Balor Moore

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Balor Lilbon Moore (b. January 25, 1951, Smithfield, Texas) was the first player drafted by the expansion Montreal Expos Major League baseball team in 1969 (overall 22nd pick of the 1969 amateur draft) and he debuted with them the following year at the age of 19. After a year in the military, he had two good years with the Expos, but had injury trouble in 1974, eventually having surgery on his elbow in 1975, and was never the same. He came back in 1977, playing one year with the California Angels, and his last three years with the Toronto Blue Jays, retiring in 1980.

His career year was in 1972. The left-hander made 22 starts and struck out 161 hitters in 147 2/3 innings. That winter he pitched a perfect game for San Juan in Puerto Rico, the first nine-inning perfect game in that league's 36-year history. The next season, 1973 Moore struck out an average of 7.71 batters per nine innings, second in the National League, and allowed 7.71 hits per nine innings, good for 10th in the league.

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On September 16, 1972 Moore extended his scoreless-inning streak to 25 before serving up a 7th-inning 3-run home, the first for Phillies rookie Mike Schmidt.