Jose
Morales
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 30, 1944 in V.I., , FREDERIKSTED
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1976    1978   
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 7
1974 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 6 7
1976 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1977 32 OAK AL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1978 33 OAK AL $ 1,662,857   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
1979 34 OAK AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 28 OAK AL 36 96 8 25 6 1 0 21 0 0 7 13 .260 .314 .344 .658 10.2 1.3
    AAA   22 32 6 12 4 0 3 8 1 0 3 4 .375 .429 .781 1.210 9.0  
1974 29 OAK AL 47 108 7 31 8 0 0 13 0 1 8 14 .287 .336 .361 .697 12.5 2.2
1975 30 OAK AL 100 289 36 82 23 0 4 36 0 0 15 40 .284 .321 .405 .726 33.5 5.3
1976 31 OAK AL 122 404 37 101 15 4 3 45 0 0 26 67 .250 .294 .329 .623 37.8 3.4
1977 32 OAK AL 91 313 30 94 15 3 5 38 3 0 16 41 .300 .332 .415 .748 41.6 7.5
1978 33 OAK AL 120 438 42 132 15 5 3 46 2 0 24 45 .301 .337 .379 .716 52.2 11.3
    A   4 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .235 .316 .294 .610 1.8  
1979 34 OAK AL 137 504 41 131 25 2 2 57 2 1 27 63 .260 .295 .329 .624 42.5 4.3
7 Years Sim 653 2152 201 596 107 15 17 256 7 2 123 283 .277 .315 .364 .679 230.3 35.3
1 Years AAA 22 32 6 12 4 0 3 8 1 0 3 4 .375 .429 .781 1.210 9.0  
1 Years A 4 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .235 .316 .294 .610 1.8  
2 Years Minors 26 49 8 16 5 0 3 8 2 0 5 5 .327 .389 .612 1.001 10.8  
162 Game Average 533 49 147 26 3 4 63 1 0 30 70 .277 .315 .364 .679 57.1  
Career Highs 137 504 42 132 25 5 5 57 3 1 27 67 .301 .337 .415 .748 52.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1442 120 389 61 12 8 172 3 1 70 207 .270 .303 .345 .649 144.9
vs LH   710 81 207 46 3 9 84 4 1 53 76 .292 .339 .403 .742 93.8
Home 326 1064 99 310 52 9 11 126 5 1 62 136 .291 .331 .388 .719 130.9
Away 327 1088 102 286 55 6 6 130 2 1 61 147 .263 .300 .341 .641 107.8
RISP   515 0 158 35 5 9 230 0 0 43 68 .307 .352 .447 .799 78.2
Pinch Hitting   78 4 23 5 0 2 13 0 0 3 8 .295 .317 .436 .753 10.2
Close/Late   342 17 89 12 1 3 40 0 0 22 43 .260 .304 .327 .631 33.7
Mar/Apr 87 312 26 91 15 1 2 40 2 1 12 48 .292 .318 .365 .683 34.1
May 119 382 35 106 20 3 4 47 2 1 25 45 .277 .321 .377 .698 44.8
June 120 393 44 127 21 6 4 54 2 0 27 39 .323 .367 .438 .805 59.1
July 132 403 34 96 16 2 3 41 0 0 18 53 .238 .269 .310 .579 32.1
August 114 388 45 105 22 1 3 47 1 0 28 56 .271 .319 .356 .675 43.2
Sep/Oct 81 274 17 71 13 2 1 27 0 0 13 42 .259 .290 .332 .622 25.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 28 OAK AL C 21 20 175.0 127 8 2 0 .985 6.94 13 5 .385 1 0.9
    1B 14 3 57.0 57 6 0 6 1.000 9.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 29 OAK AL C 11 9 86.7 52 2 0 0 1.000 5.61 4 1 .250 0 0.5
    1B 14 6 63.0 85 6 0 11 1.000 13.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 0 15.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 4.3 1 0 1 0 .500 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 30 OAK AL C 34 34 306.0 187 20 1 0 .995 6.09 34 11 .324 0 2.1
    1B 41 35 297.0 374 32 5 50 .988 12.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 2 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 31 OAK AL C 115 104 958.3 608 80 5 0 .993 6.46 122 53 .434 1 8.2
    1B 3 0 14.0 19 2 0 4 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 32 OAK AL C 87 83 750.3 473 48 2 0 .996 6.25 78 35 .449 1 5.8
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 33 OAK AL C 110 105 948.3 510 62 3 1 .995 5.43 96 49 .510 2 9.0
    1B 7 0 21.0 22 2 0 4 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 34 OAK AL C 130 127 1132.7 498 63 6 3 .989 4.46 112 45 .402 1 6.7
    1B 3 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 508 482 4357.3 2455 283 19 4 .993 5.66 459 199 .434 6 33.3
  1B 82 44 456.0 561 48 5 76 .992 12.02 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  RF 4 0 24.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 4.3 1 0 1 0 .500 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   599 526 4846.3 3020 332 25 80 .993 6.22 459 199 .434 6 34.2
Career Highs   133 127 1136.7 627 82 6 50 .996 9.06 122 53 .510 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 28 OAK AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1976 31 OAK AL 4 14 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .429 .829
Career Post-Season Batting 6 15 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .400 .438 .467 .904
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  5. Mickey Owen (960)
  6. Clyde Sukeforth (959)
  7. Woody Jensen (955)
  8. Charlie Berry (950)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 68th overall pick, by Oakland in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 5/20/1973, off Tommy John (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1975, off John Gelnar (KCR)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1976
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 6/10/1977
Injured on 8/2/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 7 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,662,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration