Charlie Moore Marquee

b. June 21, 1953 · Milwaukee Brewers 1973–1986, Toronto Blue Jays 1987

Charlie Moore caught for the Milwaukee Brewers for fourteen years and was moved to right field for a stretch in the early 1980s because the club had somewhere else to put him and nowhere better to put his bat. He handled both without complaint.

The 1982 postseason was the peak: he hit .462 in the League Championship Series against California as Milwaukee came back from two games down, then .346 in the World Series the club lost to St. Louis, throwing out baserunners from right field along the way.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953, Moore collected 1,052 hits across 1,334 games and finished with Toronto in 1987. Moore was seventy-two when he died, in May 2026.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1973	MIL	8	27	0	5	0	1	0	3	2	4	0	.185
1974	MIL	72	204	17	50	10	4	0	19	21	34	3	.245
1975	MIL	73	241	26	70	20	1	1	29	17	31	1	.290
1976	MIL	87	241	33	46	7	4	3	16	43	45	1	.191
1977	MIL	138	375	42	93	15	6	5	45	31	39	1	.248
1978	MIL	96	268	30	72	7	1	5	31	12	24	4	.269
1979	MIL	111	337	45	101	16	2	5	38	29	32	8	.300
1980	MIL	111	320	42	93	13	2	2	30	24	28	10	.291
1981	MIL	48	156	16	47	8	3	1	9	12	13	1	.301
1982	MIL	133	456	53	116	22	4	6	45	29	49	2	.254
1983	MIL	151	529	65	150	27	6	2	49	55	42	11	.284
1984	MIL	70	188	13	44	7	1	2	17	10	26	0	.234
1985	MIL	105	349	35	81	13	4	0	31	27	53	4	.232
1986	MIL	80	235	24	61	12	3	3	39	21	38	5	.260
1987	TOR	51	107	15	23	10	1	1	7	13	12	0	.215
Career	—	1334	4033	456	1052	187	43	36	408	346	470	51	.261

On this day & linked events

1953

Born June 21, 1953

Birmingham, AL, USA

2026

Died May 23, 2026

1973

Major-league debut: Charlie Moore

Charlie Moore made a major-league debut on September 8, 1973.

1980

Charlie Moore Hits for the Cycle, 1980

Charlie Moore hit for the cycle for the Milwaukee Brewers against the California Angels on October 1, 1980.

1987

Final major-league game: Charlie Moore

Charlie Moore played a final major-league game on October 4, 1987.

Image: Milwaukee Brewers, public domain