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
St. Louis Cardinals (1954–1958)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1959–1965)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1957, 1959, 1959²)
3× World Series champion (1959, 1963, 1965)
NL Rookie of the Year (1954)
Gold Glove Award (1960)
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.
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.
^Steve Springer, "Dodgers' Moon found success in Coliseum", Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008.
popular TV western Wagon Train featured Moon in a brief role. The end credits included: "And Introducing WallyMoon as Sheriff Bender." There was no baseball...
Gino Cimoli was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for WallyMoon and Phil Paine. December 23, 1958: Sparky Anderson was traded by the Dodgers...
Sherm Lollar was thrown out by a mile at the plate trying to score due to WallyMoon faking a catch that fooled Lollar. Sherry pitched a perfect ninth to notch...
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"Bingo to Bango to Bilko". Banks hit 19 home runs and finished second to WallyMoon in Rookie of the Year voting. Banks participated in a trend toward lighter...
three wild pitches in one inning and being spiked by WallyMoon of the St. Louis Cardinals when Moon scored on the third wild pitch. Lasorda made only three...
"Schirra's Space". Wally Schirra. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017. "About Wally". WallySchirra.com. 2018. Archived...
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Man Guy El Tsosie as Indian at Cross Tree Brandon Carroll as Sheriff WallyMoon as Deputy William Mackleprang as Cross Tree Townsman James Campbell as...
left. Perhaps no player took better advantage than Dodgers outfielder WallyMoon, who figured out how to hit high fly balls that dropped almost vertically...
starters Name Position Maury Wills Shortstop Jim Gilliam Second baseman WallyMoon Left fielder Duke Snider Right fielder John Roseboro Catcher Ron Fairly...
1962 film Experiment in Terror, along with teammates Don Drysdale and WallyMoon, and in the 1963 episode of the show Mister Ed called "Leo Durocher Meets...
New York Giants 20 1958 Richie Ashburn Philadelphia Phillies 13 1959 WallyMoon Charlie Neal Los Angeles Dodgers 11 1960 Bill Bruton Milwaukee Braves...
Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2019. "WallyMoon Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC...
Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972. It was first conceived in 1960 during President Dwight...
Maury Wills SS 3 Willie Davis CF 12 Tommy Davis 3B 4 Duke Snider RF 9 WallyMoon LF 5 Norm Larker 1B 43 Charlie Neal 2B 8 John Roseboro C 53 Don Drysdale...
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