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Wally Moses

Wallace Moses

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 8, 1910 in Uvalda, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1935
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox/RedSox 1935-1951

Final Game: September 30, 1951
Died: October 10, 1990 in Vidalia, GA
Buried: Pine Crest Cemetery, Vidalia, GA
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1935 PHA AL 24 OF 80 78 76 174 157 7 10 1 .943 2.05 .970 2.39
1935 PHA AL 24 RF 79 77 75 173 157 7 9 1 .948 2.08 .968 2.09
1935 PHA AL 24 LF 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .970 2.20
1936 PHA AL 25 OF 144 144 140 419 396 12 11 3 .974 2.83 .968 2.38 MVP-14
1936 PHA AL 25 CF 136 135 133 392 371 11 10 3 .974 2.81 .974 2.82 MVP-14
1936 PHA AL 25 RF 9 9 7 27 25 1 1 0 .963 2.89 .967 2.18 MVP-14
1937 PHA AL 26 OF 154 154 154 354 323 16 15 4 .958 2.20 .969 2.35 AS,MVP-11
1937 PHA AL 26 RF 154 154 154 354 323 16 15 4 .958 2.20 .964 2.04 AS,MVP-11
1938 PHA AL 27 OF 139 139 138 326 304 11 11 3 .966 2.27 .972 2.35
1938 PHA AL 27 RF 139 139 138 326 304 11 11 3 .966 2.27 .972 2.06
1939 PHA AL 28 OF 103 103 92 227 209 10 8 2 .965 2.13 .969 2.44
1939 PHA AL 28 RF 100 100 89 219 201 10 8 2 .963 2.11 .962 2.08
1939 PHA AL 28 CF 5 3 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 .978 2.88
1940 PHA AL 29 OF 133 133 130 313 295 10 8 1 .974 2.29 .970 2.40
1940 PHA AL 29 RF 131 131 128 308 291 10 7 1 .977 2.30 .970 2.09
1940 PHA AL 29 CF 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 .976 2.80
1941 PHA AL 30 OF 109 108 104 282 263 12 7 5 .975 2.52 .973 2.41
1941 PHA AL 30 RF 109 108 104 282 263 12 7 5 .975 2.52 .969 2.14
1942 CHW AL 31 OF 145 145 142 344 323 14 7 3 .980 2.32 .976 2.38
1942 CHW AL 31 RF 130 130 127 305 284 14 7 3 .977 2.29 .969 2.07
1942 CHW AL 31 CF 14 12 12 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.43 .981 2.80
1942 CHW AL 31 LF 3 3 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .974 2.27
1943 CHW AL 32 OF 148 147 145 390 370 12 8 2 .979 2.58 .977 2.47
1943 CHW AL 32 RF 125 124 122 317 300 12 5 2 .984 2.50 .973 2.21
1943 CHW AL 32 CF 23 23 23 73 70 0 3 0 .959 3.04 .978 2.79
1944 CHW AL 33 OF 134 128 124 281 267 7 7 2 .975 2.04 .974 2.47 MVP-26
1944 CHW AL 33 RF 134 128 124 281 267 7 7 2 .975 2.04 .971 2.08 MVP-26
1945 CHW AL 34 OF 139 139 135 349 329 12 8 1 .977 2.45 .978 2.40 MVP-29
1945 CHW AL 34 RF 139 139 135 349 329 12 8 1 .977 2.45 .974 2.15 MVP-29
1946 TOT AL 35 OF 80 77 68 183 176 5 2 1 .989 2.26 .977 2.36
1946 TOT AL 35 RF 67 61 55 150 144 4 2 1 .987 2.21 .972 2.10
1946 TOT AL 35 CF 16 16 13 33 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 .984 2.74
1946 CHW AL 35 OF 36 36 34 86 84 2 0 0 1.000 2.39 .977 2.36
1946 CHW AL 35 RF 25 23 23 59 58 1 0 0 1.000 2.36 .972 2.10
1946 CHW AL 35 CF 13 13 11 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 .984 2.74
1946 BOS AL 35 OF 44 41 34 97 92 3 2 1 .979 2.16 .977 2.36
1946 BOS AL 35 RF 42 38 32 91 86 3 2 1 .978 2.12 .972 2.10
1946 BOS AL 35 CF 3 3 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .983 2.73
1947 BOS AL 36 OF 58 54 50 114 109 2 3 0 .974 1.91 .979 2.47
1947 BOS AL 36 RF 58 54 50 114 109 2 3 0 .974 1.91 .977 2.11
1948 BOS AL 37 OF 45 41 38 105 101 2 2 1 .981 2.29 .975 2.51
1948 BOS AL 37 RF 45 41 38 107 102 3 2 1 .981 2.33 .971 2.14
1949 PHA AL 38 OF 92 74 72 179 169 7 3 3 .983 1.91 .980 2.44
1949 PHA AL 38 RF 91 73 71 186 176 7 3 3 .984 2.01 .978 2.09
1949 PHA AL 38 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80
1949 PHA AL 38 LF 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 2.40
1950 PHA AL 39 OF 62 59 58 527.0 156 147 7 2 2 .987 2.63 2.48 .979 2.51 2.47
1950 PHA AL 39 RF 51 51 50 448.0 126 117 7 2 2 .984 2.49 2.43 .975 2.12 2.09
1950 PHA AL 39 CF 7 7 7 58.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 3.43 .981 2.95 2.89
1950 PHA AL 39 LF 4 1 1 21.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.75 .977 2.40 2.38
1951 PHA AL 40 OF 27 27 25 227.0 64 62 1 1 1 .984 2.50 2.33 .977 2.45 2.44
1951 PHA AL 40 RF 27 27 25 227.0 66 64 1 1 1 .985 2.58 2.41 .978 2.06 2.05
17 Seasons OF 1792 1750 1691 754.0 4260 4000 147 113 35 .973 2.59 2.31 .974 2.49 2.41
17 Seasons RF 1588 1546 1492 675.0 3690 3456 136 98 32 .973 2.52 2.26 .971 2.10 2.10
8 Seasons CF 204 198 193 58.0 569 543 12 14 3 .975 3.72 2.72 .976 2.95 2.81
