What years did Whitey Moore play?

Whitey Moore played in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1942.

Was Whitey Moore a pitcher?

Yes. Whitey Moore pitched in the major leagues, recording 30 wins and 228 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Whitey Moore hit?

Whitey Moore hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.

What was Whitey Moore's career batting average?

Whitey Moore batted .103 over his career, with 16 hits in 156 at bats.

How many RBI did Whitey Moore have?

Whitey Moore drove in 4 runs in his career.

What was Whitey Moore's career ERA?

Whitey Moore finished with a 3.75 career ERA, going 30-29 with 228 strikeouts.

Whitey Moore

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1936-1942)

Whitey Moore was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1942 for the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 7 seasons. Across 133 career appearances, he went 30-29 with a 3.75 ERA and 228 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 30–29

ERA 3.75

WHIP 1.45

SO 228

Pitcher PIV -5110.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 6/10/1912 in Tuscarawas, OH, USA
Died: 12/10/1987 in Uhrichsville, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1936-09-27
Last Game: 1942-09-07

Full name: Lloyd Albert Moore

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Career Pitching Statistics

Whitey Moore — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
30	29	133	60	18	4	4	513.1	450	214	25	292	228	3.75	-5110.4

Career ERA 3.75 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 10.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Whitey Moore Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1936	CIN	NL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	4	5.40	—	0.0
1937	CIN	NL	0	3	13	6	0	0	0	38.2	32	21	39	27	4.89	4.34 (-13%)	-1102.0
1938	CIN	NL	6	4	19	11	3	1	0	90.1	66	35	42	38	3.49	4.35 (+20%)	59.6
1939	CIN	NL	13	12	42	24	9	2	3	187.2	177	72	95	81	3.45	4.28 (+19%)	-1071.9
1940	CIN	NL	8	8	25	15	5	1	1	116.2	100	47	56	60	3.63	4.21 (+14%)	-796.1
1941	CIN	NL	2	1	23	4	1	0	0	61.2	62	30	45	17	4.38	3.94 (-11%)	-1655.7
1942	CIN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0
1942	SLN	NL	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	12.1	10	6	11	1	4.38	3.57 (-23%)	-544.3
Career · 8 seasons			30	29	133	60	18	4	4	513.1	450	214	292	228	3.75	—	-5,110

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Whitey Moore — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
133	156	7	16	1	0	0	4	0	4	31	.103	.125	.109	.234	-668

Career AVG .103 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — 62.0% below league average.

Career OBP .125 vs. league average .338 across their career seasons — 63.0% below league average.

Career SLG .109 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — 71.7% below league average.

Career OPS .234 vs. league average .724 across their career seasons — 67.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Whitey Moore — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1936	CIN	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	CIN	NL	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	CIN	NL	19	26	2	2	0	0	0	5	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1939	CIN	NL	42	61	4	6	1	2	2	13	.098	.274 (-64%)	.342 (-63%)	.393 (-71%)	.735 (-67%)	-668.1
1940	CIN	NL	25	39	1	5	0	1	2	9	.128	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	CIN	NL	23	18	0	3	0	1	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	SLN	NL	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			133	156	7	16	1	4	4	31	.103	—	—	—	—	-668

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Whitey Moore — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Whitey Moore — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1940	WS	CIN	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1939	WS	CIN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Whitey Moore — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	4	0	0	11.1	8	3	6	9	2.38

Playoff Pitching by Year

Whitey Moore — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1940	WS	CIN	0	0	3	0	0	8.1	8	3	6	7	3.24
1939	WS	CIN	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Whitey Moore — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	58	66	3	5	0	3	.076
Away	75	90	4	11	0	1	.122

Pitching — Home / Away

Whitey Moore — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	58	238.0	198	91	134	89	3.44
Away	75	275.1	252	123	157	143	4.02

Last 10 Games — Batting

Whitey Moore — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1942-09-07	STL	PIT	L	0	0
1942-08-13	STL	CHC	L	0	0
1942-08-10	STL	PIT	L	0	0
1942-08-07	STL	PIT	L	0	0
1942-07-23	STL	PHI	L	0	0
1942-07-16	STL	PHI	L	2	1
1942-07-14	STL	BSN	W	0	0
1942-05-30	STL	CIN	L	0	0
1942-05-17	STL	NY1	L	0	0
1942-04-22	CIN	STL	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Whitey Moore — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB
1942-09-07	STL	PIT	—	2.0	0	0	0	0
1942-08-13	STL	CHC	—	0.0	0	4	4	4
1942-08-10	STL	PIT	—	1.0	1	1	1	2
1942-08-07	STL	PIT	—	1.0	1	0	0	0
1942-07-23	STL	PHI	—	0.0	2	0	0	1
1942-07-16	STL	PHI	L	4.1	4	1	1	2
1942-07-14	STL	BSN	—	1.0	0	0	0	1
1942-05-30	STL	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0
1942-05-17	STL	NY1	—	2.0	2	0	0	1
1942-04-22	CIN	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Whitey Moore — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	133	0	18	73	5	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Whitey Moore — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1936	CIN	P	1	0	0	0	0
1937	CIN	P	13	1	7	0	0
1938	CIN	P	19	2	15	1	1
1939	CIN	P	42	9	32	1	0
1940	CIN	P	25	3	9	1	0
1941	CIN	P	23	2	10	2	2
1942	CIN	P	1	0	0	0	0
1942	SLN	P	9	1	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Whitey Moore — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	133

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Whitey Moore: the record in brief

The profile opens with Whitey Moore's first major league game on September 27, 1936; the last one listed came on September 7, 1942. The team column moves through the Cincinnati Reds (1936 through 1942) and the St. Louis Cardinals (1942). Moore played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on June 10, 1912, in Tuscarawas, OH, USA, Moore was listed at 195 pounds on a 6-foot-1 frame. Moore died on December 10, 1987, in Uhrichsville, OH, USA. Moore's full given name, per the bio, is Lloyd Albert Moore.

Moore went 30-29 with a 3.75 ERA in 133 games, 60 of them starts. The same table counts 228 strikeouts and 18 complete games. That 3.75 ERA compares with a 4.18 league average across the same seasons, 10.2% better. Moore won 13 games in 1939, the most of any season listed. In 1939, one of the busiest seasons, Moore posted a 3.45 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.28.

Frequently Asked Questions about Whitey Moore

What years did Whitey Moore play?: Whitey Moore played in Major League Baseball from 1936 to 1942.
Was Whitey Moore a pitcher?: Yes. Whitey Moore pitched in the major leagues, recording 30 wins and 228 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Whitey Moore hit?: Whitey Moore hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.
What was Whitey Moore's career batting average?: Whitey Moore batted .103 over his career, with 16 hits in 156 at bats.
How many RBI did Whitey Moore have?: Whitey Moore drove in 4 runs in his career.
What was Whitey Moore's career ERA?: Whitey Moore finished with a 3.75 career ERA, going 30-29 with 228 strikeouts.