John Morlan
John Glen Morlan
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: November 22, 1947 in Columbus, OH
High School: West (Columbus, OH)
School: Ohio University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1973
Final Game: September 29, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 25 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.95 10 7 1 1 0 0 41.0 42 18 18 4 23 3 23 0 0 3 181 89 1.585 9.2 0.9 5.0 5.0 1.00
1974 26 PIT NL 0 3 .000 4.29 39 0 9 0 0 0 65.0 54 37 31 2 48 5 38 3 2 7 297 80 1.569 7.5 0.3 6.6 5.3 0.79
2 Seasons 2 5 .286 4.16 49 7 10 1 0 0 106.0 96 55 49 6 71 8 61 3 2 10 478 84 1.575 8.2 0.5 6.0 5.2 0.86
162 Game Avg. 2 6 .286 4.16 59 9 12 1 0 0 129 117 67 59 7 86 10 74 4 2 12 580 84 1.575 8.2 0.5 6.0 5.2 0.86

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1973 25 PIT NL 10 181 152 18 42 6 1 4 1 1 23 23 .276 .369 .408 .777 .302 62 6 0 5 1 3
1974 26 PIT NL 39 297 238 37 54 8 4 2 2 2 48 38 .227 .357 .319 .676 .256 76 7 3 3 5 5
2 Seasons 49 478 390 55 96 14 5 6 3 3 71 61 .246 .362 .354 .716 .274 138 13 3 8 6 8
162 Game Avg. 59 580 474 67 117 17 6 7 4 4 86 74 .246 .362 .354 .716 .274 168 16 4 10 7 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1973 25 PIT NL 10 7 2 2 3 0 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 0 3 43% 48 67 32 10 1 0 4 4.4 4.1 5.1
1 Season 10 7 2 2 3 0 0 5 2 .714 0 1 1 0 3 43% 48 67 32 10 1 0 4 4.4 4.1 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 25 PIT NL 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.117 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 5.3
1974 26 PIT NL 39 39 9 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 35 10 29% 6 0.652 3 14 22 2 3 34 18 21 19 11 21 5 5.0
2 Seasons 49 42 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 37 10 27% 0.828 3 14 25 2 3 37 19 23 22 11 24 5 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 25 PIT NL 181 50% 2.2% 12.7% 12.7% 6.1% 26% 0.94 70% 41 6 15%
1974 26 PIT NL 297 39% 0.7% 12.8% 16.2% 4.7% 26% 0.85 68% 67 7 10%
2 Seasons 478 43% 1.3% 12.8% 14.9% 5.2% 26% 0.88 69% 108 13 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1973 25 PIT NL 181 42 4 0 5 1 3 2 2 13 5 1 38% 1 3 0 70 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 26 PIT NL 297 54 2 0 17 1 1 1 1 31 15 1 48% 7 7 0 121 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2 Seasons 478 96 6 0 22 2 4 3 3 44 20 2 45% 8 10 0 191 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1973 25 2 2 .500 3.95 10 7 1 1 0 0 41.0 42 18 18 4 23 3 23 0 0 3 181 89 1.585 9.2 0.9 5.0 5.0 1.00 89
1974 26 2 5 .286 4.16 49 7 10 1 0 0 106.0 96 55 49 6 71 8 61 3 2 10 478 84 1.575 8.2 0.5 6.0 5.2 0.86 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1973 25 2 2 .500 4.74 38.0 44 22 20 4 24 21 0 1.789 10.4 5.7 5.0 0.88 0.9 10
1974 26 2 4 .333 5.08 62.0 57 39 35 2 51 36 3 1.742 8.3 7.4 5.2 0.71 0.3 39
2 Seasons 4 6 .400 4.95 100.0 101 61 55 6 75 57 3 1.760 9.1 5.1 0.76 0.5 49

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