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Les Moss
John Lester Moss

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, OK
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946
Final Game: September 1, 1958
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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
1946	21	SLB	AL	12	39	35	4	13	3	0	0	5	1	0	3	5	.371	.436	.457	.893	145	16	0	1	0			2
1947	22	SLB	AL	96	312	274	17	43	5	2	6	27	0	0	35	48	.157	.255	.255	.510	41	70	4	1	2			2
1948	23	SLB	AL	107	381	335	35	86	12	1	14	46	0	0	39	50	.257	.334	.424	.758	99	142	16	0	7			*2
1949	24	SLB	AL	97	330	278	28	81	11	0	10	39	0	1	49	32	.291	.399	.439	.838	118	122	10	1	2			2
1950	25	SLB	AL	84	250	222	24	59	6	0	8	34	0	1	26	32	.266	.343	.401	.744	87	89	7	0	2			2
1951	26	TOT	AL	87	285	249	23	48	8	0	4	33	0	0	31	42	.193	.285	.273	.558	47	68	12	1	4			2
1951	26	SLB	AL	16	53	47	5	8	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	8	.170	.264	.277	.541	45	13	3	0	0			2
1951	26	BOS	AL	71	232	202	18	40	6	0	3	26	0	0	25	34	.198	.289	.272	.562	47	55	9	1	4			2
1952	27	SLB	AL	52	135	118	11	29	3	0	3	12	0	1	15	13	.246	.331	.347	.678	87	41	6	0	2			2
1953	28	SLB	AL	78	259	239	21	66	14	1	2	28	0	1	18	31	.276	.329	.368	.698	87	88	10	1	1			2
1954	29	BAL	AL	50	141	126	7	31	3	0	0	5	0	0	14	16	.246	.321	.270	.591	70	34	3	0	1	0		2
1955	30	TOT	AL	61	131	115	10	34	3	0	4	13	0	1	13	14	.296	.372	.426	.798	117	49	1	1	2	0	2	2
1955	30	BAL	AL	29	63	56	5	19	1	0	2	6	0	1	7	4	.339	.413	.464	.877	145	26	1	0	0	0	1	2
1955	30	CHW	AL	32	68	59	5	15	2	0	2	7	0	0	6	10	.254	.333	.390	.723	92	23	0	1	2	0	1	2
1956	31	CHW	AL	56	147	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	0	0	18	15	.244	.338	.512	.850	121	65	7	0	2	0	0	2
1957	32	CHW	AL	42	137	115	10	31	3	0	2	12	0	0	20	18	.270	.375	.348	.723	99	40	4	0	1	1	1	2
1958	33	CHW	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Seasons				824	2549	2234	210	552	75	4	63	276	1	5	282	316	.247	.333	.369	.702	87	824	80	6	26	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	501	439	41	109	15	1	12	54	0	1	55	62	.247	.333	.369	.702	87	162	16	1	5
				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
BAL (10 yrs)				621	1963	1730	157	435	60	4	46	209	1	5	212	239	.251	.335	.371	.705	88	641	60	4	17	0	1
CHW (4 yrs)				132	354	302	35	77	9	0	14	41	0	0	45	43	.255	.352	.424	.776	107	128	11	1	5	1	2
BOS (1 yr)				71	232	202	18	40	6	0	3	26	0	0	25	34	.198	.289	.272	.562	47	55	9	1	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
1946	21	SLB	AL	39	22	7	8.5	100	.433	.371	.269	.436	.345	.457	.387	.893	.732	145	.787	2.4	0.2	.955	.200	.086	.0
1947	22	SLB	AL	312	237	18	2.0	98	.168	.157	.265	.255	.345	.255	.381	.510	.726	41	.211	-23.1	-2.4	.451	.226	.099	.0
1948	23	SLB	AL	381	272	47	4.6	107	.266	.257	.275	.334	.361	.424	.398	.758	.759	99	.499	-2.1	-0.2	.683	.284	.167	.0
1949	24	SLB	AL	330	210	48	6.1	110	.301	.291	.276	.399	.368	.439	.400	.838	.768	118	.627	8.4	0.8	.822	.320	.147	.0
