Hall of Fame
Moore played three seasons for coach Jim Ward’s EKU baseball team before signing a professional contract with the Kansas City Royals. He had an outstanding career at Eastern which led to him holding four single season school records, including most games played (68), at bats (266), consecutive hits (12) and doubles (26). His most impressive season came in 1987 when he was named a second-team All-American and an NCAA All-South Region player. That season he was also named OVC Northern Division Player of the Year after batting .433. A three-time first-team All-OVC selection, he was collegiate baseball’s toughest player to strikeout with only three strikeouts in 165 at bats in 1987. While at Eastern, the Colonels won 104 games in three seasons, topped by a school-record 42-29 record in 1985 when EKU advanced to NCAA regional play. He played 10 seasons of professional baseball, compiling a .279 career batting average and recording 175 saves. His best seasons in minor league baseball were the 1987 season with Class A Eugene where he batted .374 and the 1994 year with Class AAA Richmond where he finished the year at .366. In September of 1991, he made his major league debut, playing for the Kansas City Royals and hitting .357 with a double and three steals. He is currently in his ninth season as hitting coach with the Class A farm team of the Atlanta Braves, the Rome Braves. His inaugural season of professional coaching was 1997 when he served as the coach with the Braves Single-A affiliate of the Northwest League. He also spent three seasons with the Lynchburg Hillcats where he helped lead that team to the Carolina League title. Before joining the Rome Braves, he spent two seasons as a coach with Braves Single-A affiliate in Greenville.
