Billy
Moran
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 27, 1933 in Usa, AL, MONTGOMERY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964   
Gold Glove 1964   
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
1958 24 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 25 STL NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1961 27 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1962 28 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1963 29 STL NL $ 1,459,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1964 30 STL NL $ 1,459,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1965 31 STL NL $ 1,459,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1966 32 OAK AL $ 2,995,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1967 33 OAK AL $ 2,995,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1968 34 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1969 35 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1970 36 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1971 37 OAK AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,995,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 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
1958 24 AAA   137 479 61 143 16 0 13 59 6 4 29 59 .299 .339 .413 .752 64.6  
1959 25 AAA   114 434 56 113 22 1 12 51 6 3 25 70 .260 .301 .399 .699 51.0  
1960 26 STL NL 91 184 15 42 4 2 7 19 0 0 6 30 .228 .253 .386 .639 16.8 1.5
1961 27 STL NL 155 511 46 132 24 6 12 58 0 0 17 63 .258 .281 .399 .680 52.3 6.9
1962 28 STL NL 111 334 39 85 16 0 10 55 0 0 11 40 .254 .275 .392 .667 36.0 6.2
1963 29 STL NL 110 324 34 72 19 0 7 35 2 1 13 33 .222 .255 .346 .601 25.1 1.7
1964 30 STL NL 134 432 55 112 21 4 6 41 0 1 22 48 .259 .299 .368 .667 45.4 6.9
1965 31 STL NL 41 62 5 13 1 0 1 8 0 0 5 9 .210 .269 .274 .543 4.5 0.0
1966 32 OAK AL 144 484 46 128 18 1 16 68 0 0 24 48 .264 .300 .405 .705 55.2 9.5
1967 33 OAK AL 155 515 46 149 19 2 6 63 3 2 20 69 .289 .316 .369 .685 55.1 10.4
1968 34 OAK AL 15 34 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .206 .382 0.6 0.0
    AAA   55 205 11 65 7 2 0 16 1 0 13 37 .317 .358 .371 .729 26.3  
1969 35 DET AL 58 149 13 29 5 0 0 7 1 0 10 36 .195 .242 .228 .470 7.7 0.0
1970 36 DET AL 130 451 37 92 10 1 2 29 1 0 22 107 .204 .241 .244 .485 22.9 0.0
1971 37 AAA   131 475 51 116 18 2 1 42 2 1 31 101 .244 .291 .297 .587 40.1  
11 Years Sim 1144 3480 337 860 138 16 67 384 7 4 150 491 .247 .279 .354 .632 321.7 43.0
4 Years AAA 437 1593 179 437 63 5 26 168 15 8 98 267 .274 .320 .369 .689 182.0  
162 Game Average 492 47 121 19 2 9 54 0 0 21 69 .247 .279 .354 .632 45.6  
Career Highs 155 515 55 149 24 6 16 68 3 2 24 107 .289 .316 .405 .705 55.2  
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   2440 244 604 103 9 44 281 6 4 103 327 .248 .278 .351 .630 229.4
vs LH   1040 93 256 35 7 23 103 1 0 47 164 .246 .279 .360 .639 102.0
Home 586 1747 157 423 70 9 33 194 5 2 87 261 .242 .279 .349 .628 165.5
Away 558 1733 180 437 68 7 34 190 2 2 63 230 .252 .279 .358 .637 165.9
RISP   780 0 212 29 1 19 306 0 0 44 93 .272 .307 .385 .691 91.2
Pinch Hitting   93 7 14 0 0 3 7 0 0 6 14 .151 .202 .247 .449 4.3
Close/Late   354 33 91 11 2 9 32 0 0 18 46 .257 .295 .376 .671 38.3
Mar/Apr 194 605 59 156 17 1 13 74 2 0 27 73 .258 .288 .354 .642 60.9
May 196 613 57 145 22 4 16 68 2 1 21 94 .237 .263 .364 .626 56.8
June 196 565 66 137 28 0 18 69 2 1 31 90 .242 .282 .388 .670 61.1
July 185 594 54 150 26 2 6 57 0 0 23 73 .253 .280 .333 .613 52.6
August 205 638 51 149 30 2 8 64 1 0 29 91 .234 .269 .324 .594 52.8
Sep/Oct 168 465 50 123 15 7 6 52 0 2 19 70 .265 .294 .366 .660 47.2
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
1960 26 STL NL 2B 43 38 331.0 85 138 2 23 .991 6.06   1.1
    3B 10 2 25.0 2 6 0 3 1.000 2.88   0.1
    SS 6 3 24.0 2 9 0 3 1.000 4.13   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 27 STL NL SS 134 134 1085.7 138 408 14 67 .975 4.53   2.9
