- Walt Moryn
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Walt Moryn Outfielder Born: April 12, 1926
Saint Paul, MinnesotaDied: July 21, 1996 (aged 70)
Winfield, IllinoisBatted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut June 29, 1954 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance September 28, 1961 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics Batting average .266 Home runs 101 Runs batted in 354 Teams - Brooklyn Dodgers (1954-1955)
- Chicago Cubs (1956-1960)
- St. Louis Cardinals (1960-1961)
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1961)
Career highlights and awards - 1958 National League All-Star
Walter Joseph "Moose" Moryn (April 12, 1926 — July 21, 1996) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Moryn played in the majors from 1954 through 1961 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Moryn's career highlight was a dramatic shoe-string catch on the last out of the May 15, 1960 no-hitter by Don Cardwell of the Cubs. Cardwell's gem came in his Cubs debut after being acquired in a trade. Moryn himself was traded exactly a month later, at the trading deadline, when he was sent to the Cardinals.
Moryn died in Winfield, Illinois at the age of 70, and is buried in Assumption Cemetery in Wheaton.[1]
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
References
Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 World Series Champions 1 Pee Wee Reese | 2 Tommy Lasorda | 4 Duke Snider | 6 Carl Furillo | 8 George Shuba | 10 Rube Walker | 12 Frank Kellert | 14 Gil Hodges | 15 Sandy Amorós | 17 Carl Erskine | 18 Jim Hughes | 19 Jim Gilliam | 23 Don Zimmer | 27 Bob Borkowski | 28 Chuck Templeton | 30 Billy Loes | 32 Sandy Koufax | 34 Russ Meyer | 36 Don Newcombe | 37 Ed Roebuck | 39 Roy Campanella | 40 Roger Craig | 40 Walt Moryn | 41 Clem Labine | 42 Jackie Robinson | 43 Don Hoak | 45 Johnny Podres (World Series MVP) | 46 Don Bessent | 48 Karl Spooner | 49 Joe Black | 51 Bert Hamric | 52 Dixie Howell
Manager 24 Walter Alston
Coaches: 22 Billy Herman | 31 Jake Pitler | 33 Joe BeckerCategories:- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Minnesota
- Chicago Cubs players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- Brooklyn Dodgers players
- 1926 births
- 1996 deaths
- National League All-Stars
- American baseball outfielder, 1920s birth stubs
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