- Al Moran
Infobox MLB retired
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name=Al Moran
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position=Shortstop
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1938|12|5
debutdate=April 9
debutyear=by|1963
debutteam=New York Mets
finaldate=May 10
finalyear=by|1964
finalteam=New York Mets
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.195
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=1
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=27
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*New York Mets (1963-1964)
highlights=Richard Alan Moran (Born:
December 5 ,1938 inDetroit, Michigan ) is a former right-handedMajor League Baseball shortstop who played from 1963 to 1964 for theNew York Mets .Originally signed by the
Boston Red Sox before the 1958 season, Moran was sent as the player to be named later onJanuary 14 ,1963 to complete a trade with the Mets that occurred initially onDecember 11 ,1962 . The trade went as such: the Red Sox sent a player to be named later (Moran),Tracy Stallard andPumpsie Green to the Mets for Felix Mantilla.Moran made his big league debut on
April 9 ,1963 at the age of 24 against theSt. Louis Cardinals . Facing pitcherErnie Broglio , Moran went 0-3 in his debut. The rest of the team didn't fare much better in that game - Broglio held them to two hits, collecting the shutout.Overall in his rookie season, Moran collected 64 hits in 331 at-bats for a .193 batting average. The team as a whole hit only .219 that year, so his average wasn't too far below the team average.
In 1964, Moran was replaced at shortstop by light-hitting
Roy McMillan , so Moran appeared in only 16 games that year. In 22 at-bats, he collected five hits for a .227 batting average. He played his final big league game onMay 10 ,1964 against no other than the St. Louis Cardinals.Overall in his two year career, Moran played in 135 games, collecting 69 hits in 353 at-bats for a .195 batting average. He hit five doubles, two triples and one home run, scoring 28 runs and driving 27 runs in. He stole three bases in 10 tries, walking 38 times and striking out 62 times. He had a .951 fielding percentage.
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moranal01.shtml Baseball-Reference]
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