John Morris

John Wallace Morris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 23, 1941 in Lewes, DE
Signed
by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1966
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Giants/Orioles/Phillies/Pilots 1966-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 24 PHI NL 1 1 .500 5.27 13 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 3 1 8 1 0 1 58 71 1.317 9.9 1.3 2.0 5.3 2.67
1968 26 BAL AL 2 0 1.000 2.56 19 0 2 0 0 0 31.2 19 11 9 4 17 2 22 4 0 2 133 116 1.137 5.4 1.1 4.8 6.3 1.29
1969 27 SEP AL 0 0 6.39 6 0 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 10 9 2 8 1 8 0 0 3 62 58 1.895 11.4 1.4 5.7 5.7 1.00
1970 28 MIL AL 4 3 .571 3.93 20 9 4 2 0 0 73.1 70 33 32 4 22 3 40 2 0 3 303 96 1.255 8.6 0.5 2.7 4.9 1.82
1971 29 MIL AL 2 2 .500 3.72 43 1 16 0 0 1 67.2 69 34 28 4 27 9 42 1 1 5 295 93 1.419 9.2 0.5 3.6 5.6 1.56
1972 30 SFG NL 0 0 4.26 7 0 5 0 0 0 6.1 9 6 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 31 88 1.737 12.8 2.8 2.8 7.1 2.50
1973 31 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 8.53 7 0 3 0 0 0 6.1 12 8 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 32 48 2.368 17.1 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.00
1974 32 SFG NL 1 1 .500 3.05 17 0 7 0 0 1 20.2 17 7 7 1 4 1 9 0 1 2 83 127 1.016 7.4 0.4 1.7 3.9 2.25
8 Yrs 11 7 .611 3.95 132 10 41 2 0 2 232.1 227 117 102 19 86 17 137 8 2 18 997 91 1.347 8.8 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .611 3.95 63 5 20 1 0 1 111 109 56 49 9 41 8 66 4 1 9 477 91 1.347 8.8 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59
SFG (3 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.32 31 0 15 0 0 1 33.1 38 21 16 3 9 1 17 0 1 4 146 90 1.410 10.3 0.8 2.4 4.6 1.89
MIL (3 yrs) 6 5 .545 4.04 69 10 20 2 0 1 153.2 155 77 69 10 57 13 90 3 1 11 660 90 1.380 9.1 0.6 3.3 5.3 1.58
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.27 13 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 3 1 8 1 0 1 58 71 1.317 9.9 1.3 2.0 5.3 2.67
BAL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.56 19 0 2 0 0 0 31.2 19 11 9 4 17 2 22 4 0 2 133 116 1.137 5.4 1.1 4.8 6.3 1.29
AL (4 yrs) 8 5 .615 3.79 88 10 22 2 0 1 185.1 174 88 78 14 74 15 112 7 1 13 793 93 1.338 8.4 0.7 3.6 5.4 1.51
NL (4 yrs) 3 2 .600 4.60 44 0 19 0 0 1 47.0 53 29 24 5 12 2 25 1 1 5 204 84 1.383 10.1 1.0 2.3 4.8 2.08

