Wally Moses

Wally Moses
Wally Moses
	Moses later in his career with Philadelphia.
	Right fielder
	Born: October 8, 1910; Uvalda, Georgia
	Died: October 10, 1990 (aged 80); Vidalia, Georgia
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
	April 17, 1935, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	September 30, 1951, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.291
Home runs	89
Runs batted in	679
Teams
	Philadelphia Athletics (1935–1941); Chicago White Sox (1942–1946); Boston Red Sox (1946–1948); Philadelphia Athletics (1949–1951);
Career highlights and awards
	2× All-Star (1937, 1945); 3× World Series champion (1961, 1962, 1968); Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame;

Wallace Moses (October 8, 1910 – October 10, 1990) was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics (1935–41; 1949–51), Chicago White Sox (1942–46), and Boston Red Sox (1946–48). Moses batted and threw left-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). He was born in Uvalda, Georgia and attended Vidalia High School.

Baseball career[]

Moses started his professional career with Galveston of the Texas League, where he batted .316 in 1934.^[1] He debuted with the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1935 season. He batted over .300 each of his seven years with them, with a career-best .345 in his sophomore year.

Moses had by far his most productive season in 1937, when he hit career-highs in home runs (25), RBI (86), runs (113), hits (208) and doubles (48), batting .320 with 13 triples. In 1939, he missed a World Series opportunity when his trade to the Detroit Tigers for Benny McCoy was nullified by Baseball Commissioner K.M. Landis. The verdict made several Tigers free agents.

Through years of last place finishes with Philadelphia, Moses had little chance to display his speed on the basepaths. But in 1943, with the Chicago White Sox, he posted a career-high 56 stolen bases and co-led the American League in triples (12). A strong-armed right fielder, he led the AL in putouts (329) in 1945.

In the 1946 World Series with the Boston Red Sox, Moses hit .417 (5-for-12) and tied a WS record with four hits in a game. He finished his career with the Athletics in 1951.

His first 7 years with the A's (1935-1941) were the most productive in his career. Moses surpassed .300 in every season. He posted 61 home runs, 354 rbi, and hit .317 (1135-for-3580). After being traded away after the 1941 season, he never hit .300 again and his productivity declined, posting 28 home runs, 325 rbi, and batting .266 (1003-for-3776) over the next 10 seasons with the White Sox and Red Sox and the A's again. The closest he came to the .300 plateau is when he hit .295 with the White Sox in 1945. His second tenure with the A's (1949-1951) was not even close to the numbers he put up with them at the beginning of his career.

In a 17-season career, Moses hit .291 with 89 home runs and 679 RBI in 2012 games played. He added 1,124 runs, 2,138 hits, 435 doubles, 110 triples and 174 stolen bases. His career fielding percentage was .973. A patient hitter with a good eye, Moses collected a 1.80 walk-to-strikeout ratio (821-to-457). He also made the American League All-Star team in 1937 and 1945.

Post career[]

Following his playing career, Moses was a coach for the Athletics (1952–54, the A's final three seasons in Philadelphia), Philadelphia Phillies (1955–58), Cincinnati Reds (1959–60), New York Yankees (1961–62; 1966) and Detroit Tigers (1967–70), serving as both a first base coach and hitting instructor. He also was a minor league batting coach and scout for the Yankees. As a hitting coach, he would teach his batters to go after pitches and lean over the plate.^[2]

Moses died in Vidalia, Georgia two days after his 80th birthday.

Moses was the last 20th century Athletics player with a 200-hit season. He had 208 in 1937. Sixty-five years later, Miguel Tejada collected 204 (October 5, 2002).

References[]

^ "A Moses Emerges To Aid A's". The Sporting News. January 3, 1935. p. 1.
^ John, Tommy; Valenti, Dan (1991). TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball. New York: Bantam. p. 106. ISBN 0-553-07184-X.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Wally Moses at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
Wally Moses at Find a Grave

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ralph Houk Vern Benson	New York Yankees first base coach 1961–1962 1966	Succeeded by Yogi Berra Loren Babe
Preceded by Pat Mullin	Detroit Tigers first base coach 1967–1970	Succeeded by Frank Skaff

[minors-1] "A Moses Emerges To Aid A's". The Sporting News. January 3, 1935. p. 1.

