Joe Morgan Batting Statistics and History

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Joe Morgan

Joseph Michael Morgan

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 19, 1930 in Walpole, MA
School: Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1959 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians/Athletics/Braves/Cardinals 1959-1964

Final Game: October 3, 1964 (Age 33)
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1952	21	ATL-min	A	72	258	258		59	6	0	3						.229	.229	.287	.516		74							HFD · EL
1953	22	ATL-min	B	78	301	301		74	10	5	4						.246	.246	.352	.598		106							EVN · IIIL
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956	25	ATL-min	A	132	476	476		143	24	8	9						.300	.300	.441	.742		210							JCK · SALL
1957	26	ATL-min	AA	149	551	551		174	31	8	12						.316	.316	.466	.782		257							ATA · SOUA
1958	27	ATL-min	AAA	133	525	442	60	111	22	4	11	49	6		72	65	.251	.356	.394	.749		174		2	5	4	11		WCH · AA
1959	28	ATL-min	AAA	82	366	305	54	96	26	6	8	47	3		46	35	.315	.402	.518	.920		158		2	8	5	3		LOU · AA
1959	28	TOT	MLB	33	50	44	4	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	5	11	.205	.286	.273	.558	55	12	2	0	1	0	0	/45
1959	28	MLN	NL	13	26	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	.280	.261	.541	51	6	1	0	1	0	0	/4
1959	28	KCA	AL	20	24	21	2	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	.190	.292	.286	.577	58	6	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1960	29	ATL-min	AAA	55	203	174	35	49	5	2	4	29	1		29	18	.282	.384	.402	.787		70							LOU · AA
1960	29	TOT	MLB	48	143	130	11	25	4	2	2	6	0	0	12	15	.192	.261	.300	.561	54	39	4	0	1	0	1	5/9
1960	29	PHI	NL	26	89	83	5	11	2	2	0	2	0	0	6	11	.133	.191	.205	.396	9	17	3	0	0	0	1	5
1960	29	CLE	AL	22	54	47	6	14	2	0	2	4	0	0	6	4	.298	.377	.468	.845	131	22	1	0	1	0	0	5/9
1961	30	STL-min	AAA	118	471	405	59	117	21	2	8	46	2		66	47	.289	.389	.410	.798		166							SJN · IL
1961	30	CLE	AL	4	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	/8

1962	31	STL-min	AAA	142	568	474	70	132	15	4	16	70	3	4	76	82	.278	.385	.428	.813		203		9	4	5			ATA · IL
1963	32	STL-min	AAA	131	478	406	61	114	12	3	12	70	3	5	72	71	.281	.389	.414	.803		168							ATA · IL
1964	33	STL-min	AAA	143	579	476	77	138	24	4	16	66	4	1	93	72	.290	.404	.458	.862		218		2	2	6			JCK · IL
1964	33	STL	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	34	STL-min	AAA	93	308	270	31	56	8	2	5	24	3	2	35	64	.207	.300	.307	.607		83		1	1	1			JCK · IL
1966	35	PIT-min	A	112	331	331		90	10	3	9						.272	.272	.402	.674		133							RAL · CARL
4 Yrs				88	207	187	15	36	5	3	2	10	0	0	18	31	.193	.263	.283	.547	51	53	6	0	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	381	344	28	66	9	6	4	18	0	0	33	57	.193	.263	.283	.547	51	98	11	0	4	0	2

CLE (2 yrs)				26	65	57	6	16	2	0	2	4	0	0	7	7	.281	.359	.421	.780	113	24	1	0	1	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				26	89	83	5	11	2	2	0	2	0	0	6	11	.133	.191	.205	.396	9	17	3	0	0	0	1
MLN (1 yr)				13	26	23	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.217	.280	.261	.541	51	6	1	0	1	0	0
STL (1 yr)				3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				20	24	21	2	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	.190	.292	.286	.577	58	6	1	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				46	89	78	8	20	2	1	2	7	0	0	10	14	.256	.341	.385	.726	98	30	2	0	1	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				42	118	109	7	16	3	2	0	3	0	0	8	17	.147	.205	.211	.416	15	23	4	0	1	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos
1959	28	MLN	NL	13	26	-1	0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	/4
1959	28	KCA	AL	20	24	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	/5
1960	29	PHI	NL	26	89	-10	-1	0	-0	0	-11	-1.3	3	-8	-0.9	.452	.492	-0.9	0.0	-8	5
1960	29	CLE	AL	22	54	3	-0	-0	1	0	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.515	.502	0.4	0.1	4	5/9
1961	30	CLE	AL	4	11	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.481	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	/8

