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Wally
Moon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 3, 1930 in Usa, AR, BAY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1957    1958    1959   
All-Star Selections 1957   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1955 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1956 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1957 27 CIN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1958 28 CIN NL $ 2,035,714   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1959 29 CIN NL $ 2,664,286   8 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 8 8
1960 30 DET AL $ 3,221,429   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1961 31 DET AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
1962 32 WOR AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
1963 33 WOR AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1964 34 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1965 35 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1954 24 CIN NL 63 189 23 39 6 1 7 26 5 4 20 21 .206 .281 .360 .641 18.2 0.7
    AAA   81 302 61 92 15 1 12 58 7 6 59 30 .305 .418 .480 .898 60.4  
1955 25 CIN NL 115 375 45 96 21 1 8 35 2 0 50 41 .256 .346 .381 .727 49.0 6.8
1956 26 CIN NL 142 475 62 135 23 6 8 55 4 0 62 52 .284 .365 .408 .774 69.9 13.0
1957 27 CIN NL 153 604 85 162 28 4 14 58 4 8 60 58 .268 .336 .397 .734 77.1 14.2
1958 28 CIN NL 153 577 90 161 25 8 14 57 1 1 71 74 .279 .356 .423 .779 86.9 18.1
1959 29 CIN NL 156 574 90 158 32 6 20 74 8 8 58 77 .275 .340 .456 .796 83.7 15.1
1960 30 CIN NL 78 287 34 76 16 0 8 31 4 2 29 36 .265 .332 .404 .736 35.2 5.8
  DET AL 76 301 50 77 15 6 10 35 4 3 25 26 .256 .314 .445 .759 38.1 5.3
  TOT   154 588 84 153 31 6 18 66 8 5 54 62 .260 .323 .425 .748 73.3 11.2
1961 31 DET AL 126 296 37 80 21 2 3 39 0 0 28 31 .270 .329 .385 .714 35.3 4.6
1962 32 WOR AL 159 564 62 154 21 6 11 56 7 5 52 67 .273 .335 .390 .726 68.5 12.6
1963 33 WOR AL 155 527 56 151 20 2 6 47 25 15 55 82 .287 .354 .366 .720 67.7 12.2
1964 34 BOS AL 128 251 39 70 23 3 2 38 6 11 30 27 .279 .357 .418 .775 33.7 7.1
1965 35 BOS AL 114 229 22 68 9 3 2 25 2 14 11 45 .297 .329 .389 .718 20.5 2.8
12 Years Sim 1618 5249 695 1427 260 48 113 576 72 71 551 637 .272 .341 .404 .745 683.6 118.3
1 Years AAA 81 302 61 92 15 1 12 58 7 6 59 30 .305 .415 .480 .895 60.4  
162 Game Average 525 69 142 26 4 11 57 7 7 55 63 .272 .341 .404 .745 68.4  
Career Highs 159 604 90 162 32 8 20 74 25 15 71 82 .297 .365 .456 .796 86.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3287 445 965 173 34 78 404 41 58 341 335 .294 .359 .438 .797 494.1
vs LH   1962 250 462 87 14 35 172 31 13 210 302 .235 .310 .348 .658 219.4
Home 810 2562 356 691 111 30 60 291 38 36 273 335 .270 .339 .407 .746 351.0
Away 808 2687 339 736 149 18 53 285 34 35 278 302 .274 .342 .402 .744 362.5
RISP   1132 0 305 48 9 29 421 0 0 133 128 .269 .342 .405 .747 161.0
Pinch Hitting   233 34 69 16 4 6 52 2 4 24 32 .296 .359 .476 .835 37.3
Close/Late   686 93 186 28 10 15 95 0 0 76 77 .271 .341 .407 .748 96.5
Mar/Apr 254 864 135 258 46 9 26 118 14 13 91 108 .299 .366 .463 .829 139.5
May 270 868 106 229 44 10 16 101 13 7 80 110 .264 .324 .393 .717 110.6
June 277 907 114 228 46 4 13 75 10 14 99 116 .251 .327 .354 .681 104.3
July 260 864 105 249 49 11 15 85 17 16 86 100 .288 .353 .422 .775 123.5
August 270 838 108 214 39 9 19 95 8 8 99 92 .255 .332 .391 .724 110.9
Sep/Oct 287 908 127 249 36 5 24 102 10 13 96 111 .274 .344 .404 .748 124.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1954 24 CIN NL RF 39 37 312.7 72 1 1 0 .986 2.10   0.7
    1B 7 7 59.0 73 4 0 10 1.000 11.75   0.2
    CF 3 3 24.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 4 2 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35    
1955 25 CIN NL RF 109 101 911.0 200 3 4 3 .981 2.01   2.2
    CF 2 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    1B 1 0 7.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.0
1956 26 CIN NL RF 136 124 1082.3 222 3 2 1 .991 1.87   1.9
