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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	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 Seasons				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)			AL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1922	22	CHC	NL	12.0	0	17	8	0	1.0	-9	-0.9	$

1928	28	BOS	AL	257.2	29	118	156	2	1.0	38	3.8	$	MVP-15
1929	29	BOS	AL	208.1	26	118	133	-1	1.0	15	1.6	$
1930	30	BOS	AL	65.1	9	42	46	1	1.0	4	0.2	$
1931	31	BOS	AL	130.2	14	80	86	0	1.0	6	0.4	$
5 Seasons				674.0	78	375	429	2	1.0	54	5.1	$

BOS (4 yrs)				662.0	78	358	421	2	1.0	63	6.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				12.0	0	17	8	0	1.0	-9	-0.9	$

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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1922	22	CHC	NL	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1	0	0	/1

1928	28	BOS	AL	47	96	91	8	14	1	2	0	9	0	0	3	30	.154	.181	.209	.390	4	19	0	2	1	MVP-15
1929	29	BOS	AL	33	79	69	6	16	3	1	1	5	0	0	3	17	.232	.264	.348	.612	58	24	0	7	1
1930	30	BOS	AL	18	20	19	2	6	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.526	.842	113	10	0	1	1
1931	31	BOS	AL	37	41	38	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.158	.179	.184	.364	-2	7	0	2	1
5 Seasons				140	240	221	21	43	9	3	1	18	0	0	7	67	.195	.219	.276	.495	30	61	0	12
162 Game Avg.				162	278	256	24	50	10	3	1	21	0	0	8	78	.195	.219	.276	.495	30	71	0	14

BOS (4 yrs)				135	236	217	21	42	9	3	1	17	0	0	7	65	.194	.219	.276	.495	30	60	0	12
CHC (1 yr)				5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				135	236	217	21	42	9	3	1	17	0	0	7	65	.194	.219	.276	.495	30	60	0	12
NL (1 yr)				5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1922	22	CHC	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1

1928	28	BOS	AL	96	-14	1	0	0	0	7	3	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1	MVP-15
1929	29	BOS	AL	79	-5	0	0	0	0	6	2	3	0.4	3	0.3	0.1	$	1
1930	30	BOS	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1931	31	BOS	AL	41	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	1
5 Seasons				240	-26	1	0	0	0	17	7	-1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$

BOS (4 yrs)				236	-25	1	0	0	0	17	7	0	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$
CHC (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1922	CHC	NL	22	P	5	0	0	12.0	5	0	3	2	0	.600	2.25	0.60	.956	2.40	2.36
1928	BOS	AL	28	P	47	29	20	257.2	52	4	48	0	4	1.000	1.82	1.11	.957	2.44	2.42	MVP-15
1929	BOS	AL	29	P	33	26	17	208.1	47	6	38	3	1	.936	1.90	1.33	.958	2.34	2.31
1930	BOS	AL	30	P	18	9	3	65.1	17	4	11	2	0	.882	2.07	0.83	.946	2.20	2.17
1931	BOS	AL	31	P	37	14	3	130.2	43	11	27	5	1	.884	2.62	1.03	.954	2.21	2.19
	5 Seasons			P	140	78	43	674.0	164	25	127	12	6	.927	2.03	1.09	.955	2.34	2.30
	5 Seasons			TOT	140	78	43	674.0	164	25	127	12	6	.927	2.03	1.09	.955	2.34	2.30

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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)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1928 AL 47 (2nd)
Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1931 AL 5 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1928 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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