Joe Morgan
Joe Leonard Morgan
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 19, 1943 in Bonham, TX
High School: Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1963
Final Game: September 30, 1984
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1990 (363/444 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 HOU NL 19 2B 7 6 54.0 33 15 15 3 2 .909 -1.6 -35.6 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 5.00 4.29 .976 5.22 4.59
1964 HOU NL 20 2B 10 10 94.2 59 31 25 3 4 .949 -0.8 -10.1 0.2 1.5 -1.3 -1 5.32 5.60 .973 5.22 4.61
1965 HOU NL 21 2B 157 155 1409.1 867 348 492 27 82 .969 -4.3 -3.7 -5.3 -3.3 -2.0 1 5.36 5.35 .974 5.28 4.71 MVP-31,RoY-2
1966 HOU NL 22 2B 117 117 1038.1 593 256 316 21 61 .965 -10.9 -12.6 -6.9 3.5 -10.5 -4 4.96 4.89 .978 5.33 4.68 AS
1967 HOU NL 23 2B 130 126 1127.0 655 297 344 14 67 .979 -7.6 -8.1 -5.6 -3.4 -2.3 -2 5.12 4.93 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 HOU NL 23 LF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 .950 1.80 1.50
1967 HOU NL 23 OF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.02 1.80
1968 HOU NL 24 2B 5 5 43.0 17 9 6 2 2 .882 -2.3 -64.2 -2.3 0.0 -2.3 0 3.14 3.00 .976 5.21 4.74
1968 HOU NL 24 LF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.62 1.40
1968 HOU NL 24 OF 1 1 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.98 1.80
1969 HOU NL 25 2B 132 131 1138.0 649 303 328 18 79 .972 -6.5 -6.9 -6.5 -5.8 -0.7 0 4.99 4.78 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 HOU NL 25 OF 14 13 113.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -3.6 -38.2 -3.6 -2.9 -0.7 0 0.96 0.86 .975 2.02 1.75
1969 HOU NL 25 LF 12 11 96.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -28.7 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 0 0.93 0.83 .960 1.67 1.30
1969 HOU NL 25 CF 2 2 16.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -93.6 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 0.54 0.50 1.000 2.32 2.05
1970 HOU NL 26 2B 142 141 1254.0 796 349 430 17 98 .979 -9.0 -8.6 -8.0 -2.7 -5.4 -1 5.59 5.49 .979 5.32 4.67 AS
1971 HOU NL 27 2B 157 153 1381.1 830 336 482 12 93 .986 3.0 2.6 4.0 2.5 1.5 -1 5.33 5.21 .978 5.47 4.86
1972 CIN NL 28 2B 149 148 1337.2 814 370 436 8 92 .990 6.7 6.0 7.7 4.9 2.8 -1 5.42 5.41 .978 5.36 4.88 AS,MVP-4
1973 CIN NL 29 2B 154 151 1341.1 866 417 440 9 106 .990 11.4 10.2 10.4 5.3 5.2 1 5.75 5.56 .980 5.52 4.91 AS,MVP-4,GG
1974 CIN NL 30 2B 142 140 1214.2 742 344 385 13 92 .982 3.7 3.7 2.7 -0.9 3.6 1 5.40 5.13 .973 5.47 4.64 AS,MVP-8,GG
1975 CIN NL 31 2B 142 141 1205.0 792 356 425 11 96 .986 13.7 13.6 11.7 5.1 6.6 2 5.83 5.50 .975 5.54 4.92 AS,MVP-1,GG
1976 CIN NL 32 2B 133 131 1126.2 690 342 335 13 85 .981 -1.0 -1.1 -2.0 -4.1 2.1 1 5.41 5.09 .975 5.48 4.93 AS,MVP-1,GG
1977 CIN NL 33 2B 151 147 1244.2 715 351 359 5 100 .993 -8.7 -8.4 -11.7 -11.8 0.1 3 5.13 4.70 .977 5.24 4.47 AS,GG
1978 CIN NL 34 2B 124 120 1010.2 553 252 290 11 49 .980 -13.9 -16.5 -11.9 -8.2 -3.7 -2 4.83 4.37 .977 5.30 4.34 AS
1979 CIN NL 35 2B 121 120 1018.1 600 259 329 12 74 .980 -6.4 -7.5 -7.4 -6.2 -1.2 1 5.20 4.86 .979 5.42 4.55 AS
1980 HOU NL 36 2B 130 123 1037.0 599 244 348 7 68 .988 2.5 2.9 2.5 -1.7 4.2 0 5.14 4.55 .980 5.49 4.71
1981 SFG NL 37 2B 87 84 743.2 439 177 258 4 61 .991 -2.6 -4.2 -3.6 4.8 -8.4 1 5.26 5.00 .982 5.52 4.72
1982 SFG NL 38 2B 120 117 1034.0 625 254 364 7 69 .989 -1.3 -1.5 0.7 -6.0 6.7 -2 5.38 5.15 .978 5.42 4.75 MVP-16,SS
