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Joe
Morgan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 170
 
Born: September 19, 1943 in Usa, TX, BONHAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968    1975    1979   
All-Star Selections 1968    1969    1970    1971    1973    1974    1975    1976    1978    1979   
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
1963 19 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 9 10 10 7 8 8
1964 20 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 8
1965 21 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1966 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1967 23 SEM AL $ 2,800,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1968 24 SEM AL $ 3,250,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1969 25 SEM AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1970 26 SEM AL $ 6,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1971 27 SEM AL $ 6,500,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
1972 28 SEM AL $ 6,500,000   9 9 8 5 6 6 6 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 6
1973 29 SEM AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 6 7 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1974 30 SEM AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 6 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1975 31 SEM AL $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 6 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1976 32 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 6 8 7 10 10 10 6 7 7
1977 33 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 8 7 9 10 10 6 7 6
1978 34 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1979 35 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 6 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1980 36 SEM AL     8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 5
1981 37 CLN NL $ 1,111,111   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 6 9 8 3 4 3
1982 38 SDP NL $ 1,111,111   2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 6 9 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 6 9 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 10 7 8 8
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
1963 19 SDP NL 127 447 69 110 14 7 6 39 59 25 73 59 .246 .351 .349 .700 62.8 10.8
    AAA   25 104 22 28 8 1 2 11 11 1 14 15 .269 .356 .423 .779 17.3  
1964 20 SDP NL 22 58 15 11 2 0 2 4 10 4 15 8 .190 .356 .328 .684 8.8 1.2
  SEM AL 51 175 28 47 10 2 3 23 32 13 26 17 .269 .361 .400 .761 26.9 5.4
  TOT   73 233 43 58 12 2 5 27 42 17 41 25 .249 .360 .382 .742 35.6 6.6
    AAA   80 291 63 78 9 9 14 54 17 6 61 34 .268 .395 .505 .900 60.4  
1965 21 SEM AL 137 430 87 123 12 9 6 41 70 46 91 54 .286 .411 .398 .808 74.6 17.2
1966 22 SEM AL 155 595 100 136 22 6 21 59 73 31 113 91 .229 .351 .392 .743 94.4 17.3
1967 23 SEM AL 154 526 86 138 29 14 12 62 55 38 114 92 .262 .394 .439 .833 93.2 20.2
1968 24 SEM AL 154 515 105 131 20 12 11 51 66 36 115 93 .254 .391 .404 .795 88.7 20.8
1969 25 SEM AL 155 591 96 151 32 9 15 76 89 38 120 101 .255 .379 .416 .795 104.0 24.7
1970 26 SEM AL 155 575 124 168 25 13 19 84 81 43 135 101 .292 .427 .480 .907 119.6 28.7
