John Morris
John Daniel Morris
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 23, 1961 in North Bellmore, NY
School: Seton Hall University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1986
Final Game: August 5, 1992
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Standard Batting

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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1986 25 STL NL 39 108 100 8 24 0 1 1 14 6 2 7 15 .240 .287 .290 .577 60 29 2 0 0 1 2 9/87
1987 26 STL NL 101 170 157 22 41 6 4 3 23 5 2 11 22 .261 .314 .408 .721 88 64 2 1 1 0 4 9/87
1988 27 STL NL 20 39 38 3 11 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 .289 .308 .395 .702 100 15 0 0 0 0 0 7/89
1989 28 STL NL 96 124 117 8 28 4 1 2 14 1 0 4 22 .239 .264 .342 .606 71 40 4 0 3 0 0 987
1990 29 STL NL 18 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .111 .238 .111 .349 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 /98
1991 30 PHI NL 85 140 127 15 28 2 1 1 6 2 0 12 25 .220 .293 .276 .568 62 35 1 1 0 0 4 897
1992 31 CAL AL 43 63 57 4 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 4 11 .193 .258 .263 .521 47 15 0 1 1 0 1 /9D7
7 Seasons 402 665 614 60 145 15 8 8 63 15 4 42 108 .236 .288 .326 .614 69 200 9 3 5 1 11
162 Game Avg. 162 268 247 24 58 6 3 3 25 6 2 17 44 .236 .288 .326 .614 69 81 4 1 2 0 4
STL (5 yrs) 274 462 430 41 106 12 7 6 54 12 4 26 72 .247 .290 .349 .639 74 150 8 1 4 1 6
PHI (1 yr) 85 140 127 15 28 2 1 1 6 2 0 12 25 .220 .293 .276 .568 62 35 1 1 0 0 4
CAL (1 yr) 43 63 57 4 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 4 11 .193 .258 .263 .521 47 15 0 1 1 0 1
NL (6 yrs) 359 602 557 56 134 14 8 7 60 14 4 38 97 .241 .291 .332 .623 72 185 9 2 4 1 10
AL (1 yr) 43 63 57 4 11 1 0 1 3 1 0 4 11 .193 .258 .263 .521 47 15 0 1 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 25 STL NL 108 81 8 2.7 97 .271 .240 .261 .287 .332 .290 .394 .577 .726 60 .293 -5.8 -0.6 .500 .160 .050 1.7
1987 26 STL NL 170 121 20 4.4 108 .288 .261 .271 .314 .341 .408 .423 .721 .764 88 .469 -3.6 -0.4 .658 .236 .146 3.8
1988 27 STL NL 39 27 5 5.0 90 .355 .289 .257 .308 .321 .395 .378 .702 .699 100 .602 -0.2 -0.0 .593 .132 .105
1989 28 STL NL 124 96 10 2.8 93 .280 .239 .257 .264 .325 .342 .383 .606 .708 71 .339 -5.2 -0.6 .484 .145 .103 1.3
1990 29 STL NL 21 16 1 1.7 98 .167 .111 .264 .238 .331 .111 .397 .349 .728 0 .146 -2.5 -0.2 .313 .167 .000
1991 30 PHI NL 140 100 11 3.0 93 .267 .220 .256 .293 .324 .276 .384 .568 .708 62 .346 -6.6 -0.7 .500 .165 .055 1.3
1992 31 CAL AL 63 47 4 2.3 94 .222 .193 .259 .258 .328 .263 .385 .521 .713 47 .232 -4.2 -0.4 .457 .158 .070 1.0
7 Seasons 665 488 59 3.3 97 .275 .236 .262 .288 .330 .326 .396 .614 .726 69 .371 -28.1 -2.9 .531 .176 .090 10.4
162 Game Avg. 268 197 24 3.3 97 .275 .236 .262 .288 .330 .326 .396 .614 .726 69 .371 -28.1 -2.9 .531 .176 .090 4
STL (5 yrs) 462 341 44 3.5 99 .283 .247 .264 .290 .333 .349 .400 .639 .733 74 .395 -17.3 -1.8 .551 .181 .102 8.0
PHI (1 yr) 140 100 11 3.0 93 .267 .220 .256 .293 .324 .276 .384 .568 .708 62 .346 -6.6 -0.7 .500 .165 .055 1.3
CAL (1 yr) 63 47 4 2.3 94 .222 .193 .259 .258 .328 .263 .385 .521 .713 47 .232 -4.2 -0.4 .457 .158 .070 1.0
NL (6 yrs) 602 441 55 3.4 98 .280 .241 .262 .291 .331 .332 .397 .623 .727 72 .385 -23.8 -2.4 .539 .178 .092 9.3
AL (1 yr) 63 47 4 2.3 94 .222 .193 .259 .258 .328 .263 .385 .521 .713 47 .232 -4.2 -0.4 .457 .158 .070 1.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 26 STL NL NLCS SFG W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 STL NL WS MIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 25 STL NL 108 0.9% 13.9% 6.5% 1.9% 8% 2.14 6.7 100.0 7.1 0.66 79%
1987 26 STL NL 170 1.8% 12.9% 6.5% 7.7% 32% 2.00 7.1 52.3 6.8 0.81 78%
1988 27 STL NL 39 0.0% 18.0% 2.6% 7.7% 27% 7.00 5.4 12.7 0.63 0.82 79% 29% 0.0% 37%
1989 28 STL NL 124 1.6% 17.7% 3.2% 5.7% 25% 5.50 5.3 58.5 8.4 0.54 0.85 75% 24% 4.1% 20%
1990 29 STL NL 21 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 0.33 0.38 57% 17% 0.0% 56%
1991 30 PHI NL 140 0.7% 17.9% 8.6% 2.9% 14% 2.08 5.1 127.0 21.2 1.02 0.87 72% 13% 2.6% 22%
1992 31 CAL AL 63 1.6% 17.5% 6.4% 3.2% 18% 2.75 5.2 57.0 19.0 1.56 2.27 71% 21% 6.7% 17%
