Herb Moford

Herbert Moford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 6, 1928 in Brooksville, KY
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cardinals/Mets/RedSox 1955-1962

Final Game: April 29, 1962
Died: December 3, 2005 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Germantown, KY
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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
1947	18	STL-min	D	22	39	39		6	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308		6							SLB,JOH · ESHL,APPY
1948	19	STL-min	D	26	79	79		17	4	1	0						.215	.215	.291	.506		23							SLB · ESHL
1949	20	STL-min	A,B	16	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		2							CBS,WSM · SALL,CARL
1950	21	STL-min	B,AA	30	67	67		9	1	0	1						.134	.134	.194	.328		13							ALN,HSN · ISLG,TL
1951	22	STL-min	AAA	17	22	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.167	.250	.167	.417		3	0	0	2				CLB · AA
1952	23	STL-min	B,AAA	23	21	21		4	0	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381		4							LBG,CLB · PIED,AA
1953	24	STL-min	AAA	38	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.050	.136	.050	.186		1	1	0	0				CLB · AA
1954	25	STL-min	AAA	45	81	69	7	13	1	0	0	6	0		6	22	.188	.250	.203	.453		14	0	0	5	1			CLB · AA
1955	26	STL-min	AAA	19	17	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		2	6	.200	.294	.200	.494		3		0	0	0			ROC · IL
1955	26	STL	NL	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1956	27	STL-min	AAA	46	55	51	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	12	.078	.096	.059	.155		3	0	0	3	0			OMA,ROC · AA,IL
1957	28	STL-DET-min	AAA	37	55	47	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.149	.163	.149	.312		7		0	6	1	0		OMA,CHL · AA
1958	29	DET-min	AAA	15	21	18	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333		3		0	3	0	0		CHL · AA
1958	29	DET	AL	25	41	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.027	.053	.027	.080	-78	1	1	0	3	0	0	1
1959	30	BAL-BOS-min	AAA	24	51	50	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		0	6	.140	.140	.120	.260		6		0	1	0	0		MIA,MNE · IL,AA
1959	30	BOS	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1960	31	BAL-min	AAA	35	74	66	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	.136	.149	.152	.301		10		0	7	0			MIA · IL
1961	32	BAL-min	AAA	38	77	77	4	12	0	0	0	7	0		0	21	.156	.156	.156	.312		12							ROC · IL
1962	33	BAL-min	AAA	27	64	60	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.117	.131	.133	.264		8		0	3	0			ROC · IL
1962	33	NYM	NL	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	34	BAL-min	AAA	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000		2							ROC · IL
4 Yrs				50	48	44	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	2	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	156	143	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	36	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	6	3	0	10	0	0

NYM (1 yr)				7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				25	41	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.027	.053	.027	.080	-78	1	1	0	3	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				29	42	38	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.026	.051	.026	.078	-78	1	1	0	3	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				21	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	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
1955	26	STL	NL	14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1

1958	29	DET	AL	25	41	-9	-0	0	0	4	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.480	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1959	30	BOS	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1962	33	NYM	NL	7	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				50	48	-10	-0	0	0	5	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.489	.499	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$

NYM (1 yr)				7	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
STL (1 yr)				14	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
BOS (1 yr)				4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				25	41	-9	-0	0	0	4	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.480	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$

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
1955	26	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.335	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1958	29	DET	AL	41	40	0	0.0	104	.036	.027	.270	.053	.340	.027	.409	.080	.749	-78	.000	-9.4	-1.0	.054	.027	.000
1959	30	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1962	33	NYM	NL	4	3	0	0.0	104	.333	.250	.271	.250	.338	.250	.412	.500	.750	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
4 Yrs				48	46	0	0.0	104	.061	.045	.269	.067	.339	.045	.410	.112	.749	-69	.000	-10.6	-1.1	.070	.023	.000
162 Game Avg.				156	149	0	0.0	104	.061	.045	.269	.067	.339	.045	.410	.112	.749	-69	.000	-10.6	-1.1	.070	.023	.000

NYM (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	104	.333	.250	.271	.250	.338	.250	.412	.500	.750	35	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.335	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
BOS (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.265	.000	.337	.000	.405	.000	.742	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				41	40	0	0.0	104	.036	.027	.270	.053	.340	.027	.409	.080	.749	-78	.000	-9.4	-1.0	.054	.027	.000

AL (2 yrs)				42	41	0	0.0	104	.036	.026	.269	.051	.339	.026	.409	.078	.749	-78	.000	-9.7	-1.0	.053	.026	.000
NL (2 yrs)				6	5	0	0.0	104	.200	.167	.269	.167	.337	.167	.414	.333	.751	-10	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.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%
1955	26	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%

1958	29	DET	AL	41	0.0%	22.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	9.00	4.1		37.0	1.73	68%
1959	30	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1962	33	NYM	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0				75%
4 Yrs				48	0.0%	22.9%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	11.00	4.0		44.0	1.83	69%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.0%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.46	6.8	37.3	8.2	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	26	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.41	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.38	-0.6	0

1958	29	DET	AL	-9.4	-1.0	41	-1.0	0.1	-1.1	1.07	-0.9	-0.0	-9.2	-0.9	0.94	-9.5	0
1959	30	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.80	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0

1962	33	NYM	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.05	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-0.6	0
4 Yrs				-10.6	-1.1	48	-1.1	0.1	-1.2	1.03	-1.0	-0.0	-10.6	-1.1	0.90	-10.9	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
1955	26	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	29	DET	AL	1	0	50%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1959	30	BOS	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

1962	33	NYM	NL	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
4 Yrs				1	0	33%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
1955	26	STL	NL	2	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

1958	29	DET	AL	41	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	1	13%	10	2	20%	28	1	4%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
1959	30	BOS	AL	1	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		0

1962	33	NYM	NL	4	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				48	23%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	1	11%	11	2	18%	30	1	3%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1955	26	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1956	27	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1957	28	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1958	29	39	43	39	1	1	1	1	9	.026	.050	.026	.076	-79	1	1	3
1959	30	43	44	40	1	1	1	1	10	.025	.049	.025	.074	-80	1	1	3
1960	31	43	44	40	1	1	1	1	10	.025	.049	.025	.074	-80	1	1	3
1961	32	43	44	40	1	1	1	1	10	.025	.049	.025	.074	-80	1	1	3
1962	33	50	48	44	1	2	1	1	11	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	2	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	26	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14

1958	29	26	43	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.025	.000	.025	0	25
1959	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1962	33	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
4 Yrs		52	50	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	50
162 Game Avg.		162	156	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	34	.000	.021	.000	.021	0	50

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