# Ron Moeller
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1938–2009)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=Ron Moeller.JPG
|position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
| birth_date={{Birth date|1938|10|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place=[Cincinnati](/source/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](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching))
|stat1value=6–9
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=104
|stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average)
|stat2value=5.78
|teams=
*[Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) (1956, 1958)
*[Los Angeles Angels](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels) (1961, 1963)
*[Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) (1963)
}}
'''Ronald Ralph Moeller''' (October 13, 1938 – November 2, 2009) was a [pitcher](/source/pitcher) in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) who played between {{Baseball year|1956}} and {{Baseball year|1963}} for the [Baltimore Orioles](/source/Baltimore_Orioles) (1956, 1958), [Los Angeles Angels](/source/Los_Angeles_Angels) (1961 and 1963) and [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1961%E2%80%9371)) (1963). Listed at {{convert|6|ft}} tall and {{convert|180|lb}}, Moeller batted and threw left-handed. He was born in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati).
At start of his [MLB](/source/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](/source/1960_Major_League_Baseball_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](/source/strikeouts) (83) and [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched) ({{frac|112|2|3}}), including a 3–0 six-hit [shutout](/source/shutouts_in_baseball) with nine strikeouts against his former Orioles team on June 5.[{{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](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research)}}][{{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}}] In 1963, his last major league season, Moeller went 2–0 in three [starts](/source/starting_pitcher) for the Senators.
In a four-season career, Moeller posted a 6–9 record with a 5.78 [ERA](/source/earned_run_average) in 52 appearances, including 22 starts, 104 strikeouts, and 100 [walks](/source/base_on_balls) in {{frac|152|2|3}} innings of work. He also pitched in the [minor leagues](/source/minor_league_baseball) from 1956 through 1963, compiling a 37–38 record with a 3,30 ERA in 118 games, 94 as a starter.[{{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}}]
Moeller died in his native Cincinnati at the age of 71. He was married and had two children and four grandchildren.