Moe Thacker
[edit] Biography
Moe Thacker (Morris Benton Thacker) was born on May 21, 1934 in Louisville, Kentucky. He made his Major League debut on August 3, 1958 for the Chicago Cubs. Thacker played for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 5 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 24
| 4
| 6
| 2
| 3
| .250
| .269
| .542
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| 54
| 90
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 6
| .156
| .269
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 14
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
|
| 1961
| CHI
| N
| 25
| 35
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .171
| .383
| .171
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1962
| CHI
| N
| 65
| 107
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 9
| .187
| .287
| .234
| 5
| 0
| 14
| 40
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1963
| STL
| N
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 158
| 260
| 20
| 46
| 2
| 20
| .177
| .290
| .227
| 7
| 0
| 40
| 81
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| CHI
| N
| C
| 9
| 7
| 67
| 34
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| .952
|
| 1960
| CHI
| N
| C
| 50
| 30
| 275.2
| 170
| 23
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 13
| 0
| .980
|
| 1961
| CHI
| N
| C
| 25
| 11
| 117.1
| 67
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .973
|
| 1962
| CHI
| N
| C
| 65
| 35
| 324
| 219
| 34
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 7
| 26
| 20
| 0
| .996
|
| 1963
| STL
| N
| C
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 152
| 84
| 798
| 499
| 69
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 12
| 45
| 39
| 0
| .984
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1952).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with George Altman and Don Cardwell to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Larry Jackson, Lindy McDaniel and Jimmie Schaffer (October 17, 1962).
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