Terry Bluford Moore was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 center fielder

Center fielder

A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field – the baseball fielding position between left field and right field...

. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...

 from 1935–42 and 1946-48.

Playing career

A right-handed batter and thrower, Moore began his professional baseball career in 1932. In 1934, he hit .328 in the American Association

American Association (20th century)

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 and earned a roster spot with the Cardinals the following season.

Moore joined the Cardinals the year after the Gashouse Gang

Gashouse Gang

The Gashouse Gang was a nickname applied to the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team of .The Cardinals, by most accounts, earned this nickname from the team's generally very shabby appearance and rough-and-tumble tactics...

 won the 1934 World Series

1934 World Series

The 1934 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Cardinals' "Gashouse Gang" winning in seven games for their third championship in nine years....

. He hit for a career .280 batting average

Batting average

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 in 1,298 games, with 80 home run

Home run

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s. He played on two National League championship and world champion teams: the 1942

1942 World Series

The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in five games for their first championship since and their fourth overall....

 and 1946

1946 World Series

-Game 1:Sunday, October 6, 1946 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, MissouriThe Red Sox won Game 1 when Rudy York hit a home run into the left field bleachers.-Game 2:Monday, October 7, 1946 at Sportsman's Park in St...

 Cardinals. During his career (interrupted by World War II

World War II

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 service), he played with greats such as Dizzy Dean

Dizzy Dean

Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953....

, Joe Medwick

Joe Medwick

Joseph Michael Medwick , nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player. A left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the "Gashouse Gang" era of the 1930s, he also played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , New York Giants , and Boston Braves...

, Frankie Frisch

Frankie Frisch

Francis “Frankie” Frisch , nicknamed the "Fordham Flash" or "The Old Flash", was a German American Major League Baseball player of the early twentieth century....

, Johnny Mize

Johnny Mize

John Robert "Johnny" Mize was a baseball player who was a first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, and New York Yankees...

, Enos Slaughter

Enos Slaughter

Enos Bradsher Slaughter , nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St...

, and Stan Musial

Stan Musial

Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...

 — all members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, Moore was the captain of those Cardinals teams.

Moore was also known for being a great center fielder, who would have won several Gold Gloves had the award been available. He was an All-Star

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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 for four straight seasons, from 1939 to 1942.

Later life

When his playing days ended, Moore served two terms (1949–52; 1956–58) as a Cardinals coach

Coach (baseball)

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. He also managed

Manager (baseball)

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 the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 in 1954. After beginning the 1954 season as a Phillies scout, he replaced Steve O'Neill

Steve O'Neill

Stephen Francis O'Neill was an American catcher, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.Born to Irish immigrants in Minooka, Pennsylvania , O'Neill was one of six brothers who escaped a life in the coal mines by playing in the major leagues...

 as the club's manager on July 15. He managed the Phils for exactly half a season — 77 games — and the team won 35 of those games (for a winning percentage of .455).

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com
• Terry Moore at Find a Grave
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