    CF 3 1 21.0 4 2 0 2 1.000 2.57    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 27 CIN NL RF 145 138 1212.7 269 1 5 0 .982 2.00   1.6
    LF 6 5 46.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.16    
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1958 28 CIN NL RF 148 140 1228.3 287 7 3 2 .990 2.15   3.2
    LF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    1B 3 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 29 CIN NL RF 145 141 1249.0 282 4 2 1 .993 2.06   2.8
    CF 7 0 15.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 30 CIN NL RF 47 46 397.8 78 0 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.7
    1B 30 28 257.1 281 22 2 25 .993 10.61   0.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL RF 45 44 412.9 81 1 1 1 .988 1.79   2.3
    1B 29 28 266.9 292 23 2 25 .994 10.62   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 92 90 810.7 159 1 1 1 .994 1.78   2.9
      1B 59 56 524.0 573 45 4 50 .994 10.61   1.1
      CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1961 31 DET AL RF 37 36 323.3 53 2 0 2 1.000 1.53   1.5
    1B 25 10 109.0 104 11 1 8 .991 9.50   0.2
    LF 10 10 80.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 8 8 68.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.59    
1962 32 WOR AL CF 147 144 1270.3 324 6 9 2 .973 2.34   2.3
    1B 5 0 9.7 11 1 0 1 1.000 11.18   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1963 33 WOR AL CF 140 138 1231.3 325 11 7 5 .980 2.46   4.5
    1B 8 0 17.0 21 1 0 3 1.000 11.65   0.0
    RF 2 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1964 34 BOS AL 1B 29 21 201.3 231 19 0 17 1.000 11.18   0.5
    LF 17 14 127.0 18 2 0 1 1.000 1.42   0.6
    CF 32 12 126.3 26 1 2 0 .931 1.92    
    RF 11 8 66.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1965 35 BOS AL CF 32 15 144.7 40 2 1 0 .977 2.61   1.0
    RF 20 13 133.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.62    
    LF 15 12 100.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.34    
    1B 10 8 79.0 91 6 1 7 .990 11.05   0.3
  RF 885 828 7337.7 1588 22 18 10 .989 1.97   16.8
  CF 380 323 2929.7 746 23 19 10 .976 2.36   7.8
  1B 148 102 1012.0 1121 87 6 97 .995 10.74   2.4
  LF 59 45 404.3 67 2 0 1 1.000 1.54   0.6
Career Totals   1472 1298 11683.6 3522 134 43 118 .988 2.82   27.6
Career Highs   156 146 1336.7 733 46 9 51 .995 5.41    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 35 BOS AL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1959-8-156
1962-1-159
 At-Bats
1957-2-604
1958-9-577
1959-7-574
 Hits
1959-8-158
 Singles
1957-6-116
1958-5-114
 Doubles
1959-9-32
 Triples
1956-8-6
1958-3-8
1959-6-6
1960-9-6
Stolen Bases
1956-10-4
1959-8-8
1963-10-25
 Caught Stealing
1954-10-4
1957-2-8
1959-4-8
1960-10-3
1963-4-15
1965-6-14
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  2. Dan Thomas (956)
  3. Ken Henderson (953)
  4. Jim Busby (942)
  5. Larry Hisle (941)
  6. Ron Northey (938)
  7. Pete Lacock (938)
  8. Lenny Green (938)
  9. Ollie Brown (937)
  10. Jeffrey Leonard (934)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1954
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1954, off Kent Peterson (NYG)
Injured on 3/19/1955 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6-7 weeks
Had 7 hits with 6 RBI against Detroit on 4/13/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1957, hitting .652 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1957
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,035,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/8/1958 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,221,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 7/1/1960 (Going to CIN: P Mike Cuellar, 1B Johnny Callison, P Dick Ellsworth. Going to DET: RF Wally Moon, P Danny Mcdevitt)
9/22/1960: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/30/1961 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1961, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Released by Worcester on 2/13/1964
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/15/1964 to a 3-year deal worth $1,900,000 per year
 
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