Jack Morris

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: May 16, 1955 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).

High School: Highland Park HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: July 26, 1977 (Age 22-071d, 13,916th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 7, 1994 (Age 39-083d)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 9 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 6 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2018. (Voted by Modern Baseball Era Committee)
View Jack Morris's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: John Scott Morris

Nicknames: Black Jack or Mount Morris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.5

254

186

ERA

3.90

549

527

3824.0

2478

WHIP

1.296

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-17 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	63	1	Apr 10	DET	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	0	3	5	0	0	0.00	2.64	34	15	8	1	0	3	81			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.334	1.37	0.26%	3.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	64	5	Apr 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	1.69	3.88	26	17	4	2	0	3	51			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	2	1	0	.97	-0.040	1.32	-0.03%	0.73	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
3	65	9	Apr 19	DET		KCR	W,8-6	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	7	6	6	4	1	2	0	3.24	4.91	37	19	6	1	0	7	46			0	1	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.098	.68	-0.05%	-1.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	66	13	Apr 23	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	GS-9	W(3-1)	3	8.2	9	4	4	4	4	0	1	3.48	4.56	37	15	5	1	0	8	50			1	2	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	0.291	1.30	0.15%	0.12	1b start a 3	9b 1-- 2 out a1
5	67	17	Apr 29	DET		TEX	L,5-10	GS-2	L(3-2)	5	1.1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.63	4.49	9	1	4	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.250	1.04	-0.16%	-2.90	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	68	20	May 3	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	GS-3	L(3-3)	3	3.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	5.21	4.25	14	3	3	0	0	6	33			4	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.317	1.16	-0.16%	-2.61	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
7	69	25	May 8	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-9	L(3-4)	4	8.1	7	4	3	4	6	0	0	4.86	3.98	36	10	9	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.141	.83	0.06%	1.99	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a2
8	70	29	May 13	DET		OAK	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.73	3.93	29	10	5	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	0.144	1.02	0.09%	1.20	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
9	71	32	May 18	DET		BAL	W,6-4	GS-8		4	7.1	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.75	3.91	28	10	9	1	2	6	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.32	-0.227	1.39	-0.14%	-0.59	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out d1
10	72	37	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	7.0	4	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.79	3.95	29	10	9	2	1	3	50			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.12	-0.169	1.06	-0.10%	0.09	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out tie
11	73	42	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS-9	W(5-5)	4	8.2	10	3	3	1	5	1	0	4.60	3.89	36	7	13	0	0	10	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.280	.57	0.13%	0.94	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	74	45	Jun 2	DET		SEA	T,3-3	GS-10		4	10.0	10	3	3	0	7	0	0	4.38	3.60	40	9	14	1	0	10	67			3	0	0	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.416	.78	0.14%	2.12	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
13	75	49	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(5-6)	4	8.0	10	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.48	3.61	34	13	6	0	0	10	45			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.206	.30	-0.08%	-1.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
14	76	54	Jun 13	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	W(6-6)	5	9.0	8	4	4	3	4	2	0	4.44	3.80	37	11	11	0	0	8	56			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.286	.29	0.09%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	77	58	Jun 17	DET		MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.09	3.75	33	14	11	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.624	.69	0.22%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	78	63	Jun 22(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	W(8-6)	4	8.1	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	4.10	3.78	33	9	13	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.15	0.120	.62	0.04%	-0.21	1b start a 3	9b -2- 1 out a2
