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Bubba Morton

Wycliffe Nathaniel Morton

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 13, 1931 in Washington, DC
School: Howard University (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1961
Teams (by GP): Angels/Tigers/Braves 1961-1969

Final Game: September 28, 1969
Died: January 14, 2006 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Buried at sea,
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Standard Batting

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
1961 29 DET AL 77 120 108 26 31 5 1 2 19 3 1 9 25 .287 .342 .407 .749 97 44 1 1 0 2 1 9/78
1962 30 DET AL 90 228 195 30 51 6 3 4 17 1 1 32 32 .262 .366 .385 .750 100 75 5 0 1 0 0 98/37
1963 31 TOT MLB 21 44 39 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 4 .154 .250 .154 .404 19 6 2 1 0 0 1 /87
1963 31 DET AL 6 13 11 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .091 .231 .091 .322 -6 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1963 31 MLN NL 15 31 28 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .179 .258 .179 .437 29 5 2 1 0 0 1 /78
1966 34 CAL AL 15 54 50 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 6 .220 .250 .240 .490 44 12 1 0 2 0 0 9
1967 35 CAL AL 80 229 201 23 63 9 3 0 32 0 3 22 29 .313 .387 .388 .775 135 78 8 2 4 0 1 9/7
1968 36 CAL AL 81 184 163 13 44 6 0 1 18 2 1 14 18 .270 .341 .325 .666 108 53 6 4 2 1 0 9/75
1969 37 CAL AL 87 206 172 18 42 10 1 7 32 0 0 28 29 .244 .356 .436 .792 127 75 4 3 1 2 1 9/73
7 Yrs 451 1065 928 117 248 37 8 14 128 7 7 111 143 .267 .351 .370 .720 107 343 27 11 10 5 4
162 Game Avg. 162 383 333 42 89 13 3 5 46 3 3 40 51 .267 .351 .370 .720 107 123 10 4 4 2 1
CAL (4 yrs) 263 673 586 58 160 26 4 8 86 3 5 66 82 .273 .354 .372 .726 117 218 19 9 9 3 2
DET (3 yrs) 173 361 314 58 83 11 4 6 38 4 2 43 58 .264 .353 .382 .735 95 120 6 1 1 2 1
MLN (1 yr) 15 31 28 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .179 .258 .179 .437 29 5 2 1 0 0 1
AL (7 yrs) 436 1034 900 116 243 37 8 14 124 7 7 109 140 .270 .354 .376 .729 109 338 25 10 10 5 3
NL (1 yr) 15 31 28 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .179 .258 .179 .437 29 5 2 1 0 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1961 29 DET AL 77 120 0 -1 1 4 -1 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .504 .502 0.3 0.2 3 $ 9/78
1962 30 DET AL 90 228 1 0 0 3 -2 2 0.2 6 9 0.8 .503 .502 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 98/37
1963 31 DET AL 6 13 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /8
1963 31 MLN NL 15 31 -2 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ /78
1966 34 CAL AL 15 54 -3 -0 0 0 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .470 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ 9
1967 35 CAL AL 80 229 8 -2 0 1 -3 5 0.5 6 11 1.1 .507 .504 1.1 -0.3 10 $ 9/7
1968 36 CAL AL 81 184 2 0 -0 -1 -2 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.4 .499 .499 0.6 -0.4 6 $ 9/75
1969 37 CAL AL 87 206 6 -1 0 3 -2 7 0.7 6 12 1.3 .508 .505 1.0 0.0 10 $20,000 9/73
7 Seasons 451 1065 12 -3 2 10 -11 10 0.7 30 40 3.7 .502 .501 3.0 -0.5 30 $20,000
CAL (4 yrs) 263 673 14 -3 1 2 -7 7 0.5 19 26 2.5 .503 .501 2.4 -0.8 23 $20,000
DET (3 yrs) 173 361 -0 -0 2 7 -3 5 0.4 10 15 1.3 .503 .501 0.8 0.2 8 $
MLN (1 yr) 15 31 -2 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $

