Joe Morgan

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 160lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: September 19, 1943 in Bonham, TX us

Died: October 11, 2020 in Danville, CA

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Schools: California State University, East Bay (Hayward, CA), Merritt College (Oakland, CA)

Debut: September 21, 1963 (Age 20-002d, 12,173rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 41-011d)
vs. KCR 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1990. (Voted by BBWAA on 363/444 ballots)
View Joe Morgan's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Joe Leonard Morgan

Nicknames: Little Joe or The Little General

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

100.6

9277

2517

268

.271

1650

RBI

1133

689

OBP

.392

SLG

.427

OPS

.819

OPS+

132

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 17)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 6	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
3	3	Apr 7	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
4	4	Apr 8	HOU		CHC	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
5	5	Apr 9	HOU		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
6	6	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
7	7	Apr 11	HOU		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
8	8	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
9	9	Apr 13	HOU	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
10	10	Apr 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	2	3	0	5	0	2B
11	11	Apr 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.1	2	6	0	8	1	2B
12	12	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
13	13	Apr 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
14	14	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
15	15	Apr 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
16	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
17	17	Apr 23	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
18	18	Apr 24	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	2B
19	19	Apr 25	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
20	20	Apr 26	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
21	21	Apr 27	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
22	22	Apr 28	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
23	23	Apr 30	HOU		NYM	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
25	25	May 2	HOU		NYM	L,5-6	CG	44	10.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
26	26	May 5	HOU	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
27	27	May 6	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
28	28	May 7	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
29	29	May 9	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	3	0	4	1	2B
30	30	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
31	31	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	GS	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
32	32	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
33	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
34	34	May 15	HOU		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
35	35	May 16	HOU		STL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
36	36	May 17	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
37	37	May 18	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	2B
38	39 (1)	May 20	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
39	40	May 21	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
40	41	May 22	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
41	42	May 23	HOU		SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
42	43	May 25	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
43	44	May 26 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
44	45	May 26 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
45	46	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	48	12.1	1	2	0	3	0	2B
46	47	May 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
47	48	May 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
48	49	May 31	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	50	Jun 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	51	Jun 2	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
52	53	Jun 4	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
53	54	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
54	55	Jun 6	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	33	6.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
55	56	Jun 8	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
56	57	Jun 9	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
57	58	Jun 10	HOU		ATL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
58	59	Jun 11	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
59	60	Jun 12	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
60	61	Jun 13	HOU		ATL	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
61	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
62	63	Jun 15	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
63	64	Jun 16	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
64	65	Jun 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	0	2B
65	66	Jun 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
66	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
67	68	Jun 22	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
68	69	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	5	3	0	8	2	2B
69	70	Jun 23 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	5	1	0	6	1	2B
70	71	Jun 25	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
71	72	Jun 26	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
72	73	Jun 27	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
73	75 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
74	76	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	77	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
76	78	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
77	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
78	80	Jul 5	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
79	81	Jul 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
80	82	Jul 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,18-4	GS	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
81	83	Jul 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
82	84	Jul 9 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
83	86 (1)	Jul 10	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
84	87	Jul 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
85	88	Jul 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
86	89	Jul 16	HOU		NYM	W,9-4	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
87	90	Jul 17	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
88	91	Jul 18 (1)	HOU		PHI	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
89	92	Jul 18 (2)	HOU		PHI	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
90	93	Jul 19	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	0	7	0	7	1	2B
91	94	Jul 20	HOU		MON	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
92	95	Jul 21	HOU		MON	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
93	96	Jul 22	HOU		MON	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
94	97	Jul 23	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
95	98	Jul 24	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
96	99	Jul 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
97	100	Jul 26	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	60	15.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
98	101	Jul 27 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
99	102	Jul 27 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
100	103	Jul 28	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
101	104	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
102	105	Jul 30 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	5	7	0	12	4	2B
103	106	Jul 31	HOU	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	107	Aug 1	HOU	@	MON	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
105	108	Aug 2	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
106	109	Aug 3	HOU		CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
107	110	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
108	111	Aug 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
109	112	Aug 6	HOU		SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
110	113	Aug 7	HOU		SDP	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
111	114	Aug 8	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
112	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
113	116	Aug 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	1	6	2	2B
114	117	Aug 12	HOU	@	ATL	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
115	118	Aug 13	HOU	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
116	119	Aug 14	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
117	120	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
118	121	Aug 16	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
119	122	Aug 17	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
120	123	Aug 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
121	124	Aug 20 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
122	125	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
123	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	8	0	9	1	2B
124	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
125	128	Aug 23	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
126	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
127	130	Aug 25	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
128	131	Aug 27	HOU		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	2B
129	132	Aug 28	HOU		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
130	135 (2)	Aug 31	HOU		LAD	L,1-6	GF	15	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	PH 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	136	Sep 1	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
132	137	Sep 2	HOU		LAD	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
133	138	Sep 3	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
134	139	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
135	140	Sep 5 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
136	141	Sep 5 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
137	142	Sep 6	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
138	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
139	144	Sep 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
140	145	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
141	146	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
142	147	Sep 13	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
143	148	Sep 14	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
144	149	Sep 15	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
145	150	Sep 16	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
146	151	Sep 17	HOU		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
147	152	Sep 18	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	6	6	0	12	1	2B
148	153	Sep 19	HOU		CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
149	154	Sep 21	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
150	155	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
151	156	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
152	157	Sep 24 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	77	21.0	0	4	0	4	0
153	158	Sep 24 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
154	159	Sep 25	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
155	160	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
156	161	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,11-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
157	162	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
							157gm		1381.1	336	482	12	830	93