Herb Moford, 1928-2005

[Guest Edgy DC]

Because deceased Mets --- particularly 1962 ones --- get their own thread.

Herb at baseball-reference.com.

Herb at the UMDB.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

]MINERVA, Ky. Former major league pitcher Herb Moford, who played for four teams in the 1950s and 1960s, died Saturday ate the age of 77.

Would that be Saturday, December 3?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Story just reported 30 minutes ago from a local Kentucky source, and hasn't appeared on the national wires yet, so I'd say yeah.

Maybe Doug Flynn can represent the organization at the funeral.

[metirish]

From Baseball Reference....

]June, 1962: Sent from the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Mets in an unknown transaction

what does that mean, unknown transaction, is there no history of it at all or was it not reported at the time?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It means baseball-reference doesn't have all the data it wants to. I'm sure there are sources that can clear that up.

I was wrong. It looks like the services have it.

Herb fondly remembered.

[metirish]

Nice article,..RIP Mr. Moford.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Herb is now officially dead.

Second Met to die on December 3. Looking at that list, a lot of Mets seem to die in December. Coincidence? Or do older people tend to be likely to succumb to the onset of colder weather?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Actually there are more Januarys than Decembers.

[Guest sharpie]

Mets die in offseason months of 31 days.

[MFS62]

I saw him pitch.
He had a big curve ball than didn't always go where he wanted it to.

Sigh

Later

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

unknown transaction revealed, from my notes:

Dec. 2, 1961: Mets acquire RHP Herb Moford from the Baltimore Orioles for cash
Moford was a 33-year-old career minor leaguer who�d bounced between four organizations and had three brief stays in the Majors when the Mets plucked him from Baltimore�s Rochester affiliate in a conditional deal. He�d be sent back there early in the �62 season, after surrendering 12 runs in 15 innings for New York.

"Conditional" deals usually were, like, $5,000 down, $20,000 more if he stays on the roster past a certain date.

[Valadius]

RIP Herb Moford.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lost Legends

Herb Moford � Pitched in relief in the first regular-season game in New York Mets history, in 1962, and became the only Met pitcher on the day to surrender no runs during his appearance. Obviously, Moford just didn't get what being an Original Met was all about. Oh, he lived up to Perfesser Stengel's observation ("He'll get the ball over the plate"), maybe too well (21 hits, 15 runs, 12 earned as an Original Met), but he also had a 4-1 strikeout to walk ratio (four punch-outs and one pass as an Original Met). Clearly Moford didn't understand the way things were supposed to be and, when he was sent to minors, the former Cardinal, Detroit Tiger, and Boston Red Sox decided retirement was the better part of valor.

[Zvon]

Rest in peace Herb Moford.

You were never portrayed as a Met on a baseball card.
And to me, thats ashame.

[Guest *62]

Born on my Mom's b-day, 8/6

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