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Terry Moore

Terry Bluford Moore

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 27, 1912 in Vernon, AL(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1935
Team: Cardinals 1935-1948

Final Game: September 24, 1948
Died: March 29, 1995 in Collinsville, IL
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Collinsville, IL
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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
1935 23 STL NL 119 477 456 63 131 34 3 6 53 13 15 40 .287 .314 .414 .729 91 189 6 3 3 *8O
1936 24 STL NL 143 630 590 85 156 39 4 5 47 9 37 52 .264 .309 .369 .678 83 218 6 1 2 *8O MVP-20
1937 25 STL NL 115 500 461 76 123 17 3 5 43 13 32 41 .267 .317 .349 .666 80 161 8 2 5 *8O
1938 26 STL NL 94 367 312 49 85 21 3 4 21 9 46 19 .272 .366 .397 .763 106 124 6 0 9 8O/5
1939 27 STL NL 130 480 417 65 123 25 2 17 77 6 43 38 .295 .362 .487 .849 121 203 11 1 18 *O8/719 AS,MVP-16
1940 28 STL NL 136 585 537 92 163 33 4 17 64 18 42 44 .304 .356 .475 .831 123 255 6 2 4 *8O AS,MVP-18
1941 29 STL NL 122 557 493 86 145 26 4 6 68 3 52 31 .294 .364 .400 .763 109 197 8 2 9 *8O/9 AS,MVP-12
1942 30 STL NL 130 559 489 80 141 26 3 6 49 10 56 26 .288 .364 .391 .754 114 191 10 2 12 *8O/5 AS,MVP-18
1946 34 STL NL 91 303 278 32 73 14 1 3 28 0 18 26 .263 .312 .353 .665 85 98 1 2 5 8O
1947 35 STL NL 127 508 460 61 130 17 1 7 45 1 38 39 .283 .339 .370 .708 85 170 10 1 9 *8O
1948 36 STL NL 91 240 207 30 48 11 0 4 18 0 27 12 .232 .321 .343 .664 75 71 4 0 6 8O
11 Yrs 1298 5206 4700 719 1318 263 28 80 513 82 406 368 .280 .340 .399 .739 99 1877 76 16 82
162 Game Avg. 162 650 587 90 164 33 3 10 64 10 51 46 .280 .340 .399 .739 99 234 9 2 10

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 Awards
1935 23 STL NL 119 477 -7 0 0 5 -2 -3 -0.3 14 11 1.1 .498 .498 0.6 0.4 6 $ *8O
1936 24 STL NL 143 630 -14 -1 0 4 -2 -13 -1.4 18 5 0.4 .491 .492 -0.1 0.2 1 $ *8O MVP-20
1937 25 STL NL 115 500 -12 -0 0 2 -1 -12 -1.3 14 3 0.1 .489 .493 -0.1 0.0 1 $ *8O
1938 26 STL NL 94 367 4 -0 0 2 -1 5 0.4 11 15 1.5 .505 .503 1.3 0.1 13 $ 8O/5
1939 27 STL NL 130 480 12 -0 0 7 -1 18 1.7 14 32 3.1 .514 .511 2.5 0.5 24 $ *O8/719 AS,MVP-16
1940 28 STL NL 136 585 16 0 0 8 -1 23 2.3 20 44 4.3 .518 .515 3.5 0.7 36 $ *8O AS,MVP-18
1941 29 STL NL 122 557 7 -0 0 4 -1 9 0.9 19 29 2.8 .508 .506 2.4 0.2 25 $ *8O/9 AS,MVP-12
1942 30 STL NL 130 559 9 -0 0 -1 -1 7 0.7 17 24 2.4 .506 .505 2.6 -0.3 25 $ *8O/5 AS,MVP-18
1946 34 STL NL 91 303 -6 0 0 2 -0 -4 -0.4 11 7 0.6 .495 .497 0.4 0.2 5 $ 8O
1947 35 STL NL 127 508 -9 0 0 3 -1 -7 -0.7 18 11 1.1 .494 .496 0.8 0.3 8 $ *8O
1948 36 STL NL 91 240 -7 0 -0 -6 -0 -13 -1.4 8 -5 -0.5 .485 .492 0.1 -0.6 1 $ 8O
11 Seasons 1298 5206 -7 -1 -0 30 -11 11 0.6 164 175 16.9 .501 .501 14.0 1.7 145 $

