Walt Moryn
Walter Joseph Moryn (Moose)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 12, 1926 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Hardy (St. Paul, MN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1954
Final Game: September 28, 1961
Died: July 21, 1996 in Winfield, IL
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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
1954 28 BRO NL 48 102 91 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 0 7 11 .275 .330 .429 .759 94 39 3 1 2 1 7/9
1955 29 BRO NL 11 24 19 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 4 .263 .417 .474 .890 133 9 0 0 0 0 1 /97
1956 30 CHC NL 147 588 529 69 151 27 3 23 67 4 2 50 67 .285 .348 .478 .826 121 253 9 3 1 5 2 *9
1957 31 CHC NL 149 624 568 76 164 33 0 19 88 0 2 50 90 .289 .348 .447 .795 113 254 11 3 1 2 6 *9
1958 32 CHC NL 143 587 512 77 135 26 7 26 77 1 2 62 83 .264 .350 .494 .845 123 253 7 8 2 3 7 *7 AS
1959 33 CHC NL 117 432 381 41 89 14 1 14 48 0 0 44 66 .234 .316 .386 .702 87 147 13 3 2 2 2 *79/8
1960 34 TOT NL 113 344 309 36 81 8 3 13 46 2 1 30 57 .262 .323 .434 .756 102 134 8 0 0 5 4 79
1960 34 CHC NL 38 123 109 12 32 4 0 2 11 2 1 13 19 .294 .366 .385 .751 108 42 2 0 0 1 0 7/9
1960 34 STL NL 75 221 200 24 49 4 3 11 35 0 0 17 38 .245 .299 .460 .759 98 92 6 0 0 4 4 97
1961 35 TOT NL 57 101 97 6 17 3 0 3 11 0 0 3 15 .175 .208 .299 .507 31 29 6 1 0 0 0 9/7
1961 35 STL NL 17 33 32 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .125 .152 .188 .339 -14 6 1 0 0 0 0 /97
1961 35 PIT NL 40 68 65 6 13 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 10 .200 .235 .354 .589 53 23 5 1 0 0 0 /97
8 Seasons 785 2802 2506 324 667 116 16 101 354 7 7 251 393 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 1118 57 19 8 18 22
162 Game Avg. 162 578 517 67 138 24 3 21 73 1 1 52 81 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 231 12 4 2 4
CHC (5 yrs) 594 2354 2099 275 571 104 11 84 291 7 7 219 325 .272 .344 .452 .796 113 949 42 17 6 13 17
STL (2 yrs) 92 254 232 24 53 6 3 11 37 0 0 18 43 .228 .280 .422 .702 83 98 7 0 0 4 4
BRO (2 yrs) 59 126 110 19 30 5 2 3 17 0 0 12 15 .273 .347 .436 .783 101 48 3 1 2 1 1
PIT (1 yr) 40 68 65 6 13 1 0 3 9 0 0 2 10 .200 .235 .354 .589 53 23 5 1 0 0 0

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
1954 28 BRO NL 102 72 13 4.8 112 .291 .275 .279 .330 .351 .429 .431 .759 .782 94 .504 -1.2 -0.1 .681 .231 .154 .0
1955 29 BRO NL 24 14 4 7.6 109 .286 .263 .270 .417 .342 .474 .428 .890 .769 133 .710 1.2 0.1 1.000 .474 .211 .0
1956 30 CHC NL 588 395 89 6.0 102 .288 .285 .263 .348 .330 .478 .415 .826 .745 121 .633 15.7 1.6 .792 .291 .193 6.8
1957 31 CHC NL 624 420 88 5.7 102 .315 .289 .267 .348 .331 .447 .414 .795 .744 113 .592 11.3 1.1 .731 .243 .158 .0
1958 32 CHC NL 587 391 91 6.2 104 .268 .264 .267 .350 .335 .494 .417 .845 .752 123 .631 16.9 1.6 .834 .350 .230 1.9
1959 33 CHC NL 432 309 46 4.0 104 .248 .234 .269 .316 .335 .386 .416 .702 .751 87 .432 -7.0 -0.7 .636 .268 .152 .0
1960 34 TOT NL 344 242 42 4.7 103 .279 .262 .269 .323 .335 .434 .412 .756 .747 102 .531 0.0 -0.0 .696 .272 .172 3.5
1960 34 CHC NL 123 81 16 5.3 98 .337 .294 .262 .366 .328 .385 .402 .751 .730 108 .589 1.6 0.2 .700 .220 .092 2.0
1960 34 STL NL 221 161 26 4.4 106 .245 .245 .272 .299 .339 .460 .418 .759 .757 98 .498 -1.6 -0.2 .694 .300 .215 .0
1961 35 TOT NL 101 86 5 1.6 109 .177 .175 .275 .208 .342 .299 .428 .507 .769 31 .118 -10.3 -1.0 .384 .155 .124 .0
1961 35 STL NL 33 29 1 0.9 114 .148 .125 .282 .152 .350 .188 .438 .339 .788 -14 .049 -5.5 -0.6 .241 .094 .063
1961 35 PIT NL 68 57 4 1.9 106 .192 .200 .271 .235 .338 .354 .422 .589 .760 53 .158 -4.8 -0.5 .456 .185 .154 .0
8 Seasons 2802 1929 378 5.3 104 .279 .266 .267 .335 .334 .446 .416 .781 .750 108 .564 26.6 2.6 .729 .280 .180 13.1
162 Game Avg. 578 398 78 5.3 104 .279 .266 .267 .335 .334 .446 .416 .781 .750 108 .564 5 1 .729 .280 .180 3
CHC (5 yrs) 2354 1596 330 5.6 103 .286 .272 .266 .344 .332 .452 .415 .796 .747 113 .587 38.5 3.8 .751 .284 .180 12.9
STL (2 yrs) 254 190 27 3.8 107 .231 .228 .273 .280 .341 .422 .421 .702 .761 83 .435 -7.0 -0.7 .624 .272 .194 .0
BRO (2 yrs) 126 86 17 5.3 112 .290 .273 .277 .347 .349 .436 .430 .783 .779 101 .547 -0.1 -0.0 .735 .273 .164 .0
PIT (1 yr) 68 57 4 1.9 106 .192 .200 .271 .235 .338 .354 .422 .589 .760 53 .159 -4.8 -0.5 .456 .185 .154 .0

