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Tom Morgan

Birthdate:

5/20/1930

Died:

1/13/1987

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

ElMonte, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball HIstory

Tom Morgan joined the Yankees in 1951, and the first few seasons was mainly their fifth starter, starting on average 15 games per/year. He was 9-3 in 1951 and 11-5 in 1954. Beginning in 1955, Tom Morgan was manager Casey Stengel top middle reliever. He pitched in 40 games in 1955, 72 innings, 3.25 ERA, picked up 10 saves and recorded a 7-3 record. Morgan pitched on four Yankee pennant winners and was highly effective in saving key games in late September. Tom Morgan was traded to the Kansas City Athletics in early 1957 and pitched on various teams until 1963.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1951	NYY (AL)	27	16	9	3	2	4	2	124.2	119	56	51	11	36	0	57	2	3	1	3.68
1952	NYY (AL)	16	12	5	4	2	2	1	93.2	86	34	32	8	33	0	35	0	4	1	3.07
1954	NYY (AL)	32	17	11	5	1	7	4	143.0	149	58	53	8	40	0	34	2	5	0	3.34
1955	NYY (AL)	40	1	7	3	10	0	0	72.0	72	29	26	3	24	4	17	0	5	0	3.25
1956	NYY (AL)	41	0	6	7	11	0	0	71.1	74	41	33	2	27	4	20	0	3	0	4.16
1957	KCA (AL)	46	13	9	7	7	5	0	143.2	160	76	74	19	61	9	32	3	3	0	4.64
1958	DET (AL)	39	1	2	5	1	0	0	62.2	70	28	22	7	4	0	32	0	1	0	3.16
1959	DET (AL)	46	1	1	4	9	0	0	92.2	94	48	41	11	18	3	39	2	6	1	3.98
1960	WSH (AL)	14	0	1	3	0	0	0	24.0	36	15	10	6	5	3	11	0	1	0	3.75
1960	DET (AL)	22	0	3	2	1	0	0	29.0	33	17	15	6	10	1	12	0	0	0	4.66
1961	LAA (AL)	59	0	8	2	10	0	0	91.2	74	31	24	7	17	3	39	0	5	0	2.36
1962	LAA (AL)	48	0	5	2	9	0	0	58.2	53	23	19	6	19	6	29	2	1	0	2.91
1963	LAA (AL)	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	16.1	20	11	10	1	6	1	7	1	3	0	5.51
13 years		443	61	67	47	64	18	7	1023.1	1040	467	410	95	300	34	364	12	40	3	3.61

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1951	NYY (AL)	27	44	6	12	2	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.273	SLG
1952	NYY (AL)	16	33	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	SLG
1954	NYY (AL)	32	49	2	7	1	0	1	2	2	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.176	SLG
1955	NYY (AL)	40	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.222	SLG
1956	NYY (AL)	41	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	.154	.214	SLG
1957	KCA (AL)	46	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	.91	.118	SLG
1958	DET (AL)	39	10	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	SLG
1959	DET (AL)	46	23	3	9	0	0	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.391	SLG
1960	WSH (AL)	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1960	DET (AL)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1961	LAA (AL)	59	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	.154	SLG
1962	LAA (AL)	48	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.0	.0	SLG
1963	LAA (AL)	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
13 years		443	247	21	46	4	1	5	12	5	73	0	0	0	0	14	0	.186	.202	.SLG

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