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John Morrill
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Birthdate: 2/19/1855 Died: 4/2/1932
Height / Weight: ' " / 155 lbs. Place of Birth: Boston, MA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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John Morrill Infielder, 1B, OF, C , 5 ft 10 inches, 155 lbs  Right handed

A gifted athlete, Honest John Morrill was one of the best baseball players during the latter part of the 1880s. Played 15 major league seasons, 1876-1900 the first 13 years with the Boston Red Stocking (later called the Braves) of the NL. Five times with Boston he batted over .280 and twice hit over .300, including .319 in 1883. John Morrill took over as player manager at age 27 of the Boston club, 1882-1888. Managed and played with the Washington Nationals of the NL in 1889 and played just two games with Boston of the Pioneer in 1890.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1880 BSN (NL) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 9 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.84
1881 BSN (NL) 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 5.2 9 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.35
1882 BSN (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00
1883 BSN (NL) 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 13.0 15 11 4 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 2.77
1884 BSN (NL) 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 23.0 34 23 19 0 6 0 13 5 0 0 7.43
1886 BSN (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
1889 WHS (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
15 years   18 2 1 2 3 2 0 58.2 75 46 28 0 12 0 22 6 0 0 4.33
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1876 BSN (NL) 66 278 38 73 5 2 0 26 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .270 SLG
1877 BSN (NL) 61 242 47 73 5 1 0 28 6 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 .302 .319 SLG
1878 BSN (NL) 60 233 26 56 5 1 0 23 5 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .256 SLG
1879 BSN (NL) 84 348 56 98 18 5 0 49 14 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .309 SLG
1880 BSN (NL) 86 342 51 81 16 8 2 44 11 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 .261 SLG
1881 BSN (NL) 81 311 47 90 19 3 1 39 12 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .316 SLG
1882 BSN (NL) 83 349 73 101 19 11 2 54 18 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .324 SLG
1883 BSN (NL) 97 404 83 129 33 16 6 68 15 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 .344 SLG
1884 BSN (NL) 111 438 80 114 19 7 3 61 30 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .308 SLG
1885 BSN (NL) 111 394 74 89 20 7 4 44 64 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .334 SLG
1886 BSN (NL) 117 430 86 106 25 6 7 69 56 81 9 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .333 SLG
1887 BSN (NL) 127 504 79 141 32 6 12 81 37 86 19 0 0 1 0 0 .280 .330 SLG
1888 BSN (NL) 135 486 60 96 18 7 4 39 55 68 21 0 0 2 0 0 .198 .282 SLG
1889 WHS (NL) 44 146 20 27 5 0 2 16 30 23 12 0 0 1 0 0 .185 .328 SLG
1890 BOS (PL) 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 SLG
15 years   1265 4912 821 1275 239 80 43 643 358 656 61 0 0 4 0 0 .260 .310 .SLG



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