1982 SFG NL 38 3B 3 2 14.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1.3 -106.4 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 1.84 1.00 .950 2.76 2.43 MVP-16,SS
1983 PHI NL 39 2B 117 109 918.2 579 231 331 17 63 .971 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -3.8 3.4 0 5.51 4.80 .978 5.34 4.46
1984 OAK AL 40 2B 100 97 771.1 440 201 229 10 62 .977 -6.8 -10.6 -5.8 -1.7 -4.1 -1 5.02 4.30 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 OAK AL 40 DH 5
22 Seasons 2B 2527 2472 21543.1 12953 5742 6967 244 1505 .981 -43.1 -2.4 -39.1 -32.0 -7.3 -4 5.31 5.03 .977 5.38 4.69
3 Seasons OF 16 15 126.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -3.5 -33.3 -3.5 -2.8 -0.7 0 1.07 0.94 .980 2.02 1.76
3 Seasons LF 14 13 109.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -24.1 -2.2 -1.5 -0.7 0 1.07 0.93 .962 1.68 1.32
1 Season DH 5
1 Season 3B 3 2 14.2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1.3 -106.4 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 1.84 1.00 .950 2.76 2.43
1 Season CF 2 2 16.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -93.6 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 0 0.54 0.50 1.000 2.32 2.05
22 Seasons TOT 2546 2489 21684.0 12972 5758 6969 245 1505 .981 -47.9 -2.7 -43.9 -36.1 -8.0 0 -4 5.28 5.00 .958 5.36 4.67
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 HOU NL 19 8 6 8 8 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1964 HOU NL 20 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 HOU NL 21 157 155 157 157 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 22 122 117 122 122 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 HOU NL 23 133 127 133 133 0 0 0 130 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
1968 HOU NL 24 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
1969 HOU NL 25 147 144 147 147 0 0 0 132 0 0 12 2 0 14 3 0
1970 HOU NL 26 144 141 144 144 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 HOU NL 27 160 153 160 160 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1972 CIN NL 28 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 CIN NL 29 157 151 157 157 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1974 CIN NL 30 149 140 149 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1975 CIN NL 31 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 CIN NL 32 141 131 141 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1977 CIN NL 33 153 147 153 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 CIN NL 34 132 120 132 123 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1979 CIN NL 35 127 120 127 121 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1980 HOU NL 36 141 123 141 130 0 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1981 SFG NL 37 90 84 90 87 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1982 SFG NL 38 134 119 134 121 0 0 0 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1983 PHI NL 39 123 109 123 117 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1984 OAK AL 40 116 99 116 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 0
22 Seasons 2649 2491 2649 2565 0 0 0 2527 3 0 14 2 0 16 2 142 6
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 HOU NL 19 240 61% 82% 29% 26 88% 0 16 10 4 2 14 12 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1964 HOU NL 20 403 60% 78% 29% 41 93% 0 30 13 12 5 25 21 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
