Archie Francis Moore (born August 30, 1941) is an American former Major League Baseball player. Moore appeared in forty games for the New York Yankees during the 1964 and 1965 seasons, as an outfielder, first baseman and pinch hitter. He batted and threw left-handed.
| Archie Moore | |||||||||||||||
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| Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 30, 1941 Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 20, 1964, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 28, 1965, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .275 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Biography
editMoore grew up in Florham Park, New Jersey.[1] and attended Hanover Park High School in East Hanover Township together with future MLB pitcher Harry Fanok.[2]
He was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1963.
References
edit- ^ Staff. "YANKS WIN By 9-8 ON 5 RUNS IN 9TH", The New York Times, April 5, 1964. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Richardson grounded to Minoso, who made his erratic peg to set up the game-winning situation for Moore, the bonus player from Florham Park, N. J., via Springfield (Mass.) College."
- ^ Costello, Rory; and Fanok, Harry. Harry Fanok, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed October 29, 2017. "After leaving Morristown Prep, I went to Hanover Park High School.... We had a lot of heart on that Hornet team though. Jim Russin, Archie Moore [1964-65 Yankees], and myself would go on to the pros."
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)