Les Moss was born on Thursday, May 14, 1925, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Moss was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1946, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Les Moss baseball stats page.
"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 MossLes Moss Autograph on a 1991 Tip-Top Bread Reprint |
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Les MossLes Moss Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Les MossLes Moss Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1946 | 21 | Browns | 12 | 35 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | .371 | .436 | .457 |
1947 | 22 | Browns | 96 | 274 | 17 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 48 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | .157 | .255 | .255 |
1948 | 23 | Browns | 107 | 335 | 35 | 86 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 7 | - | 0 | 16 | .257 | .334 | .424 |
1949 | 24 | Browns | 97 | 278 | 28 | 81 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 49 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | .291 | .399 | .439 |
1950 | 25 | Browns | 84 | 222 | 24 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | 0 | 7 | .266 | .343 | .401 |
1951 | 26 | Browns | 16 | 47 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | .170 | .264 | .277 |
1951 | 26 | Red Sox | 71 | 202 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 4 | - | 1 | 9 | .198 | .289 | .272 |
1952 | 27 | Browns | 52 | 118 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | - | 0 | 6 | .246 | .331 | .347 |
1953 | 28 | Browns | 78 | 239 | 21 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | .276 | .329 | .368 |
1954 | 29 | Orioles | 50 | 126 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .246 | .321 | .270 |
1955 | 30 | Orioles | 29 | 56 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .339 | .413 | .464 |
1955 | 30 | White Sox | 32 | 59 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .333 | .390 |
1956 | 31 | White Sox | 56 | 127 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .244 | .338 | .512 |
1957 | 32 | White Sox | 42 | 115 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .270 | .375 | .348 |
1958 | 33 | White Sox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
13 Years | 824 | 2,234 | 210 | 552 | 75 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 276 | 282 | 13 | 316 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 80 | .247 | .333 | .369 |
Les MossLes Moss Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1946 Browns | C | 12 | 10 | 237 | 62 | 5.2 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 6.84 |
1947 Browns | C | 96 | 84 | 2,058 | 412 | 4.3 | 405 | 362 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | .983 | 5.31 |
1948 Browns | C | 103 | 88 | 2,210 | 414 | 4.0 | 409 | 357 | 52 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 21 | .988 | 5.00 |
1949 Browns | C | 83 | 79 | 1,805 | 334 | 4.0 | 324 | 283 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 17 | .970 | 4.85 |
1950 Browns | C | 60 | 53 | 1,383 | 234 | 3.9 | 224 | 204 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | .957 | 4.37 |
1951 Browns | C | 12 | 11 | 300 | 60 | 5.0 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 5.22 |
1951 Red Sox | C | 69 | 53 | 1,551 | 318 | 4.6 | 313 | 285 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 10 | .984 | 5.45 |
1952 Browns | C | 39 | 29 | 830 | 141 | 3.6 | 135 | 118 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | .957 | 4.39 |
1953 Browns | C | 71 | 61 | 1,671 | 324 | 4.6 | 317 | 296 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | .978 | 5.12 |
1954 Orioles | C | 38 | 31 | 852 | 180 | 4.7 | 175 | 159 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .972 | 5.55 |
1955 Orioles | C | 17 | 12 | 318 | 71 | 4.2 | 71 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.03 |
1955 White Sox | C | 32 | 13 | 489 | 96 | 3.0 | 95 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .990 | 5.25 |
1956 White Sox | C | 49 | 30 | 909 | 160 | 3.3 | 159 | 149 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | .994 | 4.72 |
1957 White Sox | C | 39 | 34 | 876 | 149 | 3.8 | 146 | 138 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .980 | 4.50 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
C Totals | 720 | 588 | 15,489 | 2,955 | 4.1 | 2,891 | 2,612 | 279 | 64 | 52 | 45 | 201 | 141 | .978 | 5.04 | |
12 Years | 720 | 588 | 15,489 | 2,955 | 4.1 | 2,891 | 2,612 | 279 | 64 | 52 | 45 | 201 | 141 | .978 | 5.04 |
Les MossLes Moss Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1946 Browns | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
1947 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 45.7 | 5.7 | 10.1 | - | - | - |
1948 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 23.9 | 6.7 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
1949 Browns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15 | 0 | n/a | 27.8 | 8.7 | 7.1 | - | - | - |
1950 Browns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 25 | 0 | n/a | 27.8 | 6.9 | 6.5 | - | - | - |
1951 Browns | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 47.0 | 5.9 | 6.7 | - | - | - |
1951 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 67.3 | 5.9 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
1952 Browns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15 | 0 | n/a | 39.3 | 9.1 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
1953 Browns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 119.5 | 7.7 | 8.5 | - | - | - |
1954 Orioles | 0 | 0 | .000 | 15 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.9 | 25.2 | - | - | - |
1955 Orioles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13 | 0 | n/a | 28.0 | 14.0 | 9.3 | - | - | - |
1955 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 29.5 | 5.9 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1956 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 0 | n/a | 12.7 | 8.5 | 5.8 | - | - | - |
1957 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 0 | n/a | 57.5 | 6.4 | 9.6 | - | - | - |
1958 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
13 Years | 1 | 5 | .167 | 123 | 0 | n/a | 35.5 | 7.1 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
Les MossLes Moss Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1946 St. Louis Browns | 23 | Undetermined | - | - |
1947 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1948 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1949 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1950 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1951 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1951 Boston Red Sox | 14 | Undetermined | - | - |
1952 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1953 St. Louis Browns | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1954 Baltimore Orioles | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 Baltimore Orioles | 10 | Undetermined | - | - |
1955 Chicago White Sox | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
1956 Chicago White Sox | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
1957 Chicago White Sox | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
1958 Chicago White Sox | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
Les Moss Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Les Moss made history when he caught the game on Sunday, September 27, 1953 - the last St. Louis Browns game in Major League history? Around the horn that historic day were Duane Pillette, pitcher, Les Moss, catcher, Ed Mickelson, first base, Bobby Young, second base, Jim Dyck, third base, Billy Hunter, shortstop, Jim Pisoni, right field, Johnny Groth, center field and Don Lenhardt, left field.
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