Robert Ralph Moose Jr. (October 9, 1947 – October 9, 1976) was an

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professional

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player. He played his entire career in

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as a right-handed

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for the

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from through .

Biography

Moose was a member of Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between and and the

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in . His best season came in 1969 when he posted a 14–3 won-loss record and a 2.91

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working equally as a starter and reliever. On September 20 of that year, he

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the eventual

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. He is also known for his

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in the bottom half of the ninth inning which allowed George Foster to score the winning run in the fifth and deciding game of the 1972 NLCS, sending the

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to the

after Pittsburgh had a one-run lead entering the bottom of the ninth. During the 1974 season, Moose suffered a blood clot under the shoulder of his pitching arm. Surgery was required to remove the clot plus one of Moose's ribs.

Death

Moose was killed on his twenty-ninth birthday in a two-vehicle auto accident on Ohio Route 7 in Martins Ferry, as he was returning from a tournament at

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's golf course in

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.Bucs' Bob Moose Killed In Crash
''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (October 11, 1976).

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