Gene Moore (outfielder)

For other people with the same name, see Gene Moore (disambiguation).

Eugene Moore Jr. (August 26, 1909 – March 12, 1978) was an American professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Bees / Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, and St. Louis Browns between 1931 and 1945. His father, Gene Sr., was a pitcher for the Pirates and Reds between 1910 and 1912.^[1]

Gene Moore
Right fielder
Born: (1909-08-26)August 26, 1909 Lancaster, Texas, U.S.
Died: March 12, 1978(1978-03-12) (aged 68) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 19, 1931, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1945, for the St. Louis Browns
MLB statistics
Batting average	.270
Home runs	58
Runs batted in	436
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Cincinnati Reds (1931) St. Louis Cardinals (1933–1935) Boston Bees (1936–1938) Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1940) Boston Bees/Braves (1940–1941) Washington Senators (1942–1943) St. Louis Browns (1944–1945)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1937)

Career

In a 14-season career, Moore posted a .270 batting average with 58 home runs and 436 RBI in 1042 games played.

Best season

In 1936, Moore played in 151 games for the Boston Bees, batting .290, with 185 hits, 38 doubles, 12 triples, and 91 runs scored – all career-highs. On May 1, facing Pittsburgh's Waite Hoyt, Moore made Forbes Field history, becoming the first left-handed batter to launch a home run over that stadium's distant left-field wall, as well as the first to clear its then eleven-year-old, 24-foot-high scoreboard.^[2][a] (Scarcely one year later, he would become the first and only player to perform this feat twice.)^[5][6]

See also

• List of second-generation Major League Baseball players

Notes

1. As if that were not enough, just three innings earlier, Moore had achieved what may well have also been a Forbes Field first by powering what would end up an uncontested inside-the-park home run more than 430 feet to dead center, where it struck the Barney Dreyfuss Memorial on the fly and caromed back towards the infield, allowing Moore to score standing up without a throw.^[3][4]