Les Moss 1953 Game by Game Batting Logs

Les Moss appeared in 77 Major League games during the 1953 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Moss appeared in, specifically relating to his 1953 hitting statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Moss started during that game at the first position listed in the Position(s) column. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"Les Moss was introduced to sports page readers as the 'greatest find in professional baseball,' according to his enthusiastic manager Jerry Tiemann, skipper of the Americus Pioneers in the Class D Georgia-Florida League. Moss was 17 years old at the time. He'd been signed by St. Louis Browns scout Jack Fournier in October 1941, when he was 16, and optioned to Americus." - Baseball Historian Bill Nowlin (SABR Baseball Biography Project, 'Les Moss', Source)
Les Moss 1953 Game by Game Batting Logs

In Chronological Order / Les Moss Stats

04-14-1953 *vs Tigers4131001000000.750.7501.000c
04-16-1953 *at White Sox4000000000000.375.375.500c
04-17-1953 *at White Sox4121002000000.417.417.583c
04-18-1953 *at Tigers5010001001000.353.353.471c
04-18-1953 *at Tigers4000000000000.286.286.381c
04-19-1953 *at Tigers2010001000100.304.333.391c
04-24-1953vs White Sox1000000000000.292.320.375ph
04-25-1953 *vs White Sox3010000100000.296.345.370c
04-26-1953 *vs White Sox3211000100000.300.364.400c
04-28-1953vs Yankees1000000000000.290.353.387ph
04-30-1953 *vs Senators3000000001000.265.324.353c
 April 1953 Totals
34 4 9 3 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 .265 .324 .353 -
05-03-1953 *vs Red Sox3000000101000.243.317.324c
05-05-1953 *vs Athletics4021000001000.268.333.366c
05-06-1953 *vs Athletics5222000000000.283.340.413c
05-08-1953 *vs Indians2000001101000.271.340.396c
05-09-1953 *vs Indians3000000001000.255.321.373c
05-12-1953 *at Athletics5120012000000.268.328.429c
05-13-1953 *at Athletics4110000000000.267.323.417c
05-17-1953 *at Yankees5041003001000.308.357.462c
05-19-1953at Red Sox1000000000000.303.352.455ph
05-20-1953 *at Red Sox3010001000000.304.351.449c
05-25-1953 *vs White Sox3000000001000.292.338.431c
05-29-1953at Tigers1110000110000.301.354.438c
05-30-1953 *at Tigers4220003100000.312.369.442c
05-31-1953 *at White Sox4010000100000.309.371.432c
 May 1953 Totals
47 7 16 4 0 1 10 5 1 6 0 0 0 .340 .404 .489 -
06-03-1953vs Senators0000000000000.309.371.432c
06-06-1953vs Yankees2010000000000.313.374.434ph,c
06-07-1953 *vs Yankees3030000000000.337.394.453c
06-07-1953 *vs Yankees4000000001000.322.378.433c
06-09-1953 *vs Red Sox4120000001000.330.382.436c
06-10-1953 *vs Red Sox4110001001000.327.377.429c
06-12-1953 *vs Athletics4010000000000.324.373.422c
06-13-1953 *vs Athletics4000000000000.311.360.406c
06-16-1953 *at Yankees3100000100000.303.356.394c
06-18-1953 *at Yankees4010000000000.301.352.389c
06-19-1953 *at Red Sox3000000002000.293.344.379c
06-23-1953 *at Senators4000000000000.283.333.367c
06-26-1953 *at Athletics4111002000000.282.331.371c
 June 1953 Totals
43 4 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 .233 .250 .256 -
07-04-1953vs White Sox1000000000000.280.328.368c
07-04-1953vs White Sox1000000000000.278.326.365ph
07-05-1953vs Tigers3000000100000.271.324.357ph,c
07-05-1953 *vs Tigers3000000002000.265.317.348c
07-06-1953vs Tigers1010000000000.271.322.353c
07-17-1953vs Yankees0000000000000.271.322.353ph
07-19-1953 *vs Senators4110011001000.270.320.372c
07-23-1953vs Athletics1010000000000.275.324.377c
07-24-1953 *vs Red Sox4010000001000.275.322.373c
07-26-1953 *vs Red Sox4010000001000.274.321.370c
07-29-1953at Athletics1000000000000.272.318.367ph
 July 1953 Totals
23 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .217 .250 .348 -
08-01-1953 *at Yankees4010000000000.272.317.364c
08-03-1953 *at Yankees3010000101000.273.321.364c
08-04-1953 *at Red Sox4010000000000.272.320.361c
08-09-1953 *at Senators4010001000000.272.318.358c
08-09-1953 *at Senators4000000001000.265.311.349c
08-11-1953 *vs Tigers3011001000000.266.311.355c
08-13-1953vs Tigers0000000000000.266.311.355c
08-19-1953 *at White Sox4131101000010.277.321.382c
08-23-1953 *at Indians4011000000000.277.319.384c
08-27-1953vs Athletics0000000000000.277.319.384c
08-28-1953vs Athletics0000000000000.277.319.384c
08-30-1953 *vs Senators4121000000000.282.323.392c
08-31-1953 *vs Senators3010000000000.283.323.391c
 August 1953 Totals
37 2 12 4 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 .324 .342 .486 -
09-03-1953 *vs Yankees1100000301000.281.332.389c
09-04-1953 *vs Tigers4131001100000.291.343.402c
09-05-1953 *vs Tigers4000000001000.285.337.394c
09-06-1953 *vs Tigers3010000101000.286.340.393c
09-09-1953 *at Senators4010001001000.285.338.390c
09-09-1953 *at Senators4010000001000.284.336.387c
09-11-1953 *at Red Sox3010001101000.285.339.386c
09-12-1953 *at Red Sox5021002002000.288.341.392c
09-13-1953 *at Athletics4020000000000.292.343.394c
09-16-1953 *at Yankees4000000001000.286.338.386c
09-17-1953 *at Yankees4110001100000.286.339.384c
09-20-1953 *at White Sox3000000001000.282.335.379c
09-22-1953 *at Tigers4010000101000.281.336.377c
09-25-1953 *vs White Sox4010000000000.281.335.374c
09-27-1953 *vs White Sox4000000000000.276.329.368c
 September 1953 Totals
55 3 14 2 0 0 6 8 0 11 0 0 0 .255 .349 .291 -
 1953 Yearly Totals 239 21 66 14 1 2 28 18 1 31 1 1 0 .276 .329 .368 -

Les Moss 1953 Game by Game Batting Logs



Did you know that Les Moss appeared in 42 games at home, had 112 at-bats, drove in 6 runs, scored 11 times, had 31 hits (8 doubles / 0 triples / 1 home runs), walked 10 times (0 intentional), struck out 17 times, was hit by a pitcher 0 times, sacrificed 0 times (0 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .276 batting average, .336 on base percentage and .375 slugging average?

On the road, Les Moss appeared in 35 games, had 127 at-bats, drove in 22 runs, scored 10 times, had 35 hits (6 doubles / 1 triples / 1 home runs), walked 8 times (1 intentional), struck out 14 times, was hit by a pitcher 1 times, sacrificed 1 times (1 hits & 0 flies), and finished at home with a .275 batting average, .323 on base percentage and .362 slugging average?

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