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John Lester Moss (May 14, 1925 – August 29, 2012) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Les Moss )〕 He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Browns for the most significant portion of his career, and was a backup catcher almost all his career.〔 ==Baseball career== Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Moss began his professional baseball career in at the age of 17, playing for the American Pioneers of the Georgia–Florida League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Les Moss minor league statistics )〕 In he moved up to the Class A Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League where he posted a .308 batting average in 96 games.〔 He missed the and seasons while serving in the Merchant Marines during the Second World War. He would play for the Toledo Mud Hens in , hitting .297 in 121 games before, being called up late in the season to make his major league debut at the age of 21 with the St. Louis Browns on September 10.〔〔 Moss platooned alongside left-handed-hitting catcher Jake Early, producing a .157 batting average in 96 games during the 1947 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1947 St. Louis Browns season )〕 He caught the majority of the games for the Browns in 1948 while his hitting improved substantially, with a .257 average along with 14 home runs and 46 runs batted in.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1948 St. Louis Browns season )〕 In 1949, the Browns acquired 24-year-old Sherm Lollar from the New York Yankees and, Moss became the second string catcher.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1949 St. Louis Browns season )〕 Moss' hitting continued to improve with a .291 average and an impressive .399 on-base percentage.〔 On May 17, 1951, Moss was traded to the Boston Red Sox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Les Moss Trades and Transactions )〕 After producing a .198 batting average in 71 games for the Red Sox, he would be traded back to the Browns on November 28, 1951.〔〔 He continued as the Browns' second string catcher backing up Clint Courtney. Moss was the Browns' catcher on May 6, 1953 when Bobo Holloman pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May 6, 1953 Athletics-Browns box score )〕 In 1954, the Browns relocated to Baltimore and were renamed the Orioles. Moss played one full season in Baltimore before being traded to the Chicago White Sox on June 6, 1955, where he once again served as a back up to Sherm Lollar.〔 He played three more seasons with the White Sox before ending his major league career after the 1958 season.〔 Moss returned to the minor leagues, appearing in two games for the Indianapolis Indians in and then, appeared in three games for the San Diego Padres in , before retiring as a player at the age of 35.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Les Moss」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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