Tom Morgan

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Full Name: Tom Stephen Morgan	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180	First Game: April 20, 1951
Birthdate: May 20, 1930	Final Game: June 8, 1963
Birthplace: El Monte, California	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: January 13, 1987
Deathplace: Anaheim, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on May 20, 1930 in El Monte, California, Tom Morgan (Tom Stephen Morgan) played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and Los Angeles Angels over the course of his 12 year career. Morgan broke into the bigs on April 20, 1951 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.68 ERA in 124.2 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Tom Morgan's best season was 1961, when he posted a 2.36 ERA and notched 10 saves.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1951	NY	A	27	16	9	3	3.68	57	56	51	4	2	2	124.2	119	11	36	0	2	3
1952	NY	A	16	12	5	4	3.07	35	34	32	2	1	2	93.2	86	8	33	0	0	4
1954	NY	A	32	17	11	5	3.34	34	58	53	7	4	1	143	149	8	40	0	2	5
1955	NY	A	40	1	7	3	3.25	17	29	26	0	0	10	72	72	3	24	4	0	5
1956	NY	A	41	0	6	7	4.16	20	41	33	0	0	11	71.1	74	2	27	4	0	3
1957	KC	A	46	13	9	7	4.64	32	76	74	5	0	7	143.2	160	19	61	9	3	3
1958	DET	A	39	1	2	5	3.16	32	28	22	0	0	1	62.2	70	7	4	0	0	1
1959	DET	A	46	1	1	4	3.98	39	48	41	0	0	9	92.2	94	11	18	3	2	6
1960	WAS	A	14	0	1	3	3.75	11	15	10	0	0	0	24	36	6	5	3	0	1
1960	DET	A	22	0	3	2	4.66	12	17	15	0	0	1	29	33	6	10	1	0	0
1960	TOT	A	36	0	4	5	4.25	23	32	25	0	0	1	53	69	12	15	4	0	1
1961	LA	A	59	0	8	2	2.36	39	31	24	0	0	10	91.2	74	7	17	3	0	5
1962	LA	A	48	0	5	2	2.91	29	23	19	0	0	9	58.2	53	6	19	6	2	1
1963	LA	A	13	0	0	0	5.51	7	11	10	0	0	1	16.1	20	1	6	1	1	3
Total			443	61	67	47	3.61	364	467	410	18	7	64	1023.1	1040	95	300	34	12	40

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	NY	A	P	27	0	0	12	27	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.907
1952	NY	A	P	16	0	0	6	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	NY	A	P	32	0	0	11	38	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	NY	A	P	40	0	0	6	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1956	NY	A	P	41	0	0	2	18	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1957	KC	A	P	46	13	143.2	20	37	1	6	0	0	5	3	0	.983
1958	DET	A	P	39	1	62.2	2	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.917
1959	DET	A	P	46	1	92.2	4	15	0	2	0	0	2	4	1	1.000
1960	WAS	A	P	14	0	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1960	DET	A	P	22	0	29	3	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1960	TOT	A	P	36	0	53	4	10	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1961	LA	A	P	59	0	91.2	8	18	2	2	0	1	0	4	1	.929
1962	LA	A	P	48	0	58.2	1	6	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	1.000
1963	LA	A	P	13	0	16.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	443	15	518.2	76	233	11	27	0	1	11	17	3	.966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	NY	A	27	44	6	12	1	3	.273	.273	.386	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3
1952	NY	A	16	33	3	6	1	2	.182	.182	.333	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
1954	NY	A	32	49	2	7	1	2	.143	.176	.224	1	0	2	17	0	1	0	0	2
1955	NY	A	40	18	2	4	0	0	.222	.222	.278	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1956	NY	A	41	13	1	2	0	0	.154	.214	.154	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	0
1957	KC	A	46	33	0	3	0	0	.091	.118	.091	0	0	1	10	0	4	0	0	3
1958	DET	A	39	10	3	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
1959	DET	A	46	23	3	9	2	4	.391	.391	.652	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
1960	WAS	A	14	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	DET	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1960	TOT	A	36	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1961	LA	A	59	12	1	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1962	LA	A	48	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
1963	LA	A	13	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			443	247	21	46	5	12	.186	.202	.271	4	1	5	73	0	14	0	0	9

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1949).
Traded by New York Yankees with Irv Noren, Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Rip Coleman, Billy Hunter and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Jack McMahan, Wayne Belardi and 2 players to be named later (February 19, 1957); New York Yankees received Curt Roberts (April 4, 1957) and Kansas City Athletics received Jack Urban (April 5, 1957) and New York Yankees received Clete Boyer (June 4, 1957).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Lou Skizas, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Washington Senators in exchange for Bill Fischer (July 22, 1960).
Sold by Minnesota Twins to Los Angeles Angels (January 31, 1961).
Released by Los Angeles Angels (October 14, 1963).

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