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Wally Moon
American baseball player (1930–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wallace Wade Moon[1] (April 3, 1930 – February 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball. Moon played his 12-year career in the major leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954–1958) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–1965). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Wally Moon | |
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![]() Moon in 1961. | |
Outfielder | |
Born: (1930-04-03)April 3, 1930 Bay, Arkansas, U.S. | |
Died: February 9, 2018(2018-02-09) (aged 87) Bryan, Texas, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 13, 1954, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 12, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .289 |
Home runs | 142 |
Runs batted in | 661 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Moon was the 1954 National League Rookie of the Year. He was an All-Star for two seasons and a Gold Glove winner one season. Moon batted .295 or more for seven seasons. He led the National League in triples in 1959 and in fielding percentage as a left fielder in 1960 and 1961.
Moon was a three-time World Series champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959, 1963, and 1965.