1971 27 SEM AL 155 582 122 164 33 4 22 103 64 51 124 89 .282 .406 .466 .872 107.5 21.0
1972 28 SEM AL 155 573 100 158 25 7 17 84 64 40 101 103 .276 .378 .433 .811 100.7 18.4
1973 29 SEM AL 145 480 106 146 20 6 15 82 65 41 119 90 .304 .439 .465 .904 103.0 21.6
1974 30 SEM AL 146 496 109 134 16 8 19 81 70 32 120 88 .270 .412 .450 .861 98.4 19.9
1975 31 SEM AL 151 527 100 177 33 9 7 76 61 27 93 69 .336 .431 .472 .903 109.2 23.9
1976 32 SEM AL 147 456 106 154 14 4 7 74 50 17 94 57 .338 .448 .432 .880 95.3 23.6
1977 33 SEM AL 154 564 104 151 32 8 8 83 42 25 102 98 .268 .383 .395 .778 91.4 17.0
1978 34 SEM AL 150 534 111 155 24 10 13 81 34 8 84 88 .290 .385 .446 .831 95.6 21.3
1979 35 SEM AL 152 587 99 174 32 10 11 90 40 15 87 102 .296 .387 .441 .828 100.3 20.8
1980 36 SEM AL 153 593 91 161 18 5 4 80 46 16 84 120 .272 .360 .339 .699 81.5 15.1
1981 37 CLN NL 122 373 69 106 17 6 3 42 30 14 66 69 .284 .395 .386 .781 59.7 14.0
1982 38 SDP NL 24 87 8 17 2 0 0 6 1 2 6 27 .195 .255 .218 .474 3.2 0.0
    AAA   95 200 24 41 7 3 1 21 1 2 35 39 .205 .323 .285 .608 20.8  
20 Years Sim 2764 9764 1835 2712 432 149 221 1321 1102 562 1882 1616 .278 .393 .420 .814 1718.6 363.0
3 Years AAA 200 595 109 147 24 13 17 86 29 9 110 88 .247 .365 .417 .781 98.5  
162 Game Average 572 107 158 25 8 12 77 64 32 110 94 .278 .393 .420 .814 100.7  
Career Highs 155 595 124 177 33 14 22 103 89 51 135 120 .338 .448 .480 .907 119.6  
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   7087 1419 2110 334 109 169 991 838 449 1451 1029 .298 .416 .447 .863 1368.9
vs LH   2677 416 602 98 40 52 330 264 113 431 587 .225 .331 .350 .681 351.7
Home 1370 4738 883 1346 178 76 103 653 540 287 894 799 .284 .396 .419 .815 833.7
Away 1394 5026 952 1366 254 73 118 668 562 275 988 817 .272 .391 .422 .812 886.9
RISP   2621 0 730 122 32 48 1042 0 0 533 434 .279 .394 .404 .798 453.9
Pinch Hitting   190 33 61 11 4 2 48 9 10 40 30 .321 .432 .453 .884 36.6
Close/Late   1272 237 384 61 27 31 183 0 3 240 208 .302 .411 .465 .876 244.5
Mar/Apr 449 1585 298 423 78 28 29 208 180 84 289 284 .267 .380 .406 .786 263.3
May 468 1661 315 473 70 30 46 238 196 101 343 288 .285 .406 .446 .852 316.9
June 439 1567 320 484 72 23 38 239 204 71 307 249 .309 .422 .457 .879 320.4
July 442 1572 308 416 76 19 33 231 179 73 290 262 .265 .377 .400 .777 262.5
August 490 1687 288 452 64 26 41 202 180 109 327 280 .268 .386 .410 .796 282.8
Sep/Oct 476 1692 306 464 72 23 34 203 163 124 326 253 .274 .389 .404 .794 274.8
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
1963 19 SDP NL 2B 125 115 1014.0 227 385 15 85 .976 5.43   4.5
1964 20 SDP NL 2B 14 12 98.4 20 41 1 8 .984 5.58   0.5
    1B 6 5 44.9 53 4 1 5 .983 11.43   0.1
  SEM AL 2B 31 28 273.6 56 114 4 24 .977 5.59   0.8
    1B 14 13 124.8 146 10 1 13 .994 11.25   0.0
  TOT   2B 45 40 372.0 76 155 5 32 .979 5.59   1.3
      1B 20 18 169.7 199 14 2 18 .991 11.30   0.2
1965 21 SEM AL 1B 105 100 906.0 1102 82 8 101 .993 11.76   0.8
    2B 20 4 73.3 17 28 3 7 .938 5.52   0.3
1966 22 SEM AL 1B 152 149 1345.0 1678 123 18 124 .990 12.05   1.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 23 SEM AL 1B 146 146 1297.3 1566 112 5 130 .997 11.64   2.5
    2B 4 0 13.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
1968 24 SEM AL 1B 147 141 1262.7 1584 121 15 123 .991 12.15   2.3
