# Anse Moore > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anse_Moore > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anse_Moore.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anse_Moore > Source revision: 1278334112 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player (1917–1993)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Anse Moore |position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) |image=Anse Moore.jpg |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1917|9|22}} |birth_place=[Delhi, Louisiana](/source/Delhi%2C_Louisiana), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1993|10|29|1917|9|22}} |death_place=[Pearl, Mississippi](/source/Pearl%2C_Mississippi), U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 17 |debutyear=1946 |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear=1946 |finalteam=Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) |stat1value=.209 |stat2label=[Home runs](/source/Home_runs) |stat2value=1 |stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in) |stat3value=8 |teams= *[Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) (1946)}} '''Anselm Winn Moore''' (September 22, 1917 – October 29, 1993) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player whose career spanned 1939–1942 and 1946–1953 and included a full season and 51 [games played](/source/games_played) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [1946 Detroit Tigers](/source/1946_Detroit_Tigers_season). An [outfielder](/source/outfielder), Moore batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}. Moore was born in 1917 at [Delhi, Louisiana](/source/Delhi%2C_Louisiana). His professional baseball career began in 1939 with the Alexandria Aces of [Alexandria, Louisiana](/source/Alexandria%2C_Louisiana). He played for Alexandria in 1939 and 1940 and the Beaumont Exporters of the Texas League in 1941 and 1942. He compiled a .293 batting average in 148 games for Beaumont in 1942. He missed the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons while serving in the [European Theater of Operations](/source/European_Theater_of_Operations) for the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) during World War II.[http://baseballinwartime.com/those_who_served/those_who_served_atoz.htm Baseball in Wartime.com] After the war, Moore joined the Detroit Tigers i nearly 1946.{{cite news|title=Anse Moore Looms as Serious Candidate at Third|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Lyall Smith|date=February 26, 1946|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109792772/majors-rule-to-help-gis-works-hardship/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}{{cite news|title=Majors' Rule to Help GIs Works Hardship on Moore|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Lyall Smith|date=April 12, 1946|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109792463/moore/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} Moore compiled a .209 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) with 28 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)), 16 [runs scored](/source/run_(baseball)), eight [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in) and one [home run](/source/home_run) in 134 career [at bats](/source/at_bats). He played 17 games in [left field](/source/left_field) and 15 in [right field](/source/right_field). His lone homer, a solo shot, came off [knuckleball](/source/knuckleball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) [Roger Wolff](/source/Roger_Wolff) of the [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)) on May 14 at [Briggs Stadium](/source/Briggs_Stadium) — representing the Tigers' only run in a 15–1 rout.[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B05140DET1946.htm Information] at [Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) Moore continued playing in the minor leagues through the 1953 season, including stints with the Buffalo Bison (1947-1949), Baltimore Orioles (1950-1951), Toledo Mud Hens (1952), and Jackson Senators (1953).{{cite web|title=Anse Moore Minor League Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=September 18, 2022|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=moore-001ans}}{{cite news|title=Anse Moore Is Signed By Senators|newspaper=The Clarion-Ledger|date=March 29, 1953|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58798078/3-29-53anse-moore-signed/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} Moore died at age 76 in [Pearl, Mississippi](/source/Pearl%2C_Mississippi).{{cite news|title=Anse Moore retired baseball player|newspaper=The Clarion-Ledger|date=October 30, 1993|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109791295/anse-moore/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moorean01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Anse}} Category:1917 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Alexandria Aces players Category:United States Army personnel of World War II Category:Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Baseball players from Louisiana Category:Beaumont Exporters players Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Category:Charleston Senators players Category:Detroit Tigers players Category:Jackson Senators players Category:Major League Baseball outfielders Category:Meridian Millers players Category:Toledo Mud Hens players Category:People from Delhi, Louisiana --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anse Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anse_Moore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anse_Moore?action=history)). 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