1950	25	SLB	AL	250	173	30	4.6	117	.280	.266	.283	.343	.371	.401	.424	.744	.796	87	.466	-5.3	-0.5	.667	.248	.135	.0
1951	26	TOT	AL	285	217	19	2.4	109	.217	.193	.276	.285	.359	.273	.405	.558	.765	47	.233	-19.6	-2.0	.469	.205	.080	.0
1951	26	SLB	AL	53	42	3	1.9	105	.184	.170	.271	.264	.353	.277	.397	.541	.750	45	.173	-3.8	-0.4	.452	.234	.106	.0
1951	26	BOS	AL	232	175	16	2.5	109	.224	.198	.278	.289	.361	.272	.407	.562	.768	47	.248	-15.8	-1.6	.474	.198	.074	.0
1952	27	SLB	AL	135	98	13	3.6	99	.255	.246	.264	.331	.344	.347	.385	.678	.729	87	.433	-2.2	-0.2	.573	.220	.102	.0
1953	28	SLB	AL	259	185	28	4.1	104	.311	.276	.272	.329	.348	.368	.400	.698	.749	87	.457	-4.6	-0.5	.576	.163	.092	.0
1954	29	BAL	AL	141	99	11	3.0	92	.282	.246	.256	.321	.330	.270	.374	.591	.704	70	.342	-4.7	-0.5	.490	.135	.024
1955	30	TOT	AL	131	85	18	5.7	100	.309	.296	.263	.372	.342	.426	.392	.798	.735	117	.596	2.8	0.3	.747	.235	.130	.0
1955	30	BAL	AL	63	39	10	6.9	95	.340	.339	.257	.413	.335	.464	.382	.877	.717	145	.677	3.6	0.4	.821	.232	.125	.0
1955	30	CHW	AL	68	46	8	4.6	105	.277	.254	.270	.333	.350	.390	.402	.723	.752	92	.507	-0.8	-0.1	.682	.237	.136	.0
1956	31	CHW	AL	147	105	20	5.1	107	.206	.244	.269	.338	.351	.512	.410	.850	.760	121	.527	3.0	0.3	.806	.409	.268	.0
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	90	16	4.8	100	.302	.270	.264	.375	.336	.348	.399	.723	.735	99	.542	0.7	0.1	.682	.252	.078	.0
1958	33	CHW	AL	2	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.500	.329	.000	.396	.500	.725	52	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
13 Seasons				2549	1794	275	4.1	105	.263	.247	.271	.333	.354	.369	.398	.702	.752	87	.457	-44.3	-4.6	.627	.246	.122	2.0
162 Game Avg.				501	353	54	4.1	105	.263	.247	.271	.333	.354	.369	.398	.702	.752	87	.457	-44.3	-4.6	.627	.246	.122
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
BAL (10 yrs)				1963	1377	215	4.2	105	.269	.251	.271	.335	.354	.371	.396	.705	.750	88	.466	-31.4	-3.3	.627	.239	.119	2.0
CHW (4 yrs)				354	242	44	4.9	104	.256	.255	.267	.352	.345	.424	.404	.776	.749	107	.527	2.9	0.3	.737	.318	.169	.0
BOS (1 yr)				232	175	16	2.5	109	.224	.198	.278	.289	.361	.272	.407	.562	.768	47	.248	-15.8	-1.6	.474	.198	.074	.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
1946	21	SLB	AL	39	0.0%	12.8%	7.7%	7.7%	23%	1.67	7.0		7.0			77%
1947	22	SLB	AL	312	1.9%	15.4%	11.2%	4.2%	30%	1.37	5.7	45.7	10.1			71%
1948	23	SLB	AL	381	3.7%	13.1%	10.2%	7.1%	31%	1.28	6.7	23.9	7.3			71%
1949	24	SLB	AL	330	3.0%	9.7%	14.9%	6.4%	26%	0.65	8.7	27.8	7.1			72%
1950	25	SLB	AL	250	3.2%	12.8%	10.4%	5.6%	24%	1.23	6.9	27.8	6.5			73%
1951	26	TOT	AL	285	1.4%	14.7%	10.9%	4.2%	25%	1.35	5.9	62.3	7.5			71%
1951	26	SLB	AL	53	1.9%	15.1%	11.3%	5.7%	38%	1.33	5.9	47.0	6.7			72%
1951	26	BOS	AL	232	1.3%	14.7%	10.8%	3.9%	23%	1.36	5.9	67.3	7.8			71%
1952	27	SLB	AL	135	2.2%	9.6%	11.1%	4.4%	21%	0.87	9.1	39.3	9.8			76%
1953	28	SLB	AL	259	0.8%	12.0%	7.0%	6.6%	26%	1.72	7.7	119.5	8.5			80%
1954	29	BAL	AL	141	0.0%	11.4%	9.9%	2.1%	10%	1.14	7.9		25.2		0.82	78%
