Edward Morris

Full Name: Edward Morris	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/165	First Game: May 1, 1884
Birthdate: September 29, 1862	Final Game: October 1, 1890
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: April 12, 1937
Deathplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on September 29, 1862 in Brooklyn, New York, Ed Morris (Edward Morris) played for the Columbus Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Burghers over the course of his 7 year career. Morris broke into the bigs on May 1, 1884 with the Columbus Colts, and put up a 2.18 ERA in 429.2 innings pitched in 1884, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Ed Morris's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1886, when he posted a 2.45 ERA, won 41 games and struck out 326 batters. However, others believe that it was 1884, when he posted a 2.18 ERA, won 34 games and struck out 302 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1884	COL	a	52	52	34	13	2.18	302	159	104	47	3	0	429.2	335	3	51	0	13
1885	PIT	a	63	63	39	24	2.35	298	245	152	63	7	0	581	459	5	101	25	14
1886	PIT	a	64	63	41	20	2.45	326	244	151	63	12	1	555.1	455	5	118	28	7
1887	PIT	N	38	38	14	22	4.31	91	225	152	37	1	0	317.2	375	13	71	13	8
1888	PIT	N	55	55	29	23	2.31	135	216	123	54	5	0	480	470	7	74	13	8
1889	PIT	N	21	21	6	13	4.13	40	107	78	18	0	0	170	196	4	48	3	6
1890	PIT	P	18	15	8	7	4.86	25	116	78	15	1	0	144.1	178	5	35	2	4
Total	PL		18	15	8	7	4.86	25	116	78	15	1	0	144.1	178	5	35	2	4
Total	NL		114	114	49	58	3.28	266	548	353	109	6	0	967.2	1041	24	193	29	22
Total	AA		179	178	114	57	2.34	926	648	407	173	22	1	1566	1249	13	270	53	34
Total			311	307	171	122	2.82	1217	1312	838	297	29	1	2678	2468	42	498	84	60

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1884	COL	a	P	52	19	88	23	3	.823
1884	COL	a	OF	10	10	0	1	0	.909
1885	PIT	a	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1885	PIT	a	P	63	24	93	20	4	.854
1886	PIT	a	P	64	21	86	10	2	.915
1887	PIT	N	P	38	5	52	5	1	.919
1888	PIT	N	P	55	20	106	8	3	.940
1889	PIT	N	P	21	5	24	0	0	1.000
1890	PIT	P	P	18	3	28	4	1	.886
Total			OF	11	12	0	1	0	.923
Total			P	311	97	477	70	14	.891

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SB
1884	COL	a	57	199	19	37	0	0	.186	.217	.286	4	8	5	0	3	0
1885	PIT	a	64	237	19	44	0	14	.186	.202	.224	3	3	5	0	0	0
1886	PIT	a	64	227	26	38	1	24	.167	.203	.242	8	3	10	0	0	6
1887	PIT	N	38	126	15	25	0	10	.198	.241	.214	2	0	5	16	2	1
1888	PIT	N	55	189	12	19	0	6	.101	.119	.122	0	2	3	44	1	2
1889	PIT	N	21	72	2	7	0	4	.097	.145	.111	1	0	4	17	0	1
1890	PIT	P	18	63	7	9	0	5	.143	.217	.143	0	0	5	13	1	0
Total	PL		18	63	7	9	0	5	.143	.217	.143	0	0	5	13	1	0
Total	NL		114	387	29	51	0	20	.132	.164	.150	3	2	12	77	3	4
Total	AA		185	663	64	119	1	38	.179	.207	.249	15	14	20	0	3	6
Total			317	1113	100	179	1	63	.161	.193	.208	18	16	37	90	7	10

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Sold by Columbus Colts to Pittsburgh Pirates with Tom Brown, Fred Carroll, Jim Field, Rudy Kemmler, Bill Kuehne, Fred Mann, Frank Mountain, John Richmond and Pop Smith for $8000 (sum was for entire team) (October 30, 1884).

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