Advanced Batting

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
1961 29 DET AL 120 81 16 5.3 106 .349 .287 .267 .342 .343 .407 .416 .749 .759 97 .557 -0.3 -0.0 .709 .222 .120 2.4
1962 30 DET AL 228 151 28 5.0 106 .296 .262 .268 .366 .341 .385 .417 .750 .758 100 .541 0.3 0.0 .713 .287 .123 1.6
1963 31 TOT MLB 44 35 1 0.8 91 .171 .154 .255 .250 .318 .154 .384 .404 .702 19 .047 -4.1 -0.4 .314 .103 .000
1963 31 DET AL 13 10 0 0.0 97 .100 .091 .259 .231 .326 .091 .399 .322 .725 -6 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .300 .182 .000
1963 31 MLN NL 31 25 1 1.1 89 .200 .179 .253 .258 .315 .179 .378 .437 .693 29 .087 -2.5 -0.3 .320 .071 .000
1966 34 CAL AL 54 43 3 1.9 87 .250 .220 .245 .250 .311 .240 .378 .490 .689 44 .208 -3.7 -0.4 .341 .060 .020 .0
1967 35 CAL AL 229 153 29 5.1 80 .366 .313 .238 .387 .306 .388 .357 .775 .663 135 .641 9.5 1.0 .664 .169 .075
1968 36 CAL AL 184 129 18 3.8 76 .297 .270 .232 .341 .301 .325 .344 .666 .645 108 .530 2.1 0.2 .571 .147 .055 1.3
1969 37 CAL AL 206 137 28 5.5 90 .254 .244 .247 .356 .323 .436 .373 .792 .696 127 .620 7.3 0.8 .791 .355 .192 .0
7 Yrs 1065 729 123 4.5 91 .302 .267 .249 .351 .321 .370 .379 .720 .700 107 .548 11.1 1.2 .651 .222 .102 9.3
162 Game Avg. 383 262 44 4.5 91 .302 .267 .249 .351 .321 .370 .379 .720 .700 107 .548 4 0 .651 .222 .102 3
CAL (4 yrs) 673 462 78 4.6 83 .305 .273 .240 .354 .310 .372 .360 .726 .670 117 .578 15.2 1.6 .647 .208 .099 4.4
DET (3 yrs) 361 242 44 4.9 106 .306 .264 .267 .353 .341 .382 .416 .735 .757 95 .529 -1.6 -0.2 .695 .261 .118 4.8
MLN (1 yr) 31 25 1 1.1 89 .200 .179 .253 .258 .315 .179 .378 .437 .693 29 .086 -2.5 -0.3 .320 .071 .000
AL (7 yrs) 1034 704 122 4.7 91 .305 .270 .249 .354 .321 .376 .379 .729 .700 109 .559 13.6 1.4 .663 .227 .106 9.3
NL (1 yr) 31 25 1 1.1 89 .200 .179 .253 .258 .315 .179 .378 .437 .693 29 .086 -2.5 -0.3 .320 .071 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1961 29 DET AL 120 1.7% 20.8% 7.5% 6.7% 26% 2.78 4.3 54.0 5.7 1.08 69%
1962 30 DET AL 228 1.8% 14.0% 14.0% 5.7% 26% 1.00 6.1 48.8 11.5 1.13 70%
1963 31 TOT MLB 44 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.8 6.5 2.10 80%
1963 31 DET AL 13 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 0.50 11.0 5.5 0.80 77%
1963 31 MLN NL 31 0.0% 9.7% 6.5% 0.0% 0% 1.50 9.3 7.0 3.40 81%
1966 34 CAL AL 54 0.0% 11.1% 3.7% 1.9% 9% 3.00 8.3 12.5 1.50 81%
1967 35 CAL AL 229 0.0% 12.7% 9.6% 5.2% 19% 1.32 6.9 6.3 1.77 75%
1968 36 CAL AL 184 0.5% 9.8% 7.6% 3.8% 16% 1.29 9.1 163.0 9.1 1.16 79%
1969 37 CAL AL 206 3.4% 14.1% 13.6% 8.7% 43% 1.04 5.9 24.6 5.4 0.88 67%
7 Yrs 1065 1.3% 13.4% 10.4% 5.5% 24% 1.29 6.5 66.3 7.3 1.24 73%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.2% 8.2% 6.2% 28% 1.85 5.9 41.4 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1961 29 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 128 0.9 3.1 -2.2 1.17 0.2 0.6 4.7 0.5 1.03 1.0 1.78 37
1962 30 DET AL 0.6 0.1 234 -0.1 4.9 -5.0 1.17 0.5 -0.6 0.3 0.0 0.94 5.2 2.08 21
1963 31 TOT MLB -4.1 -0.4 44 -0.4 0.8 -1.2 1.35 -0.5 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 1.05 -4.0 1.38 10
1963 31 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 13 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.30 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.00 -1.2 2.42 1
1963 31 MLN NL -2.5 -0.3 31 -0.4 0.5 -1.0 1.37 -0.3 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 1.08 -2.8 1.27 9
1966 34 CAL AL -3.7 -0.4 56 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 1.11 -0.3 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.96 -2.9 0
1967 35 CAL AL 9.5 1.0 232 1.4 5.4 -4.0 1.14 0.5 0.7 14.1 1.6 1.01 8.5 1.89 25
1968 36 CAL AL 2.1 0.2 188 -0.1 4.0 -4.1 1.32 0.3 -0.3 2.9 0.3 1.06 1.0 1.99 32
1969 37 CAL AL 7.3 0.8 208 1.6 6.2 -4.6 1.46 1.1 0.0 9.0 1.0 1.08 9.2 2.29 35
7 Yrs 11.4 1.2 1090 3.3 25.2 -22.0 1.25 1.8 0.8 27.6 3.0 1.02 18.1 1.96 160