    3B 23 19 165.3 2 41 4 4 .915 2.34   0.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 28 STL NL SS 95 88 734.0 116 301 6 60 .986 5.11   4.3
    LF 7 7 58.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.1
    3B 3 2 18.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1963 29 STL NL SS 98 96 773.0 114 307 8 47 .981 4.90   3.8
    LF 7 6 54.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.2
    1B 1 1 9.0 12 2 0 2 1.000 14.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 30 STL NL SS 131 131 1061.0 153 413 10 70 .983 4.80   5.4
    LF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
    3B 3 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
1965 31 STL NL SS 11 7 61.0 14 21 1 7 .972 5.16   0.3
    LF 6 3 27.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.1
    2B 4 0 13.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
    1B 3 1 13.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 12.46   0.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1966 32 OAK AL SS 117 115 984.3 128 371 8 59 .984 4.56   3.1
    LF 20 17 146.0 22 1 0 1 1.000 1.42   0.2
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 33 OAK AL SS 147 145 1209.3 185 480 17 97 .975 4.95   6.3
    LF 4 4 30.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    2B 2 0 6.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 34 OAK AL SS 7 6 53.0 2 25 0 2 1.000 4.58   0.2
    2B 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 2 1.000 8.00   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1969 35 DET AL 2B 18 18 152.0 53 68 5 16 .960 7.16   0.7
    3B 15 0 31.3 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.16   0.2
    SS 5 0 21.7 3 7 0 2 1.000 4.16   0.1
    1B 4 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 36 DET AL RF 85 84 738.3 160 2 12 1 .931 1.97   0.9
    3B 31 29 265.3 22 77 2 8 .980 3.36   0.8
    SS 10 3 40.3 6 16 1 5 .957 4.91   0.2
    LF 6 4 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58    
  SS 761 728 6047.3 861 2358 65 419 .980 4.79   26.7
  RF 85 84 738.3 160 2 12 1 .931 1.97   0.9
  3B 92 52 526.6 29 138 6 15 .965 2.85   1.5
  2B 71 57 514.3 145 217 7 42 .981 6.33   2.0
  LF 53 43 374.3 63 1 0 1 1.000 1.54   0.6
  1B 10 3 37.0 45 4 0 4 1.000 11.92   0.1
Career Totals   1072 967 8237.9 1303 2720 90 482 .978 4.40   31.9
Career Highs   158 153 1252.0 195 481 18 97 1.000 6.36    
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
1963 29 STL NL 9 30 5 9 2 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 .300 .344 .533 .877
1967 33 OAK AL 5 19 1 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .368 .368 .579 .947
Career Post-Season Batting 14 49 6 16 6 1 1 8 0 0 2 2 .327 .353 .551 .904
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.
Singles
1967-9-122
Triples
1961-3-6
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 42nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1958
Injured on 6/4/1958 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/9/1959 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 6/1/1959 (Going to STL: 3B Billy Moran. Going to NYG: LF Hank Edwards)
Had first career hit on 4/4/1960, off Frank Baumann (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1960, off Sam Jones (BSN)
Injured on 6/29/1960 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,459,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,459,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,459,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/16/1966 to a 4-year deal worth $2,995,000 per year
Injured on 5/25/1966 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Traded from Oakland to Los Angeles on 7/1/1968 (Going to OAK: P Bob Blaylock. Going to LAD: 1B Mike Hegan, SS Billy Moran)
Released by Los Angeles on 9/22/1968
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/7/1969 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1971 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/15/1971 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/9/1971 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week