Mike Morgan
[edit] Biography
Born on October 8, 1959 in Tulare, California, Mike Morgan (Michael Thomas Morgan) played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 22 year career. Morgan broke into the bigs on June 11, 1978 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 5.94 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Mike Morgan's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1992, when he posted a 2.55 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 123 batters. However, others believe that it was 1991, when he posted a 2.78 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 140 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 7.30
| 0
| 12
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12.1
| 19
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| 13
| 13
| 2
| 10
| 5.94
| 17
| 57
| 51
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 77.1
| 102
| 7
| 50
| 0
| 7
| 3
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| 30
| 23
| 7
| 11
| 4.37
| 71
| 77
| 73
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 150.1
| 167
| 15
| 67
| 5
| 6
| 2
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5.16
| 22
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.1
| 48
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 12.00
| 2
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 33
| 11
| 17
| 4.53
| 116
| 122
| 109
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 216.1
| 243
| 24
| 86
| 3
| 8
| 4
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| 34
| 31
| 12
| 17
| 4.65
| 85
| 117
| 107
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 207
| 245
| 25
| 53
| 3
| 11
| 5
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 22
| 10
| 1
| 6
| 5.43
| 29
| 45
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 71.1
| 70
| 6
| 23
| 1
| 5
| 1
|
| 1989
| LA
| N
| 40
| 19
| 8
| 11
| 2.53
| 72
| 51
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 152.2
| 130
| 6
| 33
| 8
| 6
| 2
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 33
| 33
| 11
| 15
| 3.75
| 106
| 100
| 88
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 211
| 216
| 19
| 60
| 5
| 4
| 5
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| 34
| 33
| 14
| 10
| 2.78
| 140
| 85
| 73
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 236.1
| 197
| 12
| 61
| 10
| 6
| 3
|
| 1992
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 34
| 16
| 8
| 2.55
| 123
| 80
| 68
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 240
| 203
| 14
| 79
| 10
| 11
| 3
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 32
| 10
| 15
| 4.03
| 111
| 100
| 93
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 207.2
| 206
| 15
| 74
| 8
| 8
| 7
|
| 1994
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 15
| 2
| 10
| 6.69
| 57
| 65
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 111
| 12
| 35
| 2
| 5
| 4
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 17
| 17
| 5
| 6
| 3.88
| 46
| 48
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 106.2
| 114
| 10
| 25
| 1
| 6
| 5
|
| 1995
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 2.19
| 15
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24.2
| 19
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1995
| TOT
| N
| 21
| 21
| 7
| 7
| 3.56
| 61
| 56
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 131.1
| 133
| 12
| 34
| 2
| 6
| 6
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 18
| 18
| 4
| 8
| 5.24
| 55
| 63
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 103
| 118
| 14
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 2.30
| 19
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.1
| 28
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 23
| 6
| 11
| 4.63
| 74
| 72
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 130.1
| 146
| 16
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1997
| CIN
| N
| 31
| 30
| 9
| 12
| 4.78
| 103
| 91
| 86
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 162
| 165
| 13
| 49
| 6
| 7
| 8
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 18
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 3.49
| 50
| 41
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 98
| 108
| 13
| 24
| 1
| 1
| 7
|
| 1998
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 7.15
| 10
| 21
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.2
| 30
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 23
| 22
| 4
| 3
| 4.18
| 60
| 62
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 120.2
| 138
| 21
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 8
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| 34
| 25
| 13
| 10
| 6.24
| 61
| 108
| 97
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 140
| 184
| 25
| 48
| 2
| 3
| 7
|
| 2000
| ARI
| N
| 60
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 4.87
| 56
| 55
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 101.2
| 123
| 10
| 40
| 5
| 0
| 1
|
| 2001
| ARI
| N
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4.26
| 24
| 20
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 45
| 2
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 2002
| ARI
| N
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5.29
| 13
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 41
| 7
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 388
| 250
| 90
| 106
| 3.81
| 950
| 818
| 741
| 21
| 7
| 6
| 1748.1
| 1746
| 146
| 553
| 62
| 60
| 44
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 209
| 161
| 51
| 80
| 4.94
| 453
| 613
| 562
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 1024
| 1197
| 124
| 385
| 15
| 45
| 29
|
| Total
|
|
| 597
| 411
| 141
| 186
| 4.23
| 1403
| 1431
| 1303
| 46
| 10
| 8
| 2772.1
| 2943
| 270
| 938
| 77
| 105
| 73
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| P
| 3
| 3
| 12.1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| P
| 13
| 13
| 77.1
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 6
| 5
| .960
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| P
| 30
| 23
| 150.1
| 4
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 7
| 3
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| P
| 16
| 4
| 45.1
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .923
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| P
| 2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| P
| 37
| 33
| 216.1
| 14
| 27
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 17
| 10
| 2
| .953
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| P
| 34
| 31
| 207
| 18
| 35
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 12
| 0
| .964
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| P
| 22
| 10
| 71.1
| 9
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| LA
| N
| P
| 40
| 19
| 152.2
| 20
| 41
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4
| 3
| .968
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 211
| 25
| 39
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 13