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 PwrSpd
1935 23 STL NL 477 334 59 4.7 107 .305 .287 .290 .314 .346 .414 .414 .729 .760 91 .504 -6.6 -0.6 .665 .189 .127 8.2
1936 24 STL NL 630 442 67 4.1 102 .283 .264 .285 .309 .344 .369 .398 .678 .742 83 .436 -14.6 -1.4 .602 .183 .105 6.4
1937 25 STL NL 500 351 51 3.9 102 .284 .267 .281 .317 .343 .349 .399 .666 .742 80 .431 -13.3 -1.3 .601 .180 .082 7.2
1938 26 STL NL 367 242 45 5.0 103 .280 .272 .281 .366 .345 .397 .399 .763 .745 106 .557 4.0 0.4 .768 .301 .125 5.5
1939 27 STL NL 480 323 73 6.0 108 .293 .295 .287 .362 .354 .487 .411 .849 .765 121 .625 11.7 1.2 .830 .309 .192 8.9
1940 28 STL NL 585 384 90 6.3 102 .307 .304 .278 .356 .343 .475 .399 .831 .742 123 .663 16.0 1.6 .834 .283 .171 17.5
1941 29 STL NL 557 365 71 5.2 100 .305 .294 .274 .364 .345 .400 .386 .763 .731 109 .603 6.6 0.7 .713 .217 .105 4.0
1942 30 STL NL 559 370 69 5.0 93 .295 .288 .265 .364 .338 .391 .368 .754 .706 114 .624 10.0 1.1 .723 .237 .102 7.5
1946 34 STL NL 303 211 30 3.8 96 .281 .263 .267 .312 .343 .353 .374 .665 .717 85 .473 -6.1 -0.6 .573 .155 .090 .0
1947 35 STL NL 508 349 57 4.3 109 .297 .283 .279 .339 .355 .370 .413 .708 .768 85 .469 -10.6 -1.0 .618 .172 .087 1.8
1948 36 STL NL 240 169 23 3.6 107 .230 .232 .276 .321 .351 .343 .408 .664 .760 75 .405 -7.1 -0.7 .601 .242 .111 .0
11 Yrs 5206 3540 635 4.8 103 .291 .280 .279 .340 .346 .399 .397 .739 .743 99 .541 -10.0 -0.9 .689 .223 .119 81.0
162 Game Avg. 650 442 79 4.8 103 .291 .280 .279 .340 .346 .399 .397 .739 .743 99 .541 -10.0 -0.9 .689 .223 .119 10

Postseason Batting

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
1942 30 STL NL WS NYY W 5 22 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .294 .368 .353 .721 6 0 0 3 0 0
1946 34 STL NL WS BOS W 7 31 27 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .148 .207 .148 .355 4 0 0 2 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 12 53 44 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .205 .271 .227 .498 10 0 0 5 0 0
2 WS 12 53 44 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 .205 .271 .227 .498 10 0 0 5 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 STL NL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 STL NL 28 as CF 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 STL NL 29 as LF 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 STL NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 GP) 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1935 23 STL NL 477 1.3% 8.4% 3.1% 9.0% 33% 2.67 11.4 76.0 8.6 86%
1936 24 STL NL 630 0.8% 8.3% 5.9% 7.6% 31% 1.41 11.3 118.0 12.6 85%
1937 25 STL NL 500 1.0% 8.2% 6.4% 5.0% 20% 1.28 11.2 92.2 10.7 83%
1938 26 STL NL 367 1.1% 5.2% 12.5% 7.6% 33% 0.41 16.4 78.0 14.9 79%
1939 27 STL NL 480 3.5% 7.9% 9.0% 9.2% 36% 0.88 11.0 24.5 5.4 75%
1940 28 STL NL 585 2.9% 7.5% 7.2% 9.2% 33% 1.05 12.2 31.6 8.4 81%
1941 29 STL NL 557 1.1% 5.6% 9.3% 6.5% 25% 0.60 15.9 82.2 7.3 82%
1942 30 STL NL 559 1.1% 4.7% 10.0% 6.3% 25% 0.46 18.8 81.5 10.0 82%
1946 34 STL NL 303 1.0% 8.6% 5.9% 5.9% 25% 1.44 10.7 92.7 9.9 82%
1947 35 STL NL 508 1.4% 7.7% 7.5% 4.9% 19% 1.03 11.8 65.7 10.2 82%
1948 36 STL NL 240 1.7% 5.0% 11.3% 6.3% 31% 0.44 17.3 51.8 11.5 0.73 80%
11 Yrs 5206 1.5% 7.1% 7.8% 7.1% 28% 0.91 12.8 58.8 9.2 0.73 82%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.0% 8.9% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.9 65.2 8.2 0.97 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1935 23 STL NL -6.6 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 24 STL NL -14.6 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 25 STL NL -13.9 -1.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1938 26 STL NL 4.0 0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 27 STL NL 11.7 1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 28 STL NL 15.4 1.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 29 STL NL 6.6 0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 30 STL NL 10.0 1.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 34 STL NL -6.1 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 35 STL NL -10.6 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 36 STL NL -7.1 -0.7 87 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.00 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.00 -0.4 1.13 5
11 Yrs -11.2 -1.0 87 -0.2 1.4 -1.6 1.00 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.00 -0.4 1.13 5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 36 STL NL 2 0 37% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39% 7 6 1 0 0 0 6 2 4
11 Yrs 2 0 39% 29 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39% 7 6 1 0 0 0 6 2 4

