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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 DET AL 29 OF 30 18 10 158.0 42 39 1 2 1 .952 4 28 2.28 1.33 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 DET AL 29 RF 20 15 7 117.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 4 38 2.69 1.75 .976 2.06 2.04
1961 DET AL 29 LF 8 1 1 25.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 2 72 2.88 1.00 .969 2.02 1.98
1961 DET AL 29 CF 2 2 2 16.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -112 1.69 1.50 .982 2.59 2.55
1962 DET AL 30 OF 62 45 33 417.1 115 110 4 1 1 .991 4 10 2.46 1.84 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 DET AL 30 RF 33 18 17 196.1 47 45 2 0 1 1.000 4 23 2.15 1.42 .979 2.00 1.99
1962 DET AL 30 CF 30 27 16 212.0 65 62 2 1 0 .985 0 1 2.72 2.13 .986 2.58 2.57
1962 DET AL 30 1B 3 3 1 19.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -57 6.63 4.67 .990 9.43 9.40
1962 DET AL 30 LF 1 0 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 2.00
1963 TOT MLB 31 OF 12 7 6 72.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 1 23 2.62 1.75 .979 2.06 2.04
1963 TOT MLB 31 CF 6 5 4 45.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1 24 3.00 2.50 .984 2.48 2.47
1963 DET AL 31 CF 3 2 2 22.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0 27 2.86 2.33 .986 2.58 2.57
1963 DET AL 31 OF 3 2 2 22.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0 27 2.86 2.33 .981 2.17 2.17
1963 MLN NL 31 OF 9 5 4 50.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 22 2.52 1.56 .977 2.02 2.00
1963 MLN NL 31 LF 6 2 2 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 22 2.00 1.00 .972 1.80 1.78
1963 MLN NL 31 CF 3 3 2 23.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 21 3.13 2.67 .982 2.39 2.37
1966 CAL AL 34 OF 14 14 13 119.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.96 1.86 .982 2.10 2.10
1966 CAL AL 34 RF 14 14 13 119.1 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.96 1.86 .979 1.94 1.94
1967 CAL AL 35 OF 61 48 33 435.2 84 83 1 0 0 1.000 1 2 1.74 1.38 .980 2.05 2.06
1967 CAL AL 35 RF 56 43 30 378.1 69 68 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.64 1.23 .981 1.82 1.82
1967 CAL AL 35 LF 9 5 3 57.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1 17 1.73 1.22 .976 1.87 1.87
1968 CAL AL 36 OF 50 39 20 315.2 66 64 1 1 1 .985 -1 -4 1.85 1.30 .981 2.08 2.07
1968 CAL AL 36 RF 47 37 18 297.2 62 60 1 1 1 .984 -1 -6 1.84 1.30 .977 1.88 1.87
1968 CAL AL 36 LF 3 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 20 2.00 1.33 .978 1.85 1.83
1968 CAL AL 36 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
1969 CAL AL 37 OF 49 44 19 344.0 75 70 5 0 1 1.000 3 9 1.96 1.53 .978 2.13 2.13
1969 CAL AL 37 RF 43 38 17 303.0 65 61 4 0 0 1.000 1 4 1.93 1.51 .974 1.91 1.91
1969 CAL AL 37 LF 6 6 2 41.0 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 2 47 2.20 1.67 .978 2.00 1.98
1969 CAL AL 37 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 9.60
7 Seasons OF 278 215 134 1862.0 430 412 13 5 4 .988 11 7 2.05 1.53 .980 2.12 2.12
6 Seasons RF 213 165 102 1411.2 305 294 9 2 2 .993 7 6 1.93 1.42 .978 1.91 1.90
3 Seasons CF 38 34 22 273.0 85 80 2 3 0 .965 -1 -2 2.70 2.16 .986 2.56 2.55
6 Seasons LF 33 16 10 177.1 41 39 2 0 2 1.000 4 30 2.08 1.24 .975 1.91 1.90
2 Seasons 1B 4 3 1 20.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -54 7.20 4.00 .990 9.45 9.45
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 3.00
7 Seasons TOT 283 218 135 1883.0 446 428 13 5 4 .989 10 6 2.11 1.56 .980 2.20 2.23
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1961 DET AL 29 RF 4 38 3 0 2 1
1961 DET AL 29 LF 2 72 0 -0 1 1
1961 DET AL 29 CF -2 -112 -2 0 -2 0
1962 DET AL 30 RF 4 23 3 0 2 1
1962 DET AL 30 CF 0 1 -1 1 -2 1
1962 DET AL 30 1B -1 -57 -1 -1 0 0
1962 DET AL 30 LF -0 -40 -0 0 -0 0
1963 DET AL 31 CF 0 27 0 0 0 0
1963 MLN NL 31 LF 0 22 0 -0 1 0
1963 MLN NL 31 CF 0 21 0 1 -0 0
1966 CAL AL 34 RF 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1967 CAL AL 35 RF 0 0 -1 -1 0 1
1967 CAL AL 35 LF 1 17 -0 -0 0 1
1968 CAL AL 36 RF -1 -6 1 0 0 -2
1968 CAL AL 36 LF 0 20 0 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 36 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 37 RF 1 4 2 2 1 -1
