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: 22-15 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	161	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,11-3	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.86	1.90	29	9	6	1	1	6	57			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.22	0.021	.27	0.02%	0.63	1b start a 6	7b 3 out a8
2	162	5	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,5-7	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	4.2	7	7	7	2	1	1	0	7.71	3.70	23	6	7	0	1	7	21			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.560	1.60	-0.43%	-4.88	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
3	163	8	Apr 14	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	8	6	5	5	4	1	0	7.23	4.42	35	10	8	0	0	8	38			3	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.344	1.54	-0.33%	-2.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
4	164	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,7-8	GS-7		5	6.1	10	6	6	2	4	2	0	7.56	4.96	30	7	7	1	0	10	31			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.207	.97	-0.15%	-2.85	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d5
5	165	15	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.1	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	6.40	4.58	30	8	7	1	0	8	59			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.178	1.70	0.14%	1.22	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
6	166	17	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	9	5	5	5	5	1	0	6.25	4.66	36	9	8	0	0	9	44			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.393	1.19	-0.29%	-1.27	1b start a 1	8b 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
7	167	21	May 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	GS-8	L(2-4)	4	7.0	10	5	5	5	7	2	0	6.27	4.95	34	4	8	1	0	10	39			0	1	1	29	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.068	1.27	-0.04%	-0.97	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d3
8	168	24	May 8	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	8	0	1	5.43	4.37	33	11	8	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.444	.58	0.18%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	169	28	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(3-5)	4	8.0	8	5	4	3	3	0	0	5.32	4.22	35	17	4	0	0	8	48			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	.47	-0.243	.38	-0.12%	-0.98	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
10	170	32	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7	GS-5		3	5.0	6	5	5	2	1	3	1	5.58	4.77	24	7	7	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.238	.50	-0.12%	-2.57	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
11	171	44	May 29	DET		MIN	W,7-6	GS-8		11	7.2	10	6	4	0	7	0	0	5.49	4.39	32	9	6	1	0	10	46			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.33	-0.171	1.28	-0.10%	-1.54	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
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	172	48	Jun 3	DET	@	TEX	W,12-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	5.14	4.16	30	8	5	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.114	.37	0.06%	2.41	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a11
13	173	53	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	8	3	3	2	8	0	0	4.94	3.92	37	8	11	2	2	8	65			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.20	0.209	1.97	0.21%	1.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
14	174	58	Jun 12(2)	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	4.50	3.79	34	17	6	1	0	5	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.474	2.38	0.49%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	175	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	7.0	8	4	4	6	4	0	1	4.54	3.85	33	5	9	1	0	8	43			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	1	0	.69	-0.186	1.29	-0.21%	-0.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a7
16	176	67	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	4.35	3.80	32	9	12	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.199	.79	0.21%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	177	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(8-6)	3	8.0	9	3	3	2	7	2	0	4.29	3.87	33	12	4	0	0	8	57			1	1	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	.61	-0.047	1.77	-0.08%	0.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
18	178	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(8-7)	3	8.0	7	4	3	3	5	0	0	4.23	3.80	34	10	9	1	0	7	56			4	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	-0.156	1.35	-0.21%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
19	179	78	Jul 9	DET		OAK	L,1-3	GS-9	L(8-8)	8	8.0	9	3	3	3	4	1	0	4.18	3.84	35	8	11	0	0	9	53			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.078	1.91	-0.09%	-0.09	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out d2
20	180	83	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-8)	4	8.1	6	2	2	3	11	1	0	4.07	3.78	33	5	8	2	0	6	71			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.314	1.89	0.38%	2.16	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a2
21	181	88	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	6	3	2	3	6	1	0	3.95	3.78	34	7	12	0	0	6	68			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.108	2.36	0.12%	1.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	182	94	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-10		4	10.0	8	3	3	2	9	0	0	3.88	3.65	39	10	10	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.398	2.58	0.53%	1.97	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
23	183	98	Jul 29 susp	DET		KCR	W,10-1	GS-8	W(11-8)	4	8.0	3	1	1	3	10	1	0	3.76	3.62	29	6	7	0	2	3	79			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.168	1.39	0.26%	2.89	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
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
24	184	104	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	W(12-8)	4	9.0	6	3	3	1	9	1	0	3.72	3.57	34	7	11	2	0	6	71			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.239	1.57	0.40%	1.70	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
25	185	110	Aug 8(2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	11	2	0	3.64	3.62	36	7	9	3	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.216	.98	0.33%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
26	186	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(14-8)	4	9.0	6	3	2	0	12	0	0	3.57	3.46	34	7	9	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	0.121	4.01	0.27%	1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	187	119	Aug 19	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(15-8)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.46	3.45	36	9	11	1	0	7	74			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	2	0	2	.71	0.251	1.75	0.37%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
28	188	124	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	9	1	0	3.40	3.42	34	6	11	1	1	7	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.125	3.55	0.21%	2.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	189	128	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	W(17-8)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.35	3.35	36	9	12	0	5	5	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	.91	0.200	3.02	0.40%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
30	190	132	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	SHO	W(18-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.22	3.30	34	9	13	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.440	1.94	0.57%	4.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	191	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-8	L(18-9)	3	7.1	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.23	3.31	28	8	5	0	0	7	56			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	-0.225	2.80	-0.27%	0.64	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
32	192	140	Sep 9(1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(18-10)	3	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.20	3.32	30	10	9	1	0	8	61			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.74	0.048	1.26	0.05%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	193	145	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	W(19-10)	3	9.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.16	3.28	33	16	7	0	0	5	72			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	0.485	2.71	0.58%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	194	148	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(19-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.17	3.28	34	8	11	3	2	8	59			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.124	1.49	-0.09%	1.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
35	195	151	Sep 21(1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	GS-8	L(19-12)	3	8.0	6	6	6	3	8	3	0	3.27	3.38	33	7	9	0	3	6	51			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.216	.43	-0.10%	-2.11	1t start tie	8t 3 out d6
36	196	157	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	W(20-12)	5	9.0	6	2	2	4	9	1	0	3.23	3.38	37	11	7	1	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.172	.00	0.00%	2.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
37	197	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	GS-4	L(20-13)	3	4.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.34	3.38	21	4	6	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.277	.00	0.00%	-3.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
							22-15		W-L:20-13	3.8	293.2	257	117	109	83	232	30	3	3.34	3.38	1204	1.03		4%	3%	256	59		---%	20	11	2	1101	41	6	5	14	9	10	.88	1.391	1.57	3.14%	27.58

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