Herb Moford Baseball player

Herbert Moford (August 6, 1928 – December 3, 2005) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), Detroit Tigers (1958), Boston Red Sox (1959) and New York Mets (1962). He was born in Brooksville, Kentucky, stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).Moford spent each of his four major league seasons with a different team. His most significant year was 1958 with the Detroit Tigers, when he posted a 4–9 record with 58 strikeouts and a 3.61 ERA in 25 games pitched, including six complete games in 11 starts. In 157⅓ career MLB innings, Moford had a 5–13 record with 78 strikeouts, a 5.03 ERA, and three saves. On April 11, 1962, Moford was one of four Met pitchers in the first game in franchise history, an 11–4 defeat against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. The other pitchers used by Mets' manager Casey Stengel were Roger Craig (the loser), Bob Moorhead and Clem Labine.Moford died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 77.

Personal facts

Herb Moford
Birth dateAugust 06, 1928
Birth place
Brooksville Kentucky
Date of deathDecember 03, 2005
Place of death
Cincinnati

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Baseball player

Career startApril 12, 1955
Career endApril 29, 1962
batting sideRight
former teams
New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Pitcher
teams
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

Herb Moford on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0041
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/excerpts/mets_encyclopedia2.stm
  3. http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2005/12/06/local_news/250herb.txt