Joe Morgan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 160 lb

BornSeptember 19, 1943 · Bonham, TX, USA

MLB debutSeptember 21, 1963

Final gameSeptember 30, 1984

Seasons22 (1963–1984)

Houston Colt .45's 1963–1964; Houston Astros 1965–1971; Cincinnati Reds 1972–1979; Houston Astros 1980; San Francisco Giants 1981–1982; Philadelphia Phillies 1983; Oakland Athletics 1984

Percentile snapshot

1982 season — qualified batters

134

9.3

554

20.7

463

3.6

36.4

134

26.4

11.4

45.7

RBI

37.1

89.3

65.7

80.7

56.4

.289

71.4

OBP

.400

98.6

SLG

.438

61.4

OPS

.838

77.9

wRC+

143.8

88.6

OPS+

136.1

84.3

wOBA

.391

88.6

sWAR

5.1

88.6

of 141 qualified 1982 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

139.1

95.8

OPS+

132.2

91.9

sWAR

97.1

99.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1963	8	30	25	5	6	0	1	0	3	5	5	1	0	.240	.367	.320	.687	117.6	105.7	.333	0.2
1964	10	43	37	4	7	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	1	.189	.302	.189	.492	57.7	47.0	.252	-0.1
1965	157	708	601	100	163	22	12	14	40	97	77	20	9	.271	.373	.418	.791	135.0	128.2	.365	5.7
1966	122	528	425	60	121	14	8	5	42	89	43	11	8	.285	.410	.391	.801	140.5	130.1	.375	4.6
1967	133	580	494	73	136	27	11	6	42	81	51	29	5	.275	.378	.411	.789	136.7	128.7	.369	4.8
1968	10	27	20	6	5	0	1	0	0	7	4	3	0	.250	.444	.350	.794	169.6	142.7	.400	0.3
1969	147	657	535	94	126	18	5	15	43	110	74	49	14	.236	.365	.372	.737	118.0	109.1	.353	3.9
1970	144	658	548	102	147	28	9	8	52	102	55	42	13	.268	.383	.396	.779	120.7	113.6	.366	4.1
1971	160	689	583	87	149	27	11	13	56	88	52	40	8	.256	.351	.407	.757	122.3	117.2	.354	4.5
1972	149	680	552	122	161	23	4	16	73	115	44	58	17	.292	.417	.435	.851	161.1	150.2	.402	7.6
1973	157	698	576	116	167	35	2	26	82	111	61	67	15	.290	.406	.493	.899	161.0	155.4	.413	7.9
1974	149	641	512	107	150	31	3	22	67	120	69	58	12	.293	.427	.494	.921	166.5	161.1	.429	7.6
1975	146	639	498	107	163	27	6	17	94	132	52	67	10	.327	.466	.508	.974	182.1	170.8	.456	8.8
1976	141	599	472	113	151	30	5	27	111	114	41	60	9	.320	.444	.576	1.020	190.5	187.3	.461	8.9
1977	153	645	521	113	150	21	6	22	78	117	58	49	10	.288	.417	.478	.895	147.0	138.9	.409	6.2
1978	132	533	441	68	104	27	0	13	75	79	40	19	5	.236	.347	.385	.733	110.2	105.6	.344	2.7
1979	127	538	436	70	109	26	1	9	32	93	45	28	6	.250	.379	.376	.756	112.2	107.5	.353	2.8
1980	141	562	461	66	112	17	5	11	49	93	47	24	6	.243	.367	.373	.740	121.7	115.5	.350	3.6
1981	90	378	308	47	74	16	1	8	31	66	37	14	5	.240	.371	.377	.748	121.4	116.1	.355	2.4
1982	134	554	463	68	134	19	4	14	61	85	60	24	4	.289	.400	.438	.838	143.8	136.1	.391	5.1
1983	123	504	404	72	93	20	1	16	59	89	54	18	2	.230	.370	.403	.773	124.6	116.3	.366	3.5
1984	116	438	365	50	89	21	0	6	43	66	39	8	3	.244	.356	.351	.707	106.6	102.3	.329	2.0

Career totals

2,649

39th-most career G

11,329

32nd-most career PA

9,277

60th-most career AB

1,650

35th-most career R

2,517

99th-most career H

449

113th-most career 2B

177th-most career 3B

268

221st-most career HR

RBI

1,133

207th-most career RBI

1,865

5th-most career BB

1,015

381st-most career SO

689

11th-most career SB

.2713

OBP

.3921

107th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4271

OPS

.8192

358th-highest career OPS

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	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1965-07-08	HOU @ ATL Gameday	6	4	6	1	2	3	0	13
1973-07-31	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	1	2	5	1	11
1983-09-19	CHC @ PHI Gameday	5	2	4	1	2	4	0	11
1967-05-26	HOU @ CHC Gameday	6	3	4	2	1	4	0	9
1972-07-21	CIN @ PIT Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	4	2	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1967-05-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-22	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-23	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-29	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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, 1990 (BBWAA)

5× Gold Glove2× Most Valuable Player1× All-Star Game MVP1× Silver Slugger10× 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.