Earl Victor Moseley (September 7, 1887 – July 1, 1963) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

who played for the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

(1913), Indianapolis Hoosiers / Newark Pepper (1914–1915) and

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. The Reds compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Divisi ...

(1916). Moseley batted and threw right-handed. He was born in

Middleburg Heights, Ohio Middleburg Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb about southwest of downtown Cleveland. The population was 16,004 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Middleburg Heights is part of the histo ...

. Moseley made his majors debut in 1913 with the Boston Red Sox and went 8–5. The next year, he jumped to the

Federal League The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, known simply as the Federal League, was an American professional baseball league that played its first season as a minor league in 1913 and operated as a "third major league", in competition with the e ...

and won 19 and 15 in two seasons for the Indianapolis/Newark franchises, leading the league with a 1.91

earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...

in 1915 over

Eddie Plank Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914, th ...

(2.08) and

Mordecai Brown Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger Brown" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and manager during the first two decades of the 20th century (known as the " dead- ...

(2.09). Bothered by arm problems, he played his final season with the Cincinnati Reds in 1916. In a four-season career, Moseley posted a 49–48 record with a 3.01 ERA and 469

strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It means the batter is out, unless the third strike is not caught by the catcher and the batter reaches first base safe ...

s in 855-2/3

innings pitched In baseball, the statistic innings pitched (IP) is the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of Batter (baseball), batters and baserunners that have been put out while the pitcher is on the Baseball field#Pitcher's mou ...

. Moseley died in

Alliance, Ohio Alliance is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 21,672 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It was established in 1854 by the merger of three smaller communities and was a manufacturing and railroad hub in t ...

, at the age of 75.

External links

Baseball Almanac
* 1887 births 1963 deaths People from Middleburg Heights, Ohio Boston Red Sox players Cincinnati Reds players Indianapolis Hoosiers players Newark Peppers players Major League Baseball pitchers East Liverpool Potters (baseball) players Wheeling Stogies players Youngstown Steelmen players Beaumont Oilers players Akron Buckeyes players Baseball players from Cuyahoga County, Ohio Dothan (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1880s-stub

See also

External links