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:''This article is about the baseball player. For information on the baseball manager of the same name, see [[Joe Morgan (manager)]].''

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'''Joseph Leonard Morgan''' (born [[September 19]], [[1943]] in [[Bonham, Texas]]) is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[second baseman]], considered by many to be among the greatest to have played the position. Morgan was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1990 with 81.76% of the ballot. Currently, he works as a [[color commentator]] for [[ESPN]] [[television]] and [[radio]].

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==Morgan's Career==

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Morgan was signed by the [[Houston Astros|Houston Colt .45s]] as an amateur free agent in 1962. Early in his career, Morgan had trouble with his swing because he kept his back elbow down too low. Teammate [[Nellie Fox]] suggested to Joe that he should 'flap' his back arm like a chicken to keep his elbow up. He played with distinction with Houston until a multi-player trade brought him to the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in the 1972 season. After joining [[The Big Red Machine]], Morgan's career reached a new level. This includes eight consecutive [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] appearances (1972-1979) to go along with his 1966 and 1970 appearances with Houston.

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Morgan, along with teammates [[Pete Rose]], [[Johnny Bench]], [[Tony Perez]] and [[Dave Concepción]], led the Reds to consecutive championships in the [[World Series]]. He drove in the winning run in game 7 of the [[1975 World Series]]. Morgan was also the [[National League]] [[MLB Most Valuable Player award|MVP]] in 1975 and 1976.

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As a hitter, Morgan was extremely capable. While his lifetime average was only .271, he hit between .288 and .327 during his peak years with the Reds, and drew a great many walks throughout his career, resulting in a superb .392 on base percentage. He also hit 268 home runs and 545 doubles and triples, excellent power for a middle infielder of his era, and was considered the finest base stealer of his generation (689 steals at greater than 80% success rate). Besides his prowess at the plate and on the bases, Morgan was an exceptional infielder winning the [[Gold Glove Award]] from 1972 to 1976. In 1980, he returned to Houston to help the young Astros to win the NL West. They did, but lost to the Phillies in the National League Championship Series. Morgan went to the [[San Francisco Giants]] for the next two seasons. It was his home run in the last game of the 1982 season that eliminated the Dodgers from the division race. Then, he went to the Phillies where he rejoined ex-teammates [[Pete Rose]], and [[Tony Perez]]. After losing to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the [[1983 World Series|World Series]], Morgan finished his career with the [[Oakland Athletics]]. In his [[Historical Baseball Abstract]], [[Bill James]] named Joe Morgan the best second baseman in baseball history.

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In 1999, he ranked Number 60 on ''[[The Sporting News]]''' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was nominated as a finalist for the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]].

== Broadcasting ==

[[Image:Morgansuittie.jpg|left|thumb|Joe Morgan, broadcaster]]

In his current broadcasting career, he has also been successful, winning a [[CableACE Award|CableACE]] award in [[1990 in baseball|1990]] and [[Sports Emmy Awards|Emmy]] awards for sports analysis in [[1998 in baseball|1998]] and [[2005 in baseball|2005]].

Morgan started his broadcasting career in [[1985 in baseball|1985]] for the Cincinnati Reds. On [[September 11]], [[1985 in baseball|1985]], Morgan along with his television broadcasting partner [[Ron Wilson (sportscaster)|Ron Wilson]] were on hand to call Pete Rose's record breaking 4,192 career hit. [[1986 in baseball|A year later]], Morgan started a nine year stint as an announcer for the [[San Francisco Giants]]. Morgan added one more local gig when he joined the [[Oakland Athletics]]' broadcasting team for the [[1995 in baseball|1995]] season.

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From [[1988 in baseball|1988]]-[[1989 in baseball|1989]], Morgan served as an announcer for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] where he helped announce ''[[Monday Night Baseball]]'' games, the [[1988 American League Championship Series]] with [[Gary Bender]] and [[Reggie Jackson]], and served as a field reporter for the [[1989 World Series]]. Morgan was on the field at [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]'s [[Monster Park|Candlestick Park]] alongside [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] [[Willie Mays]] the moment the [[Loma Prieta earthquake]] hit at 5:04 p.m.

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From [[1994 in baseball|1994]]-[[2000 in baseball|2000]], Morgan teamed with [[Bob Costas]] and [[Bob Uecker]] to call baseball games on [[NBC]]. During this period, Morgan helped call three World Series ([[1995 World Series|1995]], [[1997 World Series|1997]], and [[1999 World Series|1999]] respectively) and four All-Star Games (1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000). Morgan had spent a previous ([[1986 in baseball|1986]]-[[1987 in baseball|1987]]) stint with NBC calling regional ''[[Major League Baseball Game of the Week|Game of the Week]]'' telecasts.

