- Les Moss
Infobox MLB retired
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name=Les Moss
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1925|5|14
deathdate=
debutdate=September 10
debutyear=by|1946
debutteam=St. Louis Browns
finaldate=September 1
finalyear=1958
finalteam=Chicago White Sox
stat1label=AVG
stat1value=.247
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=552
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=276
teams=As Player
*St. Louis Browns (1946-1951, 1952-1953)
*Boston Red Sox (1951)
*Baltimore Orioles (1954-1955)
*Chicago White Sox (1955-1958)As Manager
*Chicago White Sox (1968)
*Detroit Tigers (1979)
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*The Sporting News by|1978 Minor League Manager of the Year award winnerJohn Lester "Les" Moss (born
May 14 ,1925 inTulsa, Oklahoma ) is a former player and manager inMajor League Baseball . He playedcatcher for the St. Louis Browns for the most significant portion of his career, and was a backup catcher almost all his career, although at some points he could have been considered to be switching off withSherm Lollar .In 13 seasons, he posted a .247
batting average with 63home run s and 276 RBIs. He had 552 hits in 2234at bat s. He finished his career with theChicago White Sox , still oddly alongside Lollar who had made the venture to Chicago along with Moss.He managed the White Sox and
Detroit Tigers . He began his tenure with the White Sox on a 36-game temporary basis in by|1968 after Sox managerAl Lopez had to undergo an emergencyappendectomy . He went 12-24 (.333), although Lopez had not done, and did not do, too much better that year with the White Sox.He was hired with by the Detroit Tigers to succeed Ralph Houk for the (by|1979) season. In his time with the Tigers he went 27-26. He actually was not fired for cause or because he was ineffective, but rather because
Sparky Anderson had unexpectedly become available. Moss was named manager soon after the 1978 season concluded. However, the Tigers had not counted on Anderson being fired on November 27th 1978 by Cincinnati. Moss was a victim of bad timing, as the Tigers came to a deal to bring Anderson to the Tigers after the first third of the '79 season.Dick Tracewski coached 4 games as interim manager until Andreson's arrival.Moss finished with a managing record of 39-50 (.438) in 89 games. Late in his on-field career, Moss served as pitching coach of the
Houston Astros .ee also
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Chicago White Sox all-time roster External links
*baseball-reference|id=m/mossle01
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmossl101.htm Retrosheet]
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