17	79	67	Jun 27	DET	@	TOR	W,7-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.96	3.72	40	12	11	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	.68	0.170	.72	0.11%	2.75	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	80	72	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,7-6	GS-7	W(10-6)	4	6.1	10	6	5	2	1	0	0	4.10	3.71	32	8	12	0	0	9	30			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.26	-0.162	1.15	-0.09%	-1.83	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a3
19	81	76	Jul 6	DET		TOR	W,7-5	GS-7	W(11-6)	3	7.0	4	5	5	4	3	2	1	4.22	3.91	28	6	10	0	0	4	48			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.163	.93	-0.09%	-1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
20	82	78	Jul 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	GS-1	L(11-7)	4	0.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.90	8	1	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.318	.90	-0.19%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d4
21	83	83	Jul 17	DET	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(11-8)	5	8.0	8	5	5	1	6	1	0	4.51	3.87	33	11	7	0	0	8	51			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.158	.61	-0.07%	-1.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
22	84	88	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS-4		4	3.2	9	4	3	0	5	0	0	4.58	3.78	21	6	1	0	0	9	34			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.158	1.46	-0.12%	-1.48	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d3
23	85	93	Jul 27(2)	DET		OAK	L,0-4	GS-9	L(11-9)	4	8.2	10	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.55	3.80	40	13	12	0	0	10	49			6	0	0	37	1	1	0	0	0	2	.96	0.111	1.16	0.08%	0.24	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	86	98	Aug 1(1)	DET		SEA	W,1-0	SHO	W(12-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.32	3.74	33	10	14	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.695	.99	0.33%	4.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	87	104	Aug 6	DET		KCR	L,4-5	GS-5	L(12-10)	4	4.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	1	4.41	3.74	24	5	6	0	4	8	32			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	2	0	1.36	-0.293	1.05	-0.14%	-2.05	1t start tie	5t -23 2 out d1
26	88	108	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,8-7	GS-4		4	3.2	8	5	4	4	4	1	0	4.52	3.82	23	3	4	1	0	8	27			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.01	-0.383	.62	-0.14%	-3.73	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out a1
27	89	113	Aug 16	DET		TEX	L,5-12	GS-3	L(12-11)	4	2.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	0	4.66	3.92	15	3	3	2	0	6	25			0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.318	.43	-0.07%	-3.32	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d1
28	90	120	Aug 21(2)	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	W(13-11)	4	9.0	1	2	0	3	6	0	0	4.45	3.85	31	12	9	3	0	1	84			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.444	.08	0.02%	2.84	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
29	91	125	Aug 27	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-10		5	10.0	9	2	2	7	2	0	0	4.31	3.88	45	16	11	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	36	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.57	0.417	.29	0.05%	2.97	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	92	130	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,3-11	GS-4	L(13-12)	4	3.1	6	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.38	3.88	19	4	3	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.215	.07	-0.01%	-2.49	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
31	93	135	Sep 6	DET		MIN	L,0-4	GS-9	L(13-13)	4	8.0	6	4	3	4	1	0	0	4.34	3.88	38	18	9	1	0	6	53			1	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	4	.68	-0.033	.02	0.00%	-0.74	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out d3
32	94	140	Sep 10	DET		BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(13-14)	3	5.0	11	5	5	0	4	1	0	4.45	3.88	22	6	1	0	0	11	29			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-1.44	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
33	95	145	Sep 16	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	W(14-14)	5	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	1	0	4.39	3.92	37	12	8	2	2	10	54			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.79	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
34	96	150	Sep 21	DET		CLE	W,13-1	GS-6	W(15-14)	4	6.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	4.31	3.90	26	7	6	1	0	4	61			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.25	0.085	.00	0.00%	2.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
35	97	155	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,5-1	GS-9	W(16-14)	5	8.1	5	1	1	6	2	0	1	4.20	3.93	35	12	9	3	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.12	0.384	.00	0.00%	2.69	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
36	98	160	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(16-15)	4	8.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	0	4.18	3.99	32	10	11	4	0	5	62			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	.74	-0.036	.00	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							18-17		W-L:16-15	4.0	250.0	252	125	116	87	112	20	4	4.18	3.99	1074	1.25		5%	1%	245	50		---%	28	7	0	960	34	9	5	19	13	12	1.02	1.256	.67	0.11%	3.89

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