Ed Morris

Walter Edward Morris (Big Ed)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 7, 1899 in Foshee, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1922
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cubs 1922-1931

Final Game: September 21, 1931
Died: March 3, 1932 in Century, FL
Buried: Halls Creek Church Cemetery, Escambia County, AL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1922	22	CHC	NL	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83

1928	28	BOS	AL	19	15	.559	3.53	47	29	15	20	0	5	257.2	255	118	101	7	80	104	5	0	1	1087	115	1.300	8.9	0.2	2.8	3.6	1.30	MVP-15
1929	29	BOS	AL	14	14	.500	4.45	33	26	4	17	2	1	208.1	227	118	103	7	95	73	2	0	8	930	95	1.546	9.8	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.77
1930	30	BOS	AL	4	9	.308	4.13	18	9	6	3	0	0	65.1	67	42	30	1	38	28	0	0	0	307	112	1.607	9.2	0.1	5.2	3.9	0.74
1931	31	BOS	AL	5	7	.417	4.75	37	14	11	3	0	0	130.2	131	80	69	4	74	46	5	0	1	594	91	1.569	9.0	0.3	5.1	3.2	0.62
5 Yrs				42	45	.483	4.19	140	78	39	43	2	6	674.0	702	375	314	20	293	256	12	1	10	2983	101	1.476	9.4	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.87
162 Game Avg.				13	14	.483	4.19	44	24	12	13	1	2	210	219	117	98	6	91	80	4	0	3	930	101	1.476	9.4	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.87

BOS (4 yrs)				42	45	.483	4.12	135	78	36	43	2	6	662.0	680	358	303	19	287	251	12	0	10	2918	102	1.461	9.2	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.87
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83

AL (4 yrs)				42	45	.483	4.12	135	78	36	43	2	6	662.0	680	358	303	19	287	251	12	0	10	2918	102	1.461	9.2	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.87
NL (1 yr)				0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1922	22	CHC	NL	12.0	5	0	17	12.75	5.20	0.03	0.00	104.8	5.41	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-9	.338	.495	$

1928	28	BOS	AL	257.1	47	29	118	4.13	4.85	0.08	0.00	100.1	4.77	18	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.9	47	.538	.511	$	MVP-15
1929	29	BOS	AL	208.1	33	26	118	5.10	5.31	-0.03	0.00	98.3	5.25	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	2.1	28	.511	.502	$
1930	30	BOS	AL	65.1	18	9	42	5.79	5.92	0.19	0.00	99.1	5.67	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.5	8	.495	.499	$
1931	31	BOS	AL	129.2	37	14	80	5.55	5.30	0.01	0.00	97.9	5.18	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.5	10	.485	.497	$
5 Seasons				672.2	140	78	375	5.02	5.19	0.04	0.00	99.1	5.10	5	0.7	1.0	-0.3	6.3	85	.505	.501	$

BOS (4 yrs)				660.2	135	78	358	4.88	5.19	0.04	0.00	99.0	5.10	15	1.5	1.0	-0.3	7.0	94	.511	.502	$
CHC (1 yr)				12.0	5	0	17	12.75	5.20	0.03	0.00	104.8	5.41	-10	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-9	.338	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	22	CHC	NL	65	1.5%	7.7%	9.2%			78%

1928	28	BOS	AL	1093	0.6%	9.5%	7.3%	3.8%	16%	79%
1929	29	BOS	AL	926	0.8%	7.9%	10.3%	3.4%	14%	78%
1930	30	BOS	AL	307	0.3%	9.1%	12.4%	1.3%	6%	75%
1931	31	BOS	AL	588	0.7%	7.8%	12.6%	1.2%	5%	76%
5 Yrs				2979	0.7%	8.6%	9.8%	2.8%	12%	78%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.4%	7.9%	3.1%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1922	22	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1923	23	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1924	24	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1925	25	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1926	26	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1927	27	0	0		8.25	5	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	22	17	11	1	6	5	0	1	0	65	52	2.333	16.5	0.8	4.5	3.8	0.83	52
1928	28	19	15	.559	3.74	52	29	18	20	0	5	269.2	277	135	112	8	86	109	5	1	1	1152	109	1.346	9.2	0.3	2.9	3.6	1.27	109
1929	29	33	29	.532	4.05	85	55	22	37	2	6	478.0	504	253	215	15	181	182	7	1	9	2082	102	1.433	9.5	0.3	3.4	3.4	1.01	102
1930	30	37	38	.493	4.06	103	64	28	40	2	6	543.1	571	295	245	16	219	210	7	1	9	2389	103	1.454	9.5	0.3	3.6	3.5	0.96	103
1931	31	42	45	.483	4.19	140	78	39	43	2	6	674.0	702	375	314	20	293	256	12	1	10	2983	101	1.476	9.4	0.3	3.9	3.4	0.87	101

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1922	22	0	1	.000	6.43	14.0	21	11	10	1	6	6	0	1.929	13.5	3.9	3.9	1.00	0.6	5

1928	28	17	12	.586	3.32	266.0	258	109	98	7	81	107	5	1.274	8.7	2.7	3.6	1.32	0.2	47
1929	29	12	12	.500	3.91	221.0	225	107	96	7	94	78	2	1.443	9.2	3.8	3.2	0.83	0.3	33
1930	30	5	3	.625	3.12	75.0	63	29	26	1	36	32	0	1.320	7.6	4.3	3.8	0.89	0.1	18
1931	31	7	8	.467	4.08	139.0	128	70	63	4	72	49	5	1.439	8.3	4.7	3.2	0.68	0.3	37
5 Yrs		41	36	.532	3.69	715.0	695	326	293	20	289	272	12	1.376	8.7		3.4	0.94	0.3	140

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1928 AL (15, 6%) 0.06 Career Shares (1057th)	Wins s c a p y 1928 AL 19 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1928 AL 8.907 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1928 AL 47 (2nd)
Saves s c a p y 1928 AL 5 (5th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1928 AL 257.7 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1928 AL 104 (8th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1928 AL 20 (8th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1929 AL 2 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1929 AL 95 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1928 AL 255 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1928 AL 0.245 (9th) 1929 AL 0.302 (7th)
Losses s c a p y 1928 AL 15 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1928 AL 101 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1929 AL 8 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1931 AL 5 (7th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1928 AL 1,087 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1928 AL 15 (9th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1928 AL 115 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Dutch Levsen (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Gibson (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Monk Dubiel (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Gettel (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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