Vern Morgan
Vernon Thomas Morgan
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
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1954
Final Game: May 1, 1955
Died: November 8, 1975 in Minneapolis, MN
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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
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 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
2 Seasons 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

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
1954 25 CHC NL 67 53 4 2.0 110 .273 .234 .275 .242 .347 .266 .426 .508 .772 32 .172 -6.5 -0.6 .353 .047 .031
1955 26 CHC NL 10 6 1 4.5 105 .333 .143 .265 .400 .336 .143 .420 .543 .757 53 .478 -0.3 0.0 .667 .429 .000
2 Seasons 77 59 5 2.3 109 .276 .225 .274 .263 .345 .254 .425 .517 .770 36 .204 -6.8 -0.6 .386 .085 .028
162 Game Avg. 402 308 26 2.3 109 .276 .225 .274 .263 .345 .254 .425 .517 .770 36 .204 -6.8 -0.6 .386 .085 .028

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
1954 25 CHC NL 67 0.0% 14.9% 1.5% 3.0% 13% 10.00 6.4 32.0 0.95 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 Seasons 77 0.0% 18.2% 5.2% 2.6% 13% 3.50 5.1 23.7 0.90 75%
MLB Averages

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
1954 25 CHC NL 1 0 19% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1955 26 CHC NL 0 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1 0 20% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80% 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
MLB Averages

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
1954 25 CHC NL 62 90% 15 5 1 0 1 1.48 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 7 3 43% 45 3 7% 2 2 100% 6 2 33% 5
1955 26 CHC NL 4 100% 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 6
2 Seasons 66 91% 16 8 1 0 1 1.94 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 8 3 38% 48 3 6% 2 2 100% 6 2 33% 11
MLB Averages

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
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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 25 25 69 67 3 15 2 0 0 2 0 1 11 .224 .232 .254 .486 4 24
1955 26 7 14 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 .250 .571 .250 .821 1 7
2 Seasons 32 83 75 4 17 2 0 0 3 0 7 15 .227 .289 .253 .542 5 31
162 Game Avg. 162 420 380 20 86 10 0 0 15 0 35 76 .227 .289 .253 .542 25 31

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