Les Moss Stats

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.

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"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)

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Les Moss Autograph on a 1991 Tip-Top Bread Reprint

Les Moss Autograph on a 1991 Tip-Top Bread Reprint

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Birth Name:   John Lester Moss
Nickname:   Les
Born On:   05-14-1925  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Tulsa, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-29-2012 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Longwood, Florida
Cemetery:   Chapel Hill Cemetery, Orlando, Florida
High School:   Central High School (Tulsa, OK)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   09-10-1946 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-01-1958
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Les Moss Pitching Stats

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Les Moss Hitting Stats

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
13 Years 824 2,234 210 552 75 4 63 1 276 282 13 316 26 1 6 80 .247 .333 .369

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Les Moss Fielding Stats

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
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

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Les Moss Miscellaneous Stats

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 - - -
13 Years 1 5 .167 123 0 n/a 35.5 7.1 8.1 - - -

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Les Moss Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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 - -

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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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