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