Junior Moore
Alvin Earl "Junior" Moore is an American former professional baseball player. He was a third baseman and outfielder who appeared in 289 games in the Major Leagues for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox. Moore batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed.Career
Moore was drafted by the Braves in the eleventh round of the 1971 Major League Baseball Draft after graduating from John F. Kennedy High School of Richmond, California. He was nearing the end of his sixth season in minor league baseball when he was recalled from the Triple-A Richmond Braves and made his Major League debut on August 2, 1976, starting at third base against the San Diego Padres. Moore then spent the entire campaign with Atlanta, appearing in an MLB-career-high 112 games. But he was released at the end of the season, and signed as a free agent by the White Sox. Moore then split between the ChiSox and the Triple-A Iowa Oaks before logging another full campaign,, in the Majors. Playing mostly as an outfielder, he appeared in 88 games, with 42 starts in the field. In his final big league season in, Moore again bounced between the White Sox and their Triple-A affiliate.
In his 289 big-league games, Moore collected 204 hits in 774 at bats, with 20 doubles and seven triples accompanying his seven home runs. He spent the final five seasons of his professional career in the Mexican League, retiring in 1985.
