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 Fielding

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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 BRO NL 28 OF 20 17 156.2 42 34 3 5 1 .881 -1.2 -9.2 -1.2 -0.7 -0.5 0 2.13 1.85 .979 2.36 2.18
1954 BRO NL 28 LF 14 12 114.0 36 28 3 5 1 .861 0.7 7.4 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 1 2.45 2.21 .975 2.22 1.98
1954 BRO NL 28 RF 6 5 42.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -53.4 -0.9 -0.4 -0.5 -1 1.27 1.00 .967 1.98 1.80
1955 BRO NL 29 OF 7 4 41.2 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1.5 -43.2 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 1.08 0.71 .983 2.31 2.10
1955 BRO NL 29 RF 6 3 30.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -35.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0 1.48 0.83 .980 2.08 1.87
1955 BRO NL 29 LF 1 1 11.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.6 -63.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.14 1.80
1956 CHC NL 30 OF 141 141 1241.2 291 268 18 5 2 .983 8.4 8.1 9.4 6.3 3.1 -1 2.07 2.03 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 CHC NL 30 RF 141 141 1241.2 295 272 17 6 1 .980 8.4 8.1 9.4 6.3 3.1 -1 2.09 2.05 .974 2.00 1.80
1957 CHC NL 31 OF 147 143 1279.0 301 276 13 12 3 .960 -5.6 -5.3 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 -4 2.03 1.97 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 CHC NL 31 RF 147 143 1279.0 299 272 15 12 3 .960 -5.6 -5.3 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 -4 2.02 1.95 .972 1.98 1.72
1958 CHC NL 32 LF 141 136 1190.2 276 266 4 6 1 .978 1.9 1.9 3.9 0.2 3.7 -2 2.04 1.91 .975 2.00 1.54 AS
1958 CHC NL 32 OF 141 136 1190.2 275 265 4 6 1 .978 1.9 1.9 3.9 0.2 3.7 -2 2.03 1.91 .980 2.26 1.95 AS
1959 CHC NL 33 OF 104 100 859.2 186 175 9 2 1 .989 4.3 6.0 2.3 -2.2 4.5 2 1.93 1.77 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 CHC NL 33 LF 93 88 767.1 165 155 8 2 1 .988 2.7 4.2 0.7 -3.8 4.5 2 1.91 1.75 .970 2.04 1.59
1959 CHC NL 33 RF 14 12 91.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 18.4 1.4 1.6 -0.2 0 2.17 1.57 .977 1.96 1.64
1959 CHC NL 33 CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1960 TOT NL 34 OF 92 76 685.4 161 152 6 3 1 .981 5.5 9.6 4.5 5.1 -0.7 1 2.07 1.72 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 TOT NL 34 LF 54 43 385.2 88 84 2 2 1 .977 5.1 15.9 5.1 4.0 1.1 0 2.01 1.59 .974 1.98 1.54
1960 TOT NL 34 RF 45 33 299.2 71 66 4 1 0 .986 0.4 1.6 -0.6 1.1 -1.8 1 2.10 1.56 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 CHC NL 34 OF 30 27 228.2 56 52 2 2 1 .964 1.5 7.9 2.5 2.8 -0.4 -1 2.13 1.80 .979 2.20 1.92
1960 CHC NL 34 LF 25 24 200.1 48 45 1 2 1 .958 2.4 14.4 3.4 3.0 0.4 -1 2.07 1.84 .975 1.98 1.54
1960 CHC NL 34 RF 5 3 28.1 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -38.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.8 0 2.54 1.60 .975 2.00 1.76
1960 STL NL 34 OF 62 49 456.2 105 100 4 1 0 .990 4.0 10.5 2.0 2.3 -0.3 2 2.05 1.68 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 STL NL 34 RF 40 30 271.1 63 59 3 1 0 .984 1.3 5.7 0.3 1.3 -1.0 1 2.06 1.55 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 STL NL 34 LF 29 19 185.1 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.7 17.5 1.7 1.0 0.7 1 1.94 1.38 .972 1.98 1.54
1961 TOT NL 35 OF 18 16 124.2 29 25 2 2 1 .931 -1.4 -13.5 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 -1 1.95 1.50 .979 2.16 1.86
1961 TOT NL 35 RF 10 8 67.0 16 13 1 2 0 .875 -1.8 -32.2 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -1 1.88 1.40 .975 1.93 1.60
1961 TOT NL 35 LF 8 8 57.2 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 8.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0 2.34 1.88 .973 1.87 1.50
1961 STL NL 35 OF 7 6 46.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0.8 -20.6 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 0 1.54 1.14 .978 2.16 1.86
1961 STL NL 35 RF 4 3 25.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.7 -33.6 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0 1.08 0.75 .975 1.94 1.60
1961 STL NL 35 LF 3 3 21.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 0 2.08 1.67 .980 1.87 1.50
1961 PIT NL 35 OF 11 10 78.0 20 17 2 1 1 .950 -0.6 -9.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 -1 2.19 1.73 .980 2.16 1.86
