Les
Moss
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 14, 1925 in Usa, OK, TULSA
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 21 STL NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1947 22 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1948 23 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1949 24 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1950 25 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 6 6
1951 26 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1952 27 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
1953 28 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1954 29 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1955 30 STL NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1956 31 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1957 32 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1958 33 STL NL $ 350,000   3 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
1959 34 STL NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1960 35 STL NL $ 350,000   2 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
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
1946 21 AA   136 485 76 139 20 3 26 73 5 3 74 63 .287 .381 .501 .882 91.8  
    A   1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0  
1947 22 AA   129 466 71 131 18 1 22 55 1 3 94 53 .281 .402 .466 .867 89.7  
1948 23 AA   137 544 83 156 18 1 27 88 2 1 109 75 .287 .406 .472 .878 107.7  
1949 24 AA   137 512 79 143 17 3 27 101 2 2 91 70 .279 .388 .482 .870 97.5  
1950 25 AA   137 501 81 135 21 2 27 81 1 0 95 68 .269 .386 .481 .867 95.9  
1951 26 AA   137 493 78 150 26 0 24 83 1 1 96 63 .304 .418 .503 .921 102.9  
1952 27 AA   137 502 82 145 26 1 21 68 2 1 97 75 .289 .404 .470 .874 97.2  
1953 28 STL NL 9 29 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 .345 .406 .379 .786 3.8 0.6
    AA   135 519 72 123 20 2 23 58 2 2 74 94 .237 .332 .416 .748 75.5  
1954 29 STL NL 21 27 2 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 .185 .267 .333 .600 2.3 0.0
1955 30 STL NL 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1956 31 STL NL 53 105 14 31 10 1 4 24 0 0 10 19 .295 .357 .524 .880 16.4 2.8
1957 32 STL NL 128 344 28 67 16 2 5 35 2 1 39 71 .195 .275 .297 .571 28.8 0.6
1958 33 STL NL 115 391 26 68 11 2 11 34 0 0 26 89 .174 .224 .297 .520 22.5 0.0
1959 34 STL NL 15 42 1 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 12 .214 .283 .262 .545 2.2 0.0
    A   83 299 38 60 11 1 13 41 1 1 30 57 .201 .274 .375 .648 32.3  
1960 35 A   133 417 44 82 15 2 14 56 0 1 51 82 .197 .284 .343 .627 43.4  
7 Years Sim 350 946 77 191 41 5 21 105 2 1 85 197 .202 .266 .322 .589 75.8 4.0
8 Years AA 1085 4022 622 1122 166 13 197 607 16 13 730 561 .279 .389 .474 .863 758.2  
3 Years A 217 720 82 142 26 3 27 97 1 2 82 140 .197 .278 .354 .632 75.7  
11 Years Minors 1302 4742 704 1264 192 16 224 704 17 15 812 701 .267 .373 .456 .829 833.9  
162 Game Average 437 35 88 18 2 9 48 0 0 39 91 .202 .266 .322 .589 35.1  
Career Highs 128 391 28 68 16 2 11 35 2 1 39 89 .345 .406 .524 .880 28.8  
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   459 43 88 19 1 9 54 0 0 52 106 .192 .272 .296 .569 39.2
vs LH   487 34 103 22 4 12 51 2 1 33 91 .211 .260 .347 .607 44.2
Home 172 471 45 96 19 2 13 55 1 0 38 94 .204 .262 .335 .598 42.6
Away 178 475 32 95 22 3 8 50 1 1 47 103 .200 .270 .309 .579 40.8
RISP   219 0 46 7 2 5 76 0 0 17 49 .210 .260 .329 .589 19.5
Pinch Hitting   79 4 10 4 0 0 6 0 0 10 13 .127 .222 .177 .399 2.7
Close/Late   119 9 27 5 0 2 17 0 0 15 20 .227 .311 .319 .630 12.7
Mar/Apr 52 132 13 27 8 1 3 9 0 0 15 21 .205 .284 .348 .632 13.6
May 59 168 10 30 6 0 3 21 0 0 17 38 .179 .251 .268 .519 11.7
June 39 108 7 14 2 1 1 7 1 1 4 32 .130 .159 .194 .354 1.1
July 55 159 15 36 4 1 6 22 0 0 15 31 .226 .291 .377 .669 18.4
August 71 167 9 30 11 1 0 17 1 0 20 34 .180 .266 .257 .523 11.8
Sep/Oct 73 212 23 54 10 1 8 29 0 0 14 41 .255 .301 .425 .725 26.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1953 28 STL NL C 7 5 48.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 7.31 1 0 .000 1 0.3
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 29 STL NL C 6 3 33.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 6.95 0 0 .000 1 0.1
1955 30 STL NL C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 31 STL NL C 15 15 118.0 113 3 0 1 1.000 8.85 5 1 .200 0 1.3
    1B 15 4 61.7 63 2 0 7 1.000 9.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1957 32 STL NL 1B 73 67 561.0 591 45 4 56 .994 10.20 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 26 25 214.0 147 6 1 0 .994 6.43 3 2 .667 0 0.6
1958 33 STL NL C 114 111 990.3 627 33 0 1 1.000 6.00 25 12 .480 3 8.2
1959 34 STL NL C 13 12 108.0 91 5 0 0 1.000 8.00 2 1 .500 1 0.5
  C 182 171 1513.0 1042 48 1 2 .999 6.48 36 16 .444 6 11.0
  1B 89 72 631.7 667 47 4 63 .994 10.17 0 0 .000 0 1.6
Career Totals   271 243 2144.7 1709 95 5 65 .997 7.57 36 16 .444 6 12.6
Career Highs   114 111 990.3 738 51 5 56 1.000 9.16 25 12 .667 3  
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
1953 28 STL NL 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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  1. Hal King (974)
  2. Pat Collins (974)
  3. Greg Myers (971)
  4. Sal Butera (971)
  5. Mark Salas (970)
  6. Johnny Schulte (969)
  7. John Boccabella (969)
  8. Dan Graham (968)
  9. John Wockenfuss (966)
  10. Charlie Moore (966)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 19th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1946
Injured on 7/23/1947 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/24/1947 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 3/5/1948 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 4/16/1951 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/8/1953, off Kent Peterson (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1954, off Tom Morgan (BRK)
Won World Series with St. Louis in 1954
Released by St. Louis on 9/22/1955
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 7/1/1956 to a minor league deal
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with St. Louis
Injured on 5/31/1958 with a Jammed Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration