Billy Moran
William Nelson Moran
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 27, 1933 in Montgomery, AL
High School: Russell County (Seale, AL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1965
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Standard Batting

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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
1958 24 CLE AL 115 279 257 26 58 11 0 1 18 3 2 13 23 .226 .262 .280 .542 50 72 7 0 8 1 1 46
1959 25 CLE AL 11 17 17 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .294 .294 .294 .588 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 /46
1961 27 LAA AL 54 198 173 17 45 7 1 2 22 0 0 17 16 .260 .328 .347 .675 74 60 5 1 6 1 1 4/6
1962 28 LAA AL 160 721 659 90 186 25 3 17 74 5 1 39 80 .282 .324 .407 .731 98 268 8 4 14 5 2 *4 AS,MVP-13
1963 29 LAA AL 153 648 597 67 164 29 5 7 65 1 1 31 57 .275 .310 .375 .686 97 224 14 3 10 7 2 *4
1964 30 TOT AL 119 394 349 40 84 16 1 1 21 1 4 31 36 .241 .304 .301 .605 74 105 14 2 9 3 4 54/36
1964 30 LAA AL 50 219 198 26 53 10 1 0 11 1 3 13 20 .268 .315 .328 .643 88 65 9 1 6 1 1 5/46
1964 30 CLE AL 69 175 151 14 31 6 0 1 10 0 1 18 16 .205 .291 .265 .556 57 40 5 1 3 2 3 54/3
1965 31 CLE AL 22 27 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 /46
7 Seasons 634 2284 2076 242 545 88 10 28 202 10 8 133 218 .263 .308 .355 .663 84 737 48 11 47 17 10
162 Game Avg. 162 584 530 62 139 22 3 7 52 3 2 34 56 .263 .308 .355 .663 84 188 12 3 12 4 3
LAA (4 yrs) 417 1786 1627 200 448 71 10 26 172 7 5 100 173 .275 .318 .379 .698 94 617 36 9 36 14 6
CLE (4 yrs) 217 498 449 42 97 17 0 2 30 3 3 33 45 .216 .271 .267 .538 51 120 12 2 11 3 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1958 24 CLE AL 279 217 18 2.2 97 .244 .226 .260 .262 .329 .280 .396 .542 .725 50 .230 -17.6 -1.8 .413 .109 .054 1.5
1959 25 CLE AL 17 12 1 2.2 96 .313 .294 .257 .294 .328 .294 .392 .588 .720 65 .226 -0.9 -0.1 .417 .000 .000
1961 27 LAA AL 198 140 20 3.8 113 .276 .260 .276 .328 .353 .347 .430 .675 .783 74 .410 -6.9 -0.7 .586 .185 .087 .0
1962 28 LAA AL 721 501 89 4.8 100 .298 .282 .259 .324 .331 .407 .404 .731 .735 98 .522 -2.7 -0.3 .654 .190 .124 7.7
1963 29 LAA AL 648 465 68 4.0 89 .291 .275 .248 .310 .314 .375 .384 .686 .697 97 .472 -2.3 -0.2 .576 .152 .101 1.8
1964 30 TOT AL 394 295 30 2.7 91 .263 .241 .248 .304 .316 .301 .386 .605 .702 74 .310 -10.6 -1.1 .477 .140 .060 1.0
1964 30 LAA AL 219 164 18 3.0 87 .296 .268 .244 .315 .310 .328 .379 .643 .689 88 .340 -2.5 -0.3 .490 .116 .061 .0
1964 30 CLE AL 175 131 12 2.5 95 .221 .205 .254 .291 .323 .265 .395 .556 .718 57 .271 -8.1 -0.8 .460 .172 .060 .0
1965 31 CLE AL 27 21 1 1.3 93 .158 .125 .252 .222 .322 .125 .386 .347 .708 1 .109 -3.1 -0.3 .286 .083 .000
7 Seasons 2284 1651 227 3.7 96 .280 .263 .256 .308 .325 .355 .396 .663 .721 84 .424 -44.2 -4.5 .556 .158 .092 14.7
162 Game Avg. 584 422 58 3.7 96 .280 .263 .256 .308 .325 .355 .396 .663 .721 84 .424 -44.2 -4.5 .556 .158 .092 4
LAA (4 yrs) 1786 1270 195 4.1 96 .293 .275 .255 .318 .325 .379 .396 .698 .721 94 .471 -14.4 -1.5 .597 .167 .104 11.0
CLE (4 yrs) 498 381 32 2.3 96 .235 .216 .258 .271 .326 .267 .395 .538 .721 51 .237 -29.8 -3.0 .422 .125 .051 2.4

