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: 19-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	337	1	Apr 4	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	3	1	9	0	0	3.00	1.10	35	120	77	23	8	11	14	0	3	0	65			0	1	1	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.288	1.74	0.25%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
2	338	5	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,11-4	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	8.0	6	4	4	1	6	1	0	3.71	2.12	30	109	69	18	9	13	10	6	0	0	59			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.154	1.04	-0.12%	-0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
3	339	8	Apr 14	DET		TEX	L,1-2	CG	L(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	2	9	10	0	0	3.12	2.62	41	161	89	26	18	7	15	9	0	0	64			3	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.089	1.09	0.07%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	340	12	Apr 19	DET		BOS	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	5.1	12	7	7	5	5	0	0	4.60	2.80	33	116	63	16	6	13	10	7	0	0	16			0	0	0	26	2	0	2	0	1	0	1.11	-0.442	1.75	-0.42%	-5.07	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d5
5	341	16	Apr 24	DET	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(2-3)	4	8.0	6	4	4	4	7	2	0	4.58	3.40	34	106	62	11	13	4	19	10	0	0	57			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	.64	-0.162	.74	-0.11%	-0.01	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
6	342	20	Apr 29	DET		SEA	W,9-6	GS-4		4	3.1	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	5.27	3.33	20	77	43	14	5	7	10	6	0	0	23			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.318	1.58	-0.22%	-2.62	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	343	25	May 4	DET	@	CAL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	4	5	0	0	4.35	3.27	32	112	67	15	9	12	11	4	0	0	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.816	2.18	0.62%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	344	30	May 9	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	11	1	0	4.22	3.20	36	114	71	18	17	14	7	5	0	1	60			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.085	1.25	-0.08%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
9	345	35	May 15	DET		MIN	L,2-10	GS-6	L(3-5)	5	6.0	11	8	7	0	5	3	2	4.80	3.70	31	102	65	12	10	10	13	3	3	1	25			1	1	0	27	0	1	0	1	1	1	.77	-0.449	1.29	-0.45%	-5.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
10	346	40	May 21	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-5)	5	7.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.46	3.70	28	108	68	14	8	9	15	4	5	0	61			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.350	2.58	0.40%	2.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
11	347	45	May 27	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS-6	L(4-6)	5	5.2	6	5	5	1	6	1	0	4.71	3.69	24	90	59	13	14	8	9	7	0	0	42			3	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	-0.245	1.96	-0.27%	-2.11	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	348	49	Jun 1	DET		CHW	W,9-3	GS-7	W(5-6)	4	6.1	4	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.68	3.76	26	116	63	14	14	9	9	3	0	0	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.008	1.12	-0.01%	-0.87	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a2
13	349	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-7)	4	6.1	10	5	2	2	1	1	0	4.55	3.88	32	108	62	11	3	16	13	5	0	0	38			3	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.304	1.39	-0.31%	-3.06	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
14	350	58	Jun 11	DET	@	CLE	W,11-3	GS-7	W(6-7)	4	7.0	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.32	3.78	28	84	59	14	7	10	17	7	4	0	56			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.04	0.099	2.91	0.17%	1.49	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a9
15	351	63	Jun 16	DET		TOR	L,5-13	GS-3	L(6-8)	4	2.2	6	7	6	3	3	0	0	4.74	3.78	16	73	43	6	12	5	5	2	1	0	20			1	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.352	2.05	-0.51%	-4.94	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d6
16	352	68	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-6	GS-2		4	1.2	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	5.10	3.94	13	49	25	9	4	4	4	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.350	3.24	-0.78%	-4.37	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d5
17	353	73	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-8)	5	6.2	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.87	3.85	26	103	60	13	6	6	14	4	0	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.264	3.91	0.64%	2.08	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	354	78	Jul 3	DET		CAL	L,4-10	GS-3	L(7-9)	5	2.2	7	6	6	1	4	3	1	5.24	4.16	17	53	31	6	9	4	7	4	0	0	23			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.417	2.67	-0.70%	-4.81	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d5
