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Wally Moon

Wallace Wade Moon

All-Star Player

Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 3, 1930 in Bay, AR
School: Texas A&M University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: September 12, 1965
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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
1954 24 STL NL 151 716 635 106 193 29 9 12 76 18 10 71 73 .304 .371 .435 .806 110 276 10 1 2 7 *8/7 RoY-1
1955 25 STL NL 152 645 593 86 175 24 8 19 76 11 11 47 65 .295 .349 .459 .808 114 272 11 3 1 1 4 3897
1956 26 STL NL 149 622 540 86 161 22 11 16 68 12 9 80 50 .298 .390 .469 .858 130 253 13 1 1 0 7 93/8 MVP-27
1957 27 STL NL 142 586 516 86 152 28 5 24 73 5 6 62 57 .295 .367 .508 .875 131 262 14 1 0 7 12 *798 AS
1958 28 STL NL 108 340 290 36 69 10 3 7 38 2 3 47 30 .238 .342 .366 .708 85 106 9 0 1 2 5 97/8
1959 29 LAD NL 145 637 543 93 164 26 11 19 74 15 6 81 64 .302 .394 .495 .890 129 269 9 3 8 2 1 *79/83 AS,MVP-4
1960 30 LAD NL 138 547 469 74 140 21 6 13 69 6 10 67 53 .299 .383 .452 .835 123 212 21 1 4 6 4 *79 GG
1961 31 LAD NL 134 561 463 79 152 25 3 17 88 7 5 89 79 .328 .434 .505 .940 141 234 9 1 4 4 9 *79 MVP-13
1962 32 LAD NL 95 278 244 36 59 9 1 4 31 5 2 30 33 .242 .326 .336 .662 84 82 6 1 2 1 3 379
1963 33 LAD NL 122 398 343 41 90 13 2 8 48 5 5 45 43 .262 .345 .382 .727 116 131 12 1 4 5 5 97/8
1964 34 LAD NL 68 132 118 8 26 2 1 2 9 1 1 12 22 .220 .292 .305 .597 74 36 4 0 2 0 3 9/7
1965 35 LAD NL 53 104 89 6 18 3 0 1 11 2 0 13 22 .202 .304 .270 .574 69 24 3 0 2 0 3 97
12 Seasons 1457 5566 4843 737 1399 212 60 142 661 89 68 644 591 .289 .371 .445 .817 118 2157 121 13 31 35 56
162 Game Avg. 162 619 538 82 156 24 7 16 73 10 8 72 66 .289 .371 .445 .817 118 240 13 1 3 4
LAD (7 yrs) 755 2657 2269 337 649 99 24 64 330 41 29 337 316 .286 .377 .435 .813 119 988 64 7 26 18 28
STL (5 yrs) 702 2909 2574 400 750 113 36 78 331 48 39 307 275 .291 .366 .454 .820 116 1169 57 6 5 17 28

