Ron Moeller

Ronald Ralph Moeller (The Kid)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 13, 1938 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Elder HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1956
Teams (by GP): Angels/Senators/Orioles 1956-1963

Final Game: September 25, 1963
Died: November 2, 2009 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: St. Aloysius Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1956	17	BAL-min	B	15	27	27		1	0	0	0						.037	.037	.037	.074		1							LUB · BSTL
1956	17	BAL	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1957	18	BAL-min	AA	44	65	55	8	7	3	0	1	6	0	0	7	27	.127	.250	.236	.486		13		2	1	0			SAN · TL
1958	19	BAL-min	AAA	8	13	13		3									.231	.231											VAN · PCL
1958	19	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1959	20	BAL-min	AA,AAA	27	57	54	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	17	.167	.196	.185	.382		10		1	1	0			AMA,MIA · TL,IL
1960	21	BAL-min	AAA	37	66	63	5	10	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	19	.159	.197	.190	.387		12							VAN,MIA · PCL,IL
1961	22	LAA	AL	35	38	29	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	14	.207	.378	.241	.620	64	7	1	0	1	0	0	1

1963	24	ANA-min	AAA	16	27	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.038	.074	.077	.151		2							HAW · PCL
1963	24	TOT	AL	11	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	24	LAA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	24	WSA	AL	8	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Yrs				54	48	39	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	18	.205	.340	.231	.571	53	9	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	144	117	6	24	3	0	0	6	0	0	24	54	.205	.340	.231	.571	53	27	3	0	3	0	0

LAA (2 yrs)				38	38	29	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	14	.207	.378	.241	.620	64	7	1	0	1	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				8	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	25	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	17	BAL	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1958	19	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1961	22	LAA	AL	35	38	-1	-0	0	0	4	4	0.3	1	4	0.3	.510	.502	0.4	-0.0	4	$	1

1963	24	LAA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1963	24	WSA	AL	8	9	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	/1
4 Seasons				54	48	-2	-1	1	0	6	4	0.4	1	5	0.3	.507	.500	0.4	-0.0	5	$

LAA (2 yrs)				38	38	-1	-0	0	0	4	4	0.3	1	4	0.3	.509	.501	0.4	-0.0	4	$
BAL (2 yrs)				8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
WSA (1 yr)				8	9	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1956	17	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.256	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1961	22	LAA	AL	38	25	3	3.2	112	.400	.207	.275	.378	.352	.241	.428	.620	.780	64	.335	-1.2	-0.1	.625	.310	.034

1963	24	TOT	AL	9	7	0	0.0	95	.400	.222	.255	.222	.322	.222	.394	.444	.716	25	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1963	24	WSA	AL	9	7	0	0.0	95	.400	.222	.255	.222	.322	.222	.394	.444	.716	25	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
4 Yrs				48	33	3	2.4	108	.381	.205	.270	.340	.346	.231	.420	.571	.765	53	.239	-2.4	-0.2	.531	.231	.026
162 Game Avg.				144	99	9	2.4	108	.381	.205	.270	.340	.346	.231	.420	.571	.765	53	.239	-2.4	-0.2	.531	.231	.026

WSA (1 yr)				9	7	0	0.0	95	.400	.222	.255	.222	.322	.222	.394	.444	.716	25	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
LAA (2 yrs)				38	25	3	3.2	112	.400	.207	.275	.378	.352	.241	.428	.620	.780	64	.336	-1.2	-0.1	.625	.310	.034
BAL (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.256	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	17	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1961	22	LAA	AL	38	0.0%	36.8%	21.1%	2.6%	17%	1.75	2.1		14.5	2.00	39%

1963	24	TOT	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			2.00	56%
1963	24	WSA	AL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			2.00	56%
4 Yrs				48	0.0%	37.5%	16.7%	2.1%	13%	2.25	2.2		19.5	1.60	44%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.5%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.6	37.8	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1956	17	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0

1958	19	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1961	22	LAA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	39	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.85	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.97	-0.2	0

1963	24	TOT	AL	-0.9	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	1.22	-1.1	0
1963	24	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1963	24	WSA	AL	-0.9	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	1.22	-1.1	0
4 Yrs				-2.4	-0.2	49	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.83	-0.2	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.01	-1.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	17	BAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	22	LAA	AL	1	0	14%	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	40%	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0

1963	24	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1963	24	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	0	13%	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1956	17	BAL	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1961	22	LAA	AL	38	82%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	1	13%	6	1	17%	27	2	7%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0

1963	24	TOT	AL	9	78%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	24	WSA	AL	9	78%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				48	81%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	9	1	11%	35	2	6%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1956	17	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1957	18	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1958	19	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1959	20	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1960	21	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1961	22	43	39	30	2	6	1	2	8	14	.200	.368	.233	.602	59	7	1	1
1962	23	43	39	30	2	6	1	2	8	14	.200	.368	.233	.602	59	7	1	1
1963	24	54	48	39	2	8	1	2	8	18	.205	.340	.231	.571	53	9	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1956	17	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1961	22	35	36	28	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	14	.179	.343	.214	.557	2	35

1963	24	11	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
3 Yrs		50	46	38	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	18	.132	.267	.158	.425	2	50
162 Game Avg.		162	149	123	6	16	3	0	0	6	0	23	58	.132	.267	.158	.425	6	50

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1956 AL born 1938-10-13 (2nd) 1958 AL born 1938-10-13 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1956 AL born 1938-10-13 (2nd)
1958 AL born 1938-10-13 (7th)

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