Jack Morris

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

High School: Highland Park HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: July 26, 1977 (Age 22-071d, 13,916th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 7, 1994 (Age 39-083d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2018. (Voted by Modern Baseball Era Committee)
View Jack Morris's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: John Scott Morris

Nicknames: Black Jack or Mount Morris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.5

254

186

ERA

3.90

549

527

3824.0

2478

WHIP

1.296

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-8 / in Starts: 19-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	36	27	May 13	DET		MIL	W,6-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.45	2.60	30	11	4	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.07	0.168	.74	0.07%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
2	37	32	May 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	9	6	6	0	3	2	0	5.40	4.16	25	7	6	0	0	9	33			3	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	.74	-0.167	.49	-0.07%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
3	38	36	May 23	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.87	4.50	30	10	8	1	0	9	46			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.048	.48	-0.02%	0.15	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d2
4	39	40	May 28	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	1	2	3.99	4.50	35	14	8	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	3	0	1	.99	0.248	.58	0.09%	2.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	40	45	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	W,9-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.0	4	3	3	4	5	1	0	3.96	4.58	29	10	6	0	0	4	58			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.117	.71	0.06%	0.62	1b start a 2	8b 123 0 out a5
6	41	49	Jun 6	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-6	L(3-2)	3	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	4.25	4.88	27	7	7	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.10	-0.132	1.10	-0.08%	-0.79	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d1
7	42	53	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.68	4.41	36	14	8	0	0	9	68			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.31	0.469	.88	0.19%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	43	58	Jun 16	DET		CAL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-3)	4	7.1	6	4	4	6	6	0	0	3.84	4.30	33	9	6	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.18	0.086	.66	0.03%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
9	44	63	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.78	4.17	31	12	5	2	0	7	61			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	0.002	.56	0.00%	1.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	45	68	Jun 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.81	4.12	36	13	9	3	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.039	.14	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	46	73	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,10-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.61	4.14	33	10	11	0	0	5	70			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.160	.03	0.01%	2.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	47	78	Jul 6(1)	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS-9	W(7-4)	4	8.1	11	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.68	4.05	35	9	8	3	0	11	50			1	2	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.054	.07	0.00%	0.78	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a4
13	48	85	Jul 11	DET		MIN	L,0-3	CG	L(7-5)	4	9.0	3	3	2	5	3	0	0	3.53	4.03	35	17	7	1	0	3	69			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	1	.70	0.015	.04	0.00%	1.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
14	49	90	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	W,14-5	GS-7	W(8-5)	3	7.0	9	3	3	0	2	1	0	3.55	4.03	30	10	9	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.151	.01	0.00%	0.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a11
15	50	92	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	L,6-14	GS-4		4	3.1	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.77	4.09	16	4	3	1	0	6	33			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.252	.04	-0.01%	-2.78	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out a1
16	51	97	Jul 25	DET		MIL	W,11-2	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	1	3.66	4.11	31	10	6	1	0	5	67			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.261	.01	0.00%	2.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
17	52	102	Jul 30	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.63	4.02	25	8	5	3	0	8	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.150	.01	0.00%	1.09	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	53	118	Aug 13	DET	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(10-5)	13	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.65	4.02	28	12	2	0	0	7	54			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.04	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out a3
19	54	122	Aug 18	DET	@	SEA	W,7-4	GS-9	W(11-5)	4	8.0	7	4	4	3	10	1	0	3.69	3.96	33	8	5	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.373	.00	0.00%	1.43	1b start a 3	9b 123 0 out a6
20	55	127	Aug 24	DET		SEA	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-5)	5	7.1	4	2	0	2	3	0	0	3.51	3.90	28	13	6	0	0	4	67			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.70	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
21	56	133	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-1	GS-8	W(13-5)	4	7.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.41	3.87	31	11	6	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.073	.00	0.00%	1.43	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	57	138	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(13-6)	4	8.0	8	4	3	2	2	2	0	3.41	3.98	33	12	9	2	0	8	52			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.100	.00	0.00%	0.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	58	143	Sep 8	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-3	L(13-7)	4	3.0	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.56	4.00	18	3	5	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.38	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
24	59	147	Sep 15(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-5	W(14-7)	6	5.0	3	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.62	4.04	20	6	6	0	0	3	50			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
25	60	152	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(15-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	7	0	1	3.44	3.97	32	13	4	0	1	4	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.72	0.386	.00	0.00%	4.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	61	157	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(16-7)	5	8.0	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.39	3.87	32	12	5	0	0	6	67			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.14	0.116	.00	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	62	161	Sep 30	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	W(17-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.28	3.79	34	11	11	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.249	.00	0.00%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
							19-8		W-L:17-7	4.0	197.2	179	76	72	59	113	19	4	3.28	3.79	806	1.58		4%	0%	179	56		---%	14	4	0	734	27	2	4	27	6	9	.94	2.228	.25	0.29%	28.37

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