Les Moss

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: May 14, 1925 in Tulsa, OK us

Died: August 29, 2012 in Longwood, FL

Buried: Chapel Hill Cemetery, Orlando, FL

High School: Central HS (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: September 10, 1946 (Age 21-119d, 10,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 1, 1958 (Age 33-110d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: John Lester Moss

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

2234

552

.247

210

RBI

276

OBP

.333

SLG

.369

OPS

.702

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	30-26 / in Starts: 18-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 147 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	101 (54-37-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 147 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	93 (49-28-15)

Most Driven In
Self	10
M MiÃ±oso	5
W Dropo	3
L Doby	2
J Rivera	1
D Philley	1
F Hatfield	0

Most Driven In By
Self	10
S Esposito	3
N Fox	3
J Rivera	2
L Aparicio	1
J Harshman	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	725	21 (20)	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.12	-0.006	.49	-0.02%	-0.28	C
2	726	24 (2)	May 20 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-12	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	.10	-0.003	.29	0.00%	-0.24	C
3	727	28 (3)	May 27 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	10-GF(15)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	2.29	-0.005	6.10	-0.01%	-0.12	C
4	728	30 (1)	May 28	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-6	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.25	0.038	2.83	0.05%	0.21	PH C
5	729	31	May 29	CHW	@	KCA	W,7-4	GS-12	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.500	.773	7	.91	0.009	1.86	0.01%	0.23	C
6	730	33 (1)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.929	1.262	7	.40	0.108	1.17	0.19%	1.79	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	731	36 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.765	1.115	7	.34	0.002	.94	0.00%	-0.52	C
8	732	39 (2)	Jun 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.238	.360	.667	1.027	7	.68	0.006	2.21	0.01%	-0.40	C
9	733	40	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-5	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.682	1.066	6	.10	0.004	.30	0.01%	0.13	C
10	734	41	Jun 8	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.652	1.023	9	1.07	-0.028	3.68	-0.06%	-0.19	C
11	735	44 (2)	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.625	.982	8	2.49	-0.064	12.51	-0.19%	-0.44	PH
12	736	49 (4)	Jun 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,20-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.357	.625	.982	6						C
13	737	50	Jun 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,4-10	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.364	.571	.935	7	.66	-0.040	2.51	-0.09%	-0.87	C
14	738	54 (3)	Jun 21	CHW		BAL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.516	.849	7	.83	-0.074	3.05	-0.16%	-0.87	C
15	739	57 (2)	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,14-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.219	.324	.500	.824	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.66	C
16	740	62 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,13-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.316	.485	.801	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
17	741	63	Jun 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.310	.459	.769	7	.75	0.016	4.06	0.05%	-0.38	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	742	65 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.311	.436	.747	7	.76	-0.015	4.31	-0.05%	-0.09	C
19	743	70 (4)	Jul 6	CHW		DET	W,14-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.304	.425	.729	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
20	744	71	Jul 7	CHW		DET	L,8-12	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.292	.405	.696	5	.62	-0.031	2.56	-0.08%	-0.36	C
21	745	72	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		DET	L,5-17	4-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.275	.378	.652	3	.01	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.80	C
22	746	78 (5)	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.396	.692	8	.97	0.032	2.48	0.05%	0.53	C
23	747	80 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.365	.641	6	1.02	-0.100	1.02	-0.06%	-0.96	C
24	748	81	Jul 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.276	.365	.641	8						C
25	749	84 (2)	Jul 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.306	.491	.797	7	.80	0.321	.45	0.11%	2.89	C
26	750	85	Jul 23	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.323	.491	.814	7	1.12	0.094	.72	0.04%	0.90	C
27	751	88 (2)	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.230	.319	.525	.843	6	.94	-0.019	.69	-0.01%	-0.30	C
28	752	90 (1)	Jul 28	CHW		BOS	L,1-13	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.319	.516	.835	6	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH C
29	753	92 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.315	.508	.823	6	.12	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.25	C
30	754	93	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.311	.500	.811	9	3.48	-0.099	.26	-0.01%	-0.37	PH C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	755	95 (1)	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.308	.529	.836	6	1.95	0.195	.10	0.01%	0.48	C
32	756	96	Aug 3	CHW		BAL	W,13-3	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.313	.573	.887	6	.57	0.178	.04	0.01%	2.01	C
33	757	97	Aug 4	CHW		BAL	W,15-4	GS-7	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.615	.949	6	.75	0.217	.10	0.02%	2.13	C
34	758	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.593	.922	6	3.88	-0.396	.60	-0.04%	-1.58	C
35	759	100 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.337	.588	.925	7	1.81	0.079	.16	0.00%	1.04	C
36	760	102 (1)	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.333	.581	.915	9	2.14	-0.061	.45	-0.01%	-0.37	PH
37	761	103	Aug 9	CHW		CLE	W,9-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.327	.568	.895	6	1.14	-0.062	.24	-0.01%	-0.79	C
38	762	106 (2)	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.323	.562	.885	8	.15	-0.004	.03	0.00%	-0.11	PH
39	763	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.323	.562	.885	6						C
40	764	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	KCA	W,10-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.323	.562	.885	6						C
41	765	110 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		DET	W,4-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.330	.562	.892	8	2.29	0.073	.26	0.01%	0.39	PH
42	766	111	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.330	.549	.880	6	1.74	-0.125	.37	-0.02%	-1.51	C
43	767	116 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.336	.547	.884	7	.58	0.065	.15	0.01%	1.10	C
44	768	120 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.333	.531	.864	6	.66	-0.030	.23	-0.01%	-0.46	C
45	769	122 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.330	.549	.879	6	.60	0.053	.19	0.01%	1.29	C
46	770	125 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.336	.553	.890	8	7.16	0.200	1.29	0.02%	0.67	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	771	128 (2)	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.342	.547	.889	5	.93	0.072	.07	0.00%	0.39	C
48	772	130 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		DET	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.339	.545	.884	7	.37	-0.050	.03	0.00%	-0.87	C
49	773	134 (3)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.336	.541	.877	9	.43	-0.011	.03	0.00%	-0.17	PH
50	774	135	Sep 9 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.341	.544	.885	6	.26	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.48	C
51	775	137 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.333	.530	.863	7	1.68	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-1.57	C
52	776	139 (1)	Sep 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.331	.525	.856	8	2.29	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
53	777	141 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.336	.529	.865	7	.72	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.51	C
54	778	142	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.333	.520	.853	6	.72	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-1.89	C
55	779	147 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		KCA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.248	.333	.520	.853	5						C
56	780	154 (6)	Sep 30	CHW	@	KCA	L,6-7	GS-8	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.338	.512	.850	6	1.21	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.45	C
							30-26		147	127	20	31	4	0	10	22	18	0	15	0	2	0	1	8	0	0	.244	.338	.512	.850		1.01	0.211	1.05	-0.21%	0.06

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