Moses started his professional career with Galveston of the
Texas League, where he
batted .316 in 1934. He debuted with the Philadelphia Athletics on Opening Day of the season,
singling off
Earl Whitehill of the
Washington Senators before
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Vice President John Nance Garner at
Griffith Stadium. He
batted over .300 in each of his seven years with the Athletics, including a career-best .345 in his
sophomore year. Moses had by far his most productive season in , when he hit career-highs in
home runs (25),
RBI (86),
runs (113),
hits (208) and
doubles (48), batting .320 with 13
triples. Prior to the season, he missed the opportunity to play for a
World Series team, when his trade to the
Detroit Tigers for
Benny McCoy was nullified by
Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The commissioner's ruling made McCoy and 87 Tiger minor leaguers
free agents. Through years of last place finishes with Philadelphia, Moses had little chance to display his speed on the basepaths. But in , with the Chicago White Sox, he posted a career-high 56
stolen bases and co-led the
American League in
triples (12). A strong-armed right fielder, he led the AL in
putouts (329) in . He played in his only World Series in
1946 as a member of the Red Sox. Moses started three of the Series' seven games in right field, and batted .417 (5-for-12), tying a Series record with four hits in a game. His first seven years with the A's, 1935 through 1941, were the most productive in his career. Moses surpassed .300 in every season. He produced 61 home runs, 354 RBI, and hit .317 (1,135-for-3,580). After being traded away after the season, he never hit .300 again and his productivity declined, recording 28 home runs, 325 RBI, and batting .266 (1,003-for-3,776) over the next ten seasons with the White Sox, Red Sox and a second term with the A's (1949-51). The closest he came to the .300 plateau is when he hit .295 with the White Sox in 1945. In his 17-season career, Moses hit .291 with 89 home runs and 679 RBI in 2,012
games played. He added 1,124 runs, 2,138 hits, 435 doubles, 110 triples and 174 stolen bases. His career
fielding percentage was .973. A patient hitter with a good eye, Moses collected a 1.80
walk-to-strikeout ratio (821-to-457). He also made the
American League All-Star team in 1937 and 1945, but didn't appear in the 1937 game (there was no All-Star game in 1945 due to war restrictions). == Post career ==