1955	30	TOT	AL	131	3.1%	10.7%	9.9%	5.3%	21%	1.08	8.2	28.8	8.8		0.63	74%
1955	30	BAL	AL	63	3.2%	6.4%	11.1%	4.8%	16%	0.57	14.0	28.0	9.3		0.38	79%
1955	30	CHW	AL	68	2.9%	14.7%	8.8%	5.9%	27%	1.67	5.9	29.5	8.4		1.00	69%
1956	31	CHW	AL	147	6.8%	10.2%	12.2%	9.5%	45%	0.83	8.5	12.7	5.8		0.96	69%
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	1.5%	13.1%	14.6%	3.7%	16%	0.90	6.4	57.5	9.6		1.19	70%
1958	33	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					0.00	50%
13 Seasons				2549	2.5%	12.4%	11.1%	5.6%	26%	1.12	7.1	35.5	8.1		0.88	73%
MLB Averages
				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

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	29	BAL	AL	0	0	16%	46	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11%	7	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1955	30	TOT	AL	4	0	14%	47	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14%	10	7	1	1	1	0	3	1	1
1955	30	BAL	AL	1	0	13%	25	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13%	5	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
1955	30	CHW	AL	3	0	15%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17%	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1956	31	CHW	AL	1	0	26%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43%	4	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1957	32	CHW	AL	4	0	16%	71	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	30%	7	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
1958	33	CHW	AL	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
13 Seasons				9	0	19%	197	1	5	17%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	23%	28	21	4	5	3	2	7	3	3
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	29	BAL	AL	134	72%	31			12	2	0	1	1.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	22	3	14%	9	1	11%	90	2	2%	4	0	0%	6	1	17%	7
1955	30	TOT	AL	131	29%	34			12	2	0	0	1.57	4	0	3	4	0	1	3	0	2	2	100%	23	1	4%	10	2	20%	81	8	10%	7	1	14%	5	2	40%	0
1955	30	BAL	AL	63	37%	19			11	2	0	0	1.69	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		14	1	7%	4	0	0%	43	3	7%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	0
1955	30	CHW	AL	68	22%	15			1	0	0	0	0.26	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	6	2	33%	38	5	13%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1956	31	CHW	AL	147	46%	31			8	1	0	0	2.18	10	0	4	4	6	4	6	0	2	2	100%	35	7	20%	16	5	31%	101	13	13%	7	2	29%	10	3	30%	0
1957	32	CHW	AL	137	33%	31			4	2	0	1	1.72	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	32	4	13%	16	5	31%	92	11	12%	9	2	22%	6	2	33%	0
1958	33	CHW	AL	2	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
13 Seasons				551	45%	552			37	7	0	2	1.56	63	0	13	10	6	6	10	0	6	26	433%	113	80	71%	51	13	25%	366	34	9%	28	5	18%	27	8	30%	7
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
1946	21	12	39	35	4	13	3	0	0	5	1	0	3	5	.371	.436	.457	.893	145	16	0	1	0
1947	22	108	351	309	21	56	8	2	6	32	1	0	38	53	.181	.275	.278	.553	53	86	4	2	2
1948	23	215	732	644	56	142	20	3	20	78	1	0	77	103	.220	.306	.354	.660	77	228	20	2	9
