Hal Morris
| Hal Morris | |||
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: April 9, 1965 Fort Rucker, Alabama |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 29, 1988, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2000, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .304 | ||
| Home runs | 76 | ||
| Runs batted in | 513 | ||
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William Harold Morris III (born April 9, 1965) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. From 2012 until 2016, he was the director of professional scouting for the Los Angeles Angels.
Morris attended Munster High School in Munster, Indiana, and the University of Michigan. Morris captained the tennis, basketball, and baseball teams in his senior season at Munster. He was an Indiana All Star in 1983, and was named the MVP of the annual North-South All Star Game in Jasper, Indiana, where he went 8-9 in the series. His Michigan teams won the Big 10 Championship in 1984 and 1986, and advanced to the College World Series in 1984. Morris set records for slugging percentage and batting average while at Michigan. His teammates at Michigan included future Major League players Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, Jim Abbott, Mike Ignasiak, and Gary Wayne.
Morris played for the New York Yankees, the Cincinnati Reds, the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers. Morris was known for his unusual hitting technique, in which his feet never settled as the pitcher delivered the ball, so his swing was preceded by his feet shuffling towards the plate. Morris was not known for his power, but he had the ability to spray the ball to all corners of the ballpark. He also appeared on the cover of Wheaties.
Morris was selected by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He was named the Rookie of the Year in the New York Penn League in 1986, set an Albany-Colony Yankees record for hits in a season in 1987, was second in the International League in hitting in 1988, then led the International League in hitting in 1989 at .326. He debuted with the Yankees on July 29, 1988 against the Toronto Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. He collected a base hit in his first at bat, a single to left field against Toronto reliever Duane Ward.
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