Bradley Alan Moore (born June 21, 1964) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in parts of two seasons spanning 1988–1990.[1]
Brad Moore | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Loveland, Colorado | June 21, 1964|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 14, 1988, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
April 25, 1990, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–0 |
Earned run average | 1.08 |
Strikeouts | 3 |
CPBL statistics | |
Win–loss record | 0–1 |
Earned run average | 20.25 |
Strikeouts | 0 |
Teams | |
As a junior at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colorado, Moore was only 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) and 115 pounds (52 kg). He was not drafted or offered any scholarships out of high school. After working as a landscaper and playing amateur baseball for a year after high school, he joined the college baseball team at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas. By the end of his time at Garden City, he stood 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m). Moore then received a scholarship to play baseball at Grand Canyon University.[2] He led the team in pitching appearances in 1986 en route to a victory in the NAIA World Series.[3] He was described in The Oklahoman during that season as the team's "bullpen ace."[4]
Moore was undrafted out of Grand Canyon and joined the Philadelphia Phillies organization after attending an open tryout at Cherry Creek High School in Colorado.[2] He was assigned to the Bend Phillies of the Northwest League to begin his professional career in 1986.[5] In June 1988, he was promoted directly from Double-A to the National League.[2] He made his Major League debut on June 14, 1988, against the Montreal Expos at Veterans Stadium.[6][7] He pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief of Bruce Ruffin. All three innings were ended by double plays started by Phillies second baseman Juan Samuel.[7] Moore would pitch four more games with the Phillies that season without surrendering a run. Moore would spend the entire 1989 season in the minors before returning to the majors with the Phillies in 1990. He pitched in three games in relief, all in April.[6][8] It would be his final action at the Major League level.[6] He was demoted to Triple-A on May 1.[9]
Prior to the 1991 season, Moore signed with the New York Mets.[10] In 1992, the Mets invited him to participate in spring training but reassigned him to the minor leagues in late March.[11][12]
Moore spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons in the farm systems of the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates respectively. His final stop as a professional player came with the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1994.[5]
Moore began serving as the pitching coach at Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colorado in 2006. As of May 2016[update], he was still in that position.[13]
Moore was one of multiple sons born to Barbara and Lew Moore.[2]
Moore met his wife, Lisa, in 1987 at a parade in Clearwater, Florida while she was a waitress and he was playing for the Clearwater Phillies.[2] Their son, Logan, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania in August 1990 while Moore was playing with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons.[10]
Logan Moore was selected by the Phillies in the ninth round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft.[13][14]