fined by longtime Commissioner/Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (known primarily to posterity for keeping blacks out of the major leagues throughout his quarter-century in office). Three years later, when Greenberg was pursuing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, Moriarty kept the final game of the season going until darkness made it impossible to continue, Greenberg finishing with 58 homers, two shy of Ruth's record. In his biography, Greenberg recalled: Despite his combative field persona Moriarty was quite congenial off the field, maintaining close friendships with Jesuit priests at the College of the Holy Cross in central Massachusetts. He also fancied himself a lyricist, supplying the words for Richard A. Whiting's tune "Love Me Like the Ivy Loves the Old Oak Tree." and J. R. Shannon on "Maybe I'll Forget You Then" and "Ragtime 'Rastus Brown" in 1912. On the other hand, during 1944 divorce proceedings his wife testified, "His attitude toward the next-door neighbors was of intense hatred for no reason whatever. One time he heard the neighbor's radio. He was so angry he carried our radio to the open window next to the neighbor and turned it on full blast for about three hours." Moriarty joined the AL public relations staff after retiring from field work, and later became a scout for the Tigers, helping to discover such players as hard-hitting Harvey Kuenn and southpaw Billy Hoeft before retiring in December 1958. He died in Miami at 79, and was buried at Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Family Moriarty was the grandfather of actor and former Law & Order star Michael Moriarty, who also played pitcher Henry Wiggen in the 1973 baseball movie Bang the Drum Slowly. See also List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball umpires 1909 Detroit Tigers season References External links Retrosheet 1884 births 1964 deaths Baseball players from Chicago Chicago Cubs players Chicago White Sox players Davenport River Rats players Detroit Tigers managers Detroit Tigers players Detroit Tigers scouts Major League Baseball umpires Major League Baseball third basemen New York Highlanders players Minor league baseball managers Sportspeople from Chicago Rock Island Islanders players