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: 7-17 / in Starts: 7-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	371	1	Apr 4	DET	@	TEX	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	4	4	3	8	0	0	4.50	1.89	33	122	72	19	12	7	15	5	3	0	59			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.103	.77	-0.08%	-0.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
2	372	5	Apr 11	DET		MIN	L,0-14	GS-4	L(0-2)	6	3.2	8	5	5	4	4	0	0	6.94	2.51	21	87	47	4	16	5	8	6	2	0	25			1	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.300	1.07	-0.20%	-3.86	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d5
3	373	9	Apr 16	DET		TEX	L,6-9	GS-3	L(0-3)	4	2.2	8	4	4	2	3	1	0	8.16	3.46	16	68	43	12	9	5	6	3	1	0	27			1	1	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.260	1.05	-0.15%	-2.80	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
4	374	13	Apr 21	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-4)	4	8.0	9	2	1	3	4	1	0	5.64	3.84	34					11	15	10	0	1	59			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	1	.95	0.113	.96	0.07%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	375	18	Apr 26	DET	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(0-5)	4	8.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	4.45	3.82	29	104	64	15	13	9	10	4	0	0	74			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.226	1.00	0.16%	2.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
6	376	23	May 1	DET	@	SEA	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-6)	4	6.2	10	5	3	0	7	0	0	4.38	3.25	31	105	75	16	20	13	11	6	1	0	45			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.72	-0.404	1.68	-0.24%	-1.75	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d2
7	377	27	May 6	DET		OAK	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-6)	4	6.1	8	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.95	3.46	28	103	63	11	2	10	15	7	0	0	52			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.012	.55	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out a4
8	378	32	May 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	W(2-6)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.78	3.26	32	115	80	17	12	12	13	6	1	0	66			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.058	.70	0.02%	1.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
9	379	37	May 17	DET		CHW	L,7-10	GS-8		4	7.1	9	5	5	4	8	1	0	4.07	3.35	34	121	70	13	17	11	11	3	2	0	44			1	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.077	1.02	-0.03%	-1.72	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
10	380	41	May 22	DET		CLE	L,3-7	GS-3	L(2-7)	4	2.1	6	7	7	2	0	4	0	4.94	4.26	15	52	30	5	4	7	6	2	1	0	15			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.367	.52	-0.23%	-5.24	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d6
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	381	96	Jul 24	DET	@	MIL	L,0-10	GS-6	L(2-8)	62	5.1	9	7	6	1	1	0	0	5.35	4.16	27	87	56	15	5	9	16	11	0	0	24			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.42	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d6
12	382	102	Jul 29	DET		MIN	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.95	3.90	35	109	67	16	16	10	14	7	4	0	70			3	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	0.307	.00	0.00%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
13	383	107	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.86	3.77	28	79	50	10	6	15	9	4	3	0	55			1	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.34	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
14	384	113	Aug 9	DET		MIL	L,1-6	GS-9	L(2-9)	4	8.2	7	6	2	3	5	1	0	4.60	3.81	37	110	71	17	8	14	15	7	2	0	56			2	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d5
15	385	118	Aug 14	DET		BAL	L,1-4	CG(10)	L(2-10)	4	10.0	5	4	4	2	8	2	0	4.50	3.86	36	126	75	19	16	11	15	5	3	0	72			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.72	1t start tie	10t 3 out d3
16	386	123	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(3-10)	4	9.0	8	4	3	2	4	1	0	4.38	3.87	39	122	79	15	10	18	15	8	3	0	59			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	.96	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	387	128	Aug 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-11	GS-7	L(3-11)	4	6.0	10	8	8	4	4	2	0	4.77	4.07	31	120	66	16	15	8	15	5	1	0	20			3	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	1	0	.77	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-4.08	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out d3
18	388	134	Aug 29	DET	@	KCR	L,8-12	GS-5		4	4.1	10	6	6	4	2	0	1	5.04	4.11	27	93	54	11	10	6	14	7	1	0	17			2	1	0	21	4	0	1	0	1	0	1.29	-0.477	.00	0.00%	-4.48	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	389	139	Sep 3	DET		CLE	W,12-3	CG	W(4-11)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	0	4.90	4.11	36	112	74	13	9	13	17	8	2	0	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	0	.81	0.083	.00	0.00%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
20	390	143	Sep 8	DET		CHW	W,7-5	GS-9	W(5-11)	4	8.1	10	5	5	1	3	3	0	4.93	4.28	36					14	15	5	2	3	45			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-2.12	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a2
21	391	147	Sep 13	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(6-11)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.69	4.15	34	129	81	22	14	11	15	7	2	0	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.497	.00	0.00%	3.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
22	392	152	Sep 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(6-12)	5	5.2	7	6	6	3	6	2	1	4.87	4.27	27	99	61	15	16	9	8	4	0	0	34			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	1	0	.47	-0.252	.00	0.00%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
23	393	156	Sep 24	DET		BOS	L,2-4	CG	L(6-13)	4	9.0	11	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.82	4.19	40	148	93	32	7	14	16	4	4	0	51			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	2	2	0	1.01	-0.107	.00	0.00%	0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
24	394	160	Sep 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(6-14)	4	8.0	11	5	5	3	7	2	0	4.86	4.24	37	130	85	16	12	10	17	13	1	0	44			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.42	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
							7-17		W-L:6-14	4.2	170.1	189	102	92	59	115	23	2	4.86	4.24	743	2341	62%	14%	11%	0.81		26%	7%	4	48		---%	24	6	0	669	33	5	3	15	7	7	.99	-1.905	.35	-0.68%	-21.83

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