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
1966 24 PHI NL 13.2 13 0 8 5.27 4.25 -0.02 -0.17 98.8 4.05 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .483 .499 $
1968 26 BAL AL 31.2 19 0 11 3.13 3.52 0.46 -0.15 96.2 2.80 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.1 1 .495 .499 $9,000
1969 27 SEP AL 12.2 6 0 10 7.11 4.02 -0.54 -0.16 98.1 4.31 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .433 .498 $11,500
1970 28 MIL AL 73.1 20 9 33 4.05 4.14 -0.22 0.00 99.3 4.33 3 0.3 .6 -0.1 0.9 10 .516 .502 $
1971 29 MIL AL 67.2 43 1 34 4.52 4.02 0.26 -0.16 100.2 3.61 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0 .482 .495 $
1972 30 SFG NL 6.1 7 0 6 8.53 3.81 -0.03 -0.16 103.1 3.79 -3 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .446 .498 $
1973 31 SFG NL 6.1 7 0 8 11.37 4.25 -0.07 -0.35 104.8 4.16 -5 -0.5 .9 0.0 -0.5 -4 .425 .497 $
1974 32 SFG NL 20.2 17 0 7 3.05 4.46 -0.02 -0.36 105.8 4.36 3 0.3 1.1 -0.0 0.5 5 .519 .502 $
8 Seasons 232.1 132 10 117 4.53 4.04 0.04 -0.13 99.9 3.88 -16 -1.8 1.0 -0.2 0.1 5 .487 .499 $20,500
SFG (3 yrs) 33.1 31 0 21 5.67 4.30 -0.03 -0.32 105.1 4.22 -6 -0.6 1.0 0.0 -0.3 -2 .481 .499 $
MIL (3 yrs) 153.2 69 10 77 4.51 4.08 -0.03 -0.08 99.6 4.01 -8 -0.9 .8 -0.1 0.4 6 .488 .498 $11,500
PHI (1 yr) 13.2 13 0 8 5.27 4.25 -0.02 -0.17 98.8 4.05 -2 -0.2 1.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .483 .499 $
BAL (1 yr) 31.2 19 0 11 3.13 3.52 0.46 -0.15 96.2 2.80 -1 -0.1 1.1 -0.1 0.1 1 .495 .499 $9,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1966 24 PHI NL 13 58 54 8 15 3 0 2 0 1 3 8 .278 .328 .444 .772 .295 24 1 1 0 0 1 0
1968 26 BAL AL 19 133 110 11 19 3 1 4 0 1 17 22 .173 .303 .327 .630 .176 36 3 4 1 1 2 2
1969 27 SEP AL 6 62 52 10 16 3 0 2 3 0 8 8 .308 .400 .481 .881 .333 25 2 0 2 0 1 2
1970 28 MIL AL 20 304 278 33 70 13 1 4 1 1 22 40 .252 .311 .349 .660 .282 97 11 2 2 0 3 2
1971 29 MIL AL 43 295 256 34 69 14 1 4 4 3 27 42 .270 .334 .379 .713 .301 97 4 1 5 6 9 6
1972 30 SFG NL 7 31 29 6 9 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .310 .355 .517 .872 .318 15 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 31 SFG NL 7 32 28 8 12 3 0 0 1 0 3 3 .429 .469 .536 1.004 .462 15 1 0 0 1 0 0
1974 32 SFG NL 17 83 79 7 17 1 0 1 2 0 4 9 .215 .253 .266 .519 .232 21 2 0 0 0 1 3
8 Yrs 132 998 886 117 227 40 3 19 11 6 86 137 .256 .325 .372 .697 .282 330 24 8 10 8 17 16
162 Game Avg. 63 478 424 56 109 19 1 9 5 3 41 66 .256 .325 .372 .697 .282 158 11 4 5 4 8 8
MLB Averages .249 .316 .367 .683 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 24 PHI NL -2.0 -0.2 61 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 .88 -0.2 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.88 -1.5 4 2 6
1968 26 BAL AL 1.3 0.2 139 0.5 1.1 -0.6 .46 0.3 0.7 4.9 0.6 0.46 1.2 3 5 11
1969 27 SEP AL -3.6 -0.4 68 0.0 0.3 -0.3 .34 -0.2 0.2 -7.1 -0.7 0.34 -5.5 1 0 4
1970 28 MIL AL 0.1 0.0 310 0.7 4.5 -3.8 .80 0.7 0.2 3.9 0.4 0.80 5.8 1 3 6
1971 29 MIL AL -2.9 -0.3 310 -0.4 3.5 -3.9 .74 -0.2 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.74 -4.0 7 10 24
1972 30 SFG NL -1.5 -0.2 32 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 .29 -0.2 0.2 -4.8 -0.5 0.29 -4.5 1 1 5
1973 31 SFG NL -3.5 -0.4 36 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .56 -0.3 0.0 -5.0 -0.5 0.56 -4.2 2 0 4
1974 32 SFG NL 2.2 0.2 89 0.7 1.4 -0.7 .80 0.3 0.6 4.7 0.5 0.80 4.8 5 2 8
8 Yrs -9.9 -1.0 1045 1.0 12.1 -11.1 .69 0.1 1.3 -7.3 -0.6 0.69 -7.8 24 23 68

