Wally Moon
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Wallace Wade Moon (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 (1954–58) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–65).
He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. 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 3-time World Series champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959, 1963, and 1965.
Major league career
The Cardinals told Moon in 1954 that they had to report to their minor league spring training camp. He ignored the order and instead reported to St. Petersburg with the Cardinals. He said whether he will make the squad or leave baseball. They let him stay, but Enos Slaughter was deployed in the outfield by the end of the spring training. St. Louis sent Slaughter to the New York Yankees to make room for him on the roster.
Moon made his major league debut on April 13, 1954. Despite chants of "We want Slaughter," he belted a home run against the Chicago Cubs; in the same game, Tom Alston became the first African American to play for the Cardinals. Moon's rookie season featured a.304 batting average, 12 home runs, 76 runs batted in, and career-high numbers in runs (106), hits (193), doubles (199), and stolen bases (18) in 151 games. He has been named both the MLB Rookie of the Year and the Sports News Rookie of the Year awards, respectively. Moon will easily defeat Ernie Banks, Gene Conley, and Hank Aaron in what was almost a unanimous vote.
Moon also played right field and center as well as first base, making him a fine left fielder with a strong arm. In 1957, he reached a career-high 24 homers and was a member of the All-Star team in 1957 and 1959 (two games were played). Moon's first year with the Dodgers, he set double figures in doubles, triples, home runs, and burglarized bases: 22, 11, 16, 12, 12, 15, 19 in 1956, his first year with the Dodgers.
The Cardinals traded Moon to the Dodgers for outfielder Gino Cimoli during the 1958 season. Both players were coming off years when they batted below.250; the Cardinals also sent pitcher Phil Paine, who never played for the Dodgers. Moon was initially concerned about batting in the recently renovated Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum because right field was 440 feet (130 meters), making it difficult for a left-handed batter. However, the left field seats were only 251 feet (77 meters), shielded by a 42-foot-high (13 m) screen. Moon modified his batting approach to emphasize hitting to the left after consulting with friend and mentor Stan Musial. The findings were extremely positive. The team won the World Championship in his first season with the Dodgers. Moon was able to assist Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, and Don Demeter in his lineup. In 1959, he received acclaim for his "Moon shots" in which he was a hit over the high left field screen. In the sixth and final game of the World Series, the Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox in the sixth and final game of the Dodgers. Luis Aparicio's fly ball for the final out of the Series was also caught.
In 1960, Moon was a Gold Glove Award recipient for left field, double plays, and field percentage. He had another good season in 1961, batting.328 with 17 home runs and 88 runs batted in, while leading National League left fielders in fielding percentages.
Moon, a career.289 batter, batted in 661 runs in 1457 games, with a.371 on-base percentage and a.445 slugging average for a combined.816 on-base plus slugging percentage. His career fielding percentage at all three outfield positions and first base was.980. He also scored the last run in the Coliseum. After the 1965 season, he retired as a player.
Post-playing career
Moon was a batting coach for the San Diego Padres in 1969, joining manager Preston Gómez and pitching coach Roger Craig alongside teammate Roger Craig.
Moon also served as a John Brown University athletic director and baseball coach, as well as a San Antonio Dodgers owner and minor league manager starting in the late 1970s.
In 1990 and 1991, Moon coached Frederick Keys, the Baltimore Orioles' minor-league affiliate.
Moon migrated to Bryan, Texas, where he lived for more than 25 years. He retired in 1998. He was married to Bettye and had five children and seven grandchildren.
Moon was on several websites showcasing baseball cards, as he sported a prominent unibrow.
Moon appeared in a brief way in the popular television western Wagon Train's episode ("The Larry Hanify Story") on January 27, 1960. "And Introducing Wally Moon as Sheriff Bender." There was no baseball tie-in with his appearance, but sheriff David Sands' bad guy was struck by a bullet during a shoot-out.
Moon died on February 9, 2018, at the age of 87.