Les Moss
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Born: May 14, 1925 Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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Died: August 29, 2012 (aged 87) Longwood, Florida |
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| September 10, 1946, for the St. Louis Browns | |||
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| September 1, 1958, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
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| Batting average | .247 | ||
| Home runs | 63 | ||
| Runs batted in | 276 | ||
| Managerial record | 39–50 | ||
| Winning % | .438 | ||
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John Lester Moss (May 14, 1925 – August 29, 2012) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns for the most significant portion of his career, and was a backup catcher almost all his career.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Moss began his professional baseball career in 1942 at the age of 17, playing for the American Pioneers of the Georgia–Florida League. In 1943 he moved up to the Class A Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League where he posted a .308 batting average in 96 games. He missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving in the Merchant Marines during the Second World War. He would play for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1946, hitting .297 in 121 games before, being called up late in the season to make his major league debut at the age of 21 with the St. Louis Browns on September 10.
Moss platooned alongside left-handed-hitting catcher Jake Early, producing a .157 batting average in 96 games during the 1947 season. He caught the majority of the games for the Browns in 1948 while his hitting improved substantially, with a .257 average along with 14 home runs and 46 runs batted in. In 1949, the Browns acquired 24-year-old Sherm Lollar from the New York Yankees and, Moss became the second string catcher. Moss' hitting continued to improve with a .291 average and an impressive .399 on-base percentage.
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