| 0
| .985
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| P
| 34
| 33
| 236.1
| 25
| 41
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 7
| 2
| .971
|
| 1992
| CHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 34
| 240
| 19
| 45
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 9
| 1
| .955
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 32
| 207.2
| 11
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 14
| 2
| .978
|
| 1994
| CHI
| N
| P
| 15
| 15
| 80.2
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| .786
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| P
| 17
| 17
| 106.2
| 8
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 3
| 0
| .970
|
| 1995
| CHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 4
| 24.2
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| TOT
| N
| P
| 21
| 21
| 131.1
| 13
| 29
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 4
| 0
| .977
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| P
| 18
| 18
| 103
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 6
| 2
| .941
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| P
| 5
| 5
| 27.1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| P
| 23
| 23
| 130.1
| 4
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 17
| 8
| 3
| .952
|
| 1997
| CIN
| N
| P
| 31
| 30
| 162
| 10
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 6
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| P
| 18
| 17
| 98
| 13
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 2
| .967
|
| 1998
| CHI
| N
| P
| 5
| 5
| 22.2
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| P
| 23
| 22
| 120.2
| 15
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4
| 2
| .973
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| P
| 34
| 25
| 140
| 7
| 26
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 1
| .943
|
| 2000
| ARI
| N
| P
| 60
| 4
| 101.2
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| ARI
| N
| P
| 31
| 1
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .000
|
| 2002
| ARI
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 597
| 411
| 2772.1
| 215
| 465
| 25
| 39
| 1
| 12
| 206
| 124
| 28
| .965
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| OAK
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| OAK
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| NY
| A
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TOR
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| SEA
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| LA
| N
| 40
| 36
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .083
| .108
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 33
| 71
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .113
| .137
| .113
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| 34
| 76
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .092
| .101
| .092
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1992
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 74
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 5
| .108
| .130
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1993
| CHI
| N
| 32
| 66
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .061
| .088
| .091
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1994
| CHI
| N
| 15
| 24
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .160
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1995
| STL
| N
| 17
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .032
| .118
| .032
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| TOT
| N
| 21
| 38
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .053
| .122
| .053
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| STL
| N
| 18
| 33
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .061
| .061
| .061
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 40
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .050
| .050
| .050
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| CIN
| N
| 31
| 44
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .091
| .111
| .136
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 18
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| CHI
| N
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .667
| .667
| .833
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 23
| 8
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .625
| .625
| .750
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| 34
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| ARI
| N
| 60
| 16
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| .438
| .438
| .438
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| ARI
| N
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| 1.000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| ARI
| N
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 388
| 491
| 12
| 52
| 0
| 15
| .106
| .130
| .116
| 3
| 1
| 13
| 148
| 1
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 209
| 6
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 597
| 497
| 13
| 54
| 0
| 15
| .109
| .132
| .119
| 3
| 1
| 13
| 151
| 1
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to New York Yankees in exchange for Fred Stanley (November 3, 1980).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Dave Collins, Fred McGriff and cash to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Dale Murray and Tom Dodd (December 9, 1982).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners from Toronto Blue Jays in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 3, 1984).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Ken Dixon (December 9, 1987).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Mike Devereaux (March 12, 1989).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1991).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 3, 1991).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Paul Torres and Francisco Morales to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Todd Zeile and cash (June 16, 1995).
- Granted free agency (November 6, 1995).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 7, 1995).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (August 28, 1996).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (September 4, 1996).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 1997).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 16, 1997).
- Traded by Minnesota Twins to Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (August 25, 1998); Minnesota Twins received Scott Downs (November 3, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 30, 1998).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (January 26, 1999).
- Granted free agency (November 8, 1999).
- Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (January 14, 2000).
- Granted free agency (November 19, 2001).
- Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (January 3, 2002).
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