Nyjer Morgan
Nyjer Jamid Morgan
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 2, 1980 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Storefront (St. Albert, AB)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 29, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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
2007 26 PIT NL 28 118 107 15 32 3 4 1 7 7 3 9 19 .299 .359 .430 .789 106 46 0 1 1 0 0 8
2008 27 PIT NL 58 175 160 26 47 13 0 0 7 9 5 10 32 .294 .345 .375 .720 93 60 0 3 1 1 0 78/9
2009 28 TOT NL 120 533 469 74 144 15 7 3 39 42 17 40 74 .307 .369 .388 .757 103 182 9 9 10 5 2 *78
2009 28 PIT NL 71 321 278 39 77 6 5 2 27 18 10 29 49 .277 .351 .356 .707 90 99 6 5 5 4 2 7/8
2009 28 WSN NL 49 212 191 35 67 9 2 1 12 24 7 11 25 .351 .396 .435 .831 121 83 3 4 5 1 0 8
3 Seasons 206 826 736 115 223 31 11 4 53 58 25 59 125 .303 .362 .391 .754 101 288 9 13 12 6 2
162 Game Avg. 162 650 579 90 175 24 9 3 42 46 20 46 98 .303 .362 .391 .754 101 226 7 10 9 5 2
PIT (3 yrs) 157 614 545 80 156 22 9 3 41 34 18 48 100 .286 .351 .376 .727 94 205 6 9 7 5 2
WSN (1 yr) 49 212 191 35 67 9 2 1 12 24 7 11 25 .351 .396 .435 .831 121 83 3 4 5 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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
2007 26 PIT NL 118 79 17 5.8 108 .356 .299 .269 .359 .338 .430 .430 .789 .768 106 .560 0.5 0.0 .769 .252 .131 1.8
2008 27 PIT NL 175 120 22 4.9 104 .364 .294 .262 .345 .334 .375 .419 .720 .752 93 .502 -1.0 -0.1 .653 .169 .081 .0
2009 28 TOT NL 533 366 71 5.2 105 .355 .307 .263 .369 .336 .388 .418 .757 .754 103 .536 2.8 0.3 .729 .220 .081 5.6
2009 28 PIT NL 321 226 36 4.3 104 .325 .277 .262 .351 .335 .356 .416 .707 .751 90 .446 -3.2 -0.3 .650 .212 .079 3.6
2009 28 WSN NL 212 140 35 6.7 106 .398 .351 .265 .396 .338 .435 .420 .831 .758 121 .647 5.9 0.6 .858 .230 .084 1.9
3 Seasons 826 565 110 5.2 105 .357 .303 .264 .362 .336 .391 .420 .754 .756 101 .533 2.3 0.2 .718 .213 .088 7.5
162 Game Avg. 650 444 87 5.2 105 .357 .303 .264 .362 .336 .391 .420 .754 .756 101 .533 2 0 .718 .213 .088 6
PIT (3 yrs) 614 425 75 4.7 105 .342 .286 .264 .351 .335 .376 .420 .727 .755 94 .485 -3.6 -0.4 .673 .207 .090 5.5
WSN (1 yr) 212 140 35 6.7 106 .398 .351 .265 .396 .338 .435 .420 .831 .758 121 .647 5.9 0.6 .858 .230 .084 1.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2007 26 PIT NL 118 0.9% 16.1% 7.6% 6.8% 25% 2.11 5.6 107.0 15.3 1.41 1.86 74% 16% 3.2% 9%
2008 27 PIT NL 175 0.0% 18.3% 5.7% 7.4% 28% 3.20 5.0 22.9 1.00 1.19 74% 21% 0.0% 10%
2009 28 TOT NL 533 0.6% 13.9% 7.5% 4.7% 17% 1.85 6.3 156.3 12.0 1.23 1.98 74% 18% 1.9% 6%
2009 28 PIT NL 321 0.6% 15.3% 9.0% 4.1% 17% 1.69 5.7 139.0 10.3 1.14 1.62 72% 17% 2.0% 6%
2009 28 WSN NL 212 0.5% 11.8% 5.2% 5.7% 18% 2.27 7.6 191.0 15.9 1.37 2.76 78% 19% 1.7% 6%
3 Seasons 826 0.5% 15.1% 7.1% 5.6% 21% 2.12 5.9 184.0 13.9 1.20 1.77 74% 18% 1.7% 7%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 26 PIT NL 0 0 34% 41 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 50% 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1
2008 27 PIT NL 3 0 43% 79 9 5 64% 9 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 60% 9 4 5 1 1 0 5 1 4
2009 28 TOT NL 6 0 37% 233 42 17 71% 38 14 4 3 0 0 9 4 7 20 43% 37 27 8 7 4 3 24 6 18
2009 28 PIT NL 6 0 34% 141 18 10 64% 17 9 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 14 42% 22 16 5 4 2 2 12 3 9
2009 28 WSN NL 0 0 42% 92 24 7 77% 21 5 3 2 0 0 5 2 5 6 43% 15 11 3 3 2 1 12 3 9
