{{Short description|American baseball player (1938–2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |image=Ron Moeller.JPG |position=Pitcher |bats=Left |throws=Left | birth_date={{Birth date|1938|10|13|mf=y}} | birth_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|2009|11|2|1938|10|13}} | death_place=Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 8 |debutyear=1956 |debutteam=Baltimore Orioles |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 25 |finalyear=1963 |finalteam=Washington Senators |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=6–9 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=104 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.78 |teams= *Baltimore Orioles (1956, 1958) *Los Angeles Angels (1961, 1963) *Washington Senators (1963) }}
'''Ronald Ralph Moeller''' (October 13, 1938 – November 2, 2009) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{Baseball year|1956}} and {{Baseball year|1963}} for the Baltimore Orioles (1956, 1958), Los Angeles Angels (1961 and 1963) and Washington Senators (1963). Listed at {{convert|6|ft}} tall and {{convert|180|lb}}, Moeller batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Cincinnati.
At start of his MLB career, Moeller was nicknamed ''The Kid'' by the Orioles players both for his boyish looks and making his big-league debut at age seventeen. He pitched in part of two seasons for Baltimore before his selection by the Angels in the expansion draft following the {{Baseball year|1960}} season. His most productive campaign came in {{Baseball year|1961}} with the Angels, when he posted career-best numbers in wins (4), strikeouts (83) and innings pitched ({{frac|112|2|3}}), including a 3–0 six-hit shutout with nine strikeouts against his former Orioles team on June 5.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Skelton |first=David E. |title=Ron Moeller |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ron-moeller/ |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boxscore: Los Angeles Angels 3, Baltimore Orioles 0 |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B06050BAL1961.htm |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=Retrosheet}}</ref> In 1963, his last major league season, Moeller went 2–0 in three starts for the Senators.
In a four-season career, Moeller posted a 6–9 record with a 5.78 ERA in 52 appearances, including 22 starts, 104 strikeouts, and 100 walks in {{frac|152|2|3}} innings of work. He also pitched in the minor leagues from 1956 through 1963, compiling a 37–38 record with a 3,30 ERA in 118 games, 94 as a starter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ron Moeller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moellro01.shtml |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>
Moeller died in his native Cincinnati at the age of 71. He was married and had two children and four grandchildren.<ref name=":0" />
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