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 29 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 25 23 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .261 .320 .391 .711 9 0 0 0 0 0
1965 35 LAD NL WS MIN W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 27 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .240 .296 .360 .656 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 27 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .240 .296 .360 .656 9 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 STL NL 24 OF 148 148 1345.1 407 387 11 9 2 .978 -5.4 -4.8 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 -4 2.66 2.69 .975 2.36 2.18 RoY-1
1954 STL NL 24 CF 140 140 1272.1 385 368 9 8 2 .979 -5.5 -5.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 -5 2.67 2.69 .983 2.83 2.67 RoY-1
1954 STL NL 24 LF 9 8 73.0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 0.1 1.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 1 1.48 1.33 .969 2.22 1.98 RoY-1
1955 STL NL 25 OF 100 96 862.0 198 188 5 5 1 .975 -2.6 -3.6 -1.6 0.8 -2.3 -1 2.02 1.93 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 STL NL 25 1B 51 48 417.1 486 445 34 7 40 .986 1.9 5.5 1.9 1.5 0.4 0 10.33 9.39 .991 9.79 9.09
1955 STL NL 25 CF 47 43 390.0 107 106 0 1 0 .991 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.4 0 2.45 2.26 .982 2.70 2.50
1955 STL NL 25 RF 33 30 271.0 55 45 6 4 0 .927 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 1.3 -1.5 0 1.69 1.55 .976 2.07 1.86
1955 STL NL 25 LF 26 23 201.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -14.9 -1.5 -0.3 -1.2 -1 1.70 1.46 .971 2.12 1.82
1956 STL NL 26 OF 97 95 838.1 169 159 8 2 2 .988 0.8 1.1 -1.2 -2.6 1.4 2 1.79 1.72 .977 2.28 2.05 MVP-27
1956 STL NL 26 RF 96 94 830.1 166 157 7 2 2 .988 1.5 2.2 -0.5 -1.9 1.4 2 1.78 1.71 .973 2.00 1.80 MVP-27
1956 STL NL 26 1B 52 52 454.0 554 498 47 9 52 .984 -0.6 -1.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 10.80 10.48 .989 9.82 8.71 MVP-27
1956 STL NL 26 CF 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.81 2.60 MVP-27
1957 STL NL 27 OF 133 132 1210.2 262 245 8 9 1 .966 3.4 3.4 0.4 -4.4 4.7 3 1.88 1.90 .980 2.29 2.07 AS
1957 STL NL 27 LF 89 81 741.1 168 159 2 7 1 .958 2.5 4.0 1.5 0.3 1.2 1 1.95 1.81 .979 2.03 1.71 AS
1957 STL NL 27 RF 48 43 392.2 77 71 5 1 0 .987 2.0 6.1 0.0 -3.3 3.2 2 1.74 1.58 .971 1.98 1.72 AS
1957 STL NL 27 CF 13 8 76.2 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1.1 -17.2 -1.1 -1.4 0.3 0 1.76 1.15 .988 2.82 2.62 AS
1958 STL NL 28 OF 82 75 671.2 129 122 5 2 0 .984 -9.9 -17.7 -9.9 -7.7 -2.2 0 1.70 1.55 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 STL NL 28 RF 54 38 366.1 63 61 2 0 0 1.000 -4.4 -14.4 -4.4 -3.1 -1.3 0 1.55 1.17 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 STL NL 28 LF 31 29 251.1 48 44 2 2 0 .958 -4.4 -21.0 -5.4 -4.6 -0.8 1 1.65 1.48 .975 2.00 1.54
1958 STL NL 28 CF 8 8 54.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -24.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -1 2.83 2.13 .988 2.72 2.50
1959 LAD NL 29 OF 143 141 1271.0 241 224 13 4 2 .983 6.5 6.1 1.5 3.9 -2.5 5 1.68 1.66 .977 2.21 1.90 AS,MVP-4
1959 LAD NL 29 LF 125 110 1022.1 197 185 9 3 2 .985 4.8 5.6 0.8 3.7 -3.0 4 1.71 1.55 .971 2.04 1.59 AS,MVP-4
1959 LAD NL 29 RF 32 28 228.2 40 35 4 1 0 .975 0.8 4.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1 1.53 1.22 .978 1.96 1.64 AS,MVP-4
1959 LAD NL 29 CF 4 3 20.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 54.0 0.9 0.0 0.9 0 2.25 1.25 .980 2.61 2.25 AS,MVP-4
1959 LAD NL 29 1B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 9.60 8.00 AS,MVP-4
1960 LAD NL 30 OF 127 120 1079.2 212 194 15 3 3 .986 11.1 12.3 7.1 3.0 4.1 4 1.74 1.65 .978 2.20 1.92 GG
1960 LAD NL 30 LF 109 99 896.2 185 168 14 3 3 .984 13.2 17.7 9.2 3.6 5.6 4 1.83 1.67 .974 1.98 1.54 GG
1960 LAD NL 30 RF 24 21 183.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -13.8 -2.1 -0.6 -1.5 0 1.33 1.13 .978 1.99 1.76 GG
1961 LAD NL 31 OF 133 131 1105.0 197 186 5 6 1 .970 -11.0 -11.9 -8.0 -0.1 -7.9 -3 1.56 1.44 .977 2.16 1.86 MVP-13
1961 LAD NL 31 LF 126 113 969.0 169 159 5 5 1 .970 -6.9 -8.5 -5.9 -0.1 -5.8 -1 1.52 1.30 .973 1.88 1.50 MVP-13
1961 LAD NL 31 RF 19 18 136.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -4.1 -36.2 -2.1 0.0 -2.1 -2 1.46 1.16 .974 1.93 1.60 MVP-13
1962 LAD NL 32 OF 36 25 226.1 54 51 2 1 1 .981 1.4 7.4 3.4 1.1 2.2 -2 2.11 1.47 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 LAD NL 32 1B 32 32 272.0 273 249 18 6 28 .978 -4.6 -20.3 -4.6 -2.8 -1.8 0 8.83 8.34 .990 9.79 8.04
1962 LAD NL 32 LF 24 13 133.2 38 35 2 1 1 .974 1.0 9.0 3.0 1.2 1.7 -2 2.49 1.54 .968 1.81 1.37
1962 LAD NL 32 RF 12 12 92.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 5.2 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0 1.65 1.42 .976 1.90 1.65
1963 LAD NL 33 OF 96 90 779.2 132 125 2 5 0 .962 -8.1 -12.5 -6.1 -2.5 -3.7 -2 1.47 1.32 .977 2.01 1.75
1963 LAD NL 33 RF 61 48 439.2 66 60 1 5 0 .924 -8.4 -22.9 -5.4 -0.8 -4.6 -3 1.25 1.00 .977 1.83 1.61
1963 LAD NL 33 LF 48 42 330.1 58 57 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.4 -1.1 -1.8 0.7 1 1.58 1.21 .971 1.80 1.38
1963 LAD NL 33 CF 2 0 9.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 49.7 0.4 0.1 0.2 0 2.79 1.50 .967 2.42 2.10
1964 LAD NL 34 OF 23 22 191.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -12.6 -1.0 0.8 -1.8 -1 1.55 1.43 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 LAD NL 34 RF 17 17 145.0 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -14.9 -1.8 -0.1 -1.7 0 1.37 1.29 .973 1.90 1.62
1964 LAD NL 34 LF 6 5 46.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -5.2 0.8 0.9 -0.1 -1 2.35 2.00 .967 1.70 1.33
1965 LAD NL 35 OF 23 18 157.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -21.4 -1.8 -2.2 0.5 -1 1.49 1.13 .973 2.00 1.75
1965 LAD NL 35 RF 13 12 94.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -28.1 -1.2 -1.8 0.7 -1 1.82 1.46 .974 1.96 1.73
1965 LAD NL 35 LF 10 6 63.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -11.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.99 0.70 .971 1.71 1.38
12 Seasons OF 1141 1093 9738.0 2060 1939 75 46 13 .978 -18.6 -2.3 -18.6 -10.6 -8.2 0 1.86 1.77 .977 2.22 1.96
11 Seasons LF 603 529 4728.0 933 875 36 22 8 .976 6.9 1.8 -0.1 1.9 -2.2 7 1.73 1.51 .973 1.97 1.56
11 Seasons RF 409 361 3179.1 575 534 27 14 2 .976 -18.5 -7.0 -17.5 -10.2 -7.3 -1 1.59 1.37 .975 1.97 1.72
7 Seasons CF 215 203 1830.2 535 515 10 10 2 .981 -7.0 -4.6 -1.0 -2.3 1.3 -6 2.58 2.44 .983 2.79 2.61
4 Seasons 1B 136 132 1146.1 1315 1194 99 22 120 .983 -3.0 -3.1 -3.0 -1.0 -2.0 0 10.15 9.51 .990 9.80 8.69
12 Seasons TOT 1277 1225 10884.1 3375 3133 174 68 133 .980 -21.6 -2.4 -21.6 -11.6 -10.2 0 0 2.73 2.59 .962 3.02 2.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1971 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

