Mike Morgan, baseball player, 1978-2002

Mike Morgan

Born: 10/8/1959 in Tulare, CA, USA

MLB Debut: 1978-06-11 | Final Game: 2002-09-02

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'3" | Weight: 195 lbs

Full name: Michael Thomas Morgan

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Biography

Mike Morgan, born in 1959, was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1978 to 2002. Over the course of his 24-year tenure in Major League Baseball, Morgan played for several teams, showcasing his versatility and resilience on the mound. He finished his career with a record of 141 wins and 186 losses, an earned run average (ERA) of 4.23, and accumulated 1,403 strikeouts. Morgan also recorded 8 saves during his time in the league, highlighting his ability to perform in various pitching roles. Morgan's career was marked by a notable All-Star selection, recognizing him as one of the standout pitchers of his era. He competed in a time when the game was evolving, transitioning from the tail end of the deadball era into a period characterized by increased offensive production. His longevity in the sport is a testament to his adaptability and skill, as he navigated the challenges of pitching in different environments and against a wide array of hitters. Mike Morgan's contributions to baseball extend beyond statistics; he remains a significant figure in the history of the game, remembered for his determination and the diverse experiences he brought to the mound.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
141 186 597 411 46 10 8 2772.3 2943 1303 270 938 1403 4.23 0

Career ERA 4.23 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1978 OAK AL 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 12.3 19 10 8 0 7.30 3.69 (-98%) -586.7
1979 OAK AL 2 10 13 13 2 0 0 77.3 102 51 50 17 5.94 4.00 (-48%) -2991.8
1982 NYY AL 7 11 30 23 2 0 0 150.3 167 73 67 71 4.37 3.86 (-13%) -
1983 TOR AL 0 3 16 4 0 0 0 45.3 48 26 21 22 5.16 3.87 (-33%) -1169.5
1985 SEA AL 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 11 8 5 2 12.00 — 0.0
1986 SEA AL 11 17 37 33 9 1 1 216.3 243 109 86 116 4.53 3.97 (-14%) -2352.2
1987 SEA AL 12 17 34 31 8 2 0 207.0 245 107 53 85 4.65 4.29 (-8%) -900.5
1988 BAL AL 1 6 22 10 2 0 1 71.3 70 43 23 29 5.43 3.73 (-45%) -588.2
1989 LAD NL 8 11 40 19 0 0 0 152.7 130 43 33 72 2.53 3.71 (+32%) -
1990 LAD NL 11 15 33 33 6 4 0 211.0 216 88 60 106 3.75 3.86 (+3%) -
1991 LAD NL 14 10 34 33 5 1 1 236.3 197 73 61 140 2.78 3.91 (+29%) -
1992 CHC NL 16 8 34 34 6 1 0 240.0 203 68 79 123 2.55 3.75 (+32%) -
1993 CHC NL 10 15 32 32 1 1 0 207.7 206 93 74 111 4.03 4.19 (+4%) -
1994 CHC NL 2 10 15 15 1 0 0 80.7 111 60 35 57 6.69 4.51 (-48%) -
1995 CHC NL 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 24.7 19 6 9 15 2.19 4.45 (+51%) -
1995 STL NL 5 6 17 17 1 0 0 106.7 114 46 25 46 3.88 4.45 (+13%) -
1996 STL NL 4 8 18 18 0 0 0 103.0 118 60 40 55 5.24 4.61 (-14%) -
1996 CIN NL 2 3 5 5 0 0 0 27.3 28 7 7 19 2.30 4.61 (+50%) 687.4
1997 CIN NL 9 12 31 30 1 0 0 162.0 165 86 49 103 4.78 4.39 (-9%) 1896.2
1998 MIN AL 4 2 18 17 0 0 0 98.0 108 38 24 50 3.49 4.43 (+21%) -901.2
1998 CHC NL 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 22.7 30 18 15 10 7.15 4.43 (-61%) -
1999 TEX AL 13 10 34 25 1 0 0 140.0 184 97 48 61 6.24 4.71 (-32%) -3795.6
2000 AZ NL 5 5 60 4 0 0 5 101.7 123 55 40 56 4.87 4.77 (-2%) -
2001 AZ NL 1 0 31 1 0 0 0 38.0 45 18 17 24 4.26 4.42 (+3%) -
2002 AZ NL 1 1 29 0 0 0 0 34.0 41 20 9 13 5.29 4.28 (-24%) -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
597 497 13 54 3 1 0 15 0 13 151 0.109 0.132 0.119 0.251 -3376.2

Career AVG .109 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 58.6% below league average.