4 Seasons LF 9 6 6 21.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 3.00 1.56 .976 2.40 2.32
17 Seasons TOT 1792 1750 1691 754.0 4260 4000 147 113 35 .973 2.59 2.31 .974 2.49 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1935 PHA AL 24 RF
1935 PHA AL 24 LF
1936 PHA AL 25 CF
1936 PHA AL 25 RF
1937 PHA AL 26 RF
1938 PHA AL 27 RF
1939 PHA AL 28 RF
1939 PHA AL 28 CF
1940 PHA AL 29 RF
1940 PHA AL 29 CF
1941 PHA AL 30 RF
1942 CHW AL 31 RF
1942 CHW AL 31 CF
1942 CHW AL 31 LF
1943 CHW AL 32 RF
1943 CHW AL 32 CF
1944 CHW AL 33 RF
1945 CHW AL 34 RF
1946 CHW AL 35 RF
1946 CHW AL 35 CF
1946 BOS AL 35 RF
1946 BOS AL 35 CF
1947 BOS AL 36 RF
1948 BOS AL 37 RF
1949 PHA AL 38 RF
1949 PHA AL 38 CF
1949 PHA AL 38 LF
1950 PHA AL 39 RF
1950 PHA AL 39 CF
1950 PHA AL 39 LF
1951 PHA AL 40 RF
17 Seasons RF
8 Seasons CF
4 Seasons LF
17 Seasons TOT
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1935 PHA AL 24 85 78 85 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 79 80 0 7 0
1936 PHA AL 25 147 144 147 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 9 144 0 3 0
1937 PHA AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0 0
1938 PHA AL 27 143 139 143 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 139 0 4 0
1939 PHA AL 28 115 103 115 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 103 0 12 0
1940 PHA AL 29 142 133 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 131 133 0 9 0
1941 PHA AL 30 116 108 116 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 109 0 8 0
1942 CHW AL 31 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 130 145 0 1 0
1943 CHW AL 32 150 147 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 125 148 0 3 0
1944 CHW AL 33 136 128 136 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 134 0 2 0
1945 CHW AL 34 140 139 140 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 139 0 1 0
1946 CHW AL 35 56 36 56 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 25 36 0 20 0
1946 BOS AL 35 48 41 48 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 44 0 5 0
1947 BOS AL 36 90 54 90 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 58 0 32 0
1948 BOS AL 37 78 41 78 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 45 0 29 4
1949 PHA AL 38 110 74 110 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 91 92 0 24 4
1950 PHA AL 39 88 59 88 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 51 62 0 25 2
1951 PHA AL 40 70 27 70 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 0 41 2
17 Seasons 2014 1750 2014 1792 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 204 1588 1792 0 226 12
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1948 BOS AL 37 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 8 0 9 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 6 5 0 32 17 53.1% 15 0 0.0% 1 1095 59% 80% 30% 111 57%
1949 PHA AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 31 14 2 22 3 0 8 6 0 10 4 0 19 16 0 90 43 47.8% 46 2 2.2% 2 2466 62% 82% 32% 257 58%
1950 PHA AL 39 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 4 1 1 19 10 1 15 2 0 7 5 1 10 1 0 13 8 1 64 26 40.6% 36 3 4.7% 4 1441 65% 83% 31% 142 61%
1951 PHA AL 40 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 7 0 12 3 0 6 4 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 41 16 39.0% 24 1 2.4% 0 981 61% 84% 30% 112 54%
4 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 13 1 6 2 1 78 39 3 58 9 0 23 17 1 27 7 0 41 30 2 227 102 44.9% 121 6 2.6% 7 5983 62% 82% 31% 622 58%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.0% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1949 PHA AL 38 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 16 69% 75% 38% 0
1950 PHA AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 242 64% 82% 25% 42 48%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 7 33.3% 14 0 0.0% 0 258 65% 82% 26% 42 48%
MLB Averages 45.4% 2.9% 62% 82% 31% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1950 PHA AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 60% 74% 31% 10 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 68 60% 74% 31% 10 50%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.8% 62% 82% 31% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1968 BBWAA ( 1.4%)
1969 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 1.9%)

