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Billy Moran

William Nelson Moran

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
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
Teams (by GP): Angels/Indians 1958-1965

Final Game: September 28, 1965
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1958 24 CLE AL 279 -16 1 2 -1 -4 3 8 -7 -0.9 -3 -0.3 -0.6 $ 46
1959 25 CLE AL 17 -1 -1 0 0 -3 0 0 -5 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ /46
1961 27 LAA AL 198 -6 -1 1 1 -4 1 6 -3 -0.3 2 0.2 -0.5 $ 4/6
1962 28 LAA AL 721 1 2 -1 1 7 4 18 32 3.3 25 2.5 0.8 $ *4 AS,MVP-13
1963 29 LAA AL 648 -4 1 0 1 3 4 18 23 2.2 20 2.1 0.1 $ *4
1964 30 LAA AL 220 -3 -1 -2 -1 -5 1 6 -5 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $20,000 5/46
1964 30 CLE AL 175 -8 -1 -1 0 -1 1 5 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 54/3
1965 31 CLE AL 27 -3 0 0 0 1 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $17,000 /46
7 Seasons 2285 -40 0 -1 1 -7 14 62 28 2.3 36 3.7 -1.4 $37,000
LAA (4 yrs) 1787 -12 1 -2 2 1 10 48 47 4.6 47 4.8 -0.2 $20,000
CLE (4 yrs) 498 -28 -1 1 -1 -8 4 14 -19 -2.3 -11 -1.1 -1.2 $17,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 CLE AL 24 2B 74 52 40 475.0 302 136 154 12 38 .960 -1 -3 5.49 3.92 .978 5.26 5.21
1958 CLE AL 24 SS 38 21 10 194.1 97 38 56 3 18 .969 -3 -20 4.35 2.47 .964 4.96 4.91
1959 CLE AL 25 2B 6 4 2 30.0 14 6 8 0 1 1.000 -1 -52 4.20 2.33 .976 5.28 5.25
1959 CLE AL 25 SS 5 0 0 13.0 9 7 1 1 1 .889 -2 -138 5.54 1.60 .959 4.85 4.84
1961 LAA AL 27 2B 51 47 39 409.1 232 108 116 8 31 .966 -5 -14 4.93 4.39 .978 5.24 5.18
1961 LAA AL 27 SS 2 2 2 19.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1 51 2.37 2.50 .957 4.83 4.80
1962 LAA AL 28 2B 160 159 154 1418.0 912 422 477 13 103 .986 7 6 5.71 5.62 .980 5.25 5.24 AS,MVP-13
1963 LAA AL 29 2B 151 150 143 1342.1 829 352 455 22 98 .973 3 3 5.41 5.34 .980 5.08 5.09
1964 TOT AL 30 3B 89 81 74 742.2 247 81 153 13 9 .947 -4 -6 2.84 2.63 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 TOT AL 30 2B 18 8 4 87.2 49 24 24 1 4 .980 -3 -38 4.93 2.67 .980 5.17 5.16
1964 LAA AL 30 3B 47 47 43 423.0 141 47 84 10 5 .929 -5 -14 2.79 2.79 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 LAA AL 30 2B 3 1 1 15.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 -0 -8 2.40 1.33 .980 5.16 5.17
1964 LAA AL 30 SS 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.80
1964 CLE AL 30 3B 42 34 31 319.2 106 34 69 3 4 .972 2 6 2.90 2.45 .955 3.03 3.02
1964 CLE AL 30 2B 15 7 3 72.2 45 23 21 1 3 .978 -3 -45 5.45 2.93 .980 5.18 5.16
1964 CLE AL 30 1B 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -144 0.00 0.00 9.72 9.40
1965 CLE AL 31 2B 7 2 1 27.1 10 4 6 0 2 1.000 0 13 3.29 1.43 .978 5.07 5.06
1965 CLE AL 31 SS 1 1 1 9.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0 40 7.00 7.00 .961 4.70 4.70
7 Seasons 2B 467 422 383 3789.2 2348 1052 1240 56 277 .976 1 0 5.44 4.91 .980 5.19 5.17
1 Season 3B 89 81 74 742.2 247 81 153 13 9 .947 -4 -6 2.84 2.63 .955 3.03 3.02
5 Seasons SS 47 24 13 236.1 119 48 66 5 19 .958 -4 -19 4.34 2.43 .963 4.93 4.89
1 Season 1B 2 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -144 0.00 0.00 9.72 9.40
7 Seasons TOT 605 527 470 4770.1 2714 1181 1459 74 305 .973 -7 -2 4.98 4.36 .977 4.84 4.85
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (916th)

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)

Assists† s c a p y
1962 AL  477 (4th)
1963 AL  455 (3rd)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  160 (2nd)
1963 AL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  422 (1st)
1963 AL  352 (1st)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  477 (2nd)
1963 AL  455 (1st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1958 AL  12 (5th)
1962 AL  13 (5th)
1963 AL  22 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  7 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1962 AL  5.71 (2nd)
1963 AL  5.41 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  5.62 (1st)
1963 AL  5.34 (1st)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1962 AL  .986 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1335), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Nelson Liriano (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196430Los Angeles Angels$20,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196531Cleveland Indians$17,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$37,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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