Career OBP .132 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — 60.0% below league average.

Career SLG .119 vs. league average .404 across their career seasons — 70.7% below league average.

Career OPS 0.251 vs. league average 0.735 across their career seasons — 65.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1978 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1979 OAK AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1982 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1983 TOR AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1985 SEA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1986 SEA AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1987 SEA AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1988 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1989 LAD NL 40 36 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 0.083 — — — — 0.0
1990 LAD NL 33 71 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 25 0.113 .257 (-56%) .324 (-58%) .385 (-71%) .710 (-65%) -760.9
1991 LAD NL 34 76 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 0.092 .255 (-64%) .323 (-69%) .384 (-76%) .708 (-73%) -941.6
1992 CHC NL 34 74 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 2 16 0.108 .255 (-58%) .322 (-60%) .377 (-71%) .699 (-66%) -812.0
1993 CHC NL 32 66 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 22 0.061 .265 (-77%) .332 (-73%) .403 (-77%) .735 (-76%) -861.7
1994 CHC NL 15 24 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.125 — — — — 0.0
1995 CHC NL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.143 — — — — 0.0
1995 STL NL 17 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 0.032 — — — — 0.0
1996 STL NL 18 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.061 — — — — 0.0
1996 CIN NL 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1997 CIN NL 31 44 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 14 0.091 — — — — 0.0
1998 MIN AL 18 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1998 CHC NL 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.667 — — — — 0.0
1999 TEX AL 34 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.250 — — — — 0.0
2000 AZ NL 60 16 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.438 — — — — 0.0
2001 AZ NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 AZ NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2001 NLCS ARI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 NLDS2 ARI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 WS ARI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 NLDS1 CHN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 10 0 0 8.3 6 4 3 4 4.32

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2001 NLCS ARI 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 3 3 1 1 27.00
2001 NLDS2 ARI 0 0 3 0 0 1.3 2 1 2 1 6.75
2001 WS ARI 0 0 3 0 0 4.7 1 0 0 1 0.00
1998 NLDS1 CHN 0 0 2 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 597 411 215 465 25 39

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1978 OAK P 3 3 1 4 0 1
1979 OAK P 13 13 9 15 1 0
1982 NYA P 30 23 4 26 0 3
1983 TOR P 16 4 2 10 1 0
1985 SEA P 2 2 0 1 0 0
1986 SEA P 37 33 14 27 2 5
1987 SEA P 34 31 18 35 2 5
1988 BAL P 22 10 9 9 0 1
1989 LAN P 40 19 20 41 2 2
1990 LAN P 33 33 25 39 1 3
1991 LAN P 34 33 25 41 2 3
1992 CHN P 34 34 19 45 3 3
1993 CHN P 32 32 11 33 1 3
1994 CHN P 15 15 3 8 3 0
1995 CHN P 4 4 5 5 0 0
1995 SLN P 17 17 8 24 1 2
1996 SLN P 18 18 4 12 1 0
1996 CIN P 5 5 0 4 0 0
1997 CIN P 31 30 10 23 0 1
1998 MIN P 18 17 13 16 1 1
1998 CHN P 5 5 2 5 0 2
1999 TEX P 34 25 7 26 2 3
2000 ARI P 60 4 5 13 0 1
2001 ARI P 31 1 0 0 1 0
2002 ARI P 29 0 1 3 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 597

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
1992 Pitcher of the Month May
1991 Player of the Week Week of 1991-06-22

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2002 ARI NL $750,000
2001 ARI NL $700,000
1999 TEX AL $900,000
1998 MIN AL $1,300,000
1997 CIN NL $500,000
1996 SLN NL $1,250,000
1995 SLN NL $3,375,000
1994 CHN NL $3,375,000
1993 CHN NL $3,375,000
1992 CHN NL $2,875,000
1991 LAN NL $650,000
1990 LAN NL $650,000
1989 LAN NL $375,000
1988 BAL AL $375,000
1986 SEA AL $125,000
Total Career Earnings $20,575,000