    2B 6 0 21.0 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.57   0.1
1969 25 SEM AL 1B 153 147 1337.0 1499 130 9 147 .995 10.97   1.8
1970 26 SEM AL 1B 150 145 1340.0 1607 106 13 136 .992 11.51   1.9
    2B 3 1 11.3 3 4 1 1 .875 5.56   0.0
1971 27 SEM AL 2B 77 75 689.0 150 273 8 68 .981 5.53   2.5
    1B 77 73 656.3 687 56 7 64 .991 10.19   0.5
1972 28 SEM AL 2B 83 81 730.3 158 301 10 57 .979 5.66   3.2
    1B 71 70 622.7 726 55 6 57 .992 11.29   1.2
1973 29 SEM AL 1B 131 115 1087.0 1270 94 8 123 .994 11.29   1.7
    2B 9 2 34.0 6 14 0 5 1.000 5.29   0.2
1974 30 SEM AL 1B 122 115 1036.7 1318 89 5 136 .996 12.22   2.5
    2B 21 14 146.0 35 66 2 8 .981 6.23   1.0
1975 31 SEM AL 1B 139 136 1231.0 1503 122 12 146 .993 11.88   1.9
    2B 14 0 36.3 10 13 0 2 1.000 5.70   0.2
1976 32 SEM AL 1B 130 104 1000.7 1186 73 7 112 .994 11.32   1.8
    2B 11 0 26.7 5 8 1 2 .929 4.39   0.1
1977 33 SEM AL 1B 153 148 1331.0 1552 120 8 157 .995 11.31   2.8
    2B 1 0 4.0 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50   0.0
1978 34 SEM AL 1B 142 140 1246.7 1375 101 9 148 .994 10.66   2.3
    2B 7 0 13.7 7 6 0 0 1.000 8.57   0.1
1979 35 SEM AL 1B 151 150 1346.0 1614 95 9 147 .995 11.43   2.7
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 36 SEM AL 1B 152 151 1349.3 1594 102 11 144 .994 11.31   2.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 CLN NL 2B 25 1 62.7 19 27 4 3 .920 6.61   0.2
    CF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    1B 8 0 13.7 13 1 0 1 1.000 9.22   0.0
1982 38 SDP NL 1B 24 23 195.0 254 12 2 21 .993 12.28   0.4
  1B 2173 2071 18773.7 22327 1608 154 2035 .994 11.47   31.6
  2B 454 333 3251.3 719 1294 50 272 .976 5.57   13.6
  CF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
Career Totals   2629 2406 22043.0 23052 2902 204 2307 .992 10.60   45.4
Career Highs   154 151 1353.0 1678 385 18 157 .997 12.28    
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
1963 19 SDP NL 7 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 .105 .292 .105 .397
1965 21 SEM AL 18 77 9 18 4 3 1 10 4 3 7 11 .234 .298 .403 .700
1966 22 SEM AL 17 66 9 13 3 0 2 5 5 7 12 21 .197 .321 .333 .654
1967 23 SEM AL 7 26 6 9 0 0 2 4 2 2 3 7 .346 .414 .577 .991
1968 24 SEM AL 16 55 5 11 3 0 1 6 5 4 11 14 .200 .333 .309 .642
1969 25 SEM AL 7 28 4 9 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 11 .321 .367 .429 .795
1970 26 SEM AL 6 24 5 9 1 0 2 4 3 2 3 5 .375 .444 .667 1.111
1971 27 SEM AL 17 63 13 22 2 1 0 12 5 4 9 9 .349 .425 .413 .837
1972 28 SEM AL 15 52 10 14 2 0 2 12 3 1 8 7 .269 .361 .423 .784
1973 29 SEM AL 7 28 4 10 2 0 0 8 1 3 3 5 .357 .406 .429 .835
1974 30 SEM AL 11 39 4 10 0 0 1 7 2 4 8 12 .256 .396 .333 .729
1975 31 SEM AL 19 66 9 19 0 1 2 6 2 3 4 9 .288 .329 .409 .738
1976 32 SEM AL 10 33 7 15 2 1 2 11 2 2 2 3 .455 .500 .758 1.258
1977 33 SEM AL 13 53 8 13 2 2 2 8 1 1 9 10 .245 .355 .472 .827
1978 34 SEM AL 17 63 12 20 1 0 0 5 0 4 14 6 .317 .442 .333 .775
1979 35 SEM AL 15 58 6 17 1 0 0 4 7 1 5 8 .293 .349 .310 .660
1980 36 SEM AL 9 34 3 7 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 7 .206 .206 .235 .441
Career Post-Season Batting 211 784 116 218 24 8 18 112 47 42 105 148 .278 .364 .398 .762
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.