1964	33	STL	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.482	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
4 Seasons				88	207	-11	-1	-0	-1	1	-13	-1.5	7	-6	-0.8	.483	.498	-0.6	-0.1	-4

CLE (2 yrs)				26	65	2	-0	-0	1	0	3	0.2	2	5	0.4	.510	.502	0.3	0.1	3
PHI (1 yr)				26	89	-10	-1	0	-0	0	-11	-1.3	3	-8	-0.9	.452	.492	-0.9	0.0	-8
MLN (1 yr)				13	26	-1	0	-0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	0.0	-0.2	0
STL (1 yr)				3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.482	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
KCA (1 yr)				20	24	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.1	0

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1959	28	TOT	MLB	50	38	4	2.8	99	.273	.205	.261	.286	.329	.273	.401	.558	.730	55	.298	-2.8	-0.3	.459	.182	.068
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	20	2	2.7	97	.263	.217	.259	.280	.324	.261	.401	.541	.725	51	.268	-1.5	-0.2	.421	.130	.043
1959	28	KCA	AL	24	18	2	3.0	100	.286	.190	.263	.292	.334	.286	.401	.577	.736	58	.330	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.238	.095
1960	29	TOT	MLB	143	110	11	2.7	99	.204	.192	.261	.261	.330	.300	.401	.561	.730	54	.288	-8.7	-0.9	.468	.200	.108	.0
1960	29	PHI	NL	89	75	3	1.1	98	.153	.133	.262	.191	.328	.205	.402	.396	.730	9	.072	-10.8	-1.1	.307	.145	.072
1960	29	CLE	AL	54	35	8	6.2	99	.293	.298	.260	.377	.333	.468	.398	.845	.731	131	.641	2.1	0.2	.824	.298	.170	.0
1961	30	CLE	AL	11	8	1	3.3	101	.286	.200	.260	.273	.335	.200	.405	.473	.740	31	.353	-1.0	-0.1	.375	.100	.000

1964	33	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.273	.000	.332	.000	.406	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				207	159	16	2.7	99	.221	.193	.261	.263	.330	.283	.401	.547	.731	51	.288	-13.3	-1.4	.452	.187	.091	.0
162 Game Avg.				381	293	29	2.7	99	.221	.193	.261	.263	.330	.283	.401	.547	.731	51	.288	-13.3	-1.4	.452	.187	.091

CLE (2 yrs)				65	43	9	5.6	99	.292	.281	.260	.359	.333	.421	.399	.780	.732	113	.599	1.1	0.1	.738	.263	.140	.0
PHI (1 yr)				89	75	3	1.1	98	.153	.133	.262	.191	.328	.205	.402	.396	.730	9	.072	-10.8	-1.1	.307	.145	.072
MLN (1 yr)				26	20	2	2.7	97	.263	.217	.259	.280	.324	.261	.401	.541	.725	51	.269	-1.5	-0.2	.421	.130	.043
STL (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.273	.000	.332	.000	.406	.000	.738	-100		-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
KCA (1 yr)				24	18	2	3.0	100	.286	.190	.263	.292	.334	.286	.401	.577	.736	58	.330	-1.3	-0.1	.500	.238	.095

AL (3 yrs)				89	61	11	4.8	99	.290	.256	.261	.341	.334	.385	.400	.726	.733	98	.536	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.256	.128	.0
NL (3 yrs)				118	98	5	1.4	98	.174	.147	.262	.205	.327	.211	.402	.416	.729	15	.105	-13.1	-1.4	.320	.138	.064

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	28	TOT	MLB	50	0.0%	22.0%	10.0%	4.0%	22%	2.20	4.0		11.0	0.92	66%
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	3.9%	20%	2.00	5.8		23.0	0.88	73%
1959	28	KCA	AL	24	0.0%	29.2%	12.5%	4.2%	25%	2.33	3.0		7.0	1.00	58%
1960	29	TOT	MLB	143	1.4%	10.5%	8.4%	5.6%	32%	1.25	8.7	65.0	21.7	1.00	79%
1960	29	PHI	NL	89	0.0%	12.4%	6.7%	4.5%	36%	1.83	7.5		41.5	1.00	81%
1960	29	CLE	AL	54	3.7%	7.4%	11.1%	7.4%	29%	0.67	11.8	23.5	11.8	1.00	76%
1961	30	CLE	AL	11	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.3			1.50	64%

