250 the Cardinals also sent pitcher Phil Paine, who never played for the Dodgers. Both players were coming off years when they batted below. 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.Īfter the 1958 season, the Cardinals traded Moon to the Dodgers for outfielder Gino Cimoli. He hit a career-high 24 homers in 1957, and made the All-Star team in 19 (two games were played). Ī fine left fielder with a good arm, Moon also played right field and center as well as first base. Almost a unanimous vote, Moon won easily over Ernie Banks, Gene Conley and Hank Aaron. He earned both the MLB Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year honors. 304 batting average, 12 home runs, 76 runs batted in, and career-high numbers in runs (106), hits (193), doubles (29), and stolen bases (18) in 151 games.
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In his first at-bat, despite chants of "We want Slaughter", he belted a home run against the Chicago Cubs in the same game Tom Alston became the first African American to play for the Cardinals. Moon made his major league debut on April 13, 1954.
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Louis sent Slaughter to the New York Yankees. They let him stay, and by the end of the spring training he replaced Enos Slaughter in the outfield. He said that he would make the team or quit baseball. He ignored the order and reported instead to St. In the spring of 1954, the Cardinals told Moon to report to their minor league spring training camp. He coached from 1953 to 1954 at Lake City, also in Craighead County, Arkansas. From a family of educators, he earned a master's degree in administrative education from Texas A&M University in College Station while he was still in the minor leagues. Moon was named after Wallace Wade, a former college football coach at the University of Alabama and Duke University.
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Moon was a three-time World Series champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959, 1963, and 1965. He led the National League in triples in 1959 and in fielding percentage as a left fielder in 19. He was an All-Star for two seasons and a Gold Glove winner one season. Moon was the 1954 National League Rookie of the Year.
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He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Moon played his 12-year career in the major leagues for the St.
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Wallace Wade Moon (Ap– February 9, 2018) was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball. September 12, 1965, for the Los Angeles Dodgers