1949	24	312	1062	922	84	223	31	3	30	117	1	1	126	135	.242	.335	.380	.715	90	350	30	3	11
1950	25	396	1312	1144	108	282	37	3	38	151	1	2	152	167	.247	.336	.384	.720	89	439	37	3	13
1951	26	483	1597	1393	131	330	45	3	42	184	1	2	183	209	.237	.327	.364	.691	82	507	49	4	17
1952	27	535	1732	1511	142	359	48	3	45	196	1	3	198	222	.238	.327	.363	.690	82	548	55	4	19
1953	28	613	1991	1750	163	425	62	4	47	224	1	4	216	253	.243	.328	.363	.691	83	636	65	5	20
1954	29	663	2132	1876	170	456	65	4	47	229	1	4	230	269	.243	.327	.357	.684	82	670	68	5	21	0
1955	30	724	2263	1991	180	490	68	4	51	242	1	5	243	283	.246	.330	.361	.691	84	719	69	6	23	0	2
1956	31	780	2410	2118	200	521	72	4	61	264	1	5	261	298	.246	.330	.370	.701	86	784	76	6	25	0	2
1957	32	822	2547	2233	210	552	75	4	63	276	1	5	281	316	.247	.333	.369	.702	87	824	80	6	26	1	3
1958	33	824	2549	2234	210	552	75	4	63	276	1	5	282	316	.247	.333	.369	.702	87	824	80	6	26	1	3

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
1946	21	13	41	37	4	14	3	0	0	5	1	3	5	.378	.439	.459	.898	7	12
1947	22	100	323	285	18	45	5	2	6	29	0	37	50	.158	.257	.253	.510	19	96
1948	23	112	385	346	34	86	12	1	14	45	0	39	52	.249	.325	.410	.735	46	107
1949	24	101	335	286	27	80	11	0	10	37	0	48	33	.280	.385	.423	.808	46	97
1950	25	88	249	225	21	55	6	0	7	29	0	24	33	.244	.317	.364	.682	26	84
1951	26	92	289	258	21	47	8	0	4	31	0	30	44	.182	.270	.260	.530	18	87
1952	27	54	140	124	12	31	3	0	3	13	0	16	14	.250	.336	.347	.682	15	52
1953	28	82	269	249	22	68	14	1	2	29	0	19	32	.273	.327	.361	.689	29	78
1954	29	52	151	135	9	36	3	0	0	6	0	16	17	.267	.344	.289	.633	14	50
1955	30	64	137	122	11	37	3	0	4	14	0	14	15	.303	.380	.426	.806	20	61
1956	31	59	147	130	20	30	4	0	10	22	0	17	16	.231	.320	.492	.812	20	56
1957	32	44	145	122	11	34	3	0	2	13	0	22	19	.279	.386	.352	.739	17	42
1958	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	2
13 Seasons		863	2613	2320	210	563	75	4	62	273	1	286	330	.243	.327	.359	.686	277	824
162 Game Avg.		162	491	436	39	106	14	1	12	51	0	54	62	.243	.327	.359	.686	52	824

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1946 AL--born 1925-05-14--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Harry Chiti (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Green (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ed Herrmann (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Davis (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ben Davis (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Roberts (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Roberts (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank House (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Mitterwald (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Servais (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Servais (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Name and misspellings: John Les Lester Moss

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