Sam Moran (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1870–1897)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Sam Moran

|position=Pitcher

|image=File:Sam Moran (1895 Nashville Seraphs).jpg

|caption=Sam Moran with the Nashville Seraphs in 1895

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1870|9|16}}

|birth_place=Rochester, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1897|8|27|1870|9|16}}

|death_place=Rochester, New York

|debutleague=MLB

|debutdate=August 28

|debutyear=1895

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague=MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1895

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague=MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=2–4

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=7.47

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=19

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1895}})

}}

Samuel Moran (September 16, 1870 – August 27, 1897) was a professional baseball player. He was a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in August and September 1895.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moransa01.shtml|title=Sam Moran Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=February 1, 2015}}

Moran was playing for the Southern League's Nashville Seraphs when his contract was purchased by the Pirates on August 18, 1895. Earlier that season, he pitched in an exhibition against the National League's Cleveland Spiders. Moran earned the win for Nashville, out-dueling Cleveland's 28-year-old ace, Cy Young.{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-23238890|title=Looking Back: Cy Young Pitches in Nashville|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=February 1, 2015}}