Doc Moskiman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1879
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Date of Death: 11-Jan-1953
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Doc Moskiman
- William Bankhead Moskiman (December 20, 1879 – January 11, 1953) was a first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox in its 1910 season.
- Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 170 lb.
- (77 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.Born in Oakland, California, Moskiman attended Jefferson Grammar School for eight years, and graduated from Oakland High School.
- Afterwards, he was a medical student at Cooper Medical College but never truly became a doctor because he chose to play ball instead.Moskiman spent parts of 13 seasons playing minor-league and independent-league ball, pitching more often than not and obtaining considerably good results in the California League, where he posted a 31-13 record in 1909 for the Oakland Commuters.
- Previously, he won 29 games for Oakland in 1901 and 22 for the Stockton Millers in 1908.As a result, newspapers like the Los Angeles Times bestowed his degree on him in advance by frequently referring to him as 'Doctor Moskiman', or simply 'Doc', a nickname given to a player to be wise, e.g., Doc Moskiman, who gave far more analysis to his pitching than most other pitchers.In five major-league games with the Red Sox, Moskiman was a .111 hitter (1-for-9) with one run scored and one run batted in.
- He made no errors in 18 fielding chances.After his playing days, Moskiman worked as a traveling salesman for the sporting goods manufacturer A.
- G.
- Spalding & Bros.
- and later was the retail manager of an athletic-goods store.In between, Moskiman was a long time resident of San Leandro, California, where he died in 1953 at the age of 73.
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