James Stanford Moore (December 14, 1903 – May 19, 1973) was a

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who played in

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(MLB) from 1928 to 1932 with the

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and

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. Listed at and , he threw and batted right-handed.

Biography

Born in 1903 in

Prescott, Arkansas Prescott is a city and the county seat of Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. The community had a population of 3,296 at the 2010 census. Prescott is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. Located 100 miles southwest of Little R ...

, Moore attended

Hendrix College Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled, mostly undergraduates. While affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the college offers a secular curriculum and has a student ...

in Conway, Arkansas, where he played

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during 1923–1925. Moore began his professional baseball career in 1928 with the

Little Rock Travelers The Little Rock Travelers were an American minor league baseball team located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and members (1902–1910, 1915–1958, 1960–1961) of the Southern Association, which as a Class A, A1 or Double-A circuit was typically two ...

, a Class A team in the

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. He pitched to a 15–21

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and 4.13

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(ERA). Late in the season, he made his major league debut on September 21, pitching one game for the

. Moore pitched a complete game but took the loss as the Indians were defeated by the Washington Senators, 2–1. Moore again pitched primarily for Little Rock in 1929, accruing a 6–20 record with 3.53 ERA. He appeared in two major league games with Cleveland, making two relief appearances without registering a decision. In 1930, Moore went 15–13 for Little Rock with a 4.34 ERA. He appeared in nine games (five starts) that season with the

, pitching to a 3.60 ERA with a 2–1 record. He is not to be confused with outfielder Jimmy Moore, who also played for the 1930 White Sox, although at different times during the season. Moore spent all of 1931 with the White Sox, making 33 appearances (four starts) with a 4.95 ERA and an 0–2 record. In 1932, Moore pitched for the

Toledo Mud Hens The Toledo Mud Hens are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. They are located in Toledo, Ohio, and play their home games at Fifth Third Field. A Mud Hens team has played in ...

, a Double-A team in the

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, registering a 6–8 record in 31 games. He made his final major league appearance that season, pitching one inning for the White Sox in an April 23 loss to the

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. Moore appeared in a total of 46 major league games over parts of five seasons, posting a 2–4 record with 4.52 ERA and 29 strikeouts in innings pitched; he had three complete games and one save. Moore's professional career continued through 1938, as he pitched for the New Orleans Pelicans in the Southern Association in 1933, then spent five years in the

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, records of which are incomplete. At age 39 during World War II, Moore was living in

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...

and working at Midwest Air Depot (now

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). He married Vera May Montgomery in July 1943 in Oklahoma City. Moore died in 1973 at the age of 69 in

Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...

, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Jim 1903 births 1973 deaths People from Prescott, Arkansas Baseball players from Arkansas Hendrix Warriors baseball players Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago White Sox players Cleveland Indians players Little Rock Travelers players Toledo Mud Hens players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Oklahoma City Indians players Galveston Buccaneers players Fort Worth Cats players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)