All-Star Batting

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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
1962 LAA AL 28 as 2B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAA AL 28 as 2B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Appearances) 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1958 24 CLE AL 279 0.4% 8.2% 4.7% 4.3% 21% 1.77 11.2 257.0 14.3 1.18 84%
1959 25 CLE AL 17 0.0% 5.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 17.0 8.5 1.20 94%
1961 27 LAA AL 198 1.0% 8.1% 8.6% 5.1% 22% 0.94 10.8 86.5 7.9 1.16 79%
1962 28 LAA AL 721 2.4% 11.1% 5.4% 6.2% 24% 2.05 8.2 38.8 8.9 1.05 79%
1963 29 LAA AL 648 1.1% 8.8% 4.8% 6.3% 25% 1.84 10.5 85.3 9.2 1.13 83%
1964 30 TOT AL 394 0.3% 9.1% 7.9% 4.6% 21% 1.16 9.7 349.0 16.6 1.48 80%
1964 30 LAA AL 219 0.0% 9.1% 5.9% 5.0% 21% 1.54 9.9 18.0 1.62 82%
1964 30 CLE AL 175 0.6% 9.1% 10.3% 4.0% 23% 0.89 9.4 151.0 15.1 1.33 78%
1965 31 CLE AL 27 0.0% 18.5% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 2.50 4.8 0.60 70%
7 Seasons 2284 1.2% 9.5% 5.8% 5.5% 23% 1.64 9.5 74.1 10.3 1.16 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1958 24 CLE AL 8 0 36% 120 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 62% 12 5 7 3 1 2 6 2 4
1959 25 CLE AL 0 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1961 27 LAA AL 5 0 25% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 53% 9 5 4 2 1 0 6 1 5
1962 28 LAA AL 9 0 34% 292 5 1 83% 5 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 10 15 54% 45 23 20 11 6 5 13 1 12
1963 29 LAA AL 10 0 31% 251 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 16 45% 38 24 13 7 4 3 19 5 13
1964 30 TOT AL 2 0 34% 174 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 37% 20 17 3 9 7 1 12 0 11
1964 30 LAA AL 0 0 39% 103 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 36% 11 9 2 5 4 0 6 0 6
1964 30 CLE AL 2 0 27% 71 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37% 9 8 1 4 3 1 6 0 5
1965 31 CLE AL 0 0 17% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 34 0 32% 938 10 8 56% 10 7 0 1 0 0 10 0 34 47 47% 128 77 47 33 20 11 57 10 45
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1958 24 CLE AL 279 29% 58 4 0 0 0 1.23 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 8 100% 45 7 16% 18 10 56% 152 17 11% 9 6 67% 13 7 54% 0
1959 25 CLE AL 17 6% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 2 20% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1961 27 LAA AL 198 27% 45 0 0 0 0 1.97 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 100% 55 5 9% 24 12 50% 132 21 16% 17 11 65% 5 3 60% 0
1962 28 LAA AL 699 32% 186 0 0 0 0 17 0 14 12 4 9 7 0 19 14 74% 141 8 6% 91 32 35% 415 60 14% 30 18 60% 40 13 33% 22
1963 29 LAA AL 640 37% 164 2 1 0 1 1.92 7 0 7 7 0 4 3 0 11 10 91% 135 14 10% 68 26 38% 408 62 15% 35 21 60% 36 14 39% 8
1964 30 TOT AL 395 39% 84 12 2 0 0 1.40 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 0 9 9 100% 76 14 18% 48 22 46% 228 23 10% 20 10 50% 22 10 45% 0
1964 30 LAA AL 220 35% 53 1 0 0 0 1.03 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 49 9 18% 28 12 43% 125 12 10% 8 3 38% 10 4 40% 0
1964 30 CLE AL 175 43% 31 11 2 0 0 1.43 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 27 5 19% 20 10 50% 103 11 11% 12 7 58% 12 6 50% 0
1965 31 CLE AL 27 44% 3 13 2 0 0 1.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 15 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 2255 34% 545 31 5 0 1 1.43 28 0 42 22 5 16 11 0 53 47 89% 458 48 10% 251 102 41% 1360 185 14% 111 66 59% 118 48 41% 30
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1958 24 115 279 257 26 58 11 0 1 18 3 2 13 23 .226 .262 .280 .542 50 72 7 0 8 1 1
1959 25 126 296 274 27 63 11 0 1 20 3 2 13 24 .230 .264 .281 .545 51 77 7 0 8 1 1
1960 26 126 296 274 27 63 11 0 1 20 3 2 13 24 .230 .264 .281 .545 51 77 7 0 8 1 1
1961 27 180 494 447 44 108 18 1 3 42 3 2 30 40 .242 .290 .306 .596 60 137 12 1 14 2 2
1962 28 340 1215 1106 134 294 43 4 20 116 8 3 69 120 .266 .310 .366 .676 83 405 20 5 28 7 4
1963 29 493 1863 1703 201 458 72 9 27 181 9 4 100 177 .269 .310 .369 .679 88 629 34 8 38 14 6
1964 30 612 2257 2052 241 542 88 10 28 202 10 8 131 213 .264 .309 .358 .667 85 734 48 10 47 17 10
1965 31 634 2284 2076 242 545 88 10 28 202 10 8 133 218 .263 .308 .355 .663 84 737 48 11 47 17 10

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
1958 24 120 284 269 29 61 12 0 1 20 3 14 24 .227 .264 .283 .547 20 115
1959 25 11 18 18 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 11
1961 27 54 189 171 15 43 7 1 2 20 0 16 16 .251 .317 .339 .657 18 54
1962 28 160 714 665 92 192 26 3 18 76 5 40 80 .289 .331 .418 .749 91 160
1963 29 153 653 610 78 177 31 5 8 75 1 33 57 .290 .326 .397 .723 79 153
1964 30 118 388 351 46 88 17 1 1 24 1 32 36 .251 .314 .313 .628 35 119
1965 31 22 29 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .160 .276 .160 .436 1 22
7 Seasons 638 2275 2109 262 565 93 10 30 218 10 138 219 .268 .314 .364 .678 246 634
162 Game Avg. 162 578 536 67 143 24 3 8 55 3 35 56 .268 .314 .364 .678 62 634

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-1 (2B)
1962-2 (2B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-AL-13-10%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1962 AL--160--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1962 AL--659--2nd
1963 AL--597--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 AL--721--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1962 AL--186--6th
1963 AL--164--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1963 AL--29--7th

Singles s c a p y
1962 AL--141--3rd
1963 AL--123--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 AL--8--10th
1962 AL--14--2nd
1963 AL--10--3rd
1964 AL--9--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1963 AL--7--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1962 AL--501--2nd
1963 AL--465--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1201), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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