Joe Morgan (MLB)

Full Name: Joe Leonard Morgan	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160	First Game: September 21, 1963
Birthdate: September 19, 1943	Final Game: September 30, 1984
Birthplace: Bonham, Texas	MLB Experience: 22 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Career Highlights
4 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Joe Morgan (Joe Leonard Morgan) was born on September 19, 1943 in Bonham, Texas. He made his Major League debut on September 21, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 14 home runs and 40 RBI. Morgan played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 22 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Joe Morgan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1976, when he slugged 27 home runs, stole 60 bases, hit for a .320 average and knocked in 111 runs. However, others believe that it was 1973, when he slugged 26 home runs, stole 67 bases, hit for a .290 average and knocked in 82 runs.

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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
1963	HOU	N	8	25	5	6	0	3	.240	.367	.320	0	1	5	5	0	0	1	0	0
1964	HOU	N	10	37	4	7	0	0	.189	.302	.189	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	157	601	100	163	14	40	.271	.373	.418	22	12	97	77	3	3	20	1	4
1966	HOU	N	122	425	60	121	5	42	.285	.410	.391	14	8	89	43	3	9	11	3	2
1967	HOU	N	133	494	73	136	6	42	.275	.378	.411	27	11	81	51	2	1	29	5	2
1968	HOU	N	10	20	6	5	0	0	.250	.444	.350	0	1	7	4	0	0	3	0	0
1969	HOU	N	147	535	94	126	15	43	.236	.365	.372	18	5	110	74	1	7	49	1	5
1970	HOU	N	144	548	102	147	8	52	.268	.383	.396	28	9	102	55	1	5	42	3	11
1971	HOU	N	160	583	87	149	13	56	.256	.351	.407	27	11	88	52	1	10	40	2	4
1972	CIN	N	149	552	122	161	16	73	.292	.417	.435	23	4	115	44	6	3	58	1	5
1973	CIN	N	157	576	116	167	26	82	.290	.406	.493	35	2	111	61	4	3	67	3	12
1974	CIN	N	149	512	107	150	22	67	.293	.427	.494	31	3	120	69	3	1	58	8	7
1975	CIN	N	146	498	107	163	17	94	.327	.466	.508	27	6	132	52	3	0	67	3	3
1976	CIN	N	141	472	113	151	27	111	.320	.444	.576	30	5	114	41	1	0	60	8	2
1977	CIN	N	153	521	113	150	22	78	.288	.417	.478	21	6	117	58	2	0	49	2	5
1978	CIN	N	132	441	68	104	13	75	.236	.347	.385	27	0	79	40	2	0	19	3	6
1979	CIN	N	127	436	70	109	9	32	.250	.379	.376	26	1	93	45	1	3	28	11	8
1980	HOU	N	141	461	66	112	11	49	.243	.367	.373	17	5	93	47	0	3	24	6	4
1981	SF	N	90	308	47	74	8	31	.240	.371	.377	16	1	66	37	0	1	14	7	3
1982	SF	N	134	463	68	134	14	61	.289	.400	.438	19	4	85	60	2	1	24	4	3
1983	PHI	N	123	404	72	93	16	59	.230	.370	.403	20	1	89	54	4	1	18	1	13
1984	OAK	A	116	365	50	89	6	43	.244	.356	.351	21	0	66	39	1	0	8	4	6
Total	NL		2533	8912	1600	2428	262	1090	.272	.394	.430	428	96	1799	976	39	51	681	72	99
Total	AL		116	365	50	89	6	43	.244	.356	.351	21	0	66	39	1	0	8	4	6
Total			2649	9277	1650	2517	268	1133	.271	.392	.427	449	96	1865	1015	40	51	689	76	105

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1963	HOU	N	2B	7	6	54	15	15	3	2	0	.909
1964	HOU	N	2B	10	10	94.2	31	25	3	4	0	.949
1965	HOU	N	2B	157	155	1409.1	348	492	27	82	0	.969
1966	HOU	N	2B	117	117	1038.1	256	316	21	61	0	.965
1967	HOU	N	LF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	HOU	N	OF	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	HOU	N	2B	130	126	1127	297	344	14	67	0	.979
1968	HOU	N	LF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	HOU	N	OF	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1968	HOU	N	2B	5	5	43	9	6	2	2	0	.882
1969	HOU	N	OF	14	13	113	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	HOU	N	LF	12	11	96.1	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	HOU	N	2B	132	131	1138	303	328	18	79	0	.972
1969	HOU	N	CF	2	2	16.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	HOU	N	2B	142	141	1254	349	430	17	98	0	.979
1971	HOU	N	2B	157	153	1381.1	336	482	12	93	2	.986
1972	CIN	N	2B	149	148	1337.2	370	436	8	92	0	.990
1973	CIN	N	2B	154	151	1341.1	417	440	9	106	0	.990
1974	CIN	N	2B	142	140	1214.2	344	385	13	92	0	.982
1975	CIN	N	2B	142	141	1205	356	425	11	96	0	.986
1976	CIN	N	2B	133	130	1126.2	342	335	13	85	0	.981
1977	CIN	N	2B	151	147	1244.2	351	359	5	100	0	.993
1978	CIN	N	2B	123	120	1010.2	252	290	11	49	0	.980
1979	CIN	N	2B	121	120	1018.1	259	329	12	74	0	.980
1980	HOU	N	2B	130	123	1037	244	348	7	68	0	.988
1981	SF	N	2B	87	84	743.2	177	258	4	61	0	.991
1982	SF	N	2B	120	117	1034	254	364	7	69	0	.989
1982	SF	N	3B	3	2	14.2	1	2	1	0	0	.750
1983	PHI	N	2B	117	109	918.2	231	331	17	63	0	.971
1984	OAK	A	2B	100	97	771.1	201	229	10	62	0	.977
1984	OAK	A	DH	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	3	2	14.2	1	2	1	0	0	.750
Total			LF	14	13	109.1	13	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			CF	2	2	16.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	16	15	126	15	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	2526	2471	21543.1	5742	6967	244	1505	2	.981

[edit] Career Highlights

All-Star Games: 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
World Series Champion: 1975, 1976
1975 NL MVP
1976 NL MVP
1972 All-Star Game MVP
Led National League in on-base percentage in 1972 (.417), 1974 (.427), 1975 (.466), and 1976 (.444)
Led NL in slugging percentage in 1976 (.576)
Led NL in runs in 1972 (122)
Led NL in triples in 1971 (11)
Led NL in sac flies in 1976 (12)

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (November 1, 1962).
Traded by Houston Astros with Denis Menke, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Armbrister to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart (November 29, 1971).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
Signed by Houston Astros (January 31, 1980).
Released by Houston Astros (December 8, 1980).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 9, 1981).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Al Holland to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Mike Krukow, Mark Davis and Charles Penigar (December 14, 1982).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (October 31, 1983).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 13, 1983).

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