Starting Pitching*

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
1970 28 MIL AL 20 9 3 3 3 1 0 4 5 .444 1 2 2 0 3 33% 49.1 82 26 18 6 4 2 3.8 4.0 5.8
1971 29 MIL AL 43 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 20 4 0 0 5.0 6.8 4.7
2 Yrs 63 10 3 3 4 1 0 4 6 .400 1 3 2 0 3 30% 48 82 26 38 10 4 2 4.0 4.2 5.7
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 112 -3 4.0 3.9 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1966 24 PHI NL 13 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38% 8 .884 4 2 6 0 3 10 9 4 5 7 5 5 3.2
1968 26 BAL AL 19 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 20 4 20% 5 .463 3 5 11 2 1 16 11 8 11 7 11 5 5.0
1969 27 SEP AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 .341 1 0 4 0 1 5 2 4 6 0 6 0 6.3
1970 28 MIL AL 20 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 5 .798 1 3 6 0 1 10 4 7 8 1 8 1 5.7
1971 29 MIL AL 43 42 16 2 2 1 1 0 100% 4 3 42 9 21% 7 .735 7 10 24 6 4 32 24 18 24 9 28 9 4.5
1972 30 SFG NL 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .292 1 1 5 0 1 6 4 3 2 4 2 0 2.7
1973 31 SFG NL 7 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 3 60% 7 .559 2 0 4 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 2 0 2.7
1974 32 SFG NL 17 17 7 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 20 5 25% 9 .795 5 2 8 1 4 12 9 8 6 6 6 5 3.6
8 Yrs 132 122 41 8 4 3 2 1 67% 7 4 117 32 27% .688 24 23 68 10 16 96 66 56 63 36 68 25 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1966 24 PHI NL 58 34% 3.5% 13.8% 5.2% 8.6% 33% 3.00 76% 15 1 7%
1968 26 BAL AL 133 44% 3.0% 16.5% 12.8% 6.0% 42% 2.48 64% 23 3 13%
1969 27 SEP AL 62 24% 3.2% 12.9% 12.9% 8.1% 31% 3.29 68% 12 2 17%
1970 28 MIL AL 304 25% 1.3% 13.2% 7.2% 5.9% 26% 1.27 77% 57 11 19%
1971 29 MIL AL 295 37% 1.4% 14.2% 9.2% 6.4% 28% 1.84 73% 55 4 7%
1972 30 SFG NL 31 29% 6.5% 16.1% 6.5% 6.5% 22% 1.80 71% 6 0 0%
1973 31 SFG NL 32 66% 0.0% 9.4% 9.4% 9.4% 25% 1.50 81% 8 1 13%
1974 32 SFG NL 83 43% 1.2% 10.8% 4.8% 2.4% 12% 0.96 83% 18 2 11%
8 Yrs 998 35% 1.9% 13.7% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.65 74% 194 24 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.10 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1966 24 PHI NL 58 15 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 4 0 80% 0 1 1 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1968 26 BAL AL 133 19 4 0 3 3 1 3 1 9 4 1 44% 2 2 5 46 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1969 27 SEP AL 62 16 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 50% 2 3 0 28 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1970 28 MIL AL 304 70 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 17 6 3 35% 2 3 0 111 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
1971 29 MIL AL 295 69 4 0 6 4 0 4 0 30 17 4 57% 6 5 1 127 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 15 0
1972 30 SFG NL 31 9 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 100% 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 31 SFG NL 32 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 125% 0 2 1 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1974 32 SFG NL 83 17 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 6 5 1 83% 3 2 1 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 Yrs 998 227 19 0 24 14 5 13 6 77 45 9 58% 16 18 10 402 11 6 65% 8 5 3 0 0 1 5 4 46 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1966 24 1 1 .500 5.27 13 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 3 1 8 1 0 1 58 71 1.317 9.9 1.3 2.0 5.3 2.67 71
1967 25 1 1 .500 5.27 13 0 4 0 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 2 3 1 8 1 0 1 58 71 1.317 9.9 1.3 2.0 5.3 2.67 71
1968 26 3 1 .750 3.38 32 0 6 0 0 0 45.1 34 19 17 6 20 3 30 5 0 3 191 95 1.191 6.8 1.2 4.0 6.0 1.50 95
1969 27 3 1 .750 4.03 38 0 6 0 0 0 58.0 50 29 26 8 28 4 38 5 0 6 253 82 1.345 7.8 1.2 4.3 5.9 1.36 82
1970 28 7 4 .636 3.97 58 9 10 2 0 0 131.1 120 62 58 12 50 7 78 7 0 9 556 90 1.294 8.2 0.8 3.4 5.3 1.56 90
1971 29 9 6 .600 3.89 101 10 26 2 0 1 199.0 189 96 86 16 77 16 120 8 1 14 851 91 1.337 8.5 0.7 3.5 5.4 1.56 91
1972 30 9 6 .600 3.90 108 10 31 2 0 1 205.1 198 102 89 18 79 16 125 8 1 14 882 91 1.349 8.7 0.8 3.5 5.5 1.58 91
1973 31 10 6 .625 4.04 115 10 34 2 0 1 211.2 210 110 95 18 82 16 128 8 1 16 914 88 1.380 8.9 0.8 3.5 5.4 1.56 88
1974 32 11 7 .611 3.95 132 10 41 2 0 2 232.1 227 117 102 19 86 17 137 8 2 18 997 91 1.347 8.8 0.7 3.3 5.3 1.59 91

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1966 24 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 16 10 9 2 3 7 1 1.462 11.1 2.1 4.8 2.33 1.4 13
1968 26 2 1 .667 3.72 29.0 22 13 12 5 20 20 5 1.448 6.8 6.2 6.2 1.00 1.6 19
1969 27 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 17 11 10 2 8 8 0 2.083 12.8 6.0 6.0 1.00 1.5 6
1970 28 3 4 .429 4.30 69.0 72 37 33 4 23 37 2 1.377 9.4 3.0 4.8 1.61 0.5 20
1971 29 3 4 .429 4.64 64.0 75 37 33 4 29 40 1 1.625 10.5 4.1 5.6 1.38 0.6 43
1972 30 0 0 5.14 7.0 10 4 4 2 2 5 0 1.714 12.9 2.6 6.4 2.50 2.6 7
1973 31 0 0 9.00 6.0 12 7 6 0 3 3 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 7
1974 32 1 1 .500 3.00 21.0 17 8 7 1 4 9 0 1.000 7.3 1.7 3.9 2.25 0.4 17
8 Yrs 9 12 .429 4.64 221.0 241 127 114 20 92 129 9 1.507 9.8 5.3 1.40 0.8 132

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