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
1958 CHC NL 32 DNP

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
1954 28 BRO NL 102 2.0% 10.8% 6.9% 7.8% 32% 1.57 8.3 45.5 6.5 1.14 77%
1955 29 BRO NL 24 4.2% 16.7% 20.8% 8.3% 40% 0.80 4.8 19.0 6.3 0.25 58%
1956 30 CHC NL 588 3.9% 11.4% 8.5% 9.0% 35% 1.34 7.9 23.0 7.9 0.51 76%
1957 31 CHC NL 624 3.0% 14.4% 8.0% 8.3% 32% 1.80 6.3 29.9 6.5 0.64 74%
1958 32 CHC NL 587 4.4% 14.1% 10.6% 10.1% 44% 1.34 6.2 19.7 6.6 0.51 69%
1959 33 CHC NL 432 3.2% 15.3% 10.2% 6.7% 33% 1.50 5.8 27.2 7.9 0.80 70%
1960 34 TOT NL 344 3.8% 16.6% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.90 5.4 23.8 6.7 0.64 71%
1960 34 CHC NL 123 1.6% 15.5% 10.6% 4.9% 19% 1.46 5.7 54.5 9.9 0.62 72%
1960 34 STL NL 221 5.0% 17.2% 7.7% 8.1% 37% 2.24 5.3 18.2 5.7 0.65 70%
1961 35 TOT NL 101 3.0% 14.9% 3.0% 5.9% 35% 5.00 6.5 32.3 8.8 0.92 78%
1961 35 STL NL 33 0.0% 15.2% 3.0% 6.1% 50% 5.00 6.4 16.0 0.63 82%
1961 35 PIT NL 68 4.4% 14.7% 2.9% 5.9% 31% 5.00 6.5 21.7 7.2 1.14 76%
8 Seasons 2802 3.6% 14.0% 9.0% 8.3% 35% 1.57 6.4 24.8 7.1 0.64 72%
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
1954 28 BRO NL 1 0 45% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 39% 9 7 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
1955 29 BRO NL 0 0 22% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1956 30 CHC NL 4 0 25% 140 4 2 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 32% 18 13 5 5 4 1 8 4 4
1957 31 CHC NL 12 0 29% 237 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 10 45% 32 22 8 12 6 6 16 3 13
1958 32 CHC NL 8 0 29% 194 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 48% 32 18 14 6 5 1 12 3 9
1959 33 CHC NL 3 0 22% 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 32% 26 19 7 7 6 1 11 4 6
1960 34 TOT NL 0 0 24% 98 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 48% 17 11 5 3 0 3 9 2 6
1960 34 CHC NL 0 0 23% 43 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 55% 7 4 2 3 0 3 1 0 1
1960 34 STL NL 0 0 24% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 44% 10 7 3 0 0 0 8 2 5
1961 35 TOT NL 2 0 17% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1961 35 STL NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 35 PIT NL 2 0 23% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
8 Seasons 30 0 27% 902 7 7 50% 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 31 41 41% 135 91 41 35 22 13 61 18 41
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
1954 28 BRO NL 102 99% 25 24 5 1 2 2.04 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 27 3 11% 12 6 50% 79 12 15% 8 5 63% 8 3 38% 0
1955 29 BRO NL 24 92% 5 4 0 0 0 0.70 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 13 2 15% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1956 30 CHC NL 403 81% 151 4 0 0 0 1.50 23 0 8 17 3 6 14 1 0 1 76 9 12% 31 8 26% 233 33 14% 22 12 55% 25 12 48% 186
1957 31 CHC NL 535 72% 164 4 2 0 2 2.49 19 1 11 13 5 11 7 0 3 1 33% 99 11 11% 32 11 34% 326 58 18% 25 18 72% 29 13 45% 89
1958 32 CHC NL 554 76% 135 5 3 1 3 2.59 26 0 9 18 7 15 10 0 2 2 100% 107 7 7% 39 11 28% 343 55 16% 25 10 40% 27 8 30% 33
1959 33 CHC NL 419 78% 89 12 5 0 4 1.72 14 0 12 11 3 7 7 1 3 2 67% 99 13 13% 44 10 23% 281 36 13% 23 14 61% 14 4 29% 13