[2] John, Tommy; Valenti, Dan (1991). TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball. New York: Bantam. p. 106. ISBN 0-553-07184-X.

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v t New York Yankees 1961 World Series champions
1 Bobby Richardson 6 Clete Boyer 7 Mickey Mantle 8 Yogi Berra 9 Roger Maris (AL MVP) 10 Tony Kubek 11 Héctor López 12 Billy Gardner 14 Bill Skowron 16 Whitey Ford (CYA and World Series MVP) 18 Hal Reniff 19 Bob Turley 20 Joe DeMaestri 22 Bill Stafford 23 Ralph Terry 24 Al Downing 26 Tex Clevenger 27 Jack Reed 28 Bud Daley 32 Elston Howard 34 Bob Hale 38 Johnny Blanchard 39 Jim Coates 45 Rollie Sheldon 47 Luis Arroyo
Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 29 Earl Torgeson 31 Johnny Sain 36 Wally Moses 44 Jim Hegan
Regular season

v t New York Yankees 1962 World Series champions
1 Bobby Richardson 6 Clete Boyer 7 Mickey Mantle (AL MVP) 8 Yogi Berra 9 Roger Maris 10 Tony Kubek 11 Héctor López 14 Bill Skowron 15 Tom Tresh (AL ROY) 16 Whitey Ford 19 Bob Turley 21 Tex Clevenger 22 Bill Stafford 23 Ralph Terry (World Series MVP) 26 Dale Long 27 Jack Reed 28 Bud Daley 30 Marshall Bridges 32 Elston Howard 34 Phil Linz 38 Johnny Blanchard 39 Jim Coates 45 Rollie Sheldon 47 Luis Arroyo 56 Jim Bouton
Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 31 Johnny Sain 36 Wally Moses 44 Jim Hegan
Regular season Giants–Yankees rivalry

v t Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series champions
1 Ray Oyler 2 Tommy Matchick 3 Dick McAuliffe 5 Jim Northrup 6 Al Kaline 7 Eddie Mathews 8 Don Wert 11 Bill Freehan 12 Jim Price 15 Fred Lasher 16 Earl Wilson 17 Denny McLain (AL CYA and MVP) 18 John Hiller 21 Joe Sparma 22 Pat Dobson 23 Willie Horton 24 Mickey Stanley 25 Norm Cash 26 Gates Brown 27 Wayne Comer 29 Mickey Lolich (World Series MVP) 39 Jon Warden 43 Daryl Patterson 44 Dick Tracewski 47 Don McMahon
Manager 10 Mayo Smith Coaches 50 Tony Cuccinello 51 Wally Moses 52 Hal Naragon 53 Johnny Sain
Regular season

v t Members of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
Inducted as Phillies	Roberts Ashburn Klein Alexander Ennis Bunning Delahanty Williams Hamner Owens Carlton Schmidt Bowa Short Simmons Allen Jones Thompson Callison Luzinski McGraw Cravath Maddox Taylor Magee Hamilton Boone Green Vukovich Samuel Kalas Daulton Kruk Lieberthal Schilling Manuel Burrell Thome Gillick Halladay Abreu Trillo
Inducted as Athletics	Mack Foxx Grove Simmons Cochrane Dykes Plank Waddell Collins Moses Johnson Valo Bender Coombs Baker Shantz Joost Rommel Fain Miller Chapman Earnshaw Zernial Walberg Oldring

Wally Moses

Contents

Baseball career[]

Post career[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Wally Moses
Moses later in his career with Philadelphia.
Right fielder
Born: (1910-10-08)October 8, 1910 Uvalda, Georgia
Died: October 10, 1990(1990-10-10) (aged 80) Vidalia, Georgia
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 17, 1935, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1951, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.291
Home runs	89
Runs batted in	679

Teams
Philadelphia Athletics (1935–1941) Chicago White Sox (1942–1946) Boston Red Sox (1946–1948) Philadelphia Athletics (1949–1951)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1937, 1945) 3× World Series champion (1961, 1962, 1968) Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame