- Herb Moford
Herbert (Herb) Moford (
August 6 ,1928 -December 3 ,2005 ) was a right-handedpitcher inMajor League Baseball who played for theSt. Louis Cardinals (1955),Detroit Tigers (1958),Boston Red Sox (1959) andNew York Mets (1962). He was born inBrooksville, Kentucky .Moford spent each of his four major league seasons with a different team. His most significant year was 1958 with the Detroit Tigers, when he posted a 4-9 record with 58
strikeout s and a 3.61 ERA in 25games pitched , including sixcomplete games in 11 starts.In 157 1/3 innings, Moford had a 5-13 record with 78 strikeouts, a 4.05 ERA, and three saves. Moford died in his homeland at age of 77.
Fact
*On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four New York Mets pitchers in the first game in franchise history, a 11–4 defeat against the
St. Louis Cardinals atSportsman's Park . The other pitchers used by Mets managerCasey Stengel wereRoger Craig (the loser),Bob Moorhead andClem Labine .ources
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/mets_encyclopedia2.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moforhe01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2005/12/06/local_news/250herb.txt Kentucky Memories]
* [http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0041 Mets Database]
* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051206/ca_pr_on_ba/obit_bbl_moford Obituary]
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