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Joe Leonard Morgan (September 19, 1943 – October 11, 2020) was an American professional baseball second baseman who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Colt .45s / Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984.
Joe Morgan* 1,650 35 Cal Ripken Jr.* 1,647 36 Jimmy Ryan: 1,643 37 George Van Haltren: 1,642 38 Gary Sheffield: 1,636 39 Robin Yount* 1,632 40 Eddie Murray* 1,627 Paul Waner* 1,627 42 Al Kaline* 1,622 43 Roger Connor* 1,620 44 Fred Clarke* 1,619 Chipper Jones* 1,619 46 Lou Brock* 1,610 47 Jake Beckley* 1,600 48 Ed Delahanty* 1,599 49 Bill ...
They named Morgan acting manager July 14 and began negotiations with high-profile candidates, such as Joe Torre and Lou Piniella, who were under contract to other organizations. The Red Sox won their first 12 games under Morgan – a period dubbed by the press as Morgan Magic – and the team named him as their permanent field boss. [20]
At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who became the sparkplug of dominant Cincinnati teams in the mid-1970s and the prototype for ...
Joe Morgan, the Cincinnati Reds’ Hall of Fame second baseman who powered the team’s legendary Big Red Machine era of the 1970s before co-anchoring with Jon Miller ESPN’s must-watch Sunday ...
Joe Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who spent the prime of his career with the Cincinnati Reds, has died, USA Today reported Monday. He was 77.Morgan is one of the game's all-time great ...
Joe Morgan holds the National League career record. Fred Pfeffer held the National League career record for 47 years. Bobby Grich's 484 putouts in 1974 are the most by any second baseman since 1900. Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
De La Cruz was the third Reds player to enter the 20–50 club, joining Morgan and Davis. [11] The three also reached 20+ homers and 60+ steals, joining a group that also includes Henderson and Ronald Acuña Jr. [ 12 ] Acuña, who was the first player to ever reach 20–50 before August 1, [ 13 ] became the first to hit 40 homers and steal 70 ...