1969 CAL AL 37 LF 2 47 1 -0 1 1
1969 CAL AL 37 1B 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons RF 7 6 7 2 5 0
3 Seasons CF -0 -2 -1 3 -4 1
6 Seasons LF 4 30 1 -1 2 3
2 Seasons 1B -1 -54 -1 -1 0 0
1 Season 3B 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT 10 6 6 3 3 0 4
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 DET AL 29 77 18 77 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 20 30 0 43 11
1962 DET AL 30 90 48 90 65 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 30 33 62 0 28 1
1963 MLN NL 31 15 5 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 9 0 9 1
1963 DET AL 31 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2
1966 CAL AL 34 15 14 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 0 1
1967 CAL AL 35 80 48 80 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 56 62 0 28 0
1968 CAL AL 36 81 39 81 50 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 47 50 0 41 0
1969 CAL AL 37 87 44 87 50 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 43 49 0 43 0
7 Seasons 451 218 451 283 0 0 4 0 1 0 33 38 213 279 0 194 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 DET AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 8 88.9% 1 0 0.0% 0 491 63% 82% 35% 54 65%
1962 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 6 0 13 11 84.6% 2 0 0.0% 2 811 62% 81% 35% 64 72%
1966 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 515 70% 74% 23% 54 48%
1967 CAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 23 10 0 8 1 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 8 6 0 46 22 47.8% 24 0 0.0% 1 1586 60% 79% 26% 147 47%
1968 CAL AL 36 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 1 0 6 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 25 5 20.0% 19 1 4.0% 0 1257 62% 79% 27% 105 57%
1969 CAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 15 2 1 9 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 34 7 20.6% 25 2 5.9% 2 1227 59% 80% 26% 120 54%
6 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 9 1 5 2 1 64 21 1 27 3 1 11 7 0 11 6 0 25 19 1 138 56 40.6% 79 3 2.2% 6 5887 62% 79% 28% 544 55%
MLB Averages 40.1% 3.2% 63% 79% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 DET AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 81 68% 83% 26% 8 38%
1962 DET AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 15 8 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 31 12 38.7% 19 0 0.0% 2 904 65% 81% 29% 113 57%
1963 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 91 70% 85% 23% 13 54%
1963 MLN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 101 75% 83% 32% 11 73%
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 19 11 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 0 39 16 41.0% 23 0 0.0% 2 1177 67% 81% 29% 145 57%
MLB Averages 40.9% 2.3% 63% 79% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 0 104 50% 75% 28% 14 50%
1962 DET AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 68% 85% 23% 4 50%
1963 MLN NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 107 60% 77% 24% 11 55%
1967 CAL AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 11 9 81.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 238 63% 78% 29% 33 33%
1968 CAL AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 72 67% 85% 26% 8 50%
1969 CAL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 4 57.1% 1 1 14.3% 0 173 58% 80% 25% 20 50%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 13 11 0 8 4 1 4 1 0 3 1 0 4 3 1 32 20 62.5% 9 2 6.3% 0 734 60% 79% 27% 90 44%
MLB Averages 58.4% 2.7% 63% 79% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1962 DET AL 30 92 61% 75% 15% 5 100% 0 12 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CAL AL 37 7 71% 86% 29% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 99 62% 76% 16% 5 100% 0 14 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 CAL AL 36 3 0% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 3 0% 100% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 79% 28% 89% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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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