[4] His parents separated when he was young; his mother worked for Los Angeles County, and his father was frequently on the road as a truck driver.

I watched it be built from the ground up.The impact of his brother’s death, and the influence of the Youth Academy, led Moore to pursue a career in baseball.

He played college baseball as a second baseman and outfielder, but focused on groundskeeping with the goal of working at Petco Park or Dodger Stadium.

[5] In Moore, Danley saw "a young Black kid, a baseball player who came from the same kind of neighborhood [he] came from, and someone who had a desire to stay in the game".

[5] Moore made his major league debut on August 17, 2020, working a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

[7] Moore worked 156 MLB games before being hired as a full time umpire in 2023, and assumed uniform number 44 in honor of his mentor Danley, who wore it before retiring after the 2021 season.