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Bubba Morton

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Full Name: Wycliffe Nathaniel Morton Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/175 First Game: April 19, 1961
Birthdate: December 13, 1931 Final Game: September 28, 1969
Birthplace: Washington, D.C. MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: January 14, 2006
Deathplace: Seattle, Washington
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bubba Morton (Wycliffe Nathaniel Morton) was born on December 13, 1931 in Washington, D.C.. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1961 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .262 with 4 home runs and 17 RBI. Morton played for the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves and California Angels over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Bubba Morton's best season was 1967, when he hit for a .313 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 DET A 77 108 26 31 2 19 .287 .342 .407 5 1 9 25 1 0 3 1 1
1962 DET A 90 195 30 51 4 17 .262 .366 .385 6 3 32 32 0 1 1 0 5
1963 MIL N 15 28 1 5 0 4 .179 .258 .179 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
1963 DET A 6 11 2 1 0 2 .091 .231 .091 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 Total 21 39 3 6 0 6 .154 .250 .154 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 2
1966 CAL A 15 50 4 11 0 4 .220 .250 .240 1 0 2 6 0 2 1 0 1
1967 CAL A 80 201 23 63 0 32 .313 .387 .388 9 3 22 29 2 4 0 1 8
1968 CAL A 81 163 13 44 1 18 .270 .341 .325 6 0 14 18 4 2 2 0 6
1969 CAL A 87 172 18 42 7 32 .244 .356 .436 10 1 28 29 3 1 0 1 4
Total NL 15 28 1 5 0 4 .179 .258 .179 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
Total AL 436 900 116 243 14 124 .270 .354 .376 37 8 109 140 10 10 7 3 25
Total 451 928 117 248 14 128 .267 .351 .370 37 8 111 143 11 10 7 4 27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 DET A LF 8 1 25 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 DET A OF 30 18 158 39 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1961 DET A CF 2 2 16 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1961 DET A RF 20 15 117 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 DET A RF 33 18 196.1 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 DET A LF 1 0 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 DET A CF 30 27 212 62 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1962 DET A OF 62 45 417.1 110 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1962 DET A 1B 3 3 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 MIL N OF 9 5 50 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 MIL N LF 6 2 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 MIL N CF 3 3 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 DET A OF 3 2 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1963 DET A CF 3 2 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1963 Total OF 12 7 72 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1963 Total CF 6 5 45 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1966 CAL A OF 14 14 119.1 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 CAL A RF 14 14 119.1 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 CAL A RF 56 43 378.1 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 CAL A LF 9 5 57.1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 CAL A OF 62 48 435.2 83 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 CAL A 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1968 CAL A RF 47 37 297.2 60 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1968 CAL A LF 3 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1968 CAL A OF 50 39 315.2 64 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1969 CAL A LF 6 6 41 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 CAL A OF 49 44 344 70 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 CAL A 1B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1969 CAL A RF 43 38 303 61 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total OF 279 215 1862 412 13 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total CF 38 34 273 80 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .965
Total RF 213 165 1411.2 294 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .993
Total 1B 4 3 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 33 16 177.1 39 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1955).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Milwaukee Braves (May 4, 1963).
  • Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Cleveland Indians (February 5, 1965).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to California Angels (September 15, 1965) completing trade in which Cleveland Indians traded cash and a player to be named later to California Angels in exchange for Phil Roof (June 15, 1965).

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