Mal Moss

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Charles Malcolm Moss (April 18, 1905 – February 6, 1983) was an American professional athlete and attorney. He was a pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball in twelve games for the Chicago Cubs in 1930. Born in Sullivan, Indiana, he threw left-handed, batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). He attended Vanderbilt University, graduating in 1927, and earned a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago in 1930. Moss' professional baseball career lasted for six seasons, 1927 through 1932. In his lone MLB stint, he posted no decisions with one save and two games finished. In one starting pitcher assignment, on July 5, 1930, at Forbes Field against the Pittsburgh Pirates, he worked 41⁄3 innings and allowed six hits, three earned runs and three bases on balls, with three strikeouts. He departed the game with a 10–3 lead—having helped his own cause by going two for three at the plate with two runs batted in. But because he failed to complete five full innings as the starter, he was not eligible for the victory; the official scorer awarded the win to reliever Bob Osborn, who shut out the Bucs the rest of the way. In his 12 MLB games, Moss allowe

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