- Barry Moore (baseball)
Robert Barry Moore (born
April 3 ,1943 inStatesville, North Carolina ) is a formerMajor League Baseball pitcher . The left-hander was signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent before the 1962 season and played for the Senators (1965-1969),Cleveland Indians (1970) andChicago White Sox (1970).Moore made his
major league debut in relief on May 29, 1965 against theMinnesota Twins . He entered the game in the top of the 9th with the Senators behind, 10-7, and gave up one unearned run in his oneinning of work. Washington scored a run in the bottom of the inning, and the game ended, 11-8. He earned his first big league win on July 23, 1966 by pitching a three-hit complete game against the Kansas City Athletics in front of a home crowd of only 2,777. The score was 8-1.His finest major league effort was against the Twins on April 30, 1967 (Game # 2). He pitched a one-hit complete game
shutout atD.C. Stadium that day, walking only two batters. The Twins had such players asCesar Tovar ,Rod Carew ,Harmon Killebrew ,Bob Allison , andZoilo Versalles in the lineup, but Moore was almost untouchable. Tovar got the only Minnesota hit, a 6th-inning single, as the Senators won 3-0. This time there were 18,555 in attendance to see Moore pitch a fantastic game.Moore did have a tendency to be wild, as he gave up 300 walks in just 599.2
innings pitched , for aBB/9IP of 4.50, much higher than the American League average at that time. Often, a pitcher who walks a lot of batters strikes out a lot, too, but that wasn't the case with Moore. With 278strikeouts , hisK/9IP was 4.17, which was lower than the American League average.Career totals for 143
games played (140 as a pitcher) include a 26-37 record, 99games started , 8 complete games, 1 shutout, 14games finished , and 3 saves. He allowed 277 earned runs in his 599.2 innings, giving him a lifetime ERA of 4.16.Trivia
*Led the Eastern League with 155
bases on balls (in 165 innings) while playing for theYork White Roses in 1964
*Gave up Jim "Catfish" Hunter's first major league home run (D.C. Stadium, May 30, 1967, 2nd game)
*Even though he pitched just 141innings in 1970, Moore tied for third amongAmerican League hurlers with 9hit batsmen . By contrast, it took the other four pitchers who were tied with him for third an average of 240.1 innings to hit the same number of batters.
*HeldAll-Stars Paul Blair,Don Buford ,Norm Cash , Frank Howard, Pat Kelly,Carlos May ,Tony Oliva ,Rico Petrocelli , andTom Tresh to a .150 collectivebatting average (21-for-140)
*Held Hall of FamersRod Carew ,Reggie Jackson ,Harmon Killebrew ,Thurman Munson , andCarl Yastrzemski to a .208 collectivebatting average (16-for-77)ee also
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Chicago White Sox all-time roster References
*1968 Baseball Register published by
The Sporting News External links
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* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Moore_Barry.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pmoorb105.htm Retrosheet]
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