Bubba Morton

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: December 13, 1931 in Washington, DC us

Died: January 14, 2006 in Seattle, WA

Buried: Buried at sea

School: Howard University (Washington, DC)

Debut: April 19, 1961 (Age 29-127d, 11,828th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1969 (Age 37-289d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Wycliffe Nathaniel Morton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.3

928

248

.267

117

RBI

128

OBP

.351

SLG

.370

OPS

.720

OPS+

107

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-39 / in Starts: 13-5
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	93 (47-30-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (39-23-12)

Most Driven In
J Wood	3
C FernÃ¡ndez	3
B Bruton	2
R Colavito	2
Self	2
J Bunning	1
M Roarke	1
D Brown	1

Most Driven In By
R Colavito	6
N Cash	6
J Wood	2
A Kaline	2
S Boros	2
Self	2
C Maxwell	1
D McAuliffe	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	4 (3)	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						PR
2	2	8 (3)	Apr 23 (2)	DET		LAA	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	4.40	-0.114	12.75	-0.20%	-0.45	PR LF
3	3	10 (1)	Apr 26	DET		NYY	L,11-13	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.05	0.075	7.10	0.16%	0.73	PH
4	4	13 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	DET		BAL	W,8-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.32	0.175	7.71	0.35%	0.76	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	5	16 (2)	May 3	DET	@	WSA	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	4.63	-0.105	15.33	-0.21%	-0.35	PH
6	6	19 (2)	May 6	DET	@	CHW	W,11-8	8-8	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	9	1.45	0.091	5.45	0.20%	0.62	PH
7	7	23 (3)	May 9 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	9	1.25	-0.032	5.29	-0.08%	-0.25	PH
8	8	24	May 10	DET		WSA	W,7-1	2-GF	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.300	.375	.675	3	.54	-0.012	2.33	-0.03%	-0.41	PH LF
9	9	25	May 11	DET		WSA	L,4-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.273	.333	.606	9	.73	-0.019	3.26	-0.05%	-0.25	PH
10	10	26	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.273	.333	.606	4						LF
11	11	28 (1)	May 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	9	3.65	0.011	19.90	0.04%	0.11	PH
12	12	29	May 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.308	.300	.608	9	1.63	-0.039	9.11	-0.13%	-0.29	PH
13	13	30	May 15	DET	@	BAL	W,10-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.308	.300	.608	3						LF
14	14	31	May 16	DET	@	BAL	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.278	.400	.678	3	.40	0.035	1.85	0.10%	0.90	LF
15	15	37 (5)	May 23	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.278	.400	.678	4						LF
16	16	39 (1)	May 25	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	10-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.278	.400	.678	4						PR
17	17	41 (1)	May 27	DET	@	LAA	L,1-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.278	.400	.678	3						PR RF
18	18	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	DET		KCA	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.263	.375	.638	9	6.04	-0.155	30.27	-0.47%	-0.79	PH
19	19	44	May 30 (2)	DET		KCA	L,3-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.250	.353	.603	9	.08	-0.002	.40	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	20	50 (5)	Jun 4 (2)	DET		MIN	W,9-3	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.240	.455	.695	2	.62	0.098	3.01	0.28%	1.23	RF
21	21	51	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,0-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.231	.435	.666	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
22	22	53 (1)	Jun 8 (1)	DET		CLE	L,0-1	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.222	.417	.639	9	1.87	-0.049	12.79	-0.20%	-0.11	PH
23	23	55 (1)	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,4-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.214	.400	.614	9	1.25	-0.032	8.66	-0.13%	-0.25	PH
24	24	57 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.207	.385	.592	9	.70	-0.018	3.42	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
25	25	58	Jun 11 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-6	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.233	.407	.641	9	.98	0.041	4.44	0.11%	0.27	PH
26	26	60 (1)	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.226	.393	.619	6	.26	-0.008	1.20	-0.02%	-0.62	PH LF
27	27	61	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,1-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.219	.379	.598	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
28	28	64 (2)	Jun 18	DET		NYY	L,0-9	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.242	.400	.642	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
29	29	66 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.387	.622	9	2.06	-0.057	10.51	-0.17%	-0.35	PH
30	30	68 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.235	.387	.622	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR LF
31	31	70 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.235	.387	.622	8						PR
32	32	71	Jun 27 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.229	.375	.604	9	2.49	-0.065	14.36	-0.22%	-0.25	PH
33	33	72	Jun 27 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.222	.364	.586	9	.03	-0.001	.17	0.00%	-0.45	PH
34	34	75 (2)	Jun 30	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	12-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.222	.364	.586	8						PR
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	35	77 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.243	.382	.626	9	1.09	0.068	6.25	0.23%	0.96	PH
36	36	78	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.237	.371	.608	9	.53	-0.014	4.84	-0.08%	-0.43	PH
37	37	81 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.231	.361	.592	9	.02	0.000	.11	0.00%	-0.11	PH