All-Star Games
1957 *
1959-1 (LF)
1959-2 (LF)

Awards (yr lg award)
1954 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (27, 1%)
1959 NL (4, 48%)
1961 NL (13, 10%)
0.59 Career Shares (379th)

Gold Gloves
1960 NL (LF)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL  .298 (10th)
1957 NL  .295 (10th)
1960 NL  .299 (6th)
1961 NL  .328 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1956 NL  .390 (3rd)
1959 NL  .394 (3rd)
1960 NL  .383 (4th)
1961 NL  .434 (1st)
Career  .371 (241st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1957 NL  .508 (9th)
1959 NL  .495 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1957 NL  .875 (10th)
1959 NL  .890 (8th)
1960 NL  .835 (9th)
1961 NL  .940 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  152 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1954 NL  635 (2nd)
1955 NL  593 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1954 NL  716 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1954 NL  106 (6th)
1959 NL  93 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1954 NL  193 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1959 NL  269 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1954 NL  9 (4th)
1955 NL  8 (8th)
1956 NL  11 (3rd)
1959 NL  11 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 NL  80 (5th)
1959 NL  81 (3rd)
1960 NL  67 (8th)
1961 NL  89 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1954 NL  73 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1954 NL  18 (4th)
1955 NL  11 (8th)
1956 NL  12 (6th)
1959 NL  15 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1954 NL  143 (3rd)
1955 NL  124 (5th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1957 NL  131 (10th)
1959 NL  129 (9th)
1960 NL  123 (9th)
1961 NL  141 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1954 NL  103 (8th)
1959 NL  111 (8th)
1961 NL  107 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1956 NL  25 (10th)
1957 NL  24 (9th)
1959 NL  25 (9th)
1960 NL  17 (9th)
1961 NL  33 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1956 NL  2.4 (10th)
1957 NL  2.3 (9th)
1959 NL  2.4 (9th)
1960 NL  1.7 (9th)
1961 NL  3.2 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  56 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1954 NL  265 (5th)
1956 NL  242 (6th)
1959 NL  248 (8th)
1961 NL  242 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1956 NL  .670 (10th)
1959 NL  .700 (8th)
1961 NL  .753 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL  12 (4th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1957 NL  14 (9th)
1960 NL  21 (1st)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1954 NL  10 (2nd)
1955 NL  11 (3rd)
1956 NL  9 (2nd)
1957 NL  6 (8th)
1960 NL  10 (5th)
1961 NL  5 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1954 NL  14.4 (2nd)
1955 NL  13.9 (5th)
1956 NL  13.7 (3rd)
1959 NL  16.8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1954 NL  471 (4th)
1955 NL  442 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 54 (464), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (675), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1958: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Phil Paine to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Gino Cimoli.

October 22, 1965: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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