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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1946 SLB AL 21 C 12 62 55 5 2 1 .968 5.00 .982 4.79 0
1947 SLB AL 22 C 96 412 362 43 7 6 .983 4.22 .985 4.30 6
1948 SLB AL 23 C 103 414 357 52 5 8 .988 3.97 .986 4.08 4
1949 SLB AL 24 C 83 334 283 41 10 9 .970 3.90 .985 4.10 4
1950 SLB AL 25 C 60 234 204 20 10 4 .957 3.73 .985 4.21 6
1951 TOT AL 26 C 81 378 335 36 7 5 .981 4.58 .982 4.40 6
1951 SLB AL 26 C 12 60 50 8 2 1 .967 4.83 .982 4.40 0
1951 BOS AL 26 C 69 318 285 28 5 4 .984 4.54 .982 4.40 6
1952 SLB AL 27 C 39 141 118 17 6 3 .957 3.46 .985 4.70 3
1953 SLB AL 28 C 71 324 296 21 7 4 .978 4.46 .985 4.44 4
1954 BAL AL 29 C 38 31 284.0 180 159 16 5 4 .972 -1.0 -4.2 -1 5.55 4.61 .986 5.40 4.76 2 5 10 7 41%
1955 TOT AL 30 C 49 25 269.0 167 156 10 1 5 .994 -4.0 -17.8 -4 5.55 3.39 .987 5.58 4.73 3 11 18 7 28%
1955 BAL AL 30 C 17 12 106.0 71 66 5 0 4 1.000 -2.0 -22.6 -2 6.03 4.18 .987 5.58 4.73 2 7 11 5 31%
1955 CHW AL 30 C 32 13 163.0 96 90 5 1 1 .990 -2.0 -14.7 -2 5.25 2.97 .987 5.58 4.73 1 4 7 2 22%
1956 CHW AL 31 C 49 30 303.0 160 149 10 1 1 .994 -3.0 -11.9 -3 4.72 3.24 .988 5.91 5.02 4 10 11 4 27%
1957 CHW AL 32 C 39 34 292.0 149 138 8 3 2 .980 -3.0 -12.3 -3 4.50 3.74 .991 5.92 5.11 3 4 7 1 13%
12 Seasons C 720 120 1148.0 2955 2612 279 64 52 .978 -11.0 -11.5 -11 22.66 4.02 .985 5.71 4.44 45 30 46 19 29%
13 Seasons TOT 720 120 1148.0 2955 2612 279 64 52 .978 -11.0 -11.5 -11 22.66 4.02 .964 5.71 4.44 45 30 46 19 29%

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
1946 SLB AL 21 12 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 SLB AL 22 96 96 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 SLB AL 23 107 107 107 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 SLB AL 24 97 97 97 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 SLB AL 25 84 84 84 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 26 71 71 71 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SLB AL 26 16 16 16 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SLB AL 27 52 52 52 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SLB AL 28 78 78 78 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BAL AL 29 50 31 50 50 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1955 CHW AL 30 32 13 32 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 BAL AL 30 29 12 29 29 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 CHW AL 31 56 30 56 56 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1957 CHW AL 32 42 34 42 42 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 CHW AL 33 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Seasons 824 120 824 824 0 720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 BAL AL 29 1182 3.63 4.30 19 84% 0 0 149 12 2 2 133 14 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 7 71%
1955 CHW AL 30 701 3.09 3.20 9 100% 0 0 92 8 0 1 83 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 100%
1955 BAL AL 30 538 8.24 8.75 6 100% 0 0 66 5 0 3 58 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0
1956 CHW AL 31 1323 3.71 4.28 24 96% 0 0 152 20 1 5 126 10 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1957 CHW AL 32 1265 4.01 4.35 22 86% 1 0 141 17 1 2 121 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0%
4 Seasons 5009 4.10 4.56 80 91% 1 0 600 62 4 13 521 41 10 1 2 4 9 0 4 5 1 11 1 2 4 11 73%
MLB Averages 3.93 4.42 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 BAL AL 29 2 5 439 10 7 7 41% 9 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 23 12 1.11 1.55
1955 CHW AL 30 0 4 274 7 2 2 22% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1.29 0.22
1955 BAL AL 30 2 7 226 11 5 5 31% 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 6 0.81 0.68
1956 CHW AL 31 4 10 487 11 4 4 27% 7 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 29 7 0.87 0.71
1957 CHW AL 32 3 4 477 7 1 1 13% 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.76 0.19
4 Seasons 11 30 1903 46 19 19 29% 37 17 6 1 3 1 3 0 107 29 1.11 0.94
MLB Averages 44% 1.18 1.17

* 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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