Peter Morris (Scrabble)
| Peter Morris | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter R. Morris 20 May 1962 Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Researcher, Editor |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | B.A., M.A. |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, Michigan State University |
| Notable works |
Baseball Fever A Game of Inches But Didn’t We Have Fun? |
| Notable awards | Seymour Medal, Casey Award, Henry Chadwick Award |
Peter Morris (born 1962, Birmingham, England) is an American baseball researcher and author. A lifelong love of baseball led him to membership in the Society for American Baseball Research, where he became an active member of the Biographical Committee, researching the lives of early major league baseball players.
Morris is a highly respected baseball researcher, and is often interviewed or cited by major media outlets such as National Public Radio. He has written or co-authored nine books (as of 2014), including the major two-volume work A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations that Shaped Baseball in 2006, the first book to ever win both the Society for American Baseball Research’s Seymour Medal and the Casey Award. In 2012, he served on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s pre-integration committee.
Peter Morris was the first child of Ray and Ruth Morris. When he was two years old, the family moved to Washington, D.C. They moved again when he was seven, to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he grew up. He obtained a B.A. in English from the University of Toronto.
In addition to his interest in baseball, Morris was a keen and talented Scrabble player. After completing his B.A., he moved to East Lansing, Michigan, where he was able to hone his skills against many highly skilled players. He won the National Scrabble Championship in 1989, and was the first winner of the World Scrabble Championship, held in London, England in 1991. With no further goals to achieve in Scrabble, he largely dropped out of competitive play soon after his World Championship.
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