Wally moon
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Louis Cardinal and Los Angeles Dodger who won three World Series titles with the Dodgers, and was the 1954 National. The eye-searing yellow color in the backdrop is. The changed numbers exhibit age consistent with the rest of the shirt. Wally Moon (Wallace Wade Moon) was born on 3 April, 1930 in Bay, Arkansas, USA, is an Actor. The Wally Moon Award in the A&M baseball program is named for the former St. Only a dozen 1959 Topps Wally Moon cards have managed a grade of PSA 9 and this has to be one of the best. (This is further backed up by missing MEARS paperwork for this jersey that we found online.) Overall, the vintage flannel comes in decent condition for its age, showing heavy wear and some structural damage to the blue felt letters and numbers. In 1966, it appears that Moon's #9 was changed and reissued by the team (a common practice in those days), most likely to Hector Valle or Jim Barbieri who each wore #17 at some point during the '66 season. "17" in red felt that same number appears in larger blue felt on the back. He played baseball collegially at Texas A&M University and earned All-Southwest. Born Wallace Wade Moon, he attended Bay High School in Arkansas. The classic "Dodgers" logo in blue felt is sewn across the chest with No. For twelve seasons (1954 to 1965), he played at the outfielder and first baseman positions with the St. The front left tail has Wilson size 40 tagging, with a "Moon" swatch and "1964" sewn below.
This home jersey dates to the '64 campaign, Moon's second-to-last of his career. 289 hitter, Moon hit 142 home runs with 661 RBI in 1,457 games. The next season Moon won the Gold Glove Award. helping the team take home their first championship on the West Coast. As a Dodger he made his second All-Star team in 1959 - his first in L.A. A fine leftfielder with a solid arm, Moon also played in right and center as well as first base. Learn about Wally and his baseball career in his own words through his book, Moon Shots: Reflections on a Baseball Life. Wally Moon was born on April 3, 1930, in. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers, he won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1954 and made major contributions to the Dodgers’ World Series championship teams in 1959, 1963, and 1965.
Through the end of his life he remained as he was in his playing days, a model of class and distinction. Wallace Wade (Wally) Moon, named for one of the most prominent football coaches of the era, played twelve seasons of major league baseball. Louis Cardinals and then keeping things rolling through that first season in 1954 to earn NL Rookie of the Year honors against some stiff competition (Aaron and Banks). Wally Moon was one of baseball's standouts during the game's 'Golden Era' of the 1950s and 60s. Wally Moon was a fast starter, socking a home run in his very first MLB at-bat for the St.