Jack Morris

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

High School: Highland Park HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: July 26, 1977 (Age 22-071d, 13,916th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 7, 1994 (Age 39-083d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2018. (Voted by Modern Baseball Era Committee)
View Jack Morris's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: John Scott Morris

Nicknames: Black Jack or Mount Morris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.5

254

186

ERA

3.90

549

527

3824.0

2478

WHIP

1.296

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-21 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 9

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	8	10	Apr 22	DET		TEX	W,7-6	GS-5		99	4.1	3	3	3	5	3	0	0	6.23	4.66	20	3	7	1	2	2	43			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	2	0	.91	-0.113	1.56	-0.12%	-1.13	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d2
2	9	15	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	GS-7		3	7.0	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	3.97	5.06	27	11	9	1	0	5	58			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.099	2.14	0.12%	1.33	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	10	31	May 18	DET	@	MIL	L,7-8	GS-4		21	3.2	5	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.40	4.99	20	6	3	0	0	5	33			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.47	-0.328	3.49	-0.47%	-2.33	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d2
4	11	35	May 21(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	5-5		2	1.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.75	4.90	8	1	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.115	1.79	-0.21%	-2.52	5t --- 0 out d3	5t 3 out d6
5	12	41	May 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	6-GF(8)	L(0-1)	5	3.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6.16	5.22	11	3	6	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.033	1.56	-0.05%	0.58	6b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
6	13	44	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	6-GF		1	4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.09	4.59	13	3	8	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.019	.09	0.01%	1.94	6t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	14	48	Jun 2	DET		MIN	L,2-4	6-GF		3	3.1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.44	4.48	12	4	5	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.061	.32	0.05%	1.89	6t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
8	15	50	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	5-GF	W(1-1)	1	5.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.02	4.53	17	11	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.350	1.12	0.21%	1.43	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 2
9	16	54	Jun 10	DET		KCR	L,3-6	5-7	L(1-2)	5	2.1	6	4	3	1	2	2	0	4.54	5.14	14	2	3	0	2	6		2	0	2	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.324	1.11	-0.25%	-2.60	5t 12- 2 out tie	7t 3 out d4
10	17	56	Jun 12	DET		MIL	L,4-7	7-GF		1	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	4.17	5.01	13	2	5	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.041	.36	0.03%	1.46	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
11	18	59	Jun 15	DET	@	KCR	L,2-7	4-7		2	3.1	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.28	4.91	18	4	5	1	0	6		1	1	3	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	2	0	.66	-0.066	.38	-0.02%	-1.63	4b -2- 0 out d1	7b 1-3 1 out d4
12	19	62	Jun 18	DET	@	MIN	L,4-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.71	4.97	11	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	.77	-0.074	.22	-0.01%	-2.04	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
13	20	66	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,3-12	6-GF		4	3.2	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.34	4.77	16	6	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.71	6t --- 1 out d8	9t end d 9
14	21	73	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	4-8	L(1-3)	5	4.1	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.50	4.67	16	4	8	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.043	.22	-0.01%	0.46	4b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	22	79	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	3.2	10	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.03	4.54	20	5	3	1	0	10	21			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.53	-0.297	.14	-0.02%	-2.55	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d3
16	23	89	Jul 17	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	5-GF(10)	W(2-4)	12	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.53	4.33	20	8	6	0	0	3		3	1	1	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.605	.17	0.03%	3.53	5b 123 0 out d2	10b end a 1
17	24	94	Jul 22	DET		CAL	W,7-3	GS-5		4	4.0	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	4.66	4.09	21	2	6	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.157	.08	-0.01%	-1.05	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out a1
18	25	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,3-7	5-8		4	4.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.39	3.99	15	3	6	0	3	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.15	0.042	.04	0.01%	2.56	5t -2- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
19	26	104	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	6-9		3	3.2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.16	3.93	13	3	5	0	1	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.056	.32	0.02%	1.48	6b --- 0 out d3	9b 12- 2 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	27	110	Aug 8	DET		TEX	L,4-9	5-7		7	2.2	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.38	4.11	15	4	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	.55	-0.124	.33	-0.05%	-3.15	5t 12- 0 out d2	7t -23 2 out d6
21	28	118	Aug 17	DET		CLE	W,9-5	4-GF	W(3-4)	8	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.05	4.00	24	11	4	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.272	.44	0.09%	2.91	4t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 4
22	29	125	Aug 23(2)	DET		TOR	L,4-5	4-GF		5	5.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.78	3.88	19	7	8	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.124	.14	0.03%	2.94	4t 1-- 1 out d5	9t end d 1
23	30	130	Aug 28	DET		MIL	L,1-10	7-7		4	0.1	3	5	4	2	0	0	0	4.19	3.95	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	.59	-0.169	.17	-0.03%	-5.03	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-- 1 out d7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	31	137	Sep 4(2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-5		6	4.2	5	4	2	3	3	0	0	4.17	3.91	23	7	5	0	0	5	42			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.320	.05	-0.01%	-2.13	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out tie
25	32	144	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	6-6		8	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.35	3.90	5	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.092	.03	0.00%	-2.41	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 12- 1 out d5
26	33	150	Sep 19	DET		BOS	L,6-8	3-7	L(3-5)	5	4.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.55	3.91	23	6	4	1	0	6		2	1	1	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.14	-0.396	.00	0.00%	-3.44	3t 1-3 1 out a2	7t 123 1 out d2
27	34	155	Sep 23(2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	2-8		3	6.0	2	2	2	5	3	1	1	4.46	4.08	24	7	6	1	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.14	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.66	2b 123 1 out d4	8b 123 1 out d5
28	35	161	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS-5		6	5.0	6	2	1	2	3	1	0	4.33	4.13	24	9	4	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							7-21		W-L:3-5	4.0	106.0	107	57	51	49	48	8	3	4.33	4.13	469	1.07		4%	5%	104	40	17	29%	10	2	0	400	14	2	5	9	9	7	.85	-0.892	.60	-0.64%	-7.70

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