Leo Moon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1899
Place of Birth: Bellemont, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 25-Aug-1970
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Leo Moon
- Leo Moon (June 22, 1899 – August 25, 1970) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for one season.
- He pitched 5? innings in one game for the Cleveland Indians during the 1932 Cleveland Indians season and had a 17-year career in the minor leagues.
- He was originally born with two fingers on his left hand fused together.
- While actively pitching in baseball, he had surgery to split the two in 1927.Moon began his professional career in 1924 with in the Texas League.
- He then spent 1925 and 1926 with the Des Moines Demons, finishing the second season with 24 wins and eight losses.
- He spent 1926 to 1928 with the Minneapolis Millers, and followed that up with three seasons with the Little Rock Travelers.
- His best season there was 1930, when he had a win-loss record of 18-9 and a 2.98 earned run average (ERA) in 41 games and 248 innings pitched.Moon split the 1932 season with the Toledo Mud Hens and New Orleans Pelicans.
- While with Toledo, the Cleveland Indians signed him to a contract to give themselves a left-handed pitcher on the roster.
- Moon made his debut on July 9 in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators, allowing seven runs and seven bases on balls in 5.2 innings pitched in a 14-4 loss.He returned to the minor leagues shortly after that appearance, and spent 1933 with New Orleans.
- Moon spend the next five seasons with the Knoxville Smokies and Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association, finishing with a 17-9 record in two of those seasons.
- He spent 1939 with the Fort Worth Cats and Oklahoma City Indians, then wrapped up his career in 1940, finishing his professional career with over 200 wins.
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