Wally Moses
[edit] Biography
Wally Moses (Wallace Moses) was born on October 8, 1910 in Uvalda, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1935 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1935, his rookie year, he hit .325 with 5 home runs and 35 RBI. Moses played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 17 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Wally Moses's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1937, when he slugged 25 home runs, hit for a .320 average and knocked in 86 runs. However, others believe that it was 1943, when he stole 56 bases.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| PHI
| A
| 85
| 345
| 60
| 112
| 5
| 35
| .325
| .375
| .446
| 21
| 3
| 25
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 146
| 585
| 98
| 202
| 7
| 66
| .345
| .410
| .479
| 35
| 11
| 62
| 32
| 2
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| 154
| 649
| 113
| 208
| 25
| 86
| .320
| .374
| .550
| 48
| 13
| 54
| 38
| 2
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| 142
| 589
| 86
| 181
| 8
| 49
| .307
| .369
| .424
| 29
| 8
| 58
| 31
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| 115
| 437
| 68
| 134
| 3
| 33
| .307
| .370
| .423
| 28
| 7
| 44
| 23
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 4
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| 142
| 537
| 91
| 166
| 9
| 50
| .309
| .396
| .469
| 41
| 9
| 75
| 44
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 4
|
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| 116
| 438
| 78
| 132
| 4
| 35
| .301
| .388
| .418
| 31
| 4
| 62
| 27
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 6
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| 146
| 577
| 73
| 156
| 7
| 49
| .270
| .353
| .369
| 28
| 4
| 74
| 27
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 5
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 150
| 599
| 82
| 147
| 3
| 48
| .245
| .310
| .337
| 22
| 12
| 55
| 47
| 1
| 1
| 56
| 0
| 9
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| 136
| 535
| 82
| 150
| 3
| 34
| .280
| .345
| .379
| 26
| 9
| 52
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 21
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| 140
| 569
| 79
| 168
| 2
| 50
| .295
| .373
| .420
| 35
| 15
| 69
| 33
| 2
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 4
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| 56
| 168
| 20
| 46
| 4
| 16
| .274
| .344
| .411
| 9
| 1
| 17
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1946
| BOS
| A
| 48
| 175
| 23
| 36
| 2
| 17
| .206
| .268
| .337
| 11
| 3
| 14
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| TOT
| A
| 104
| 343
| 43
| 82
| 6
| 33
| .239
| .306
| .373
| 20
| 4
| 31
| 35
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| 90
| 255
| 32
| 70
| 2
| 27
| .275
| .344
| .384
| 18
| 2
| 27
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 6
|
| 1948
| BOS
| A
| 78
| 189
| 26
| 49
| 2
| 29
| .259
| .340
| .365
| 12
| 1
| 21
| 19
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| 110
| 308
| 49
| 85
| 1
| 25
| .276
| .381
| .367
| 19
| 3
| 51
| 19
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| 88
| 265
| 47
| 70
| 2
| 21
| .264
| .365
| .385
| 16
| 5
| 40
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| 70
| 136
| 17
| 26
| 0
| 9
| .191
| .304
| .235
| 6
| 0
| 21
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 2012
| 7356
| 1124
| 2138
| 89
| 679
| .291
| .364
| .416
| 435
| 110
| 821
| 457
| 21
| 55
| 174
| 0
| 58
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 157
| 7
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 396
| 12
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1937
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 154
| 0
| 0
| 323
| 16
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1938
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 304
| 11
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1939
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 103
| 0
| 0
| 209
| 10
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1940
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 295
| 10
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1941
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 109
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 12
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1942
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 323
| 14
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 370
| 12
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1944
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 134
| 0
| 0
| 267
| 7
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1945
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 139
| 0
| 0
| 329
| 12
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1946
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 84
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 92
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1946
| TOT
| A
| OF
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 176
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1946
| TOT
| A
| RF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1946
| TOT
| A
| CF
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1947
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1948
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1949
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 92
| 0
| 0
| 169
| 7
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1950
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 147
| 7
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1951
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 62
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1792
| 0
| 0
| 4000
| 147
| 113
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Galveston (Texas) to Philadelphia Athletics (August 9, 1934).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Benny McCoy (December 9, 1939); trade voided (January 14, 1940).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett (December 9, 1941).
- Sold by Chicago White Sox to Boston Red Sox (July 23, 1946).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (November 15, 1948).
- Signed by Philadelphia Athletics (@December 1, 1948).
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (January 21, 1952).
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