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: 21-14 / in Starts: 21-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	233	1	Apr 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	6	4	4	6	6	0	0	4.50	3.43	34	5	11	0	0	6	54			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.15	-0.122	1.70	-0.11%	0.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	234	4	Apr 13	DET	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.65	2.92	33	13	9	4	2	0	76			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	4	0	1	1.03	0.401	1.52	0.35%	3.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	235	7	Apr 17	DET		MIL	L,0-2	CG	L(2-1)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	0	2.42	2.26	33	6	11	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	1	0	.85	0.168	1.81	0.21%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	236	11	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.2	8	6	3	3	3	0	0	2.76	2.44	31	8	9	1	0	8	40			0	1	0	27	4	0	2	0	0	1	1.07	-0.290	1.88	-0.31%	-2.79	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d4
5	237	15	Apr 26	DET	@	MIL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.16	2.20	33	9	8	0	0	5	84			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.76	0.847	2.93	0.85%	4.55	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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	238	19	May 1	DET		MIN	L,3-7	GS-5	L(3-3)	4	4.1	6	5	5	2	0	1	1	2.93	2.73	21	5	7	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.314	2.07	-0.31%	-2.74	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
7	239	23	May 7	DET	@	TEX	W,10-1	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	7.0	5	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.72	2.97	30	5	10	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.260	.94	0.24%	2.62	1b start tie	7b 3 out a7
8	240	27	May 12	DET	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-4)	4	8.0	6	4	3	7	5	1	1	2.80	3.37	36	11	6	0	0	6	54			1	1	0	28	1	0	2	2	0	1	.88	-0.012	1.48	-0.01%	0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
9	241	32	May 17	DET	@	OAK	W,10-2	GS-6	W(5-4)	4	6.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.55	3.27	27	6	6	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.139	.68	0.15%	2.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
10	242	36	May 21	DET	@	CAL	L,1-2	GS-8		3	8.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	2.40	3.38	30	11	6	0	0	3	72			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.275	2.50	0.28%	3.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
11	243	40	May 26	DET	@	SEA	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	2.14	3.23	35	8	9	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.374	1.48	0.39%	4.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
12	244	44	May 31	DET		CAL	L,3-6	GS-8	L(6-5)	4	7.2	6	5	3	4	6	0	0	2.26	3.19	36	17	3	0	0	6	53			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.36	-0.289	2.36	-0.30%	-1.46	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d2
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
13	245	49	Jun 5	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	8	1	0	2.15	3.17	35	8	11	0	0	6	75			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.260	1.15	0.18%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	246	54	Jun 10	DET		BAL	W,8-7	GS-8		4	8.0	10	5	5	3	8	2	0	2.40	3.31	35	7	7	1	0	10	47			0	2	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	-0.224	1.81	-0.20%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
15	247	57	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,10-8	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.2	10	8	8	2	3	1	1	2.86	3.41	35	11	9	1	0	9	28			0	0	0	32	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.234	1.82	-0.25%	-4.10	1b start a 4	8b --- 2 out a1
16	248	62	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,10-9	GS-4		4	3.2	7	6	6	4	2	1	0	3.23	3.56	22	4	5	1	0	7	21			4	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	-0.361	3.16	-0.50%	-3.48	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d1
17	249	67	Jun 25	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.00	3.50	31	11	11	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.552	2.63	0.78%	4.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
18	250	71	Jun 30	DET		TOR	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	5	5	4	1	3	2	3.22	3.88	27	5	8	1	0	7	30			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.196	3.74	-0.43%	-2.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
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
19	251	76	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-6)	4	8.0	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.23	3.80	34	10	7	0	0	9	54			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	.65	-0.030	1.52	-0.04%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	252	81	Jul 10	DET		CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	4	9	0	0	3.04	3.70	35	9	8	3	0	5	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.716	3.12	0.92%	4.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	253	88	Jul 20	DET		TEX	W,6-5	GS-9		9	8.2	9	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.04	3.65	38	9	11	2	0	9	55			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.36	-0.128	2.25	-0.13%	1.23	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out tie
22	254	93	Jul 25	DET	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.99	3.67	35	12	11	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.77	0.308	.95	0.23%	2.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
23	255	98	Jul 30	DET		KCR	W,11-7	GS-6	W(12-6)	4	6.0	9	4	4	3	5	2	0	3.09	3.78	28	5	6	3	0	9	40			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	0	0	.78	0.014	.50	0.01%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
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	256	102	Aug 4(1)	DET		MIL	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.14	3.81	24	7	5	1	0	4	54			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.038	.45	0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
25	257	107	Aug 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-8		4	7.0	4	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.12	3.79	30	9	6	1	0	4	62			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.063	.51	0.01%	1.54	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
26	258	112	Aug 14	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(13-6)	4	8.0	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.13	3.74	33	5	12	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.80	0.355	.53	0.06%	1.05	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a1
27	259	117	Aug 19	DET	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(13-7)	4	9.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.07	3.69	36	12	12	0	0	4	74			2	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.215	.66	0.06%	2.53	1b start a 1	10b 1-- 1 out d1
28	260	122	Aug 24	DET	@	CAL	W,13-2	GS-8	W(14-7)	4	8.0	4	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.04	3.70	30	12	8	0	0	4	68			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.157	.13	0.02%	2.09	1b start a 3	8b 3 out a11
29	261	127	Aug 30	DET		OAK	L,3-8	GS-2	L(14-8)	5	1.0	7	6	6	1	2	0	0	3.28	3.69	11	0	1	1	0	7	16			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.431	.12	-0.03%	-5.88	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d5
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	262	132	Sep 4	DET		CAL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(14-9)	4	7.0	4	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.30	3.70	28	9	9	1	0	3	60			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	.93	-0.075	.04	0.00%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
31	263	137	Sep 10	DET	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(14-10)	5	8.0	6	2	2	3	11	0	0	3.26	3.61	34	4	10	1	0	6	70			2	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.080	.00	0.00%	2.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	264	142	Sep 15	DET		BAL	W,4-1	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.20	3.60	26	5	9	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.259	.00	0.00%	2.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
33	265	147	Sep 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.16	3.57	34	5	13	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.245	.00	0.00%	2.78	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
34	266	152	Sep 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	GS-6	L(15-11)	4	5.0	10	7	7	3	4	0	0	3.35	3.56	28	5	7	0	0	9	20			2	0	0	24	4	1	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.318	.00	0.00%	-4.12	1b start a 1	6b -2- 0 out d5
35	267	157	Oct 2	DET		TOR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(16-11)	6	7.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.33	3.60	29	6	13	0	0	5	58			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.253	.00	0.00%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							21-14		W-L:16-11	4.2	257.0	212	102	95	110	191	21	5	3.33	3.60	1077	0.93		5%	0%	203	58		---%	19	9	0	944	32	7	7	20	7	12	1.11	2.955	1.37	2.14%	29.09

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