Gene Moore (outfielder)
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Career
In a 14-season career, Moore posted a .270 batting average with 58 home runs and 436 RBI in 1042 games played.
Best season
In 1936, Moore played in 151 games for the Boston Bees, batting .290, with 185 hits, 38 doubles, 12 triples, and 91 runs scored – all career-highs. On May 1, facing Pittsburgh's Waite Hoyt, Moore made Forbes Field history, becoming the first left-handed batter to launch a home run over that stadium's distant left-field wall, as well as the first to clear its then eleven-year-old, 24-foot-high scoreboard.[2]Template:Efn (Scarcely one year later, he would become the first and only player to perform this feat twice.)[3][4]
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ "Gene Moore Statistics and History". "baseball-reference.com. Retrieved on 2017-05-15.
- ↑ Smith, Chester L. (May 2, 1936). "Two Unique Homers Put Buzz on Bucs; Sets Two Records". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 7. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ Smith, Chester L. (May 23, 1937). "Smith Hurls for Giants". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 22. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
- ↑ Biederman, Les (July 21, 1962). "Breaks Go Against Bucs in 6-3 Loss". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 6. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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