Talk:John Moore (baseball)

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Judy Moore

There was a Judy Moore who played baseball as a right handed pitcher for the Ozark Pilots/Ozark Cardinals (most likely from Ozark, Alabama) from at least 1934[1][2][3], in a league called the Dixie League[4] or Dixie Amateur League[5] (likely not Dixie League (1933 baseball) nore the later East Dixie League or West Dixie League). Released by the Cardinals in June 1935[6] but signed again with them in May 1936.[7][8] Was playing for a Ozark team during the summer of 1937.[9] May or may not be the same John "Judy" Moore. Alvaldi (talk) 22:04, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since I don't think this team was a Black ball club, I would say this is not the same John Moore, who almost certainly have would have gained some notoriety in the 1930s for playing with white players, in Alabama no less, a decade before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, even if this was semi-pro play. Plus, this Judy Moore was a pitcher, and I haven't seen anything to indicate John Moore was anything other than an infielder. Since this Judy Moore was playing in Alabama during the same years John Moore was playing basketball with the Iron City Elks in Pittsburgh, I would assume if they were the same person, there would have been a mention of him doing both somewhere. Penale52 (talk) 23:35, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right. I had my doubts, especially since this was in Alabama, but decided to post this since the name, sport and age where similar. After I posted I found out that the The Southern Star (Alabama) newspaper, that speaks positively about him and most of the sources are from, was founded by a former Confederate soldier so I would guess it was not a black run paper. The article's John "Judy" Moore did play on race-mixed team, albeit in high school and in Pittsburgh. And although he did play for a team in Alabama in 1929, you're right that the time frame intertwines with his stint with the Iron City Elks although it is plausable that he played basketball in the winter time and baseball in the summer. But I failed to find any source that directly states that these are the same person so I guess this is a dead end. Alvaldi (talk) 10:51, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]