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 on 14/16 ballots)
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: 18-7 / in Starts: 18-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	99	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	1	5	3	0	0	1.00	3.60	37	10	14	0	0	5	69			1	1	0	30	1	1	0	0	2	1	1.14	0.194	.80	0.08%	2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	100	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.81	3.29	29	10	6	3	0	9	43			0	2	0	27	5	1	1	0	0	1	.95	-0.073	.59	-0.03%	-0.49	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
3	101	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	5	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.09	3.96	26	5	9	1	1	5	41			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.227	1.12	-0.14%	-2.11	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
4	102	13	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(1-2)	4	10.0	11	3	3	3	6	1	1	3.66	3.94	43	16	6	1	0	11	61			0	1	0	37	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.010	1.05	0.00%	1.68	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
5	103	18	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(1-3)	4	9.0	5	3	3	5	2	1	0	3.51	4.23	36	15	9	0	0	5	62			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.032	.46	0.01%	1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
6	104	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS-9	W(2-3)	3	8.1	10	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.83	4.18	36	8	12	0	0	10	45			2	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.35	-0.301	.58	-0.08%	-1.00	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out a3
7	105	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.39	3.95	35	15	4	0	1	9	66			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	5	0	1	.87	0.240	.42	0.07%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
8	106	31	May 15	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	6	1	1	4	8	0	0	3.07	3.71	34	11	5	0	1	6	75			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.410	.44	0.11%	3.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	107	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	4	3	5	2	1	0	3.07	3.90	37	13	12	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	1	1	.79	0.027	.29	0.01%	0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	108	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	6	2	0	3.06	4.06	36	5	15	0	0	6	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	.45	0.147	.20	0.04%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
11	109	46	May 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	2.86	4.06	32	15	6	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.41	0.508	.46	0.10%	3.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
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
12	110	51	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.61	3.83	31	10	10	2	0	3	87			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.577	.44	0.14%	4.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
13	111	56	Jun 10	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.56	3.70	33	9	12	2	0	8	65			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.30	0.363	.65	0.11%	2.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
14	112	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-4)	62	6.0	6	4	4	5	0	0	0	2.74	3.77	27	8	8	0	1	6	39			0	0	0	20	0	0	2	1	1	0	1.25	-0.203	1.59	-0.16%	-1.20	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
15	113	64	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	GS-5		3	4.2	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	2.93	3.85	23	9	5	0	4	4	35			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.237	1.07	-0.16%	-1.97	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
16	114	72	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS-7		8	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	2.98	3.98	32	13	6	0	0	8	50			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.44	0.031	2.73	0.04%	0.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
17	115	77	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.85	3.82	30	9	10	1	0	3	83			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	.90	0.324	1.32	0.29%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Sep/Oct				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
18	116	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS-9	W(11-4)	3	8.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.76	33	11	10	1	2	8	46			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.033	1.10	0.05%	-1.92	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a4
19	117	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	2	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.88	3.74	31	13	9	1	3	1	83			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.410	3.04	0.70%	3.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	118	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	GS-1		4	0.2	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.10	3.79	7	0	2	0	0	2	29			1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.338	3.95	-0.62%	-3.88	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d4
21	119	92	Sep 16(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(12-5)	3	9.2	10	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.03	3.72	41	14	16	4	1	3	63			1	0	0	37	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.87	0.179	6.79	0.39%	2.39	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
22	120	97	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(13-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.93	3.68	35	9	13	1	0	5	73			4	0	0	30	0	1	1	1	1	0	1.35	0.362	3.88	0.62%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
23	121	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	GS-9	L(13-6)	4	8.2	9	8	8	4	7	3	1	3.18	3.85	38	5	12	2	0	9	37			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.788	7.08	-2.55%	-3.89	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out d2
24	122	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS-6	W(14-6)	3	6.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.08	3.82	22	5	7	1	1	1	71			0	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	.54	0.129	2.27	0.33%	2.81	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
25	123	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(14-7)	3	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.05	3.75	34	11	10	2	0	6	63			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.71	-0.131	16.26	-0.75%	1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							18-7		W-L:14-7	4.0	198.0	153	69	67	78	97	14	2	3.05	3.75	798	1.09		5%	3%	144	59		---%	14	7	0	701	27	6	11	25	9	7	1.14	1.678	2.38	-1.41%	22.14

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