Currently, he broadcasts games for ESPN alongside [[Jon Miller]]. Besides teaming with Miller for ''[[Sunday Night Baseball]]'' telecasts, Morgan has also teamed with Miller for World Series broadcasts on [[ESPN Radio]]. He is also a broadcaster in the ''[[MLB 2K]]'' series from [[2K Sports]]. Although Joe Morgan's partnership with Jon Miller began in [[1990 in baseball|1990]], it wasn't the first time that Morgan associated himself with ESPN. From 1985-1988 Morgan called [[college baseball]] games for ESPN.

Morgan's remarks have concerned many in Chicago, particularly with his views on [[Ryne Sandberg]], who came out of retirement for the last place Cubs to break Morgan's record for most home runs by a second baseman. Morgan was notably absent during Sandberg's Hall of Fame induction. However, both former players have maintained at least a front of civility.[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/columns/articles/0728onbaseball0728.html]

==Morgan and ''Moneyball''==

Joe Morgan is one of the more prominent critics of [[Billy Beane]] and the "[[Moneyball]]" [[sabermetric]] style of building teams, which focuses on statistical analysis to evaluate player performance and value, even though he has not read [[Michael Lewis (author)|Michael Lewis]]'s book ''[[Moneyball]].''<ref name=moneyball>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2005-07-06/news/feature.html|title=Say-It-Ain't-So Joe|last=Craggs|first=Tommy|publisher=[[SF Weekly]]|date=[[2005-07-06]]|accessdate=2006-08-17}}</ref>

Among Morgan's claims are that he has nothing to learn about baseball from a writer or statistician that has never played the sport as a professional, and that

"Anytime you're trying to make statistics tell you who's gonna win the game, that's a bunch of geeks trying to play video games." Morgan appears to be one of many who misinterpret the "Moneyball strategy" as building teams using statistical analysis. Though using sabermetrics to evaluate players is a key part of the so-called strategy, the primary concept introduced in the book is to exploit market inefficiencies in baseball: that is, to acquire players who are worth more than the market price. The book focused on Beane's ability to collect players with high on-base percentages, because that statistic, though crucially important in run production, at the time was severely undervalued by other teams, allowing Beane to make advantageous trades and signings. However, the principle can be applied to any statistic that allows a team to purchase valuable skills at below market price.

Morgan is an advocate of "small-ball" tactics, which focus on traditional strategies such as bunts and stolen bases, and has also gone on record as stating that RBI is the best statistic for hitters and win-loss records for pitchers. Both the efficacy of the "small-ball" strategy in producing runs and the value of traditional statistics in evaluating player performance have been questioned and refuted by multiple statistical studies, including those by noted sabermetricians [[Bill James]] and the authors of ''[[Baseball Prospectus]]''. Ironically, Morgan can be described as an ideal [[sabermetric]] player, as he drew frequent walks and added value to his teams far in excess of his traditional statistics of [[batting average]], [[home runs]] and [[RBI]]. Morgan's comments and attitude regarding ''[[Moneyball]]'' and [[sabermetrics]] have contributed to complaints about him and his broadcasting, including those in [http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com FireJoeMorgan], a website devoted in part to criticism of Morgan.

== Career statistics ==

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<tr><td>G</td><td>AB</td><td>R</td><td>H</td><td>BB</td><td>2B</td><td>3B</td><td>HR</td><td>RBI</td><td>SB</td><td>CS</td><td>AVG</td><td>OBP</td><td>SLG</td></tr>

<tr><td>2649</td><td>9277</td><td>1650</td><td>2517</td><td>1865</td><td>449</td><td>96</td><td>268</td><td>1133</td><td>689</td><td>162</td><td>.271</td><td>.392</td><td>.427</td></tr>

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== Other information ==

*Major League debut: September 21, 1963.

*Bats: Left-handed

*Throws: Right-handed

*Member of Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame (inducted in 1987)

*Uniform no. 8 retired by Cincinnati Reds.

== Milestone ==

* Morgan teamed with [[shortstop]] [[Dave Concepción]] a duo winner of four [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Gloves]], joining a select list of eight shortstop-second baseman combinations have won the honor in the same season while playing together ([[1974]] to [[1977]]).

== See also ==

* [[List of Gold Glove middle infield duos]]

* [[Top 500 home run hitters of all time]]

==References==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/Morgan_Joe.htm Baseball Hall of Fame]

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*[http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com Fire Joe Morgan blog]

*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/09/07/SP53776.DTL ''San Francisco Chronicle''] - Joe Morgan's clutch homer knocked the Dodgers out of the pennant race on the final day of the 1982 season and made the Braves champions

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