1960 34 TOT NL 343 88% 81 22 3 1 3 1.76 13 0 7 12 1 6 7 0 0 0 74 8 11% 33 10 30% 226 33 15% 22 10 45% 15 5 33% 1
1960 34 CHC NL 122 91% 32 8 2 1 2 1.72 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 8% 8 1 13% 76 9 12% 7 2 29% 4 0 0% 1
1960 34 STL NL 221 86% 49 14 1 0 1 1.79 11 0 6 10 1 6 5 0 0 0 48 6 13% 25 9 36% 150 24 16% 15 8 53% 11 5 45% 0
1961 35 TOT NL 101 99% 17 36 6 0 2 1.74 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 31 6 19% 14 2 14% 71 8 11% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
1961 35 STL NL 33 100% 4 10 1 0 1 1.92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 7 1 14% 31 2 6% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 35 PIT NL 68 99% 13 26 5 0 1 1.66 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 18 5 28% 7 1 14% 40 6 15% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
8 Seasons 2481 80% 667 111 24 3 16 1.82 101 1 53 77 19 46 50 2 10 8 80% 516 57 11% 205 58 28% 1572 237 15% 128 70 55% 123 47 38% 322
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
1954 28 48 102 91 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 0 7 11 .275 .330 .429 .759 94 39 3 1 2 1
1955 29 59 126 110 19 30 5 2 3 17 0 0 12 15 .273 .347 .436 .783 101 48 3 1 2 1 1
1956 30 206 714 639 88 181 32 5 26 84 4 2 62 82 .283 .347 .471 .818 117 301 12 4 3 6 3
1957 31 355 1338 1207 164 345 65 5 45 172 4 4 112 172 .286 .348 .460 .808 115 555 23 7 4 8 9
1958 32 498 1925 1719 241 480 91 12 71 249 5 6 174 255 .279 .349 .470 .819 118 808 30 15 6 11 16
1959 33 615 2357 2100 282 569 105 13 85 297 5 6 218 321 .271 .343 .455 .797 112 955 43 18 8 13 18
1960 34 728 2701 2409 318 650 113 16 98 343 7 7 248 378 .270 .340 .452 .792 111 1089 51 18 8 18 22
1961 35 785 2802 2506 324 667 116 16 101 354 7 7 251 393 .266 .335 .446 .781 108 1118 57 19 8 18 22

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
1954 28 50 103 94 16 25 4 2 2 14 0 7 12 .266 .320 .415 .735 13 48
1955 29 12 25 20 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 5 4 .250 .400 .450 .850 4 11
1956 30 154 621 559 76 164 29 3 25 74 4 54 70 .293 .356 .490 .846 98 147
1957 31 156 653 595 81 173 35 0 20 94 0 53 94 .291 .351 .450 .801 93 149
1958 32 150 625 545 83 148 29 8 29 83 1 68 87 .272 .360 .514 .874 98 143
1959 33 122 449 398 43 93 15 1 15 50 0 46 69 .234 .316 .389 .706 48 117
1960 34 118 355 320 37 82 8 3 13 48 2 30 60 .256 .315 .422 .737 44 113
1961 35 60 101 98 5 14 2 0 2 10 0 2 16 .143 .168 .224 .393 4 57
8 Seasons 822 2932 2629 344 704 123 17 107 376 7 265 412 .268 .337 .450 .787 402 785
162 Game Avg. 162 578 518 68 139 24 3 21 74 1 52 81 .268 .337 .450 .787 79 785

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1958

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 NL  .494 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1956 NL  27 (10th)
1957 NL  33 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1958 NL  26 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL  62 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  90 (5th)
1958 NL  83 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1958 NL  59 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1958 NL  19.7 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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