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Jack Morris

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 195 lb

BornMay 16, 1955 · St. Paul, MN, USA

MLB debutJuly 26, 1977

Final gameAugust 7, 1994

Seasons18 (1977–1994)

Detroit Tigers 1977–1990; Minnesota Twins 1991; Toronto Blue Jays 1992–1993; Cleveland Indians 1994

Percentile snapshot

1994 season — qualified pitchers

34.1

60.2

65.9

SHO

163

26.1

9.1

15.9

100

48.9

63.6

141.3

39.8

ERA

5.60

10.2

WHIP

1.627

K/9

6.37

52.3

FIP

4.58

35.2

FIP-

98.4

ERA+

83.0

14.8

sWAR

0.0

14.8

of 89 qualified 1994 pitchers (min 113 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.5

55.1

sWAR

45.4

98.5

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	7	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
1978	28	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1979	28	0	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.3
1980	44	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1981	25	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1982	37	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1983	44	0	0	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1984	35	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.3
1985	36	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7
1986	35	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.2
1987	36	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-113.3	-100.0	.000	5.2
1988	34	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1989	24	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1990	36	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1991	35	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.7
1992	34	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1993	27	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.6
1994	23	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1977	7	6	1	1	1	0	38	19	23	28	4	45.7	3.74	1.336	5.52	4.17	98.0	113.6	0.7
1978	28	7	3	5	0	0	107	51	49	48	8	106.0	4.33	1.472	4.08	4.10	106.5	88.9	0.4
1979	27	27	17	7	9	1	179	72	59	113	19	197.7	3.28	1.204	5.15	3.83	88.6	131.8	4.3
1980	36	36	16	15	11	2	252	116	87	112	20	250.0	4.18	1.356	4.03	3.99	97.8	97.8	2.2
1981	25	25	14	7	15	1	153	67	78	97	14	198.0	3.05	1.167	4.41	3.69	98.6	123.0	3.6
1982	37	37	17	16	17	3	247	120	96	135	37	266.3	4.06	1.288	4.56	4.56	113.1	99.5	2.6
1983	37	37	20	13	20	1	257	109	83	232	30	293.7	3.34	1.158	7.11	3.45	87.4	118.3	5.0
1984	35	35	19	11	9	1	221	96	87	148	20	240.3	3.60	1.282	5.54	3.71	94.3	109.3	3.3
1985	35	35	16	11	13	4	212	95	110	191	21	257.0	3.33	1.253	6.69	3.66	89.7	122.7	4.7
1986	35	35	21	8	15	6	229	97	82	223	40	267.0	3.27	1.165	7.52	3.99	96.6	126.4	5.2
1987	34	34	18	11	13	0	227	100	93	208	39	266.0	3.38	1.203	7.04	4.28	99.7	126.7	5.2
1988	34	34	15	13	10	2	225	103	83	168	20	235.0	3.94	1.311	6.43	3.61	93.6	97.7	2.1
1989	24	24	6	14	10	0	189	92	59	115	23	170.3	4.86	1.456	6.08	4.33	112.7	79.0	-0.4
1990	36	36	15	18	11	3	231	125	97	162	26	249.7	4.51	1.314	5.84	4.10	103.1	88.2	0.9
1991	35	35	18	12	10	2	226	94	92	163	18	246.7	3.43	1.289	5.95	3.72	87.8	123.4	4.7
1992	34	34	21	6	6	1	222	108	80	132	18	240.7	4.04	1.255	4.94	3.79	93.5	100.3	2.4
1993	27	27	7	12	4	1	189	105	65	103	18	152.7	6.19	1.664	6.07	4.52	104.2	70.1	-1.6
1994	23	23	10	6	1	0	163	88	67	100	14	141.3	5.60	1.627	6.37	4.58	98.4	83.0	0.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

568

RBI

.0000

OBP

.0000

SLG

.0000

OPS

.0000

Pitching

G (P)

549

339th-most career G (P)

527

40th-most career GS

254

44th-most career W

186

59th-most career L

175

180th-most career CG

SHO

135th-most career SHO

3,824

50th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,478

43rd-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,390

19th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.900

WHIP

1.2963

K/9

5.83

411th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	R
1979-05-26	BAL @ DET Gameday	1
1979-08-18	DET @ SEA Gameday	0
1980-04-16	DET @ BOS Gameday	0
1980-05-09	DET @ LAA Gameday	0
1980-05-26	DET @ NYY Gameday	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1983-08-13	NYY @ DET Gameday	9.0	6	3	2	0	12	0
1986-07-13	DET @ KC Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	2	12	0
1986-09-01	DET @ SEA Gameday	9.0	7	5	5	4	12	3
1977-07-31	DET @ TEX Gameday	9.0	4	2	2	5	11	0
1983-08-08	CWS @ DET Gameday	9.0	5	2	2	4	11	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2018 (Veterans - Modern Baseball Era)

1× World Series MVP5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.