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
1948 36 STL NL 240 54% 48 5 1 0 0 1.13 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 6 200% 23 4 17% 12 5 42% 64 7 11% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
11 Yrs 240 54% 1318 5 1 0 0 1.13 80 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 82 2733% 23 76 330% 12 5 42% 64 7 11% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 2171% 194% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 23 119 477 456 63 131 34 3 6 53 13 15 40 .287 .314 .414 .729 91 189 6 3 3
1936 24 262 1107 1046 148 287 73 7 11 100 22 52 92 .274 .311 .389 .700 86 407 12 4 5
1937 25 377 1607 1507 224 410 90 10 16 143 35 84 133 .272 .313 .377 .690 84 568 20 6 10
1938 26 471 1974 1819 273 495 111 13 20 164 44 130 152 .272 .323 .380 .703 88 692 26 6 19
1939 27 601 2454 2236 338 618 136 15 37 241 50 173 190 .276 .330 .400 .731 94 895 37 7 37
1940 28 737 3039 2773 430 781 169 19 54 305 68 215 234 .282 .335 .415 .750 100 1150 43 9 41
1941 29 859 3596 3266 516 926 195 23 60 373 71 267 265 .284 .340 .412 .752 101 1347 51 11 50
1942 30 989 4155 3755 596 1067 221 26 66 422 81 323 291 .284 .343 .410 .753 103 1538 61 13 62
1943 31 989 4155 3755 596 1067 221 26 66 422 81 323 291 .284 .343 .410 .753 103 1538 61 13 62
1944 32 989 4155 3755 596 1067 221 26 66 422 81 323 291 .284 .343 .410 .753 103 1538 61 13 62
1945 33 989 4155 3755 596 1067 221 26 66 422 81 323 291 .284 .343 .410 .753 103 1538 61 13 62
1946 34 1080 4458 4033 628 1140 235 27 69 450 81 341 317 .283 .341 .406 .747 102 1636 62 15 67
1947 35 1207 4966 4493 689 1270 252 28 76 495 82 379 356 .283 .341 .402 .743 100 1806 72 16 76
1948 36 1298 5206 4700 719 1318 263 28 80 513 82 406 368 .280 .340 .399 .739 99 1877 76 16 82

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1935 23 125 493 472 60 130 34 3 6 50 13 15 42 .275 .302 .398 .700 56 119
1936 24 149 654 613 85 159 40 4 5 47 9 38 54 .259 .304 .362 .666 67 143
1937 25 121 523 483 77 127 18 3 5 44 13 33 43 .263 .313 .344 .656 52 115
1938 26 100 384 327 49 87 21 3 4 21 9 47 20 .266 .358 .385 .744 46 94
1939 27 137 498 434 64 125 25 2 17 76 6 44 40 .288 .355 .472 .827 73 130
1940 28 143 610 561 93 168 34 4 18 65 19 43 46 .299 .351 .471 .822 92 136
1941 29 127 573 509 87 148 27 4 6 68 3 53 32 .291 .360 .395 .755 72 122
1942 30 138 597 521 88 153 28 3 7 54 11 61 28 .294 .370 .399 .769 76 130
1946 34 95 319 293 36 79 15 1 3 31 0 19 27 .270 .318 .358 .677 33 91
1947 35 133 523 475 59 130 17 1 7 43 1 38 41 .274 .329 .358 .687 55 127
1948 36 95 247 214 29 48 11 0 4 17 0 27 13 .224 .311 .332 .643 22 91
11 Yrs 1363 5421 4902 727 1354 270 28 82 516 84 418 386 .276 .335 .393 .728 644 1298
162 Game Avg. 162 644 583 86 161 32 3 10 61 10 50 46 .276 .335 .393 .728 77 1298

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1958 BBWAA ( 4.5%)
1960 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 7.0%)
1967 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1968 BBWAA (11.7%)

All-Star Games
1939 *
1940 (CF)
1941 (LF)
1942 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1936 NL (20, 1%)
1939 NL (16, 4%)
1940 NL (18, 5%)
1941 NL (12, 8%)
1942 NL (18, 4%)
0.22 Career Shares (708th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1939 NL  .487 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1936 NL  590 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1940 NL  92 (9th)
1941 NL  86 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  163 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 NL  255 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1935 NL  34 (10th)
1936 NL  39 (4th)
1940 NL  33 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  17 (8th)
1940 NL  17 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1935 NL  13 (6th)
1936 NL  9 (10th)
1937 NL  13 (3rd)
1938 NL  9 (9th)
1940 NL  18 (3rd)
1942 NL  10 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  54 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1939 NL  18 (7th)
1942 NL  12 (9th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1935 NL  8.2 (8th)
1939 NL  8.9 (4th)
1940 NL  17.5 (1st)
1942 NL  7.5 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1939 NL  24.5 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1936 NL  442 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 39 (637), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (860), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1343), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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