Jack Morris
John Scott Morris
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Highland Park (St. Paul, MN)
School: Brigham Young University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1977
Final Game: August 7, 1994
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 DET AL 22 P 7 6 45.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.43 .950 1.95 0.84
1978 DET AL 23 P 28 7 106.0 22 5 15 2 3 .909 1.70 0.71 .955 1.90 0.85
1979 DET AL 24 P 27 27 197.2 39 14 23 2 3 .949 1.68 1.37 .949 1.92 0.81
1979 DET AL 24 DH 1
1980 DET AL 25 P 36 36 250.0 76 31 43 2 2 .974 2.66 2.06 .957 1.85 0.77
1980 DET AL 25 DH 2
1981 DET AL 26 P 25 25 198.0 44 16 28 0 2 1.000 2.00 1.76 .961 1.98 0.81 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1982 DET AL 27 P 37 37 266.1 58 26 31 1 2 .983 1.93 1.54 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 DET AL 28 P 37 37 293.2 57 29 26 2 2 .965 1.69 1.49 .958 1.80 0.73 CYA-3,MVP-21
1983 DET AL 28 DH 2 CYA-3,MVP-21
1984 DET AL 29 P 35 35 240.1 64 29 32 3 4 .953 2.28 1.74 .958 1.79 0.70 AS,CYA-7
1985 DET AL 30 P 35 35 257.0 54 25 25 4 2 .926 1.75 1.43 .954 1.86 0.70 AS
1986 DET AL 31 P 35 35 267.0 56 27 27 2 4 .964 1.82 1.54 .957 1.83 0.68 CYA-5
1987 DET AL 32 P 34 34 266.0 49 31 18 0 1 1.000 1.66 1.44 .953 1.84 0.67 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1987 DET AL 32 DH 2 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1988 DET AL 33 P 34 34 235.0 53 31 21 1 1 .981 1.99 1.53 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 DET AL 34 P 24 24 170.1 40 17 22 1 3 .975 2.06 1.63 .960 1.87 0.66
1990 DET AL 35 P 36 36 249.2 54 38 14 2 2 .963 1.87 1.44 .952 1.78 0.59
1991 MIN AL 36 P 35 35 246.2 48 23 25 0 2 1.000 1.75 1.37 .954 1.80 0.58 AS,CYA-4,MVP-13
1992 TOR AL 37 P 34 34 240.2 47 20 26 1 1 .979 1.72 1.35 .951 1.72 0.56 CYA-5,MVP-13
1993 TOR AL 38 P 27 27 152.2 23 11 10 2 1 .913 1.24 0.78 .957 1.79 0.56
1994 CLE AL 39 P 23 23 141.1 35 12 19 4 1 .886 1.97 1.35 .960 1.72 0.52
18 Seasons P 549 527 3824.0 829 387 413 29 36 .965 1.88 1.46 .956 1.82 0.68
4 Seasons DH 7
18 Seasons TOT 549 527 3824.0 829 387 413 29 36 .965 1.88 1.46 .921 1.82 0.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 DET AL 22 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 23 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 DET AL 24 28 0 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 DET AL 25 44 0 8 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1981 DET AL 26 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 DET AL 27 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 DET AL 28 44 0 8 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1984 DET AL 29 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 DET AL 30 36 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 DET AL 31 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 DET AL 32 36 0 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1988 DET AL 33 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 34 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 DET AL 35 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MIN AL 36 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 TOR AL 37 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 TOR AL 38 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 39 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seasons 568 0 23 549 549 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 DET AL 22 201 75% 28% 8 100% 0 2 0 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 DET AL 23 486 79% 26% 20 85% 0 5 2 2 15 13 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 7 71%
1979 DET AL 24 841 79% 32% 26 96% 0 14 0 12 24 20 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 100%
1980 DET AL 25 1120 82% 29% 55 89% 3 31 2 18 39 34 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1981 DET AL 26 823 78% 29% 34 97% 1 17 0 11 28 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1982 DET AL 27 1148 80% 28% 40 98% 1 25 0 16 32 23 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1983 DET AL 28 1257 75% 25% 31 97% 1 29 2 22 25 17 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1984 DET AL 29 1059 78% 26% 38 95% 2 31 1 28 33 23 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 0 4 75%
1985 DET AL 30 1123 73% 23% 28 93% 0 24 2 21 25 19 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 100%
1986 DET AL 31 1132 73% 25% 34 88% 1 28 3 18 25 12 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 12 83%
1987 DET AL 32 1164 74% 25% 21 100% 0 30 1 24 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 100%
1988 DET AL 33 1057 76% 29% 29 90% 0 30 2 20 21 18 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14 86%
1989 DET AL 34 785 78% 30% 30 87% 1 16 0 10 22 17 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 9 67%
1990 DET AL 35 1135 77% 30% 23 87% 1 37 3 24 14 9 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 8 75%
1991 MIN AL 36 1089 76% 32% 30 100% 0 23 2 18 26 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1992 TOR AL 37 1052 79% 33% 27 100% 0 20 2 17 26 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1993 TOR AL 38 736 77% 35% 17 65% 0 11 0 8 10 9 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1994 CLE AL 39 670 74% 30% 24 88% 4 11 1 10 19 13 1 4 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
18 Seasons 16878 77% 28% 515 92% 15 384 23 280 411 317 37 28 1 8 19 11 34 18 29 5 107 87%
MLB Averages 78% 29% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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