19	355	86	Jul 14	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(7-10)	10	8.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	5.04	4.00	32	98	68	14	9	17	11	4	2	0	62			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.051	2.14	0.09%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	356	91	Jul 19	DET	@	SEA	L,6-9	GS-8	L(7-11)	4	7.0	10	8	8	6	1	3	1	5.33	4.39	36	117	66	12	9	13	12	3	0	3	20			0	1	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	-0.773	3.63	-1.36%	-4.44	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out d2
21	357	96	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,2-1	GS-9		6	9.0	4	1	1	1	10	0	0	5.04	4.15	32	127	87	19	21	11	10	2	3	0	84			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.314	2.40	0.55%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	358	102	Jul 31	DET		TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(8-11)	4	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	0	0	4.79	4.00	35	120	76	17	17	10	15	7	0	0	75			1	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.355	3.53	0.66%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
23	359	107	Aug 5(1)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	GS-7	W(9-11)	4	7.0	5	1	0	3	5	0	0	4.57	3.94	27	104	61	17	9	7	12	3	4	0	67			0	1	0	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.23	0.318	6.10	0.95%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
24	360	113	Aug 10	DET	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS-9	W(10-11)	4	8.0	4	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.40	3.83	29	98	65	11	10	9	14	7	0	0	74			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.281	4.09	0.55%	2.61	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a1
25	361	118	Aug 16	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	L(10-12)	5	9.0	6	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.38	3.88	36	139	88	19	9	7	20	7	6	1	59			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.145	2.04	-0.32%	0.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
26	362	123	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-12)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.15	3.75	30	107	72	16	16	7	14	4	1	0	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.407	2.77	0.86%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
27	363	128	Aug 27	DET	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.2	7	3	2	2	4	0	0	4.08	3.70	32	110	76	11	14	10	16	7	0	0	57			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.081	4.56	0.18%	0.35	1b start a 1	8b -23 2 out a2
28	364	132	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,9-3	GS-8	W(12-12)	3	8.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.05	3.65	29	117	73	19	10	8	18	6	0	0	61			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.256	2.96	0.67%	0.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
29	365	137	Sep 5	DET		TOR	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	11	4	4	5	4	0	0	4.07	3.65	37	145	81	18	11	13	15	4	0	0	43			1	0	0	32	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	-0.057	7.43	-0.17%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
30	366	142	Sep 10	DET	@	NYY	L,4-9	GS-7	L(12-13)	4	6.1	11	7	6	3	7	0	0	4.20	3.60	35	119	76	15	14	16	9	4	0	0	29			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.90	-0.526	7.36	-1.22%	-3.00	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d1
31	367	147	Sep 16	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.1	5	5	5	2	1	2	0	4.37	3.74	13	40	24	7	1	4	6	3	0	0	26			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.376	1.09	-0.23%	-3.84	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d4
32	368	151	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	W(13-13)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	4.23	3.70	34	139	89	17	15	10	14	5	0	0	73			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.517	.39	0.10%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	369	155	Sep 25(1)	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(14-13)	4	9.0	1	1	0	2	8	0	0	4.07	3.62	31	114	80	18	17	11	10	2	0	0	89			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	0.601	.29	0.09%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
34	370	160	Sep 30	DET		NYY	W,6-2	GS-7	W(15-13)	4	7.0	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	3.94	3.56	27	99	64	13	8	10	13	6	0	0	67			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.138	.00	0.00%	1.28	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
							19-15		W-L:15-13	4.3	235.0	225	115	103	83	168	20	4	3.94	3.56	997	3594	62%	14%	10%	0.79		22%	4%	6	53		---%	25	8	2	895	43	4	7	15	3	9	1.05	0.062	2.54	-0.44%	-3.20

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