I found this Charlie Moss APBA card in my 1934 card which has plenty of fun cards in it.
Moss simply batted 10 times and hit two singles as a backup catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. He scored three runs and drove in one.
| Split | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 Totals | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Now at first glance, 1934 Charlie Moss doesn’t appear too awful. He has a 55-8 and even has a hit number at 25. But he has no power numbers of course and APBA was realistic with the no walks thing. He has no 14s.
That results in some cringe-worthy numbers like 51-30 and 13-32.
Ugly numbers: 51-30, 13-32, 31-38
The fact that Moss was a C-5 doesn’t help either.
[To provide some perspective, 1934 was the year after Connie Mack began selling off his players. Mickey Cochrane was gone to the Tigers. Grove went to the Red Sox. Jimmie Foxx remained till 1935, though.]
Back to my point, Charlie Berry was the A’s most played catcher at 99 games. There were a host of others though including Frankie Hayes and Ed Madjeski. None, obviously, as good as Cochrane.
