Wally Moon

Full Name: Wallace Wade Moon	Primary Position: OF,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/169	First Game: April 13, 1954
Birthdate: April 3, 1930	Final Game: September 12, 1965
Birthplace: Bay, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography

Wally Moon (Wallace Wade Moon) was born on April 3, 1930 in Bay, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1954 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .304 with 12 home runs and 76 RBI. Moon played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Wally Moon's best season was 1954, when he hit for a .304 average and knocked in 76 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	STL	N	151	635	106	193	12	76	.304	.371	.435	29	9	71	73	1	2	18	3	10
1955	STL	N	152	593	86	175	19	76	.295	.349	.459	24	8	47	65	3	1	11	4	11
1956	STL	N	149	540	86	161	16	68	.298	.390	.469	22	11	80	50	1	1	12	7	13
1957	STL	N	142	516	86	152	24	73	.295	.367	.508	28	5	62	57	1	0	5	12	14
1958	STL	N	108	290	36	69	7	38	.238	.342	.366	10	3	47	30	0	1	2	5	9
1959	LA	N	145	543	93	164	19	74	.302	.394	.495	26	11	81	64	3	8	15	1	9
1960	LA	N	138	469	74	140	13	69	.299	.383	.452	21	6	67	53	1	4	6	4	21
1961	LA	N	134	463	79	152	17	88	.328	.434	.505	25	3	89	79	1	4	7	9	9
1962	LA	N	95	244	36	59	4	31	.242	.326	.336	9	1	30	33	1	2	5	3	6
1963	LA	N	122	343	41	90	8	48	.262	.345	.382	13	2	45	43	1	4	5	5	12
1964	LA	N	68	118	8	26	2	9	.220	.292	.305	2	1	12	22	0	2	1	3	4
1965	LA	N	53	89	6	18	1	11	.202	.304	.270	3	0	13	22	0	2	2	3	3
Total			1457	4843	737	1399	142	661	.289	.371	.445	212	60	644	591	13	31	89	59	121

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1954	STL	N	LF	9	8	73	11	1	1	0	.923
1954	STL	N	OF	148	148	1345.1	387	11	9	2	.978
1954	STL	N	CF	140	140	1272.1	370	9	8	2	.979
1955	STL	N	OF	100	0	0	188	5	5	1	.975
1955	STL	N	1B	51	0	0	445	34	7	40	.986
1956	STL	N	OF	97	0	0	159	8	2	2	.988
1956	STL	N	1B	52	0	0	498	47	9	52	.984
1957	STL	N	LF	89	81	741.1	159	2	7	1	.958
1957	STL	N	RF	48	43	392.2	71	5	1	0	.987
1957	STL	N	OF	133	132	1210.2	245	8	9	1	.966
1957	STL	N	CF	13	8	76.2	15	0	1	0	.938
1958	STL	N	OF	82	75	671.2	122	5	2	0	.984
1958	STL	N	CF	8	8	54	17	0	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	RF	54	38	366.1	61	2	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	LF	31	29	251.1	44	2	2	0	.958
1959	LA	N	RF	32	28	228.2	35	4	1	0	.975
1959	LA	N	OF	143	141	1271	224	13	4	2	.983
1959	LA	N	CF	4	3	20	5	0	0	0	1.000
1959	LA	N	LF	125	110	1022.1	185	9	3	2	.985
1959	LA	N	1B	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000
1960	LA	N	RF	24	21	183	27	0	0	0	1.000
1960	LA	N	OF	127	120	1079.2	194	15	3	3	.986
1960	LA	N	LF	109	99	896.2	168	14	3	3	.984
1961	LA	N	RF	19	18	136	22	0	1	0	.957
1961	LA	N	OF	133	131	1105	186	5	6	1	.970
1961	LA	N	LF	126	113	969	159	5	5	1	.970
1962	LA	N	LF	24	13	133.2	35	2	1	1	.974
1962	LA	N	OF	36	25	226.1	51	2	1	1	.981
1962	LA	N	RF	12	12	92.2	17	0	0	0	1.000
1962	LA	N	1B	33	32	272	249	18	6	28	.978
1963	LA	N	RF	61	48	439.2	60	1	5	0	.924
1963	LA	N	LF	48	42	330.1	57	1	0	0	1.000
1963	LA	N	OF	96	90	779.2	125	2	5	0	.962
1963	LA	N	CF	2	0	9.2	3	0	0	0	1.000
1964	LA	N	OF	23	22	191	33	0	0	0	1.000
1964	LA	N	RF	17	17	145	21	1	0	0	1.000
1964	LA	N	LF	6	5	46	12	0	0	0	1.000
1965	LA	N	OF	23	18	157.1	25	1	0	0	1.000
1965	LA	N	RF	13	12	94	18	1	0	0	1.000
1965	LA	N	LF	10	6	63.1	7	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	137	32	275	1194	99	22	120	.983
Total			OF	1141	902	8037.2	1939	75	46	13	.978
Total			CF	167	159	1432.2	410	9	9	2	.979
Total			RF	280	237	2078	332	14	8	0	.977
Total			LF	577	506	4527	837	36	22	8	.975

Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1950).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Phil Paine to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Gino Cimoli (December 4, 1958).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 22, 1965).

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