1961 PIT NL 35 RF 6 5 42.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1.1 -31.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -1 2.36 1.83 .975 1.93 1.60
1961 PIT NL 35 LF 5 5 36.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 0.5 16.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.50 2.00 .970 1.88 1.50
8 Seasons OF 670 633 5579.1 1291 1200 55 36 10 .972 10.4 2.2 15.4 6.5 8.9 -5 2.02 1.87 .979 2.26 1.99
7 Seasons RF 369 345 3051.2 714 655 38 21 4 .971 -0.0 -0.0 6.0 6.8 -0.9 -6 2.04 1.88 .974 1.99 1.75
6 Seasons LF 311 288 2526.2 581 547 18 16 5 .972 10.2 4.8 9.2 -0.3 9.6 1 2.01 1.82 .973 2.02 1.57
1 Season CF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
8 Seasons TOT 670 633 5579.1 1291 1200 55 36 10 .972 10.4 2.2 15.4 6.5 8.9 -5 2.02 1.87 .951 2.26 1.99
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 BRO NL 28 48 17 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 15 20 28 0
1955 BRO NL 29 11 4 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 5 0
1956 CHC NL 30 147 141 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 141 4 0
1957 CHC NL 31 149 143 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 4 0
1958 CHC NL 32 143 136 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 141 6 0
1959 CHC NL 33 117 100 117 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 1 14 104 14 0
1960 STL NL 34 75 49 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 40 62 15 0
1960 CHC NL 34 38 27 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 5 30 10 0
1961 PIT NL 35 40 10 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 11 29 0
1961 STL NL 35 17 6 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 10 0
8 Seasons 785 633 785 785 0 0 0 0 0 0 303 1 378 670 125 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BRO NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 190 68% 74% 37% 17 35%
1955 BRO NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 146 72% 90% 44% 14 36%
1956 CHC NL 30 4 0 4 0 0 10 0 2 2 3 38 14 1 23 3 3 13 6 0 6 2 0 18 14 0 98 39 39.8% 55 4 4.1% 6 3781 59% 77% 31% 360 57%
1957 CHC NL 31 11 0 10 1 1 15 0 2 3 7 58 19 1 46 8 3 18 8 2 17 2 2 22 17 0 161 54 33.5% 99 8 5.0% 7 4922 58% 76% 28% 471 51%
1959 CHC NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 372 58% 79% 28% 38 53%
1960 STL NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 12 6 0 12 2 0 7 6 0 4 0 0 4 4 0 39 18 46.2% 21 0 0.0% 3 1176 61% 78% 26% 127 50%
1960 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 30.8% 8 1 7.7% 0 171 55% 75% 25% 31 26%
1961 PIT NL 35 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 2 22.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 191 75% 75% 26% 23 48%
1961 STL NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 109 61% 69% 28% 7 43%
7 Seasons 18 0 16 2 1 31 2 6 8 10 126 43 3 92 15 6 43 23 2 30 4 2 47 37 0 338 122 36.1% 203 13 3.8% 18 11058 59% 77% 29% 1088 52%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BRO NL 28 5 0 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 5 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 5 5 0 22 15 68.2% 6 1 4.5% 2 514 68% 79% 36% 65 46%
1955 BRO NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 54 57% 81% 30% 5 0%
1958 CHC NL 32 6 0 6 0 4 4 0 2 1 0 35 23 0 31 8 0 15 6 0 8 2 1 14 14 0 103 53 51.5% 49 1 1.0% 3 5077 59% 76% 27% 497 52%
1959 CHC NL 33 2 0 1 1 0 8 0 3 1 2 36 31 1 17 3 1 16 11 1 15 4 1 11 10 0 95 59 62.1% 32 4 4.2% 4 3307 57% 78% 28% 334 48%
1960 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 18 12 66.7% 6 0 0.0% 1 785 62% 76% 27% 76 53%
1960 CHC NL 34 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 10 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 25 12 48.0% 13 0 0.0% 1 896 62% 76% 28% 93 48%
1961 PIT NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 149 57% 81% 30% 16 56%
1961 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 104 63% 76% 23% 9 56%
6 Seasons 16 0 14 2 5 18 0 7 2 3 92 70 1 68 16 2 40 24 1 32 9 2 36 35 0 268 154 57.5% 108 6 2.2% 12 10886 59% 77% 28% 1095 50%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1959 CHC NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 83% 33% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 33% 83% 33% 1 100%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

* 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.

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