100 Greatest Phillies: 50 – Earl Moore

Earl Moore
Starting Pitcher
1908-1912

Career w/Phillies: 1151.1 IP / 67-64 / 2.63 ERA / 651 K

The numbers are astounding: 26 innings without an earned run in 1908, 18-12 with a 2.10 ERA in 1909, 22-15 in 1910. Moore’s career with the Phillies lasted just five seasons, but in that time he re-established himself as one of baseball’s premiere pitchers. During his Phillie tenure he regularly ranked in the top 10 in ERA, strikeouts (maybe the top K man of his day), shutouts, innings and complete games. He amassed 300 innings in 1911, when he lost 19 games yet recorded a stellar 2.63 ERA.

Comment: One of the best pitchers of his day, Moore was one of the first great pitchers in Phillies history, and provided a bridge to Grover Cleveland Alexander, who became debatably the franchise’s greatest arm. For his short time, he really made a mark.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.