Morris
Nettles
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 26, 1952 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 STL NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 6 5
1975 23 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1976 24 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1977 25 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1978 26 PHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1979 27 PHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
1980 28 PHN NL $ 350,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 5
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
1974 22 AAA   31 130 16 38 3 1 2 17 4 2 15 15 .292 .366 .377 .742 18.4  
    AA   106 407 44 112 16 1 4 43 19 14 42 63 .275 .343 .349 .692 48.7  
1975 23 STL NL 157 464 47 103 16 2 1 45 48 17 32 109 .222 .269 .272 .541 37.2 0.3
1976 24 STL NL 122 336 37 74 10 3 3 37 36 14 24 64 .220 .271 .295 .565 27.9 0.9
1977 25 PHN NL 127 343 38 74 9 3 0 28 26 18 21 62 .216 .262 .259 .521 19.5 0.0
1978 26 PHN NL 53 61 17 12 0 0 0 3 16 12 4 10 .197 .246 .197 .443 0.5 0.0
1979 27 AAA   135 547 68 140 19 5 3 40 17 10 46 88 .256 .314 .325 .639 56.1  
1980 28 AAA   137 546 74 146 27 3 3 33 33 21 56 88 .267 .336 .344 .680 63.2  
1981 29 AAA   136 559 54 134 19 3 2 37 19 19 58 98 .240 .311 .295 .606 50.9  
4 Years Sim 459 1204 139 263 35 8 4 113 126 61 81 245 .218 .266 .271 .537 85.2 1.2
4 Years AAA 439 1782 212 458 68 12 10 127 73 52 175 289 .257 .324 .325 .650 188.7  
1 Years AA 106 407 44 112 16 1 4 43 19 14 42 63 .275 .343 .349 .692 48.7  
5 Years Minors 545 2189 256 570 84 13 14 170 92 66 217 352 .260 .328 .330 .658 237.5  
162 Game Average 424 49 92 12 2 1 39 44 21 28 86 .218 .266 .271 .537 30.1  
Career Highs 157 464 47 103 16 3 3 45 48 18 32 109 .222 .271 .295 .565 37.2  
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   884 108 204 29 6 3 88 94 38 62 174 .231 .279 .287 .566 75.0
vs LH   320 31 59 6 2 1 25 32 23 19 71 .184 .231 .225 .456 12.6
Home 231 580 68 127 20 6 3 64 63 31 39 117 .219 .267 .290 .556 45.2
Away 228 624 71 136 15 2 1 49 63 30 42 128 .218 .266 .253 .519 42.5
RISP   263 0 65 11 3 0 98 0 0 18 56 .247 .286 .312 .598 23.7
Pinch Hitting   6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4
Close/Late   122 32 21 2 0 1 8 0 0 9 26 .172 .229 .213 .442 5.2
Mar/Apr 82 242 26 57 4 1 1 27 29 12 13 33 .236 .271 .273 .544 18.9
May 97 280 33 70 10 2 2 25 28 16 16 60 .250 .290 .321 .611 25.4
June 83 236 26 43 7 3 0 19 15 10 17 55 .182 .240 .237 .477 11.4
July 80 201 22 50 9 1 0 24 24 10 16 41 .249 .300 .303 .603 19.6
August 58 108 14 19 1 0 0 5 17 6 11 24 .176 .250 .185 .435 6.1
Sep/Oct 59 137 18 24 4 1 1 13 13 7 8 32 .175 .219 .241 .460 6.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 23 STL NL RF 153 152 1280.7 222 13 3 3 .987 1.65   1.6
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 24 STL NL RF 92 89 760.3 160 8 0 2 1.000 1.99   0.0
    CF 15 12 112.0 35 0 1 0 .972 2.81    
    LF 6 0 21.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49    
1977 25 PHN NL CF 105 102 834.3 228 8 3 3 .987 2.55   2.8
    RF 7 5 41.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.10    
    LF 4 3 25.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1978 26 PHN NL RF 12 4 58.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.2
    CF 7 6 45.0 15 2 0 2 1.000 3.40    
    LF 6 2 25.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    SS 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  RF 264 250 2140.3 394 21 3 5 .993 1.75   1.8
  CF 127 120 991.3 278 10 4 5 .986 2.61   2.8
  LF 17 5 72.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.98    
  SS 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
  1B 1 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   412 375 3214.3 698 34 7 10 .991 2.05   4.7
Career Highs   155 152 1282.0 240 13 3 3 1.000 2.56    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1975-3-157
Stolen Bases
1975-3-48
1976-5-36
1977-9-26
Caught Stealing
1975-5-17
1976-5-14
1977-5-18
1978-7-12
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Jim Tracy (952)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 73rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1974
Had first career hit on 4/2/1975, off Steve Hargan (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1975, off Tim Stoddard (COL)
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Philadelphia on 10/29/1981