Carlos Whitman Moore (August 13, 1906 – July 2, 1958) is a former

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player. A right-handed

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, Moore had a listed weight of . Moore's playing career in the majors spanned one month. He made his major league debut with the Washington Senators on May 4, 1930, and pitched his final game with them on May 30. He was effective in his four games on the mound, posting a 2.31

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in 11 of relief work and allowing only 13

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s. After the end of Moore's playing career, he worked as a manager in the minor leagues. While working in this capacity for the

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of the

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, Moore noted the strong throwing arm of his team's weak-hitting

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Eddie Lopat Edmund Walter Lopat (originally Lopatynski) (June 21, 1918 – June 15, 1992) was a Major League Baseball pitcher, coach (baseball), coach, manager (baseball), manager, front office executive, and scout (sport), scout. He was sometimes known a ...

, and he suggested that Lopat might want to consider a career as a pitcher. Lopat subsequently developed into an All-Star, winning 166 major league games and earning five

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s in the starting rotation of the

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