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Bobby Morgan
Robert Morris Morgan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 18, 1950
Final Game April 20, 1958
Born June 29, 1926 in Oklahoma City, OK

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1950 24 BRO NL  67  199   38   45  10  3   7   21   0     32  43  .226  .342  .412   96   82   2           3   7
 1952 26 BRO NL  67  191   36   45   8  0   7   16   2  2  46  35  .236  .392  .387  116   74   2           3   5
 1953 27 BRO NL  69  196   35   51   6  2   7   33   2  2  33  47  .260  .370  .418  103   82   2           1   7
 1954 28 PHI NL 135  455   58  119  25  2  14   50   3  1  70  68  .262  .357  .418  103  190   8   4       0  15
 1955 29 PHI NL 136  483   61  112  20  2  10   49   6  4  73  72  .232  .331  .344   82  166   6   3   0   0  13
 1956 30 TOT NL  69  138   15   27   7  0   3   21   0  2  21  28  .196  .300  .312   66   43   1   1   0   0   5
         PHI NL   8   25    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   6   4  .200  .355  .200   57    5   0   0   0   0   1
         STL NL  61  113   14   22   7  0   3   20   0  2  15  24  .195  .287  .336   67   38   1   1   0   0   4
 1957 31 TOT NL 127  425   43   88  20  2   5   27   5  0  52  87  .207  .294  .299   61  127   5   2   1   1   7
         PHI NL   2    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL 125  425   43   88  20  2   5   27   5  0  52  87  .207  .294  .299   61  127   5   2   1   1   7
 1958 32 CHC NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      671 2088  286  487  96 11  53  217  18 11 327 381  .233  .338  .366   88  764  26  10   1   8  59
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   69  118  23  3  13   52   4  3  79  92  .233  .338  .366   88  184   6   2   0   2  14
 Career High    136  483   61  119  25  3  14   50   6  4  73  87  .262  .392  .418  116  190   8   4   1   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1950 24 BRO NL  236  163   27   4.4   110| .226  .272| .342  .349| .412  .422| .754  .771|  96  .470  -1.1  -0.1     
 1952 26 BRO NL  242  155   28   4.8    98| .236  .263| .392  .336| .387  .391| .779  .727| 116  .569   6.9   0.7  50%
 1953 27 BRO NL  232  156   30   5.1   112| .260  .276| .370  .348| .418  .431| .788  .779| 103  .524   1.6   0.2  50%
 1954 28 PHI NL  537  364   69   5.1   108| .262  .273| .357  .344| .418  .422| .775  .766| 103  .527   3.6   0.4  75%
 1955 29 PHI NL  565  397   57   3.8   104| .232  .263| .331  .334| .344  .417| .675  .750|  82  .410 -10.8  -1.1  60%
 1956 30 TOT NL  161  120   12   2.7   103| .196  .263| .300  .330| .312  .416| .612  .747|  66  .280  -6.2  -0.6   0%
         PHI NL   31   21    2   2.5   101| .200  .262| .355  .328| .200  .413| .555  .741|  57  .262  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         STL NL  130   99   10   2.7   103| .195  .264| .287  .331| .336  .417| .623  .748|  67  .284  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1957 31 TOT NL  485  351   41   3.2   102| .207  .267| .294  .331| .299  .414| .593  .745|  61  .332 -22.5  -2.2 100%
         PHI NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         CHC NL  485  351   41   3.2   102| .207  .267| .294  .331| .299  .414| .593  .745|  61  .332 -22.5  -2.2 100%