3 Seasons 9 0 38% 353 58 25 70% 53 22 5 3 0 0 13 4 15 35 46% 48 32 14 11 6 4 30 7 23
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 26 PIT NL 118 74% 32 5 3 1 0 0 0 0.02 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 15 0 0% 5 3 60% 48 6 13% 5 2 40% 8 2 25% 0
2008 27 PIT NL 175 84% 47 15 5 14 3 0 0 1.34 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 18 0 0% 13 4 31% 70 8 11% 4 2 50% 7 3 43% 0
2009 28 TOT NL 533 77% 144 25 14 1 0 0 0 1.82 3 0 14 2 1 1 2 0 12 10 83% 68 9 13% 44 20 45% 263 36 14% 20 11 55% 31 17 55% 0
2009 28 PIT NL 321 74% 77 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 1 0 6 5 83% 39 6 15% 27 12 44% 160 25 16% 12 7 58% 17 8 47% 0
2009 28 WSN NL 212 81% 67 17 10 1 0 0 0 1.82 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 29 3 10% 17 8 47% 103 11 11% 8 4 50% 14 9 64% 0
3 Seasons 826 78% 223 45 22 16 3 0 0 1.29 4 0 18 2 2 2 2 0 17 12 71% 101 9 9% 62 27 44% 381 50 13% 29 15 52% 46 22 48% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2007 26 PIT NL 118 466 3.95 305 65% 29% 10% 32% 29% 71% 0% 47% 86% 22% 3% 4 0 12% 14 2 6% 7 1 32% 0 0 0
2008 27 PIT NL 175 709 4.05 462 65% 31% 11% 30% 28% 69% 0% 45% 84% 17% 4% 7 0 12% 21 4 7% 12 1 28% 0 0 0
2009 28 TOT NL 533 1999 3.75 1305 65% 31% 10% 27% 31% 69% 1% 45% 85% 22% 4% 21 0 11% 61 14 8% 40 4 26% 0 0 0
2009 28 PIT NL 321 1247 3.88 805 65% 33% 10% 28% 30% 67% 2% 43% 85% 18% 4% 14 0 13% 41 8 9% 28 3 29% 0 0 0
2009 28 WSN NL 212 752 3.55 500 66% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 0% 48% 85% 27% 3% 7 0 9% 20 6 6% 12 1 20% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 826 3174 3.84 2072 65% 30% 10% 29% 30% 70% 1% 45% 85% 21% 4% 32 0 12% 96 20 7% 59 6 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 26 28 118 107 15 32 3 4 1 7 7 3 9 19 .299 .359 .430 .789 106 46 0 1 1 0 0
2008 27 86 293 267 41 79 16 4 1 14 16 8 19 51 .296 .351 .397 .748 98 106 0 4 2 1 0
2009 28 206 826 736 115 223 31 11 4 53 58 25 59 125 .303 .362 .391 .754 101 288 9 13 12 6 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
2007 26 28 118 108 15 33 3 4 1 7 7 9 19 .306 .364 .435 .800 17 28
2008 27 58 178 163 26 50 14 0 0 7 10 11 32 .307 .360 .393 .752 22 58
2009 28 120 532 476 74 151 16 7 3 39 44 42 74 .317 .380 .399 .779 71 120
3 Seasons 206 828 747 115 234 33 11 4 53 61 62 125 .313 .373 .403 .776 110 206
162 Game Avg. 162 651 587 90 184 26 9 3 42 48 49 98 .313 .373 .403 .776 87 206

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
2009 NL  .307 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2009 NL  42 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2009 NL  17 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Jim Burns (981)
  2. Jim Kelly (979)
  3. Irv Waldron (969)
  4. Bert Griffith (966)
  5. Hank Steinbacher (964)
  6. Pat McNulty (962)
  7. Cuckoo Christensen (961)
  8. Earl Clark (961)
  9. Walter French (960)
  10. Grover Gilmore (958)
Similar Batters through 28 
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  1. Sam Rice (976) *
  2. John Titus (975)
  3. Skip Schumaker (973)
  4. Debs Garms (973)
  5. Evar Swanson (970)
  6. Harry Walker (969)
  7. George Stone (969)
  8. Bert Griffith (966)
  9. Ollie Pickering (964)
  10. Walter French (964)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Sam Rice (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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