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1961 29 DET AL 3 0 62% 67 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 39% 9 6 3 2 2 0 7 2 4
1962 30 DET AL 3 0 33% 95 1 1 50% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 48% 12 6 5 2 2 0 7 2 5
1963 31 TOT MLB 1 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 31 DET AL 0 0 67% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1963 31 MLN NL 1 0 13% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 34 CAL AL 1 0 31% 29 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13% 4 4 0 2 1 1 2 2 0
1967 35 CAL AL 2 0 26% 96 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 55% 15 8 6 1 1 0 6 0 6
1968 36 CAL AL 3 0 20% 58 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 68% 10 3 7 3 2 0 6 0 6
1969 37 CAL AL 2 0 17% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 73% 7 3 4 2 0 2 2 0 2
7 Yrs 15 0 29% 430 7 7 50% 8 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 12 18 52% 59 31 26 12 8 3 31 6 24

Situational Hitting*

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
1961 29 DET AL 120 57% 31 37 11 0 7 1.78 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 30 1 3% 13 4 31% 93 21 23% 10 6 60% 5 3 60% 0
1962 30 DET AL 228 52% 51 21 5 0 3 2.08 4 0 5 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 50% 53 5 9% 27 5 19% 137 13 9% 16 5 31% 8 3 38% 0
1963 31 TOT MLB 44 80% 6 10 1 0 1 1.38 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 15% 4 1 25% 32 6 19% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1963 31 DET AL 13 69% 1 1 0 0 0 2.42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 11 2 18% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1963 31 MLN NL 31 84% 5 9 1 0 1 1.27 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 2 0 0% 21 4 19% 4 2 50% 0 0 0
1966 34 CAL AL 54 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 6 3 50% 25 5 20% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1967 35 CAL AL 229 66% 63 25 8 0 4 1.89 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 62 8 13% 22 9 41% 158 34 22% 19 11 58% 8 4 50% 0
1968 36 CAL AL 184 80% 44 32 10 0 7 1.99 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 44 6 14% 19 7 37% 144 18 13% 15 6 40% 7 4 57% 0
1969 37 CAL AL 206 69% 42 35 10 0 6 2.29 7 0 9 0 7 3 4 0 1 1 100% 41 4 10% 16 6 38% 166 28 17% 17 10 59% 4 2 50% 0
7 Yrs 1065 64% 248 160 45 0 28 1.96 14 0 30 1 13 9 5 0 11 10 91% 253 27 11% 107 35 33% 755 125 17% 84 42 50% 34 16 47% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1961 29 77 120 108 26 31 5 1 2 19 3 1 9 25 .287 .342 .407 .749 97 44 1 1 0 2 1
1962 30 167 348 303 56 82 11 4 6 36 4 2 41 57 .271 .357 .393 .750 99 119 6 1 1 2 1
1963 31 188 392 342 59 88 11 4 6 42 4 2 45 61 .257 .345 .365 .711 90 125 8 2 1 2 2
1964 32 188 392 342 59 88 11 4 6 42 4 2 45 61 .257 .345 .365 .711 90 125 8 2 1 2 2
1965 33 188 392 342 59 88 11 4 6 42 4 2 45 61 .257 .345 .365 .711 90 125 8 2 1 2 2
1966 34 203 446 392 63 99 12 4 6 46 5 3 47 67 .253 .334 .349 .684 85 137 9 2 3 2 2
1967 35 283 675 593 86 162 21 7 6 78 5 6 69 96 .273 .352 .363 .714 101 215 17 4 7 2 3
1968 36 364 859 756 99 206 27 7 7 96 7 7 83 114 .272 .349 .354 .704 102 268 23 8 9 3 3
1969 37 451 1065 928 117 248 37 8 14 128 7 7 111 143 .267 .351 .370 .720 107 343 27 11 10 5 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 29 77 119 107 24 30 5 1 2 18 3 9 25 .280 .336 .402 .738 14 77
1962 30 90 225 193 28 49 6 3 4 16 1 31 32 .254 .357 .378 .735 26 90
1963 31 21 46 40 4 7 0 0 0 9 0 5 4 .175 .283 .175 .458 2 21
1966 34 15 56 52 5 13 1 0 0 5 1 2 6 .250 .278 .269 .547 4 15
1967 35 80 241 210 29 72 10 3 0 40 0 25 29 .343 .418 .419 .837 37 80
1968 36 81 198 173 18 54 7 0 1 25 2 17 18 .312 .388 .370 .758 24 81
1969 37 87 213 176 21 46 11 1 8 37 0 31 29 .261 .377 .472 .849 30 87
7 Yrs 451 1098 951 129 271 40 8 15 150 7 120 143 .285 .370 .391 .762 137 451
162 Game Avg. 162 394 342 46 97 14 3 5 54 3 43 51 .285 .370 .391 .762 49 451

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1968 AL  born 1931-12-13 (9th)
1969 AL  born 1931-12-13 (5th)

                                         

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