Wallace Wade Moon was an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball.
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26 Facts About Wally Moon
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Wally Moon played his 12-year career in the major leagues for the St Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Wally Moon was an All-Star for two seasons and a Gold Glove winner one season.
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Wally Moon led the National League in triples in 1959 and in fielding percentage as a left fielder in 1960 and 1961.
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Wally Moon was a three-time World Series champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959,1963, and 1965.
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Wally Moon was named after Wallace Wade, a former college football coach at the University of Alabama and Duke University.
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Wally Moon coached from 1953 to 1954 at Lake City, in Craighead County, Arkansas.
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Wally Moon ignored the order and reported instead to St Petersburg with the Cardinals.
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Almost a unanimous vote, Wally Moon won easily over Ernie Banks, Gene Conley and Hank Aaron.
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Fine left fielder with a good arm, Wally Moon played right field and center as well as first base.
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Wally Moon hit a career-high 24 homers in 1957, and made the All-Star team in 1957 and 1959.
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Wally Moon was initially concerned about batting in the converted Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum because right field was 440 feet away, making it difficult for a left-handed batter.
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Wally Moon provided support in the lineup for Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Don Demeter.
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Wally Moon gained quick public acclaim in 1959 for the "Moon shots" that he hit over the high left field screen.
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Wally Moon hit a home run in the sixth and final game of that World Series, which the Dodgers won over the Chicago White Sox.
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Wally Moon caught Luis Aparicio's fly ball for the final out of the Series.
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Wally Moon was a Gold Glove Award winner for left field in 1960 leading National League left fielders in assists, double plays, and fielding percentage.
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Wally Moon's career fielding percentage at all three outfield positions and first base was.
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In 1969, Wally Moon was a batting coach for the San Diego Padres, joining manager Preston Gomez and pitching coach and former teammate Roger Craig.
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Wally Moon went on to become athletic director and baseball coach at John Brown University, and a coach and minor league manager and owner of the San Antonio Dodgers for four years beginning in the late 1970s.
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Wally Moon managed the minor-league Frederick Keys, a Carolina League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, in 1990 and 1991.
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Wally Moon was married to Bettye and had five children and seven grandchildren.
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Wally Moon is featured on many websites featuring baseball cards, as he sported a prominent unibrow.
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