Batting Average
1975-5-.336
1976-1-.338
1979-10-.296
 On-Base Pct
1965-3-.411
1967-4-.394
1968-4-.391
1969-3-.379
1970-1-.427
1971-2-.406
1973-1-.439
1974-3-.412
1975-2-.431
1976-1-.448
1977-7-.383
1978-6-.385
1979-3-.387
CAR-31-.393
 Slugging Pct
1970-8-.480
 OPS
1970-3-.907
1971-7-.872
1973-3-.904
1975-4-.903
1976-6-.880
1979-5-.828
 XR
1966-6-94.4
1968-8-88.7
1969-5-104.0
1970-2-119.6
1971-3-107.5
1972-7-100.7
1973-6-103.0
1975-3-109.2
1977-9-91.4
1978-10-95.6
1979-3-100.3
CAR-8-1718.6
 Games
1970-7-155
CAR-8-2764
At-Bats
1966-4-595
1969-9-591
CAR-10-9764
 Runs
1966-6-100
1968-2-105
1969-6-96
1970-2-124
1971-1-122
1972-6-100
1973-4-106
1974-3-109
1975-9-100
1976-6-106
1977-4-104
1978-3-111
1979-3-99
CAR-6-1835
 Hits
1970-7-168
1971-9-164
1975-10-177
1979-9-174
CAR-16-2712
 Total Bases
1970-6-276
1971-8-271
1979-9-259
CAR-32-4105
 Singles
1976-9-129
CAR-11-1910
 Doubles
1971-7-33
1979-8-32
Triples
1963-3-7
1965-2-9
1966-8-6
1967-2-14
1968-1-12
1969-1-9
1970-1-13
1972-4-7
1973-7-6
1974-4-8
1975-2-9
1977-5-8
1978-3-10
1979-1-10
1981-8-6
CAR-2-149
 RBIs
1971-6-103
 Stolen Bases
1963-1-59
1964-6-32
1965-1-70
1966-1-73
1967-1-55
1968-1-66
1969-1-89
1970-1-81
1971-2-64
1972-2-64
1973-2-65
1974-2-70
1975-2-61
1976-3-50
1977-5-42
1978-7-34
1979-8-40
1980-7-46
CAR-2-1102
 Caught Stealing
1963-1-25
1964-5-13
1965-1-46
1966-1-31
1967-1-38
1968-1-36
1969-1-38
1970-1-43
1971-1-51
1972-1-40
1973-1-41
1974-2-32
1975-2-27
1976-5-17
1977-2-25
1979-10-15
1980-8-16
1981-7-14
CAR-2-562
 Walks
1963-7-73
1965-4-91
1966-3-113
1967-3-114
1968-1-115
1969-1-120
1970-1-135
1971-1-124
1972-5-101
1973-2-119
1974-2-120
1975-8-93
1976-9-94
1977-4-102
1978-7-84
1979-7-87
1980-4-84
CAR-5-1882
 Strikeouts
1977-10-98
1979-10-102
1980-6-120
CAR-23-1616
 
   Black Ink Test: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 162    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Pee Wee Reese (787)
  2. Cesar Cedeno (714)
  3. Stan Hack (693)
  4. Joe Cronin (691)
  5. Dick Allen (690)
  6. Dick Wakefield (687)
  7. Arky Vaughan (685)
  8. Rod Carew (685)
  9. George Brett (671)
  10. Whitey Lockman (670)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Toronto in 1963
Traded from Toronto to San Diego on 2/1/1963 (Going to SDP: 2B Joe Morgan. Going to TOR: LF Boog Powell, LF Al Ferrara)
Had first career hit on 5/1/1963, off Larry Sherry (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1963, off Bob Humphreys (TOR)
Traded from San Diego to Seattle on 5/1/1964 (Going to SDP: 3B Ron Santo. Going to SEM: 2B Joe Morgan, P Dick Radatz)
Injured on 4/7/1965 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1966, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,800,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis on 4/24/1967
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
7/31/1968: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 7/19/1969
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1970, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1971, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
9/22/1972: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 5/7/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1975, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $9,000,000 per year, for 6 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1975, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1975, hitting .609 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1975, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1975
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 6/8/1977, off Lou Marone (DET)
Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 8/19/1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Released by Seattle on 10/23/1980
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/6/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $1,111,111 per year
Injured on 6/18/1981 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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