Mo Mozzali

Maurice Joseph "Mo" Mozzali (December 12, 1922 — March 2, 1987)^[1] was an American professional baseball outfielder, scout and coach. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Mozzali threw and batted left-handed, stood 5 feet, 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 158 pounds (72 kg).

Mozzali played all but one full season of his 12-year (1946–48; 1950–58) career in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization. Although he never reached Major League Baseball as a player, he was a fixture at the Triple-A level as a member of the Columbus Red Birds and the Omaha Cardinals of the American Association. After spending one season as the playing manager of the Albany Cardinals of the Class D Georgia-Florida League, Mozalli retired from the field. He batted .298 with 80 home runs in 1,463 minor league games.^[2]

Mozzali then became a scout for the Cardinals, serving from 1959 through 1976. He spent the 1977 and 1978 seasons as a member of the big-league Cardinals' coaching staff, during the managerial tenures of Vern Rapp and Ken Boyer. He then resumed his former job as a Redbird scout.

Mo Mozzali died in Lakeland, Florida, at the age of 64.

References

1. ^ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmozzm801.htm
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mozzal001mau

External links

• Playing record, from Baseball Reference
• Retrosheet

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Name	Mozzali, Mo
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Date of birth	1922
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Date of death	1987
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