1964	33	STL	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
4 Yrs				207	1.0%	15.0%	8.7%	4.8%	28%	1.72	6.0	93.5	18.7	1.02	74%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.69	6.2	38.3	8.5	1.06	73%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	28	TOT	MLB	-2.8	-0.3	50	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	1.31	-0.2	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	1.03	-2.4	1.56	22
1959	28	MLN	NL	-1.5	-0.2	26	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.26	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.00	-1.8	1.75	7
1959	28	KCA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	24	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.37	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.05	-0.6	1.47	15
1960	29	TOT	MLB	-8.7	-0.9	143	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	1.13	-0.6	0.2	-7.6	-0.8	0.94	-6.4	1.18	10
1960	29	PHI	NL	-10.8	-1.1	89	-1.1	0.9	-2.0	1.10	-0.9	-0.1	-11.7	-1.2	0.96	-9.5	1.05	5
1960	29	CLE	AL	2.1	0.2	54	0.6	1.4	-0.8	1.16	0.3	0.2	4.1	0.4	0.92	3.1	1.31	5
1961	30	CLE	AL	-1.0	-0.1	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.28	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.85	-1.8	0.50	2

1964	33	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.25	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.05	-0.8	1.25	3
4 Yrs				-13.3	-1.4	207	-1.1	3.2	-4.3	1.18	-1.1	0.2	-13.1	-1.4	0.96	-11.4	1.37	37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	28	TOT	MLB	2	0	29%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60%	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	28	MLN	NL	1	0	29%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	28	KCA	AL	1	0	29%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	TOT	MLB	2	0	26%	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	42%	7	5	2	1	0	1	4	2	2
1960	29	PHI	NL	1	0	29%	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	33%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1960	29	CLE	AL	1	0	22%	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1961	30	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1964	33	STL	NL	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				4	0	25%	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	45%	15	9	6	1	0	1	4	2	2

Situational Batting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	28	TOT	MLB	50	92%	9			22	5	0	2	1.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	12	2	17%	4	1	25%	39	4	10%	4	1	25%	3	2	67%	0
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	88%	5			7	1	0	0	1.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	3	1	33%	20	1	5%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1959	28	KCA	AL	24	96%	4			15	4	0	2	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	1	0	0%	19	3	16%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1960	29	TOT	MLB	143	96%	25			10	1	0	0	1.18	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	30	4	13%	11	5	45%	80	4	5%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1960	29	PHI	NL	89	96%	11			5	0	0	0	1.05	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	3	15%	7	2	29%	51	2	4%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1960	29	CLE	AL	54	96%	14			5	1	0	0	1.31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	4	3	75%	29	2	7%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1961	30	CLE	AL	11	91%	2			2	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1964	33	STL	NL	3	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				207	95%	36			37	6	0	2	1.37	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	50%	44	6	14%	17	7	41%	127	8	6%	10	3	30%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1959	28	33	50	44	4	9	1	1	0	4	5	11	.205	.286	.273	.558	55	12	2	1	0
1960	29	81	193	174	15	34	5	3	2	10	17	26	.195	.267	.293	.560	54	51	6	2	1
1961	30	85	204	184	15	36	5	3	2	10	18	29	.196	.267	.288	.555	53	53	6	2	1
1962	31	85	204	184	15	36	5	3	2	10	18	29	.196	.267	.288	.555	53	53	6	2	1
1963	32	85	204	184	15	36	5	3	2	10	18	29	.196	.267	.288	.555	53	53	6	2	1
1964	33	88	207	187	15	36	5	3	2	10	18	31	.193	.263	.283	.547	51	53	6	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	28	34	54	47	5	10	1	1	0	5	0	6	11	.213	.302	.277	.578	4	33
1960	29	50	154	139	12	29	5	2	2	7	0	14	16	.209	.281	.317	.598	13	48
1961	30	4	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.273	.385	.273	.657	1	4

1964	33	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
4 Yrs		91	224	200	17	42	6	3	2	12	0	22	32	.210	.288	.300	.588	18	88
162 Game Avg.		162	399	356	30	75	11	5	4	21	0	39	57	.210	.288	.300	.588	32	88

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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