Joe Morgan

Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. He is currently a special adviser to the Reds.

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Filmography

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Selected Joe Morgan film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2009

The Great 8s (TV Movie)

Guest

1995

Profiles

Self

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2005

Costas Now (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2003

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Show)

2002

George Lopez (TV Show)

2002

The Tim McCarver Show (TV Show)

2000

2000 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2000

2000 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (TV Show)

1999

1999 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1998

1998 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1998

1998 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1997

1997 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1996

Arli$$ (TV Show)

1996

1996 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1995

1995 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1994

1994 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Show)

1990

Baseball Tonight (TV Show)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

1990

ESPN Major League Baseball (TV Show)

1988

1988 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1988

1988 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1987

Married with Children (TV Show)

1985

1985 World Series (TV Show)

1983

1983 World Series (TV Show)

1983

1983 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1980

1980 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1979

1979 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1978

1978 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1977

1977 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1976

1976 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1976

1976 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1976

1976 World Series (TV Show)

1975

1975 World Series (TV Show)

1975

1975 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1975

1975 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1974

The Way It Was (TV Show)

1974

1974 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1973

1973 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1973

1973 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1972

1972 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1972

1972 World Series (TV Show)

1972

1972 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

1970

1970 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Magazine Covers

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Magazine issues featuring Joe Morgan on the cover.

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Joe Morgan.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1963	HOU	8	25	5	6	0	1	0	3	1	5	5	0.240	0.367	0.320
1964	HOU	10	37	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0.189	0.302	0.189
1965	HOU	157	601	100	163	22	12	14	40	20	97	77	0.271	0.373	0.418
1966	HOU	122	425	60	121	14	8	5	42	11	89	43	0.285	0.410	0.391
1967	HOU	133	494	73	136	27	11	6	42	29	81	51	0.275	0.378	0.411
1968	HOU	10	20	6	5	0	1	0	0	3	7	4	0.250	0.444	0.350
1969	HOU	147	535	94	126	18	5	15	43	49	110	74	0.236	0.365	0.372
1970	HOU	144	548	102	147	28	9	8	52	42	102	55	0.268	0.383	0.396
1971	HOU	160	583	87	149	27	11	13	56	40	88	52	0.256	0.351	0.407
1972	CIN	149	552	122	161	23	4	16	73	58	115	44	0.292	0.417	0.435
1973	CIN	157	576	116	167	35	2	26	82	67	111	61	0.290	0.406	0.493
1974	CIN	149	512	107	150	31	3	22	67	58	120	69	0.293	0.427	0.494
1975	CIN	146	498	107	163	27	6	17	94	67	132	52	0.327	0.466	0.508
1976	CIN	141	472	113	151	30	5	27	111	60	114	41	0.320	0.444	0.576
1977	CIN	153	521	113	150	21	6	22	78	49	117	58	0.288	0.417	0.478
1978	CIN	132	441	68	104	27	0	13	75	19	79	40	0.236	0.347	0.385
1979	CIN	127	436	70	109	26	1	9	32	28	93	45	0.250	0.379	0.376
1980	HOU	141	461	66	112	17	5	11	49	24	93	47	0.243	0.367	0.373
1981	SFG	90	308	47	74	16	1	8	31	14	66	37	0.240	0.371	0.377
1982	SFG	134	463	68	134	19	4	14	61	24	85	60	0.289	0.400	0.438
1983	PHI	123	404	72	93	20	1	16	59	18	89	54	0.230	0.370	0.403
1984	OAK	116	365	50	89	21	0	6	43	8	66	39	0.244	0.356	0.351
Career		2649	9277	1650	2517	449	96	268	1133	689	1865	1015	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Joe Morgan.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1963	HOU	8	6	54	15	15	3	2	0.909
1964	HOU	10	10	94	31	25	3	4	0.949
1965	HOU	157	155	1,409	348	492	27	82	0.969
1966	HOU	122	117	1,038	256	316	21	61	0.965
1967	HOU	133	127	1,135	299	344	14	67	0.979
1968	HOU	10	6	48	10	6	2	2	0.889
1969	HOU	147	144	1,251	314	328	18	79	0.973
1970	HOU	144	141	1,254	349	430	17	98	0.979
1971	HOU	160	153	1,381	336	482	12	93	0.986
1972	CIN	149	148	1,337	370	436	8	92	0.990
1973	CIN	157	151	1,341	417	440	9	106	0.990
1974	CIN	142	140	1,214	344	385	13	92	0.982
1975	CIN	142	141	1,205	356	425	11	96	0.986
1976	CIN	134	131	1,126	342	335	13	85	0.981
1977	CIN	151	147	1,244	351	359	5	100	0.993
1978	CIN	123	120	1,010	252	290	11	49	0.980
1979	CIN	121	120	1,018	259	329	12	74	0.980
1980	HOU	130	123	1,037	244	348	7	68	0.988
1981	SFG	87	84	743	177	258	4	61	0.991
1982	SFG	121	119	1,048	255	366	8	69	0.987
1983	PHI	117	109	918	231	331	17	63	0.971
1984	OAK	100	97	771	201	229	10	62	0.977
Career		2565	2489	-	5757	6969	245	1505	-

First Name	Joe
Middle Name	Leonard
Last Name	Morgan
Full Name at Birth	Joe Leonard Morgan
Age	69
Date of Birth	September 19, 1943
Birthplace	Bonham, TX
Height	5' 7" (170 cm)
Weight	160 lbs (72.6 kg)
Star Sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
High School	Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Second Baseman
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	21 September 1963
Last MLB Game	30 September 1984
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1990 (363/444 ballots).