Archie Moore (baseball) explained

Archie Moore
Position:	Outfielder
Bats:	Left
Throws:	Left
Birth Date:	30 August 1941
Birth Place:	Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Debutleague:	MLB
Debutdate:	April 20
Debutyear:	1964
Debutteam:	New York Yankees
Finalleague:	MLB
Finaldate:	September 28
Finalyear:	1965
Finalteam:	New York Yankees
Statleague:	MLB
Stat1label:	Batting average
Stat1value:	.275
Stat2label:	Home runs
Stat2value:	1
Stat3label:	Runs batted in
Stat3value:	5
Teams:	New York Yankees (–)

Archie Francis Moore (born August 30, 1941) is an American former Major League Baseball player. Moore appeared in forty games for the New York Yankees during the 1964 and 1965 seasons, as an outfielder, first baseman and pinch hitter. He batted and threw left-handed.

Biography

Moore grew up in Florham Park, New Jersey.^[1] and attended Hanover Park High School in East Hanover Township together with future MLB pitcher Harry Fanok.^[2]

He was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1963.

Notes and References

1. Staff. "YANKS WIN By 9-8 ON 5 RUNS IN 9TH", The New York Times, April 5, 1964. Accessed October 29, 2017. "Richardson grounded to Minoso, who made his erratic peg to set up the game-winning situation for Moore, the bonus player from Florham Park, N. J., via Springfield (Mass.) College."
2. Costello, Rory; and Fanok, Harry. Harry Fanok, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed October 29, 2017. "After leaving Morristown Prep, I went to Hanover Park High School.... We had a lot of heart on that Hornet team though. Jim Russin, Archie Moore [1964-65 Yankees], and myself would go on to the pros."