Les Moss
1946–1958 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns
824G
.247AVG
.333OBP
.369SLG
More career statistics
552H
63HR
276RBI
1SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 6 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 316 | 317 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,549 | 2,547 |
| Batting · Walks | 282 | 280 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 824 | 2,549 | 2,234 | 210 | 552 | 75 | 4 | 63 | 276 | 282 | 316 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 824 | .247 | .333 | .369 | .702 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1948-07-11 to 1948-07-27
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1948-07-21 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 17 | 2 home runs | 1956-05-30 | 1 in 259 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1947-04-17 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 411 | 1258 | 257 | 24 | 131 | 139 | 161 | .233 | .315 | .331 |
| Away | 413 | 1289 | 295 | 39 | 145 | 141 | 156 | .261 | .338 | .405 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 61 | 195 | 40 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 19 | .238 | .333 | .405 |
| May | 126 | 383 | 84 | 11 | 40 | 37 | 58 | .246 | .316 | .371 |
| June | 157 | 478 | 116 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 60 | .271 | .331 | .376 |
| July | 177 | 528 | 104 | 18 | 61 | 63 | 55 | .226 | .316 | .370 |
| August | 161 | 482 | 102 | 12 | 57 | 58 | 63 | .245 | .332 | .377 |
| September | 136 | 459 | 100 | 7 | 43 | 52 | 60 | .249 | .331 | .337 |
| October | 6 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .316 | .409 | .316 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 126 | 395 | 93 | 13 | 42 | 47 | 55 | .270 | .354 | .413 |
| detroit-tigers | 125 | 371 | 65 | 6 | 36 | 45 | 55 | .204 | .296 | .296 |
| new-york-yankees | 121 | 358 | 90 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 42 | .279 | .338 | .359 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 111 | 332 | 86 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 27 | .298 | .386 | .450 |
| cleveland-guardians | 106 | 338 | 71 | 11 | 35 | 30 | 54 | .235 | .299 | .374 |
| chicago-white-sox | 101 | 348 | 69 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 40 | .223 | .302 | .346 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 88 | 285 | 58 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 28 | .232 | .312 | .360 |
| baltimore-orioles | 21 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | .122 | .241 | .265 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Browns | 12 | 35 | 13 | – | 5 | 1 | .371 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 96 | 274 | 43 | 6 | 27 | – | .157 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Browns | 107 | 335 | 86 | 14 | 46 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 97 | 278 | 81 | 10 | 39 | – | .291 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 84 | 222 | 59 | 8 | 34 | – | .266 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 87 | 249 | 48 | 4 | 33 | – | .193 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Browns | 52 | 118 | 29 | 3 | 12 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns | 78 | 239 | 66 | 2 | 28 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 50 | 126 | 31 | – | 5 | – | .246 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 61 | 115 | 34 | 4 | 13 | – | .296 | – | – |
| 1956 |  Chicago White Sox | 56 | 127 | 31 | 10 | 22 | – | .244 | – | – |
| 1957 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 115 | 31 | 2 | 12 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |