Joe Morgan (manager)
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| Third baseman / Second baseman / Outfielder | |||
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Born: November 19, 1930 Walpole, Massachusetts |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1959, for the Milwaukee Braves | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1964, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
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| Batting average | .193 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| RBI | 10 | ||
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Joseph Michael Morgan (born November 19, 1930) is a retired American infielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.
A native and lifelong resident of Walpole, Massachusetts, Morgan graduated from Walpole High School and attended Boston College, where he played varsity hockey—he was a high scoring center who led the Eagles in points as a junior—as well as baseball. Morgan was also elected as team captain for Boston College's baseball team during his junior year. He signed his first professional baseball contract with his then-hometown National League team, the Boston Braves.
Morgan stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg) during his active career. When he finally made Major League Baseball in 1959, after military service and a long stint in the minor leagues, his parent team had become the Milwaukee Braves.
Morgan, a left-handed-hitting second baseman, third baseman and outfielder, put up several strong seasons at the Double-A and Triple-A levels, and batted over the .300 mark three times. But he could not crack the Braves' lineup, nor those of the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals. In parts of four Major League seasons, he appeared in just 88 games, collected 36 hits, and batted only .193. His two MLB home runs came during his stint with the 1960 Indians within a two-week period, as he hit solo blasts off Chuck Estrada August 30 and Ted Sadowski on September 10. In the latter contest, Morgan's three hits and two runs scored powered the Indians to a 5–4 victory over the Washington Senators.
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