Earl Victor Moseley (September 7, 1887 – July 1, 1963) was a
pitcher who played for the
Boston Red Sox (1913),
Indianapolis Hoosiers / Newark Pepper (1914–1915) and
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...
(1916). Moseley batted and threw right-handed. He was born in
Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
Moseley made his majors debut in 1913 with the Boston Red Sox and went 8–5. The next year, he jumped to the
Federal League and won 19 and 15 in two seasons for the Indianapolis/Newark franchises, leading the league with a 1.91
earned run average in 1915 over
Eddie Plank (2.08) and
Mordecai Brown (2.09). Bothered by arm problems, he played his final season with the Cincinnati Reds in 1916.
In a four-season career, Moseley posted a 49–48 record with a 3.01 ERA and 469
strikeout
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s in 855-2/3
innings pitched
In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one innin ...
. Moseley died in
Alliance, Ohio
Alliance is a city in eastern Stark County, Ohio, United States. With a small district lying in adjacent Mahoning County, the city is approximately northeast of Canton, southwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 21 ...
, at the age of 75.
See also
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List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
In baseball, earned run average (ERA) is a statistic used to evaluate pitchers, calculated as the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. A pitcher is assessed an earned run for each run scored by a baserunner who reach ...
External links
Baseball Almanac
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1887 births
1963 deaths
People from Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Boston Red Sox players
Cincinnati Reds players
Indianapolis Hoosiers players
Newark Peppers players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players from Ohio
East Liverpool Potters (baseball) players
Wheeling Stogies players
Youngstown Steelmen players
Beaumont Oilers players
Akron Buckeyes players
Sportspeople from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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