Bubba Morton

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