Vern Morgan

Vernon Thomas Morgan

Positions: Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 8, 1928 in Emporia, VA
High School: Fort Union Military Academy (Emporia, VA)
School: University of Richmond (Richmond, VA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1954
Team: Cubs 1954-1955

Final Game: May 1, 1955
Died: November 8, 1975 in Minneapolis, MN
Buried: Emporia Cemetery, Emporia, VA
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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
1948	19	CHC-min	B	115	444	444		147	23	11	5						.331	.331	.466	.797		207							SEL · SEAL
1949	20	CHC-min	A	112	379	379		112	14	12	4						.296	.296	.427	.723		162							MAC · SALL
1950	21	CHC-min	A,AA	117	421	421		125	24	3	3						.297	.297	.390	.686		164							DMO,MAC,NVL · WL,SALL,SOUA
1951	22	CHC-min	A,AAA	136	505	502	3	144	21	1	9	2	0		1	7	.287	.290	.386	.676		194		1	1				DMO,SPF · WL,IL
1954	25	CHC-min	A	112	407	407		131	26	1	16						.322	.322	.509	.830		207							DMO · WL
1954	25	CHC	NL	24	67	64	3	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.234	.242	.266	.508	32	17	2	0	1	1		5
1955	26	CHC-min	A,Opn	125	445	435	12	119	21	5	13	6	1		8	15	.274	.287	.434	.721		189	0	0	2	0			DMO,LOS · WL,PCL
1955	26	CHC	NL	7	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.143	.400	.143	.543	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1956	27	MIN-min	AA	124	401	401		111	27	1	7						.277	.277	.401	.678		161							CNG · SOUA
1957	28	MIN-min	AA	148	544	544		182	29	8	14						.335	.335	.494	.829		269							CNG · SOUA
1958	29	MIN-min	AA	146	513	513		149	25	3	9						.290	.290	.404	.694		207							CNG · SOUA
1959	30	MIN-min	AA	147	579	518	76	143	28	8	12	62	3		53	49	.276	.344	.431	.775		223		2	4	2	12		CNG · SOUA
1960	31	MIN-PHI-min	A,AA	113	439	389	61	112	18	3	11	65	3		50	44	.288	.369	.434	.803		169							CHR,CNG · SALL,SOUA
1961	32	MIN-min	D	53	122	122		38	6	0	6						.311	.311	.508	.820		62							FWB · ALFL
1962	33	MIN-min	C	59	200	168	21	59	9	0	6	42	1		28	9	.351	.435	.512	.947		86		0	0	4	9		BMA · NORL
1963	34	MIN-min	A	22	23	23		13	2	0	0						.565	.565	.652	1.217		15							BMA · NORL
1964	35	MIN-min	A	10	7	7		3	0	0	1						.429	.429	.857	1.286		6							BMA · NORL
2 Yrs				31	77	71	4	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	14	.225	.263	.254	.517	36	18	2	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	402	371	21	84	10	0	0	16	0	0	21	73	.225	.263	.254	.517	36	94	10	0	5	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rfield	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	25	CHC	NL	24	67	-6	-0	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.469	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	5
1955	26	CHC	NL	7	10	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/5
2 Seasons				31	77	-7	-0	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.475	.498	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$

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
1954	25	CHC	NL	67	53	4	2.0	110	.273	.234	.275	.242	.347	.266	.426	.508	.773	32	.172	-6.5	-0.6	.353	.047	.031
1955	26	CHC	NL	10	6	1	4.5	106	.333	.143	.266	.400	.337	.143	.421	.543	.757	53	.478	-0.3	-0.0	.667	.429	.000
2 Yrs				77	59	5	2.3	109	.276	.225	.274	.263	.345	.254	.425	.517	.771	36	.204	-6.8	-0.7	.386	.085	.028
162 Game Avg.				402	308	26	2.3	109	.276	.225	.274	.263	.345	.254	.425	.517	.771	36	.204	-6.8	-0.7	.386	.085	.028

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	25	CHC	NL	67	0.0%	14.9%	1.5%	3.0%	13%	10.00	6.4		32.0	1.00	82%
1955	26	CHC	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0%	1.33	1.8		7.0	0.00	30%
2 Yrs				77	0.0%	18.2%	5.2%	2.6%	13%	3.50	5.1		23.7	0.95	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.0%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.0	40.3	8.2	0.96	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	25	CHC	NL	-6.5	-0.6	65	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	1.26	-0.7	-0.1	-7.7	-0.8	0.97	-8.1	1.45	5
1955	26	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.70	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.97	-0.6	2.70	3
2 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	69	-1.2	0.7	-1.9	1.35	-0.8	-0.1	-8.0	-0.8	0.97	-8.7	1.92	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1954	25	CHC	NL	1	19%	21	75%	1	1	1	1	2	2
1955	26	CHC	NL	0	25%	0	100%	0	0	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				1	20%	21	80%	1	1	2	2	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	25	CHC	NL	67	91%	15			5	1	0	1	1.45	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	8	3	38%	46	3	7%	3	2	67%	6	3	50%	0
1955	26	CHC	NL	10	100%	1			3	0	0	0	2.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				77	91%	16			8	1	0	1	1.92	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	18	2	11%	9	3	33%	49	3	6%	3	2	67%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1954	25	24	67	64	3	15	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.234	.242	.266	.508	32	17	2	0	1	1
1955	26	31	77	71	4	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	14	.225	.263	.254	.517	36	18	2	0	1	1	0

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	25	25	70	67	3	15	2	2	1	11	.224	.232	.254	.486	4	24
1955	26	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.300	.000	.300	0	7
2 Yrs		32	80	74	3	15	2	2	4	15	.203	.241	.230	.470	4	31
162 Game Avg.		162	405	375	15	76	10	10	20	76	.203	.241	.230	.470	20	31

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