 1958 32 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .335| .000  .417| .000  .752|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2459 1707  264   4.2   105| .233  .268| .338  .338| .366  .417| .704  .755|  88  .448 -28.7  -2.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1950 24 BRO NL 3B 52 33 121 5 15 .969 .948 2.96 3.01 SS 10 10 24 3 5 .919 .960 3.40 4.74 1952 26 BRO NL 3B 60 45 107 5 10 .968 .954 2.53 2.92 2B 5 6 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 4.96 SS 4 10 5 2 1 .882 .962 3.75 4.70 1953 27 BRO NL 3B 36 22 58 7 6 .920 .951 2.22 2.72 SS 21 49 47 3 13 .970 .958 4.57 4.63 1954 28 PHI NL SS 129 237 361 29 71 .954 .959 4.64 4.63 3B 8 8 12 0 1 1.000 .952 2.50 2.83 2B 5 6 8 1 1 .933 .979 2.80 5.32 1955 29 PHI NL 2B 88 192 204 8 46 .980 .974 4.50 5.00 SS 41 89 117 9 23 .958 .964 5.02 4.57 3B 6 4 11 1 1 .938 .949 2.50 2.82 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 9.10 1956 30 TOT NL 2B 16 32 32 1 4 .985 .980 4.00 4.66 4.75 5.33 14 121.3 TOT NL 3B 16 16 34 7 2 .877 .956 3.12 2.64 3.50 3.05 12 128.7 PHI NL 3B 5 7 11 3 1 .857 .957 3.60 2.64 3.47 3.04 4 46.7 2B 3 7 7 0 1 1.000 .979 4.67 4.67 7.41 5.35 2 17.0 STL NL 2B 13 25 25 1 3 .980 .980 3.85 4.66 4.31 5.33 12 104.3 3B 11 9 23 4 1 .889 .955 2.91 2.64 3.51 3.05 8 82.0 SS 6 8 8 1 2 .941 .964 2.67 4.53 4.65 4.94 2 31.0 1957 31 TOT NL 2B 117 221 343 14 58 .976 .977 4.82 4.97 5.34 5.37 112 951.3 PHI NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 CHC NL 2B 116 220 343 14 58 .976 .977 4.85 4.97 5.34 5.37 112 949.3 3B 12 15 18 1 1 .971 .951 2.75 2.71 3.35 2.96 7 88.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 29 PHI NL 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 9.10 1952 26 BRO NL 2B 5 6 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 4.96 1954 28 PHI NL 2B 5 6 8 1 1 .933 .979 2.80 5.32 1955 29 PHI NL 2B 88 192 204 8 46 .980 .974 4.50 5.00 1956 30 TOT NL 2B 16 32 32 1 4 .985 .980 4.00 4.66 4.75 5.33 14 121.3 PHI NL 2B 3 7 7 0 1 1.000 .979 4.67 4.67 7.41 5.35 2 17.0 STL NL 2B 13 25 25 1 3 .980 .980 3.85 4.66 4.31 5.33 12 104.3 1957 31 TOT NL 2B 117 221 343 14 58 .976 .977 4.82 4.97 5.34 5.37 112 951.3 PHI NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.00 4.50 5.40 0 2.0 CHC NL 2B 116 220 343 14 58 .976 .977 4.85 4.97 5.34 5.37 112 949.3 1950 24 BRO NL 3B 52 33 121 5 15 .969 .948 2.96 3.01 1952 26 BRO NL 3B 60 45 107 5 10 .968 .954 2.53 2.92 1953 27 BRO NL 3B 36 22 58 7 6 .920 .951 2.22 2.72 1954 28 PHI NL 3B 8 8 12 0 1 1.000 .952 2.50 2.83 1955 29 PHI NL 3B 6 4 11 1 1 .938 .949 2.50 2.82 1956 30 TOT NL 3B 16 16 34 7 2 .877 .956 3.12 2.64 3.50 3.05 12 128.7 PHI NL 3B 5 7 11 3 1 .857 .957 3.60 2.64 3.47 3.04 4 46.7 STL NL 3B 11 9 23 4 1 .889 .955 2.91 2.64 3.51 3.05 8 82.0 1957 31 CHC NL 3B 12 15 18 1 1 .971 .951 2.75 2.71 3.35 2.96 7 88.7 1950 24 BRO NL SS 10 10 24 3 5 .919 .960 3.40 4.74 1952 26 BRO NL SS 4 10 5 2 1 .882 .962 3.75 4.70 1953 27 BRO NL SS 21 49 47 3 13 .970 .958 4.57 4.63 1954 28 PHI NL SS 129 237 361 29 71 .954 .959 4.64 4.63 1955 29 PHI NL SS 41 89 117 9 23 .958 .964 5.02 4.57 1956 30 STL NL SS 6 8 8 1 2 .941 .964 2.67 4.53 4.65 4.94 2 31.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 231 457 590 24 109 .978 .976 4.53 4.97 126 1072.7 SS* 211 403 562 47 115 .954 .960 4.57 4.62 2 31.0 3B* 190 143 361 26 36 .951 .952 2.65 2.86 19 217.3 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 9.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 633 1009 1513 97 260 .963 .965 3.98 4.23
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1952   WS    BRO NYY     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        0-2   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1955 NL-72-7
1957 NL-87-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

March 28, 1954: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Young and $50,000.

May 14, 1956: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Solly Hemus.

November 19, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Rip Repulski to the Philadelphia Phillies for Del Ennis.

May 13, 1957: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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