THE SIDELINES : Baseball Vet Wally Moses Dies

Wally Moses, who had a .291 lifetime batting average in 17 seasons with three different American League baseball teams, died Wednesday night, two days after his 80th birthday.

Moses had been in ill health for about a year and had suffered from chronic lung problems for about 10 years. A family member said he died of a stroke.

Moses was voted the American League Rookie of the Year in 1935 when he hit .325 with the Philadelphia Athletics. He spent his first seven years with the A’s. He then played for 4 1/2 years with the Chicago White Sox and 2 1/2 years with the Boston Red Sox before returning to the A’s for his final three seasons.

Moses hit .417 in the 1946 World Series for the Red Sox, his only appearance in the postseason event.