Jack Morris
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Morris in 2013
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Born: May 16, 1955 St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 26, 1977, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 7, 1994, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 254–186 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.90 | ||
| Strikeouts | 2,478 | ||
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John Scott "Jack" Morris (born May 16, 1955) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, and played between 1977 and 1994, mainly for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB), winning 254 games throughout his career. Armed with a fastball, a slider, and a forkball, Morris was a five-time All-Star (1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1991), and played on four World Series Championship teams (1984 Tigers, 1991 Minnesota Twins, and 1992–1993 Toronto Blue Jays). While he gave up the most hits, most earned runs, and most home runs of any pitcher in the 1980s, he also started the most games, pitched the most innings, and had the most wins of any pitcher in that decade.
Since retiring as a player, Morris has worked as a broadcast color analyst for the Blue Jays, Twins, and Tigers. He has also been an analyst for MLB broadcasts on Fox Sports One.
Morris attended Brigham Young University and was drafted by the Tigers in the fifth round of the 1976 draft. He was first called up to the Detroit Tigers in 1977 after Mark Fidrych was placed on the disabled list with an injury. Morris broke into the Tigers' pitching rotation in 1979, posting a 17–7 record and a 3.29 ERA and establishing himself as the ace of the Detroit staff. Morris, along with catcher Lance Parrish, shortstop Alan Trammell, second baseman Lou Whitaker, outfielder Kirk Gibson, and manager Sparky Anderson, played a notable role in turning the Tigers into a contending team for most of the 1980s. In 1980, Morris learned to throw the split-finger fastball from newly hired pitching coach Roger Craig, and it became an effective pitch for the rest of Morris' career.
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