SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  The Emerald Guide to Baseball with complete 2006 and 2007 major and minor league stats.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Moe Thacker

Moe Thacker
Morris Benton Thacker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.

Debut April 20, 1958

Final Game July 14, 1963
Born May 21, 1934 in Louisville, KY
Died November 13, 1997 in Louisville, KY

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Sponsor this page for $5 per year and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

  

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 CHC NL  11   24    4    6   1  0   2    3   0  0   1   7  .250  .269  .542  110   13   0   1   1   0   1
 1960 26 CHC NL  54   90    5   14   1  0   0    6   1  1  14  20  .156  .269  .167   24   15   0   0   5   0   3
 1961 27 CHC NL  25   35    3    6   0  0   0    2   0  0  11  11  .171  .383  .171   54    6   0   0   1   1   1
 1962 28 CHC NL  65  107    8   20   5  0   0    9   0  1  14  40  .187  .287  .234   40   25   0   0   1   1   2
 1963 29 STL NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      158  260   20   46   7  0   2   20   1  2  40  81  .177  .290  .227   42   59   0   1   8   2   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        267   21   47   7  0   2   21   1  2  41  83  .177  .290  .227   42   60   0   1   8   2   7
 Career High     65  107    8   20   5  0   2    9   1  1  14  40                          25   0   1   5   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 24 CHC NL   26   20    3   4.0   104| .250  .267| .269  .335| .542  .417| .811  .752| 110  .434   0.2   0.0   0%
 1960 26 CHC NL  104   80    4   1.4    98| .156  .262| .269  .328| .167  .402| .436  .730|  24  .104  -9.3  -1.0  50%
 1961 27 CHC NL   47   30    3   2.7   106| .171  .271| .383  .338| .171  .422| .554  .760|  54  .265  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1962 28 CHC NL  122   90    8   2.4   106| .187  .275| .287  .342| .234  .417| .521  .759|  40  .233  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1963 29 STL NL    4    4    0   0.0    97| .000  .265| .000  .328| .000  .396| .000  .724|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       303  224   18   2.2   103| .177  .269| .290  .336| .227  .412| .517  .748|  42  .206 -20.7  -2.2  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 24 CHC NL C 9 34 6 2 1 .952 .988 4.44 5.19 5.37 6.06 7 67.0 0 2 6 3 1960 26 CHC NL C 50 170 23 4 2 .980 .986 3.86 5.41 6.30 6.58 30 275.7 2 3 9 13 1961 27 CHC NL C 25 67 5 2 0 .973 .985 2.88 5.17 5.52 6.39 11 117.3 3 4 3 2 1962 28 CHC NL C 65 219 34 1 8 .996 .987 3.89 5.50 7.03 6.72 35 324.0 7 17 26 20 1963 29 STL NL C 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 3.33 6.03 6.43 7.07 1 14.0 0 0 1 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 24 CHC NL C 9 34 6 2 1 .952 .988 4.44 5.19 5.37 6.06 7 67.0 0 2 6 3 1960 26 CHC NL C 50 170 23 4 2 .980 .986 3.86 5.41 6.30 6.58 30 275.7 2 3 9 13 1961 27 CHC NL C 25 67 5 2 0 .973 .985 2.88 5.17 5.52 6.39 11 117.3 3 4 3 2 1962 28 CHC NL C 65 219 34 1 8 .996 .987 3.89 5.50 7.03 6.72 35 324.0 7 17 26 20 1963 29 STL NL C 3 9 1 0 0 1.000 .990 3.33 6.03 6.43 7.07 1 14.0 0 0 1 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 152 499 69 9 11 .984 .987 3.74 5.41 6.41 6.57 84 798.0 12 26 45 39 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 152 499 69 9 11 .984 .987 3.74 5.41 6.41 6.57 84 798
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

Before 1958 Season: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

October 17, 1962: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with George Altman and Don Cardwell to the St. Louis Cardinals for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel, and Jimmie Schaffer.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Moe Thacker's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Moe Thacker    

Viewed 8768 times through July 9, 2008.
Name and misspellings: moris Morris Benton Moe Thacker

Pages Updated through July 7,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Moe Thacker
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through July 7, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.