-0.042	.61	-0.03%	-0.33	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	675	17	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-8	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.565	.911	7	3.02	-0.122	3.46	-0.08%	-0.77	PH
13	676	18	May 1 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.355	.536	.891	5	1.77	0.034	2.08	0.02%	0.34	C
14	677	21 (2)	May 6	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.344	.517	.861	7	2.07	-0.051	1.41	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
15	678	23 (1)	May 8 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.533	.897	9	1.42	0.066	1.11	0.03%	0.38	PH
16	679	24	May 8 (2)	BAL	@	WSH	L,7-15	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.405	.559	.964	5	.31	0.049	.25	0.02%	1.79	C
17	680	26 (1)	May 11	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.395	.543	.938	9	.57	-0.015	.39	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
18	681	27	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,2-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.395	.543	.938	7						C
19	682	29 (1)	May 15 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.487	.844	6	.92	-0.112	.65	-0.05%	-1.28	C
20	683	34 (4)	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.349	.475	.824	8	.15	-0.004	.06	0.00%	-0.23	PH
21	684	35	May 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.362	.477	.839	5	1.08	-0.003	.28	0.00%	0.31	C
22	685	38 (2)	May 25 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.392	.478	.870	5	.78	0.054	.20	0.01%	0.53	C
23	686	40 (1)	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.385	.468	.853	9	.39	-0.010	.10	0.00%	-0.22	PH
24	687	41	May 28	BAL		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.375	.451	.826	5	.86	-0.051	.17	-0.01%	-0.55	C
25	688	42	May 29	BAL		NYY	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.368	.442	.811	8	1.70	-0.043	.20	0.00%	-0.09	PH
26	689	44 (1)	May 30 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.393	.455	.848	6	.52	0.070	.04	0.00%	0.69	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	690	48 (3)	Jun 3	BAL	@	DET	L,2-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.403	.455	.858	8	1.61	0.038	.04	0.00%	0.21	PH
28	691	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.413	.464	.877	9	.52	0.025	.01	0.00%	0.26	PH
29	692	50	Jun 5 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,0-10	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.339	.413	.464	.877	5						C
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox
30	693	58	Jun 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.406	.456	.862	6	.06	-0.002	.46	-0.01%	-0.23	C
31	694	62 (3)	Jun 23	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.400	.448	.848	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.15	C
32	695	65 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.328	.400	.448	.848	5						C
33	696	66	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.409	.458	.867	6	.54	0.025	2.51	0.07%	0.39	C
34	697	67	Jun 28	CHW		DET	L,4-5	GS-9	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.443	.532	.975	8	1.51	0.247	6.83	0.67%	2.77	C
35	698	68	Jun 29	CHW		DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.348	.419	.500	.919	5	.31	-0.033	1.32	-0.09%	-0.82	C
36	699	69	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.348	.423	.493	.916	8	2.02	0.174	7.36	0.38%	0.86	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	700	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.472	.880	6	1.27	-0.114	4.80	-0.26%	-0.72	C
38	701	72 (1)	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.415	.521	.935	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	2.66	C
39	702	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.412	.513	.925	8	.66	-0.033	2.09	-0.06%	-0.34	C
40	703	80 (5)	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.393	.488	.881	7	.58	-0.063	1.88	-0.12%	-1.19	C
41	704	91 (10)	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.389	.481	.870	6	.21	-0.006	1.30	-0.02%	-0.24	C
42	705	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.383	.471	.854	6	1.74	-0.040	11.69	-0.16%	-0.36	C
43	706	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.378	.461	.838	8	.54	-0.050	3.58	-0.20%	-0.32	C
44	707	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.319	.380	.462	.842	8	1.96	-0.056	13.82	-0.24%	-0.74	C
45	708	100 (5)	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.376	.457	.833	3	1.76	-0.043	9.82	-0.14%	-0.15	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	709	104 (3)	Aug 4	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	7-GF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.379	.452	.830	8	.60	-0.004	4.78	-0.02%	-0.07	PH C
47	710	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.371	.442	.814	8	1.42	-0.065	9.04	-0.25%	-0.56	C
48	711	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.364	.433	.797	8	.56	-0.030	3.56	-0.11%	-1.02	C
49	712	109 (2)	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.364	.433	.797	8						C
50	713	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.370	.433	.803	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH C
51	714	116 (5)	Aug 18 (2)	CHW		KCA	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.370	.433	.803	9						C
52	715	123 (6)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.376	.439	.815	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.72	C
53	716	125 (1)	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.373	.434	.807	7	.45	-0.010	3.46	-0.04%	-0.36	C
54	717	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	3-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.366	.426	.792	7	.02	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.40	C
55	718	128 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.360	.417	.777	9	.50	-0.026	5.33	-0.17%	-0.60	PH C
56	719	130 (1)	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.357	.413	.770	7	.32	-0.008	2.93	-0.04%	-0.16	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
57	720	135 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.296	.361	.417	.778	8	.74	0.051	9.44	0.39%	0.44	C
58	721	137 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.358	.420	.777	6	.48	-0.015	2.81	-0.05%	-0.40	C
59	722	141 (3)	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.289	.352	.412	.764	6	1.28	0.004	5.44	0.01%	-0.03	C
60	723	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.367	.426	.793	8	.56	0.074	2.22	0.18%	0.91	C
61	724	145 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.372	.426	.798	7	.21	0.001	.60	0.00%	0.13	PH C
							15-46		131	115	10	34	3	0	4	13	13	2	14	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	.296	.372	.426	.798		.95	-0.133	3.06	-0.37%	1.99

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