Les Moss

Full Name: John Lester Moss	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/205	First Game: September 10, 1946
Birthdate: May 14, 1925	Final Game: September 1, 1958
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Les Moss (John Lester Moss) was born on May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on September 10, 1946 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1947, his rookie year, he hit .157 with 6 home runs and 27 RBI. Moss played for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 12 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1946	STL	A	12	35	4	13	0	5	.371	.436	.457	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	0	0
1947	STL	A	96	274	17	43	6	27	.157	.255	.255	5	2	35	48	1	2	0	0	4
1948	STL	A	107	335	35	86	14	46	.257	.334	.424	12	1	39	50	0	7	0	0	16
1949	STL	A	97	278	28	81	10	39	.291	.399	.439	11	0	49	32	1	2	0	0	10
1950	STL	A	84	222	24	59	8	34	.266	.343	.401	6	0	26	32	0	2	0	0	7
1951	STL	A	16	47	5	8	1	7	.170	.264	.277	2	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	3
1951	BOS	A	71	202	18	40	3	26	.198	.289	.272	6	0	25	34	1	4	0	0	9
1951	TOT	A	87	249	23	48	4	33	.193	.285	.273	8	0	31	42	1	4	0	0	12
1952	STL	A	52	118	11	29	3	12	.246	.331	.347	3	0	15	13	0	2	0	0	6
1953	STL	A	78	239	21	66	2	28	.276	.329	.368	14	1	18	31	1	1	0	0	10
1954	BAL	A	50	126	7	31	0	5	.246	.321	.270	3	0	14	16	0	1	0	0	3
1955	CHI	A	32	59	5	15	2	7	.254	.333	.390	2	0	6	10	1	2	0	1	0
1955	BAL	A	29	56	5	19	2	6	.339	.413	.464	1	0	7	4	0	0	0	1	1
1955	TOT	A	61	115	10	34	4	13	.296	.372	.426	3	0	13	14	1	2	0	2	1
1956	CHI	A	56	127	20	31	10	22	.244	.338	.512	4	0	18	15	0	2	0	0	7
1957	CHI	A	42	115	10	31	2	12	.270	.375	.348	3	0	20	18	0	1	0	1	4
1958	CHI	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			824	2234	210	552	63	276	.247	.333	.369	75	4	282	316	6	26	1	3	80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1946	STL	A	C	12	0	0	55	5	2	1	0	0	0	.968
1947	STL	A	C	96	0	0	362	43	7	6	6	0	0	.983
1948	STL	A	C	103	0	0	357	52	5	8	4	0	0	.988
1949	STL	A	C	83	0	0	283	41	10	9	4	0	0	.970
1950	STL	A	C	60	0	0	204	20	10	4	6	0	0	.957
1951	STL	A	C	12	0	0	50	8	2	1	0	0	0	.967
1951	BOS	A	C	69	0	0	285	28	5	4	6	0	0	.984
1951	TOT	A	C	81	0	0	335	36	7	5	6	0	0	.981
1952	STL	A	C	39	0	0	118	17	6	3	3	0	0	.957
1953	STL	A	C	71	0	0	296	21	7	4	4	0	0	.978
1954	BAL	A	C	38	0	0	159	16	5	4	2	0	0	.972
1955	CHI	A	C	32	0	0	90	5	1	1	1	0	0	.990
1955	BAL	A	C	17	0	0	66	5	0	4	2	0	0	1.000
1955	TOT	A	C	49	0	0	156	10	1	5	3	0	0	.994
1956	CHI	A	C	49	0	0	149	10	1	1	4	0	0	.994
1957	CHI	A	C	39	34	292	138	8	3	2	3	7	1	.980
Total			C	720	34	292	2612	279	64	52	45	7	1	.978

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago Cubs (1942).
Traded by St. Louis Browns to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Suchecki, Matt Batts, $100000 and a player to be named later (May 17, 1951); St. Louis Browns received Jim McDonald (July 18, 1951).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Tom Wright to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Gus Niarhos and Ken Wood (November 28, 1951).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Fritz Dorish (June 6, 1955).

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