Mo Vaughn

Full Name: Maurice Samuel Vaughn	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/225	First Game: June 27, 1991
Birthdate: December 15, 1967	Final Game: May 2, 2003
Birthplace: Norwalk, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography[]

Mo Vaughn (Maurice Samuel Vaughn) was born on December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He made his Major League debut on June 27, 1991 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1991, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 4 home runs and 32 RBI. Vaughn played for the Boston Red Sox, Anaheim Angels and New York Mets over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Mo Vaughn's best season was 1996, when he slugged 44 home runs, hit for a .326 average and knocked in 143 runs.

Vaughn was also one of the players named in baseball's Mitchell Report. According to the report, Glenallen Hill was the person that referred Vaughn to former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski. Vaughn allegedly bought HGH from Radomski starting in 2001. Radomski produced 3 checks from Vaughn, all for HGH, because Vaughn was "afraid of the big needles." Vaughn's name, as well as his address and a phone number, is listed in Radomski's seized address book.

Like many other players, Vaughn declined to meet with investigators for the Mitchell Report.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	BOS	A	74	219	21	57	4	32	.260	.339	.370	12	0	26	43	2	2	2	7
1992	BOS	A	113	355	42	83	13	57	.234	.326	.400	16	2	47	67	3	3	7	8
1993	BOS	A	152	539	86	160	29	101	.297	.390	.525	34	1	79	130	8	4	23	14
1994	BOS	A	111	394	65	122	26	82	.310	.408	.576	25	1	57	112	10	4	20	7
1995	BOS	A	140	550	98	165	39	126	.300	.388	.575	28	3	68	150	14	11	17	17
1996	BOS	A	161	635	118	207	44	143	.326	.420	.583	29	1	95	154	14	2	19	17
1997	BOS	A	141	527	91	166	35	96	.315	.420	.560	24	0	86	154	12	2	17	10
1998	BOS	A	154	609	107	205	40	115	.337	.402	.591	31	2	61	144	8	0	13	13
1999	ANA	A	139	524	63	147	33	108	.281	.358	.508	20	0	54	127	11	0	7	11
2000	ANA	A	161	614	93	167	36	117	.272	.365	.498	31	0	79	181	14	2	11	14
2002	NY	N	139	487	67	126	26	72	.259	.349	.456	18	0	59	145	10	0	6	15
2003	NY	N	27	79	10	15	3	15	.190	.323	.329	2	0	14	22	2	0	2	2
Total	NL		166	566	77	141	29	87	.249	.346	.438	20	0	73	167	12	0	8	17
Total	AL		1346	4966	784	1479	299	977	.298	.387	.533	250	10	652	1262	96	30	136	118
Total			1512	5532	861	1620	328	1064	.293	.383	.523	270	10	725	1429	108	30	144	135

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1991	BOS	A	1B	49	47	358	378	26	6	43	0	.985
1991	BOS	A	DH	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	BOS	A	DH	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	BOS	A	1B	85	82	720.2	741	57	15	76	0	.982
1993	BOS	A	1B	131	130	1129.1	1110	70	16	104	0	.987
1993	BOS	A	DH	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	BOS	A	1B	106	105	920.1	880	57	10	103	0	.989
1994	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	BOS	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	BOS	A	1B	138	138	1225.2	1262	95	11	128	0	.992
1996	BOS	A	1B	146	146	1309	1207	74	15	123	0	.988
1996	BOS	A	DH	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	BOS	A	1B	131	131	1137	1088	75	14	117	0	.988
1997	BOS	A	DH	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	BOS	A	1B	142	142	1238.1	1176	90	12	91	0	.991
1998	BOS	A	DH	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	ANA	A	DH	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	ANA	A	1B	72	72	598	584	35	3	62	0	.995
2000	ANA	A	1B	147	147	1265.2	1257	68	14	156	0	.990
2000	ANA	A	DH	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	NY	N	1B	134	131	1124.2	1085	47	18	95	1	.984
2003	NY	N	1B	24	24	176.1	179	8	5	21	0	.974
Total			DH	175	170	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1305	1295	11203	10947	702	139	1119	1	.988

Transactions[]

Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (23rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 20, 1989).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 11, 1998).
Traded by Anaheim Angels to New York Mets in exchange for Kevin Appier (December 27, 2001).

Trivia[]

Now runs a real estate development company, per MetsBlog