Wilcy Moore
[edit] Biography
Born on May 20, 1897 in Bonita, Texas, Wilcy Moore (William Wilcy Moore) played for the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Moore broke into the bigs on April 14, 1927 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.28 ERA in 213 innings pitched in 1927, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Wilcy Moore's best season was 1927, when he posted a 2.28 ERA, won 19 games, notched 13 saves and struck out 75 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1927
| NY
| A
| 50
| 12
| 19
| 7
| 2.28
| 75
| 68
| 54
| 6
| 1
| 13
| 213
| 185
| 2
| 59
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1928
| NY
| A
| 35
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 4.18
| 18
| 44
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 60.1
| 71
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| 41
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 4.13
| 21
| 36
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 61
| 64
| 4
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| 53
| 15
| 11
| 13
| 3.88
| 37
| 88
| 80
| 8
| 1
| 10
| 185.1
| 195
| 7
| 55
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2.52
| 8
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 25
| 27
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 2
| 4
| 10
| 5.23
| 28
| 59
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 84.1
| 98
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| 47
| 3
| 6
| 10
| 4.61
| 36
| 67
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 109.1
| 125
| 6
| 48
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 35
| 0
| 5
| 6
| 5.52
| 17
| 53
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 62
| 92
| 1
| 20
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 261
| 32
| 51
| 44
| 3.70
| 204
| 356
| 284
| 14
| 2
| 49
| 691
| 732
| 24
| 232
| 0
| 14
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1927
| NY
| A
| P
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 89
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1928
| NY
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .893
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| P
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 70
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 30
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 261
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 254
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1927
| NY
| A
| 50
| 75
| 5
| 6
| 1
| 2
| .080
| .127
| .120
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 38
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| NY
| A
| 35
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .200
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| NY
| A
| 41
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .067
| .067
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BOS
| A
| 53
| 56
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .161
| .161
| .179
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| NY
| A
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BOS
| A
| 37
| 22
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .045
| .087
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| TOT
| A
| 47
| 30
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .033
| .065
| .033
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| NY
| A
| 35
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .133
| .133
| .133
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 261
| 205
| 9
| 21
| 1
| 4
| .102
| .128
| .122
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 97
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox from St Paul (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1930).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Gordon Rhodes (August 1, 1932).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Kansas City (American Association) (January 26, 1934).
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