38	38	84 (2)	Jul 8	DET		LAA	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.250	.378	.628	9	3.62	0.223	20.45	0.76%	1.00	PH
39	39	87 (2)	Jul 14	DET		MIN	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.244	.368	.612	9	1.46	-0.036	8.18	-0.12%	-0.31	PH
40	40	89 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	DET		KCA	W,11-1	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.267	.390	.657	2	.66	-0.048	3.81	-0.17%	-0.23	RF
41	41	91 (1)	Jul 17	DET		KCA	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.271	.386	.657	2	.51	0.001	2.93	0.00%	-0.34	RF
42	42	92	Jul 18	DET		BAL	L,7-8	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.271	.386	.657	9	3.48	0.087	21.67	0.33%	0.26	PR
43	43	94 (1)	Jul 20	DET		BAL	W,15-8	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.269	.362	.631	2	.92	-0.022	5.79	-0.08%	-0.19	RF
44	44	95	Jul 21	DET	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.268	.373	.640	2	1.56	-0.073	8.75	-0.25%	-0.25	RF
45	45	97 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,17-14	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.268	.373	.640	3						RF
46	46	99 (1)	Jul 25	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.263	.365	.629	9	1.38	-0.036	8.37	-0.13%	-0.26	PH
47	47	100	Jul 26	DET	@	LAA	W,5-4	GS-5	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.241	.288	.407	.696	2	.89	0.084	5.14	0.29%	0.86	RF
48	48	102 (1)	Jul 29	DET		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.290	.404	.694	2	.85	-0.022	5.00	-0.08%	-0.27	RF
49	49	103	Jul 30	DET		MIN	L,0-4	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.397	.682	2	1.40	-0.073	7.21	-0.23%	-0.81	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	50	111 (7)	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.226	.269	.371	.640	2	1.07	-0.131	5.59	-0.41%	-1.39	RF
51	51	113 (1)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.215	.254	.354	.607	2	1.59	-0.096	8.56	-0.31%	-0.97	RF
52	52	115 (1)	Aug 12	DET	@	MIN	W,17-3	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.254	.354	.607	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR RF
53	53	118 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.264	.364	.628	1	3.56	0.073	19.90	0.25%	0.21	PH
54	54	122 (3)	Aug 19	DET		BOS	W,3-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.274	.373	.647	6	3.21	0.181	17.34	0.59%	1.00	PH
55	55	124 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		BOS	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.284	.382	.666	8	7.80	0.502	45.84	1.77%	1.83	PH
56	56	130 (5)	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	WSA	W,10-1	5-GF	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.257	.289	.386	.675	2	.08	0.007	.54	0.03%	0.99	PR RF
57	57	131	Aug 28	DET	@	WSA	W,7-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.380	.666	2	.15	-0.004	1.00	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
58	58	132	Aug 29	DET		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.286	.380	.666	8						PR
59	59	133	Aug 30	DET		CHW	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.282	.375	.657	9	1.91	-0.050	13.19	-0.21%	-0.25	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	60	136 (2)	Sep 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.282	.375	.657	8						RF
61	61	137	Sep 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.291	.375	.666	9	4.88	0.009	51.99	0.06%	0.17	PH
62	62	138	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.375	.675	8	.73	0.028	3.04	0.07%	0.39	PH
63	63	139	Sep 4 susp	DET	@	BAL	L,1-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.309	.375	.684	9	1.48	0.022	4.97	0.04%	0.11	PH
64	64	141 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.305	.370	.675	9	1.73	-0.044	1.37	-0.02%	-0.24	PH
65	65	144 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	7-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.313	.370	.683	9	.36	0.017	.05	0.00%	0.39	PH
66	66	148 (3)	Sep 15 (1)	DET		NYY	L,1-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.310	.365	.674	9	.44	-0.012	.02	0.00%	-0.25	PH
67	67	151 (2)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,4-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.306	.360	.666	9	1.41	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.17	PH
68	68	152	Sep 19	DET		LAA	W,6-2	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.368	.682	1	.72	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.49	PH
69	69	155 (2)	Sep 23	DET	@	LAA	W,4-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.310	.364	.674	9	.37	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
70	70	156	Sep 24	DET	@	LAA	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.256	.318	.372	.690	1	2.26	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
71	71	157	Sep 25 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.323	.373	.696	3	.86	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.60	RF
72	72	158	Sep 25 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.264	.320	.368	.687	2	.70	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.70	CF
73	73	159	Sep 26	DET	@	KCA	L,5-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.324	.370	.693	2	.49	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.12	CF
74	74	160	Sep 27	DET	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.336	.406	.743	3	.72	0.192	.00	0.00%	1.89	RF
75	75	161	Sep 29	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.348	.410	.758	3	.93	0.118	.00	0.00%	0.51	RF
76	76	162	Sep 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG(6)	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.357	.427	.784	3	1.05	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.17	RF
77	77	163	Oct 1	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.287	.342	.407	.749	5	.53	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.50	RF
							38-39		120	108	26	31	5	1	2	19	9	1	25	1	0	2	3	1	3	1	.287	.342	.407	.749		1.17	0.950	4.90	1.58%	4.80

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