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: 21-13 / in Starts: 21-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	303	1	Apr 6	DET		NYY	L,1-2	GS-10	L(0-1)	99	9.2	9	2	1	2	4	0	0	0.93	2.66	38	16	16	5	0	0	67			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.200	2.01	0.17%	2.49	1t start tie	10t 123 2 out d1
2	304	5	Apr 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	10	0	0	0.96	2.34	36	4	13	2	0	5	79			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.255	.79	0.19%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	305	12	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-8	L(1-2)	8	7.1	10	8	8	7	2	3	0	3.46	4.64	39	15	7	0	0	8	21			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	.69	-0.128	.85	-0.10%	-2.60	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d5
4	306	16	Apr 25	DET		KCR	W,13-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.27	4.99	26	5	11	1	1	4	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.199	.33	0.08%	1.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
5	307	21	Apr 30	DET	@	CAL	W,12-4	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	9	4	4	2	8	1	0	3.43	4.61	37	11	7	1	0	9	59			2	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.074	.41	0.02%	0.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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	308	25	May 5	DET		SEA	L,5-7	GS-6		4	6.0	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	3.94	4.73	25	5	13	3	1	1	42			2	0	1	20	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.15	-0.214	.44	-0.05%	-1.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
7	309	29	May 10	DET		OAK	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.0	9	6	5	0	4	3	0	4.50	5.18	19	4	8	1	0	3	26			0	2	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.343	.25	-0.08%	-4.24	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d3
8	310	34	May 16	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	5	3	3	2	11	3	1	4.28	5.26	36	9	10	2	0	3	74			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.285	.43	0.08%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	311	39	May 22	DET	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-2)	5	7.0	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.10	4.90	29	10	5	1	0	10	53			1	3	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.276	1.05	0.13%	1.97	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a1
10	312	44	May 27	DET		TEX	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	3	3	3	1	5	3	0	4.08	5.14	25	11	5	1	0	3	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.163	.71	0.09%	0.70	1t start tie	7t 3 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
11	313	49	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	GS-7	W(7-2)	6	7.0	5	3	2	5	4	0	0	3.95	5.03	32	8	10	1	1	5	56			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.008	.53	0.00%	0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out a8
12	314	54	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,8-5	GS-9	W(8-2)	5	8.1	8	5	5	1	6	0	0	4.08	4.73	34	11	16	4	0	0	52			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.300	.77	0.21%	0.05	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out a4
13	315	59	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	10	1	0	3.81	4.55	33	7	13	3	0	1	79			1	2	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.511	1.14	0.27%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	316	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(10-2)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.77	4.52	31	7	9	2	0	6	61			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.170	1.49	0.11%	1.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
15	317	68	Jun 24	DET		TOR	L,3-5	CG	L(10-3)	4	9.0	7	5	4	1	4	3	0	3.79	4.68	36	12	16	5	0	3	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.168	1.55	-0.17%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
16	318	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	W,11-1	GS-7	W(11-3)	4	7.0	2	0	0	6	7	0	0	3.58	4.61	30	4	11	2	0	2	74			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.168	.81	0.13%	3.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out a10
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
17	319	77	Jul 4	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	GS-9	W(12-3)	4	8.0	12	3	3	2	6	1	0	3.56	4.56	38	6	12	0	1	12	50			1	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.080	1.04	0.07%	0.70	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out a4
18	320	82	Jul 9	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(12-4)	4	8.0	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.68	4.60	35	13	14	5	1	1	47			0	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.172	1.51	-0.18%	-0.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
19	321	89	Jul 19	DET		SEA	L,4-5	GS-9		9	8.0	5	4	4	0	9	2	0	3.73	4.56	29	10	8	2	0	2	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.092	1.90	0.11%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
20	322	93	Jul 24	DET		CAL	W,6-3	GS-6		4	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.58	4.48	20	5	14	4	0	0	67			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.341	2.04	0.45%	3.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
21	323	98	Jul 29	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	L(12-5)	4	9.0	11	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.60	4.45	40	11	11	1	0	11	52			1	0	0	37	3	0	1	0	0	0	.90	0.045	2.42	0.07%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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
22	324	102	Aug 3	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG(10)	L(12-6)	4	10.0	8	4	4	4	10	3	0	3.60	4.54	42	10	14	4	0	4	66			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.127	2.53	-0.18%	1.28	1t start tie	10t 3 out d2
23	325	112	Aug 13	DET	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	W(13-6)	9	9.0	5	1	1	1	11	1	0	3.47	4.42	33	11	9	4	0	1	83			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.450	2.52	0.80%	4.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
24	326	116	Aug 18	DET		MIN	W,11-2	GS-7	W(14-6)	4	7.0	3	2	2	2	7	2	0	3.44	4.46	25	8	6	2	0	2	68			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.098	1.47	0.20%	1.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out a8
25	327	122	Aug 23	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(15-6)	4	9.0	5	3	3	5	7	0	0	3.42	4.39	36	11	9	0	0	4	67			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.450	5.26	0.99%	1.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	328	126	Aug 28	DET		TEX	L,3-5	GS-8	L(15-7)	4	7.1	8	5	4	2	6	1	0	3.47	4.37	33	8	16	6	0	1	48			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.29	-0.381	4.85	-0.86%	-1.32	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
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
27	329	131	Sep 2	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(16-7)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.37	4.31	31	11	10	3	0	1	80			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.667	5.75	1.62%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	330	136	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	W,12-4	GS-7	W(17-7)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.39	4.35	31	6	9	0	1	8	53			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.096	2.76	0.25%	0.74	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a8
29	331	141	Sep 12	DET	@	MIL	L,2-11	GS-6	L(17-8)	4	5.1	9	7	6	6	5	0	0	3.54	4.35	30	4	6	0	0	9	23			2	0	1	24	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.270	5.64	-0.74%	-3.58	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d4
30	332	145	Sep 16	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(18-8)	3	9.0	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	3.41	4.29	31	13	12	3	1	0	81			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.80	0.389	3.72	1.08%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	333	148	Sep 20	DET		MIL	L,4-11	GS-6	L(18-9)	3	6.0	9	6	2	1	3	3	0	3.40	4.40	28	7	14	3	0	3	40			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.62	-0.297	2.83	-0.82%	-2.83	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
32	334	152	Sep 24	DET	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(18-10)	3	8.0	7	4	4	8	9	0	0	3.43	4.38	39	9	6	2	0	7	53			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.080	13.42	-0.54%	0.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
33	335	156	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(18-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	5	10	0	0	3.43	4.31	35	11	9	6	0	0	59			1	0	0	29	3	0	1	2	0	0	.89	-0.017	4.16	-0.05%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
34	336	161	Oct 3	DET		TOR	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	8	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.38	4.27	39	13	15	11	0	0	64			4	0	0	33	1	0	2	1	1	0	1.55	0.446	32.22	5.58%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							21-13		W-L:18-11	4.5	266.0	227	111	100	93	208	39	1	3.38	4.27	1101	0.84		13%	1%	129	59		---%	31	9	2	996	29	8	7	11	5	7	.97	3.566	3.60	8.92%	33.12

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