Brandon Moss

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**Brandon Moss**

Boston Red Sox — No. 44
Outfielder
Born: September 16, 1983 (1983-09-16) (age 24) Monroe, Georgia
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 6, 2007 for the Boston Red Sox
Selected MLB statistics (through 2008)
Batting average	.286
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	3
Teams
Boston Red Sox (2007-present)

Brandon Douglas Moss (born September 16, 1983 in Monroe, Georgia) is an American professional baseball player.

1 Professional career
2 Awards and recognition
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Professional career

Brandon Moss was drafted in the 8th round of the 2002 draft by the Boston Red Sox, out of Loganville High School in Loganville, Georgia. He was an 18 year old infielder when drafted, and transitioned into an outfield role.

Moss climbed up the ladder of minor league A ball, starting with the Gulf Coast Red Sox. He then played for the Lowell Spinners, Augusta GreenJackets, and Sarasota Sox. He spent two years with the AA Portland Sea Dogs in 2005 and 2006 and now plays for the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox.

On August 6, 2007, he was called up to Boston to replace Eric Hinske when Hinske was placed on bereavement leave.^[1] In his debut, he got his first major league hit against Scot Shields of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He then scored his first run on a wild pitch by Shields. Later in the game, with the tying run on base, he struck out against all-star closer Francisco Rodriguez to end the game. He was optioned back to AAA Pawtucket on August 10, 2007 to make room for Eric Hinske, who was returning from bereavement leave.^[2]

On September 1, 2007, Moss was recalled to Boston when Major League rosters expanded to 40 players.^[3]

Moss' first major league RBI came on September 26th against the Oakland Athletics.

On March 25, 2008 (MLB Japan Opening Day 2008) in a game held at theTokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan , Moss was a last-minute starter in right field after J.D. Drew was scratched from the line-up with lower back tightness.^[4] During this game he hit his first major league home run in the 9th inning off of Oakland A's closer Huston Street to tie the game. The Red Sox would go on to win the game 6-5 in 10 innings.^[5]^[6] After playing the first two games of the season, Moss was sent down to the Pawtucket Red Sox on March 26th.^[7]

Moss was brought back up on April 29 and was batting .286 on May 3 when he was diagnosed with appendicitis and brought to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy.^[8]

[edit] Awards and recognition

2004 SoxProspects.com Player of the Year
2004 Augusta GreenJackets Player of the Year
2004 South Atlantic League MVP
2004 SAL Post-Season All-Star
- Florida State League Player of the Week (8.22.04)
2004 Red Sox Minor League Player of the Month (July)
South Atlantic League Player of the Month (July 2004)
2004 South Atlantic League All Star
2004 South Atlantic League All Star Game MVP
2004 Red Sox Minor League Player of the Month (May)
2004 Baseball America Low-A Midseason All-Star
Red Sox ML Defensive Player of the Month (May 2005)
Eastern League All-Star (2005)
Eastern League Player of the Week (9.06.05)
Red Sox ML Offensive Player of the Month (June 2006)
2006 Portland Sea Dogs MVP
2006 Eastern League Playoff MVP
2007 International League All-Star
2007 Pawtucket Red Sox MVP