Moe Thacker
Morris Benton Thacker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 21, 1934 in Louisville, KY
High School: DuPont Manual (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1958
Final Game: July 14, 1963
Died: November 13, 1997 in Louisville, KY
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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
1958 CHC NL 24 C 9 7 67.0 42 34 6 2 1 .952 0.0 0.0 0 5.37 4.44 .988 6.06 5.19 0 2 6 3 33%
1960 CHC NL 26 C 50 30 275.2 197 170 23 4 2 .980 3.0 13.1 3 6.30 3.86 .986 6.58 5.41 2 3 9 13 59%
1961 CHC NL 27 C 25 11 117.1 74 67 5 2 0 .973 -1.0 -10.2 -1 5.52 2.88 .985 6.39 5.17 3 4 3 2 40%
1962 CHC NL 28 C 65 35 324.0 254 219 34 1 8 .996 2.0 7.4 2 7.03 3.89 .987 6.72 5.50 7 17 26 20 43%
1963 STL NL 29 C 3 1 14.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.43 3.33 .990 7.07 6.03 0 0 1 1 50%
5 Seasons C 152 84 798.0 577 499 69 9 11 .984 4.0 6.0 4 6.41 3.74 .987 6.57 5.41 12 26 45 39 46%
5 Seasons TOT 152 84 798.0 577 499 69 9 11 .984 4.0 6.0 4 6.41 3.74 .971 6.57 5.41 12 26 45 39 46%

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
1958 CHC NL 24 11 7 11 11 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 CHC NL 26 54 30 54 54 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1961 CHC NL 27 25 11 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 28 65 35 65 65 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 29 3 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 158 84 158 158 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 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%
1958 CHC NL 24 313 4.16 5.91 2 100% 0 0 35 1 2 2 30 6 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 26 1205 4.47 5.03 16 88% 1 0 171 9 1 6 155 22 6 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
1961 CHC NL 27 537 5.68 6.67 3 100% 0 0 69 1 0 1 67 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CHC NL 28 1464 5.24 5.70 20 80% 0 0 209 11 3 11 184 28 4 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 2 5 60%
1963 STL NL 29 63 5.79 5.79 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3582 4.95 5.63 42 86% 1 0 493 23 6 20 444 62 12 0 3 8 9 2 4 3 0 10 0 3 3 5 60%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.35 95% 87%

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
1958 CHC NL 24 0 2 118 6 3 3 33% 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 1.18 0.60
1960 CHC NL 26 2 3 409 9 13 13 59% 7 13 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 14 0.67 1.00
1961 CHC NL 27 3 4 219 3 2 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0.79 0.56
1962 CHC NL 28 7 17 541 26 20 17 43% 24 14 1 3 1 3 0 0 61 20 1.17 1.19
1963 STL NL 29 0 0 23 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.37 0.77
5 Seasons 12 26 1310 45 39 36 46% 39 33 4 3 2 3 0 0 109 40 1.05 1.04
MLB Averages 38% 1.19 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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