7 Seasons 665 1.2% 16.2% 6.3% 4.7% 21% 2.57 5.7 76.8 9.7 0.81 0.87 75% 20% 3.4% 24%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 25 STL NL 1 0 23% 37 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1987 26 STL NL 2 0 38% 59 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 36% 11 7 4 3 2 1 8 4 3
1988 27 STL NL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1989 28 STL NL 1 0 20% 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 43% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2
1990 29 STL NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 PHI NL 2 0 35% 81 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 31% 9 7 2 1 0 0 3 1 2
1992 31 CAL AL 0 0 20% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
7 Seasons 6 0 29% 270 15 4 79% 13 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 16 39% 33 22 11 4 2 1 19 7 10
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 25 STL NL 108 87% 24 11 3 0 0 1.80 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 2 14% 5 2 40% 77 15 19% 9 6 67% 15 9 60% 0
1987 26 STL NL 170 88% 41 33 10 0 5 1.47 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 27 2 7% 18 8 44% 110 24 22% 15 11 73% 17 8 47% 0
1988 27 STL NL 39 82% 11 0 0 6 2 0 1 1.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 24 3 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1989 28 STL NL 124 90% 28 4 0 41 9 0 4 1.55 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 75% 22 4 18% 14 4 29% 70 12 17% 6 4 67% 7 3 43% 0
1990 29 STL NL 21 95% 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 1.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 30 PHI NL 140 90% 28 13 1 28 6 0 2 1.28 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 8 3 38% 60 5 8% 5 3 60% 4 2 50% 0
1992 31 CAL AL 63 94% 11 6 0 23 4 0 1 1.05 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 6 2 33% 29 2 7% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 665 89% 145 23 1 151 35 0 13 1.39 8 0 12 8 0 5 3 0 6 5 83% 95 9 9% 54 19 35% 381 61 16% 39 26 67% 49 23 47% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 STL NL 39 145 3.72 100 69% 22% 15% 32% 31% 78% 0% 54% 81% 33% 8% 3 0 15% 6 1 8% 3 3 0% 0 0 0
1989 28 STL NL 119 436 3.66 293 67% 24% 15% 30% 32% 76% 0% 51% 81% 29% 4% 5 0 11% 13 6 6% 7 5 5% 5 0 0
1990 29 STL NL 14 66 4.71 37 56% 38% 16% 30% 16% 62% 0% 35% 74% 29% 7% 1 0 21% 3 1 29% 4 1 40% 7 0 0
1991 30 PHI NL 140 518 3.70 318 61% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 8% 44% 81% 24% 6% 9 0 24% 34 15 6% 8 5 28% 0 0 0
1992 31 CAL AL 63 239 3.79 152 64% 30% 14% 26% 31% 70% 5% 45% 80% 13% 5% 3 0 13% 8 1 10% 6 5 9% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 375 1404 3.74 900 64% 27% 14% 28% 31% 73% 4% 47% 80% 25% 6% 21 0 17% 64 24 7% 28 19 16% 12 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 25 39 108 100 8 24 0 1 1 14 6 2 7 15 .240 .287 .290 .577 60 29 2 0 0 1 2
1987 26 140 278 257 30 65 6 5 4 37 11 4 18 37 .253 .303 .362 .665 78 93 4 1 1 1 6
1988 27 160 317 295 33 76 8 6 4 40 11 4 19 44 .258 .304 .366 .670 80 108 4 1 1 1 6
1989 28 256 441 412 41 104 12 7 6 54 12 4 23 66 .252 .293 .359 .652 78 148 8 1 4 1 6
1990 29 274 462 430 41 106 12 7 6 54 12 4 26 72 .247 .290 .349 .639 74 150 8 1 4 1 6
1991 30 359 602 557 56 134 14 8 7 60 14 4 38 97 .241 .291 .332 .623 72 185 9 2 4 1 10
1992 31 402 665 614 60 145 15 8 8 63 15 4 42 108 .236 .288 .326 .614 69 200 9 3 5 1 11

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 25 39 109 101 8 25 0 1 1 15 6 7 15 .248 .294 .297 .591 9 39
1987 26 101 168 156 21 40 6 4 3 22 5 11 22 .256 .310 .404 .713 19 101
1988 27 20 40 39 3 12 2 1 0 3 0 1 7 .308 .325 .410 .735 5 20
1989 28 96 122 118 9 29 4 1 2 16 1 4 22 .246 .270 .347 .618 11 96
1990 29 18 23 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .158 .304 .158 .462 1 18
1991 30 85 144 130 16 31 2 1 1 7 2 13 25 .238 .313 .292 .605 12 85
1992 31 43 65 59 5 13 1 0 1 3 1 5 11 .220 .292 .288 .580 5 43
7 Seasons 402 671 622 62 153 15 8 8 66 15 45 108 .246 .300 .334 .634 62 402
162 Game Avg. 162 270 251 25 62 6 3 3 27 6 18 44 .246 .300 .334 .634 25 402

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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