1965 HOU NL 21 6131 54% 79% 27% 636 94% 1 347 147 123 77 508 455 41 0 7 27 1 24 2 17 82 29 18 21 4 77 27 48 3 2 1
1966 HOU NL 22 4469 61% 79% 27% 421 92% 1 250 99 108 43 318 270 38 0 9 21 0 20 1 20 61 20 5 18 4 51 23 27 6 2 3
1967 HOU NL 23 4737 64% 76% 25% 404 95% 1 273 104 111 58 324 285 31 1 3 13 1 9 3 10 66 26 8 15 7 59 22 35 5 2 3
1968 HOU NL 24 190 61% 76% 22% 12 83% 0 10 5 3 2 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1969 HOU NL 25 4810 62% 70% 24% 372 96% 2 269 98 120 51 310 276 31 0 4 18 0 15 3 12 73 29 19 15 4 69 19 50 2 0 2
1970 HOU NL 26 5449 62% 76% 25% 484 94% 0 321 128 142 51 381 330 48 1 5 17 0 16 1 16 84 30 18 19 9 79 29 50 5 2 3
1971 HOU NL 27 5623 58% 77% 27% 547 95% 0 322 113 144 65 461 399 55 0 3 12 1 11 0 9 89 32 15 25 6 82 31 49 4 3 1
1972 CIN NL 28 5630 64% 79% 27% 545 95% 2 370 135 164 71 430 371 48 2 7 8 0 6 2 5 92 32 18 28 5 86 35 51 4 1 2
1973 CIN NL 29 5729 67% 79% 26% 541 96% 0 410 149 171 90 438 366 64 0 8 9 0 9 0 6 106 33 23 32 6 101 38 59 4 2 1
1974 CIN NL 30 5251 63% 78% 27% 491 92% 2 346 128 140 78 384 335 43 1 5 13 0 12 1 9 92 35 10 29 8 85 39 45 4 3 1
1975 CIN NL 31 5225 60% 81% 27% 552 93% 0 362 139 149 74 431 372 55 1 5 11 0 9 2 9 97 38 13 34 3 90 37 52 6 1 3
1976 CIN NL 32 4934 62% 80% 26% 446 93% 0 336 108 155 73 345 287 50 0 2 13 0 12 1 10 85 21 17 32 3 77 35 40 7 4 2
1977 CIN NL 33 5510 63% 77% 24% 447 95% 1 349 122 156 73 365 300 56 1 6 5 1 4 0 3 100 36 11 31 9 93 40 50 5 4 1
1978 CIN NL 34 4536 59% 77% 26% 381 94% 1 252 88 105 59 295 267 25 0 1 11 2 8 1 5 49 19 10 12 2 45 14 30 2 1 1
1979 CIN NL 35 4446 56% 80% 26% 403 94% 1 256 86 102 68 335 285 43 1 6 12 1 11 0 8 73 18 13 27 2 67 29 33 4 2 1
1980 HOU NL 36 4516 54% 78% 26% 432 95% 0 236 91 91 54 355 302 50 0 6 7 0 7 0 6 67 24 5 27 7 66 34 30 0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 37 3337 57% 79% 27% 283 95% 1 178 46 87 45 263 217 35 1 3 4 0 4 0 3 62 23 6 19 2 54 22 30 7 3 3
1982 SFG NL 38 4669 59% 81% 27% 430 95% 2 253 86 97 70 363 319 38 1 3 7 0 7 0 5 69 24 8 24 3 63 28 33 5 2 3
1983 PHI NL 39 4075 58% 76% 26% 385 93% 1 227 63 112 52 340 312 22 0 1 17 1 16 0 15 63 19 16 12 4 56 16 39 5 3 2
1984 OAK AL 40 3528 55% 80% 23% 281 97% 0 212 71 103 38 238 200 32 0 2 10 0 10 0 8 60 23 11 18 2 55 20 35 3 3 0
22 Seasons 93438 60% 78% 26% 8560 94% 16 5625 2029 2399 1199 6929 5987 809 10 86 243 9 216 18 182 1478 514 244 441 90 1361 541 789 83 42 33
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 HOU NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 39 77% 82% 28% 5 40%
1968 HOU NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 24 54% 71% 25% 3 33%
1969 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 441 68% 71% 20% 40 25%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 504 68% 72% 21% 48 27%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 SFG NL 38 84 63% 77% 18% 3 67% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 84 63% 77% 18% 3 67% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 39% 72% 23% 3 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 74 39% 72% 23% 3 33%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.2% 60% 78% 26% 58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) 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.

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