Wally Moon

Trivia

• He retired in 1998.
• After playing in the majors, Moon went on to become athletic director and baseball coach at John Brown University, and a coach and minor league manager and owner of the San Antonio Dodgers for four years beginning in the late 1970s.
• He had tremendous discipline at the plate, compiling a remarkable 1.90 walk-to-strikeout ratio (644-t0-591), with a .371 on base percentage and a .445 slugging average for a combined .816 OPS.
• A career .289 hitter, Moon also hit 142 home runs with 661 RBI in 1457 games.
• Moon enjoyed another good season in 1961, batting .328 with 17 home runs and 88 RBI.
• He hit a career-high 24 homers in 1957.
• In his first season with the Dodgers, he took his team from seventh place to the World Championship, providing support in the line-up for Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Don Demeter. He gained quick public acclaim in 1959 for the "Moon shots" that he hit over the high left field screen.
• Twice in his career, Moon compiled double figures in doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases: 22, 11, 16, 12 in 1956, and 26, 11, 19, 15 in 1959, his first year with the Dodgers.
• He made the All--Star team in 1957 and 1959.
• Moon finished with a .304 batting average, 12 home runs, 76 RBI, and career-high numbers in runs (106), hits (193), doubles (29), and stolen bases (18) in 151 games.