Earl Moore Notable

b. July 29, 1877 · Cleveland Blues 1901, Cleveland Bronchos 1902, Cleveland Naps 1903–1907, New York Highlanders 1907, Philadelphia Phillies 1908–1913, Chicago Cubs 1913, Buffalo Buffeds 1914

Earl Moore played for seven clubs across 14 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Cleveland Blues in 1901 and closing with the Buffalo Buffeds in 1914. His longest stay was with the Philadelphia Phillies, from 1908 to 1913.

He went 163 and 154 with a 2.78 earned run average, pitching 2,776 innings in 388 games. He struck out 1,403, completed 230 of his 326 starts and threw 34 shutouts. Across 388 games he batted .141, with 134 hits and 55 runs. He finished with 13 doubles and 4 stolen bases.

He led the league in shutouts once, in 1910, with 6. He led the league in strikeouts once, in 1910, with 185.

He was born in Pickerington, OH, USA on July 29, 1877, and died on November 28, 1961. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1901	CLE	31	99	5	16	0	0	6	6	22	1	.162
1902	CLE	36	113	12	24	2	0	9	4	25	0	.212
1903	CLE	29	87	4	8	0	0	6	7	34	0	.092
1904	CLE	26	86	6	12	3	0	2	6	38	1	.140
1905	CLE	31	96	7	10	1	0	3	9	22	0	.104
1906	CLE	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	.000
1907	CLE/NYY	15	29	1	6	2	0	3	1	10	0	.207
1908	PHI	3	9	1	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	.222
1909	PHI	38	96	4	9	1	0	0	8	26	1	.094
1910	PHI	46	87	2	20	2	1	6	6	28	1	.230
1911	PHI	42	101	2	11	0	0	4	7	29	0	.109
1912	PHI	31	56	2	6	1	0	1	2	20	0	.107
1913	CHC/PHI	19	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	10	0	.042
1914	BUF	36	56	7	9	0	0	2	5	21	0	.161
Career	—	388	949	55	134	13	1	43	62	295	4	.141

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1901	CLE	16	14	31	30	0	251.1	234	81	107	99	2.90
1902	CLE	17	18	36	34	1	293.0	304	96	101	84	2.95
1903	CLE	20	8	29	27	0	247.2	196	48	62	148	1.74
1904	CLE	12	11	26	24	0	227.2	186	57	61	139	2.25
1905	CLE	15	15	31	30	0	269.0	232	79	92	131	2.64
1906	CLE	1	1	5	4	0	29.2	27	13	18	8	3.94
1907	CLE/NYY	3	7	15	11	1	83.1	90	38	38	35	4.10
1908	PHI	2	1	3	3	0	26.0	20	0	8	16	0.00
1909	PHI	18	12	38	34	0	299.2	238	70	108	173	2.10
1910	PHI	22	15	46	35	0	283.0	228	81	121	185	2.58
1911	PHI	15	19	42	36	1	308.1	265	90	164	174	2.63
1912	PHI	9	14	31	24	0	182.1	186	67	77	79	3.31
1913	CHC/PHI	2	4	19	7	1	80.1	84	43	52	36	4.82
1914	BUF	11	15	36	27	2	194.2	184	93	99	96	4.30
Career	—	163	154	388	326	6	2776.0	2474	856	1108	1403	2.78

On this day & linked events

1877

Born July 29, 1877

Pickerington, OH, USA

1961

Died November 28, 1961

1901

Major-league debut: Earl Moore

Earl Moore made a major-league debut on April 25, 1901.

1914

Final major-league game: Earl Moore

Earl Moore played a final major-league game on October 10, 1914.

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