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This day in baseball: Moon is Rookie of the Year

Posted: December 19, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

On December 19, 1954, Wally Moon of the St. Louis Cardinals was selected National League Rookie of the Year.  Moon finished his first season in the big leagues with a .304 batting average, 12 home runs,  and 76 RBIs.  The twenty-four-year-old center fielder, who replaced Enos Slaughter in the St. Louis outfield, collected 17 of the 24 writers’ votes, winning easily over future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Hank Aaron.

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Moon in 1961 (Wikipedia)

2 Comments on “This day in baseball: Moon is Rookie of the Year”

  1. thome2040 says:
    December 19, 2018 at 9:56 am

    He of the moon shots and unibrow…how wrong were they!

    Reply

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