Chad Edward Moeller [MOE-ler] (born February 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball catcher.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 through 2010 for the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles.
He was teammates with future MLB players Geoff Jenkins, Jacque Jones, Morgan Ensberg and Randy Flores.
[9] On July 29, Moeller hit his first homer, a tie-breaking, three-run inside-the-park home run against the New York Yankees.
[16][17][18] On the last day of the season, he helped the Diamondbacks clinch home field advantage on the playoffs by homering twice and driving in six runs.
[20][21] After catcher Damian Miller was traded before the 2003 season, Moeller split catching duties with Rod Barajas.
[22] He managed to hit .268 with seven home runs and 29 RBI that year, though Moeller lost favor in the organization and was rarely used in the last few weeks of the season.
He, along with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Lyle Overbay, Jorge De La Rosa, and Junior Spivey, were traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for Shane Nance, Noochie Varner, and Richie Sexson.
[25][26] He became Ben Sheets' personal catcher that year[27] and caught his 18 strikeout performance against the Atlanta Braves on May 16.
[32][33][34] On July 15, he caught a combined no-hitter with the Sounds' Carlos Villanueva, Mike Meyers, and Alec Zumwalt.
[40] On November 27, 2007, Moeller signed a Minor League contract with an invitation to spring training with the Washington Nationals.
[53] After batting .200 with a .259 on-base percentage in fifteen games, he was designated for assignment on May 29 when the Orioles promoted top catching prospect Matt Wieters from the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.
[56] Moeller was recalled to Baltimore on August 7 when the Orioles traded catcher Gregg Zaun to the Tampa Bay Rays.
[57] Moeller was signed to a minor league contract which included an invitation to spring training with the Baltimore Orioles on December 4, 2009.