All-Star Games
1937
1945--not played

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1936 AL (14, 9%)
1937 AL (11, 15%)
1944 AL (26, 1%)
1945 AL (29, 1%)
0.26 Career Shares (652nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  136 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  371 (4th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  11 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  10 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  79 (5th)
1937 AL  154 (1st)
1938 AL  139 (2nd)
1939 AL  100 (4th)
1940 AL  131 (2nd)
1941 AL  109 (5th)
1942 AL  130 (2nd)
1943 AL  125 (1st)
1944 AL  134 (2nd)
1945 AL  139 (2nd)
Career  1,588 (20th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  157 (5th)
1937 AL  323 (1st)
1938 AL  304 (1st)
1939 AL  201 (3rd)
1940 AL  291 (1st)
1941 AL  263 (2nd)
1942 AL  284 (1st)
1943 AL  300 (1st)
1944 AL  267 (2nd)
1945 AL  329 (1st)
Career  3,456 (14th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1937 AL  16 (2nd)
1939 AL  10 (4th)
1940 AL  10 (3rd)
1941 AL  12 (4th)
1942 AL  14 (1st)
1943 AL  12 (2nd)
1944 AL  7 (2nd)
1945 AL  12 (2nd)
1950 AL  7 (5th)
Career  136 (18th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  9 (2nd)
1937 AL  15 (1st)
1938 AL  11 (1st)
1939 AL  8 (4th)
1940 AL  7 (3rd)
1941 AL  7 (4th)
1942 AL  7 (3rd)
1943 AL  5 (5th)
1944 AL  7 (3rd)
1945 AL  8 (2nd)
Career  98 (11th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1936 AL  144 (5th)
1937 AL  154 (2nd)
1943 AL  148 (3rd)
1945 AL  139 (4th)
Career  1,792 (89th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1936 AL  396 (3rd)
1943 AL  370 (3rd)
1945 AL  329 (1st)
Career  4,000 (69th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1942 AL  14 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1937 AL  15 (2nd)
1938 AL  11 (5th)
1945 AL  8 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  2.81 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1936 AL  .974 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  2.08 (2nd)
1937 AL  2.20 (2nd)
1938 AL  2.27 (1st)
1939 AL  2.11 (3rd)
1940 AL  2.30 (1st)
1941 AL  2.52 (2nd)
1942 AL  2.29 (1st)
1943 AL  2.50 (1st)
1944 AL  2.04 (2nd)
1945 AL  2.45 (1st)
1949 AL  2.01 (3rd)
Career  2.26 (4th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1935 AL  .948 (5th)
1939 AL  .963 (2nd)
1940 AL  .977 (1st)
1941 AL  .975 (4th)
1942 AL  .977 (3rd)
1943 AL  .984 (2nd)
1944 AL  .975 (2nd)
1945 AL  .977 (3rd)
1949 AL  .984 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1936 AL  2.83 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1946 AL  .989 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1949 AL  born 1910-10-08 (4th)
1950 AL  born 1910-10-08 (2nd)
1951 AL  born 1910-10-08 (2nd)

                           

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