Obituary:

Wally Moon, who became a celebrated figure in the early history of the Los Angeles Dodgers when he lofted “moon shot” homers over the short left-field screen at the Los Angeles Coliseum to help take the team to the 1959 World Series championship, died Friday in Bryan, Texas. He was 87.

Moon, a left-handed-hitting outfielder, was the National League’s Rookie of the Year in 1954, batting .304 for the Cardinals. St. Louis traded him to the Dodgers before the 1959 season.

Moon hit 39 of his 47 home runs from 1959 to 1961 at the Coliseum. He won a Gold Glove in 1960 and hit .328 with 88 RBIs, both career highs, in 1961. He was an All-Star in 1957 and 1959 and won two more World Series rings with the Dodgers in 1963 and 1965.